October Photo Thread

[GTR32X]

That 1Dx looks the shit. Lets see how nikon responds. I've been following the D800 rumour mill, 38mp or something ridiculous. Either way, the next step in cameras looks like it's going to be a pretty strong leap forward

I know it's pretty crazy. My friend who is a serious photography was telling that canon are planning to release a camera that's 54mp or something like that.

He was saying that he can't wait cause a lot of photos he has been taking lately are on film and cost shit loads to develop.

I showed him photos of the Bisley V8 u took Matt and he was very impressed.

[siddr20]

Why would you need 54megapixels but? Having more megapixels shouldnt get you all excited unless your printing on big billboards or actually doing proper commerical shoots. But then you should be using a mediuim format camera anyways.

You know hasselblad have been making 60plus megapixels for a long time. But totally different camera I know. Just saying.

Having more megapixels aint gonna make your pic look better.

Saying that I have used the h4d 50 and 40 and WOW. Lets just say my 16gb card filled up in no time. Will be using it again this weekend. Cant wait.

Hopefully canon brings out the 5d3 which is probably more affordable. Guess I got now till march to save up for the 1dx.

Even still would love to see some proper reviews on it specially the focusing system. Looks very interesting.

Edited October 19, 2011 by siddr20

[siddr20]

Sidd what camera and lens did u use for that last shot?

I used a canon 5dm2 and all the pics except the wide shot of the house was taken with a 135L. The shot of the house was with a 24-70L.

Hope this helps.

Matt - nice shots of the landscape. I like the one with the ducks in the water.

[wilorichie]

Hey Matt

Those photos would be of my most favourite of your shots. Nice work man!

[siddr20]

Another collection to my big bold beautiful eyes.

[MaTBoY]

How and why were u using a h4d sidd? Hire one or something? I'd love to play with one one day.

Thanks gtr, I've got one more shot to share from the Bisley shoot.

Thanks will, it was good to shoot some random stuff for a change. Back into it though, shooting a 34 with ztune kit and a 68 stand over the weekend

[Astonish]

is it the lens or the camera sensor that gives it that clarity to a photo, say if i had that 135L lens on a 550d body will it still produce sharp photo?

[FST513]

Yes it will still produce a sharp photo PROVIDING your settings are correct and focus is good.

Full Frame gives more depth and more dynamic range than a crop body (7D/50D/550D etc).

I hope this helps!

[siddr20]

^ Yup what kory said. Having a better glass will improve your image quality, but you still need to get all the settings correct on the camera.

How and why were u using a h4d sidd? Hire one or something? I'd love to play with one one day.

Another photographer I know has one so will be borrowing his. Not sure if you can hire one easily here from a camera/lens hiring place. Actually maybe sunstudios but no doubt it will be couple of k each day. The camera is worth like 15-20k upwards depending on which model.

[MaTBoY]

nice nice. i'd like to play around /watch someone use one properly one day. how did u find the tethering? Time consuming and annoying, or helpful?

Glass will help. Sensor in body will help. But what helps most is the tog. You can only polish a turd so much.

[Astonish]

who has the better camera fight....funny as

edit: what do they mean by saying eg: "135L is too long", do they mean u have to stand back further from the subject to get in the frame ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3GsbiwYido

Edited October 19, 2011 by Astonish

[wilorichie]

who has the better camera fight....funny as

edit: what do they mean by saying eg: "135L is too long", do they mean u have to stand back further from the subject to get in the frame ?

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=q3GsbiwYido

lol wow thats alot of money wasted

"135L is too long" - Whoever said that means he thinks he needs to stand too far away from the subject to get them into the photo.

Awesome photo Sidd... Lots of emotion... really helps having such a sharp photo

Edited October 20, 2011 by wilorichie

[FST513]

Polishing turds are awesome.

I'd also love to play with a MFC. Billboard size shot of this!

[MaTBoY]

fcking stud!

i'd hit that shhit.

[siddr20]

Who said the 135L was too long? Well its a fixed prime lens so if you want to take a wide of something or fit a big group of people then it will be hard. You can take several steps back, but I normally use that lens for portraits or candid shots when I dont want to be in peoples faces.

If I were you, I would purchase the 70-200f4L lens. Super sharp and you will probably love the zoom factor. Also its not that expensive either. Go for that lens first before the 135L.

Cheers Richie.

Matt - fark you posing like a model bro!!! Time to create a page on MM hahahah

Latest blog post: 60% of shots taken with the 135L

http://sidd-rishi.com.au/blog/2/trinette-matts-wedding-2011/

Edited October 20, 2011 by siddr20

[Jay019]

Nicely done Jay. Should work a treat, who cares if it's not pretty. Ghetto mods rock! Most of my paint kit is ghetto as. sponsored by Jaycar and shonkiness

Haha, my light painting kit just got an upgrade with some nice jaycar goodness. Now to find the time to use it, lol.

Gave the pano head a trial run today. Not sure if i found the nodal point properly, but wherever I moved it seemed to be working fine :confused:

(not that it matters, nothing is very straight with my setup, haha)

anyway, shot this today. spewing I didnt get a full 180 degree view in tho, had a play with some 360 deg pano viewers and this would have looked awesome if it wasnt missing a bit of sky and sand, lol

link to larger version (600px max height)

will try and get some sort of pano viewer set up on my site soon

(oh, and panos that involve things like water are a pain in the ass )

Edited October 20, 2011 by Jay019

[wilorichie]

Looks awesome Jay

Sidd out of all the photos, I keep remembering the first one.

What apature are you using for most of those photos? That 135 looks crystal clear

[siddr20]

Great stiching job jay. Just looked at the bigger version. Look forward to seeing more from you.

Richie - Which pic? The one on the blog for that wedding? The first pic of the couple was probably around f11-f16, 1/160th, iso 400. Cant remember now but will have to check exif.

For the reception shots with the 135L, then it would be f2.8-f4. Hope this helps in some way? But dont follow my settings, there are other factors involved as well like ISO, shutter speed, flash settings.

But if you have specfic questions in regards to lighting etc then let me know.

Just checked out your website and noticed you do business card printing.. hmmm could be interested

[MaTBoY]

Try a pano on a closer subject J. that will help u work out if nodal point is right. it looks close if not spot on though

I'm a model now. I'm gonig to put it up on a new website. Matts Models.. bypass model mayhem and go PRO I wish i could watermark my model shots with a special model watermark to proove i'm PRO.

here's a couple more jet ones...

not the sharpest, but the colours in the sky/across plane are to good to ignore!

I'm dangerous. Who wants to be my wingman?

[siddr20]

Nice I like those pics above.

You know what russian wedding fight video thingy is fake.