The Unofficial Official Photography Thread...

[shedobits]

Some more pics.

This is a start of a scary drop off the end of the earth. I rode it once... only once.

 

[KermitGKona88]

I'm a longtime fan of Nikon, been using their stuff since before digital metering. Thus, 13 years ago, when my first son was born, the choice was easy. I knew the operating system, liked the lens, respected the sensor.View attachment 756295View attachment 756294
Even though I was familiar with the buttons, I read the manual several times, taking notes and spending hours fine tuning the programmable settings. I snapped thousands of excellent images, discovered it's strengths and weaknesses, became one with the instrument. Now those images are trapped on a hard drive somewhere in my basement, or burned onto a compact disk for which I no longer have a drive. Worse, the camera's battery has died, losing all of my settings.
I need to make a decision here. Do I invest the money in a new battery, as well as the time to re reread the manual and reprogram, in spite of its diminished connectivity? Do I embrace the new, and make the leap to a mirrorless Nikon, or (gasp!) some other kind? Or do I recognize the new reality, give up on the idea of a camera in itself, and just buy into the convenience of a phone camera? My phone is cheap junk, and it's pretty trashed, so I could probably use the upgrade...

My Neighbour, a lifelong Nikon fanboy, told me the other day he was going to buy a Canon. I of course supported him in the only way I could, I scoffed and ridiculed him... He came back with a new s/h Nikon...

As @grantoury said, go for a newer Nikon, you can balance out the features you want, but will still end up with a lovely camera.

 

[ibbz]

I'm a longtime fan of Nikon, been using their stuff since before digital metering. Thus, 13 years ago, when my first son was born, the choice was easy. I knew the operating system, liked the lens, respected the sensor.View attachment 756295View attachment 756294
Even though I was familiar with the buttons, I read the manual several times, taking notes and spending hours fine tuning the programmable settings. I snapped thousands of excellent images, discovered it's strengths and weaknesses, became one with the instrument. Now those images are trapped on a hard drive somewhere in my basement, or burned onto a compact disk for which I no longer have a drive. Worse, the camera's battery has died, losing all of my settings.
I need to make a decision here. Do I invest the money in a new battery, as well as the time to re reread the manual and reprogram, in spite of its diminished connectivity? Do I embrace the new, and make the leap to a mirrorless Nikon, or (gasp!) some other kind? Or do I recognize the new reality, give up on the idea of a camera in itself, and just buy into the convenience of a phone camera? My phone is cheap junk, and it's pretty trashed, so I could probably use the upgrade...

Get a new battery and enjoy it !
Photography is in the minds eye of the taker and as long as the light and compositions are favourable it doesn’t matter about the camera - and this is more than good enough!

 

[ibbz]

I like old digital cameras - the colour and ‘look’ is quite unique with a lot of character.
Phone photos look like phone photos - clinical and in some ways lacking depth and feel. I have an iPhone 12 mini and though I use it to take snaps at times - I mostly use it for video - as smartphone video I must say is excellent for blogs and stuff.
Anyone use Hipstamatic on the iPhone ?

 

[mk one]

I agree with the above. Whatever camera you are going to actually use is the best one, get a new battery and rekindle your photography, then go from there.

 

[ibbz]

I agree with the above. Whatever camera you are going to actually use is the best one, get a new battery and rekindle your photography, then go from there.

and then see what tickles your fancy.
Lots of bargains around too - I do like the Olympus M43 OM cameras - the OMD EM5 series with a fast prime lens can be had for not much and very enjoyable

 

[ibbz]

Some great shots.

Have taken quite a few shots of the Red Arrows over the years, they actually flew over my house last week, but have never been able to get a good shot of them sadly.

I think this was Duxford Air show
Luckily all the aircraft were there to take my time with photographing
A long zoom helped a lot.
I really enjoyed the camera too - had some very pleasing images and colour

 

[ibbz]

Some more from the Kodak Easyshare Superzoom

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[ibbz]

Racist Horses

 

[ibbz]

Legionaire at Caerleon on Usk.