Photography Thread
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If you're editing a ton of similar photos (like a headshot session) or are concerned about your files taking up a ton of storage, then Lightroom is the way to go. I usually just use PS though.
RAW's colors are MUCH more accurate, and there's way more color and lighting data, so you have way more flexibility when making adjustments. If your camera supports it, you definitely want to go with RAW.
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Yep, I use RAW+JPEG. RAW is excellent if you need to do fine adjustments after the fact. It can also save an otherwise unusable photo if your exposure is off. I've recovered some pretty gnarly blown highlights a few times which would have been impossible with the JPEG. I also save JPEG files alongside the RAW just in case my RAW files can't be read by future programs. I learned this the hard way because I have some early work shot on an old Panasonic FZ8 and I can't open the RAWs with photoshop now.
P.S. - I also want to say that BladeDancer and fakeXsound have some amazing work there. I'm especially impressed with the bird photos, been wanting to do stuff like that by my lenses don't have the reach.
P.S. - I also want to say that BladeDancer and fakeXsound have some amazing work there. I'm especially impressed with the bird photos, been wanting to do stuff like that by my lenses don't have the reach.
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Yeah, I sometimes do non destructive edits like cropping, or exporting more compressed images for specific use cases. But I'm mostly using Aperture to organize my photos.
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Here a couple shots from my D90 over the years. So many on my HDD, most of which are trash or mediocre at best. 
My camera bails me out some of the time.
Not sure what the settings were for each shot but feel free to pull the EXIF data if you're bored.
My camera bails me out some of the time.Not sure what the settings were for each shot but feel free to pull the EXIF data if you're bored.
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Nice photos, Jim!
And that last one makes me miss my M3 (and shooting film in general) badly.
And that last one makes me miss my M3 (and shooting film in general) badly.
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I still shoot 35mm B/W. My school still lets me go back to use their darkroom, which is neat.
I have a few beaters, a Pentax ME Super and a Minolta XG1. I'd like to eventually fix a Konica FT-1 Motor that was given to me by my parents, but it has some pretty gnarly battery corrosion. It's nothing special but I'd like to get it to work again. I'm scanning some prints now, if I remember I'll post some of the cooler ones.
I have a few beaters, a Pentax ME Super and a Minolta XG1. I'd like to eventually fix a Konica FT-1 Motor that was given to me by my parents, but it has some pretty gnarly battery corrosion. It's nothing special but I'd like to get it to work again. I'm scanning some prints now, if I remember I'll post some of the cooler ones.
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Thank you!
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What does a D90 go for body only these days? Did you film much with it?
I had an older Sony Cybershot that was a great practical shooter but very archaic storage media. I moved from there to heavy use of a D80/90 and then owned a D40x before I went on hiatus. I'm itching bad for a nice camera soon, maybe an older Leica D-Lux?
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Yeah bro, full frame means larger sensor, larger sensors have larger pixels that are able to soak up more light, therefore you get better low light performance and less noise across the ISO range. Plus you don't have crop factor with the lenses when using them on full frame.
7100 isn't a bad choice, you just chose excellent over excellenter is all.
7100 isn't a bad choice, you just chose excellent over excellenter is all.
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Yeah, they'll be between about 25 and 30 MB each. I'd recommend grabbing multiple 16GB SD cards that have 90Mb/s write speeds. It's better to have a bunch of small ones over one big one because if one fails, not all of your photos are on that one card. It's important to get a card with a fast write speed if you're taking multiple shots in succession. Your camera will give you a "busy" message if you try to take your next shot too quickly and you'll miss the shot.
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Yeah, I'm actually stepping down a bit... I have been using a Sony A7 (24MP) for awhile now, but I recently bought into Micro 4/3 with an Olympus Pen EP-5. Excellent image quality, small size, and in-body image stabilization (so all lenses used with it are stabilized). The largest megapixel sensor for M4/3 right now is 16MP, which in my opinion is the sweet spot for file size vs. image quality. I'm liking it so far, I want to get the 75-300 (150-600mm equivalent) lens for it, which will finally give me that reach to do birding. Hoping to have the lens right after the new year.
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I have a battery and I dont like it because it makes the camery that much more bulkier but having 2 batteries instead of 1 make it a no brainer.
Im kinda used to the grip now anyways.
Oh yeah, shooting vertical with a grip is pretty nice lol