A few pics from my dSLR *updated*

[yhelothar]

My lens collection minus 50mm F/2

Pics with my Super Takumar 300mm F/4 prime lens that I got for $105 on ebay
My neighbor's old camaro
the bird from heaven

Super Macro with a 135mm F/3.5 prime lens that I got for $45 on ebay with two closeup lenses
this farmer ant is milking sweet juice from the aphids
same farm on a larger scale
Ant in rouge
Just a wasp
Nasty spider I found in my front yard

I took this pic by reversing my 50mm F/2 lens in front of the 135mm.. even closer macro!
cloth speaker grill

Macro with the kit lens.. 18-55mm
bee

pics of my cat..
taken with the kit lens
he's somber
B&W candid shot

Update:
I got my SMC Takumar 50mm F/1.4 lens today.
It has one very radioactive element that emits alpha, beta, gamma, and xrays :evil:

here's a test shot of my cat with it

 

[tfinch2]

nice!

 

[yhelothar]

thanks
you have some nice pics yourself.. especially that doggie sex pic

 

[skdsp]

wow great pictures man

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
My lens collection minus 50mm F/2

Pics with my Super Takumar 300mm F/4 prime lens that I got for $105 on ebay
My neighbor's old camaro
the bird from heaven

Super Macro with a 135mm F/3.5 prime lens that I got for $45 on ebay with two closeup lenses
this farmer ant is milking sweet juice from the aphids
same farm on a larger scale
Ant in rouge
Just a wasp
Nasty spider I found in my front yard

I took this pic by reversing my 50mm F/2 lens in front of the 135mm.. even closer macro!
cloth speaker grill

Macro with the kit lens.. 18-55mm
bee

pics of my cat..
taken with the kit lens
he's somber
B&W candid shot

how do you do that with the camero? the only leaving blue in the picture? do you do that on the camera or in PS/PSP


cool my SD400 can do it too.....colour accent feature :thumbsup:

 

[yhelothar]

I do that in photoshop.
It's really easy.
You just go to hue/saturation. Click the dropdown menu and select Greens.
Then you use the eyedropper+ tool and select all the colors you want to desaturate.
Then you move the saturation slider all the way to zero.
Then you'll be left with the blue!

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
cool my SD400 can do it too.....colour accent feature :thumbsup:

wow that's pretty cool that your camera can do it automatically.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I do that in photoshop.
It's really easy.
You just go to hue/saturation. Click the dropdown menu and select Greens.
Then you use the eyedropper+ tool and select all the colors you want to desaturate.
Then you move the saturation slider all the way to zero.
Then you'll be left with the blue!

ill give it a try man thanks!

theres a colour mode on my SD400 where u point at the colour you want to stay....u sample it, then adjust the level the hey presto you can take pics that are all b n w apart from the colour u chose

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
cool my SD400 can do it too.....colour accent feature :thumbsup:

wow that's pretty cool that your camera can do it automatically.

heh its still no where near as good as your cam......when i get good enough at taking pics, hopefully ill be able to move up to a DSLR and start taking proper pictures

 

[Anubis]

those look nice

 

[Mrvile]

Wow...nice pics.

How are lens bought off of eBay? Normally I wouldn't ever consider buying used camera parts (especially lenses) but you got a great deal there.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Wow...nice pics.

How are lens bought off of eBay? Normally I wouldn't ever consider buying used camera parts (especially lenses) but you got a great deal there.

They're all like new actually. Well it's cosmetically worn. But other than that, the image quality seems like it's as good as it was new.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Wow...nice pics.

How are lens bought off of eBay? Normally I wouldn't ever consider buying used camera parts (especially lenses) but you got a great deal there.

They're all like new actually. Well it's cosmetically worn. But other than that, the image quality seems like it's as good as it was new.

thats the great thing about those pentax lenses, they were/are buillt like fing tanks

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Wow...nice pics.

How are lens bought off of eBay? Normally I wouldn't ever consider buying used camera parts (especially lenses) but you got a great deal there.

They're all like new actually. Well it's cosmetically worn. But other than that, the image quality seems like it's as good as it was new.

thats the great thing about those pentax lenses, they were/are buillt like fing tanks

Yep especially the late 60s one I have. The new plastic ones have crap build quality though.
pic of the 300mm

 

[Tiamat]

wow, nice pics!

 

[fbrdphreak]

hot pics man, esp that camaro. might use that sh!t on my background

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: skdsp
wow great pictures man

-=bmacd=-

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
hot pics man, esp that camaro. might use that sh!t on my background

I used that one for a few hours It looked nice.
Until I made the bird from heaven pic... my new background :heart:

 

[Triumph]

The cheap lenses is very attractive, but reviews haven't given the Pentax cameras themselves the greatest rating. Specifically the DS gives image that only look average in JPEG mode (much better in Raw). This is a non-starter for me, I don't want to have to process every image in RAW mode, sometimes I want to just use auto and let the camera do its job. So how have you found the JPEG mode to perform?

Cute cat, btw.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Triumph
The cheap lenses is very attractive, but reviews haven't given the Pentax cameras themselves the greatest rating. Specifically the DS gives image that only look average in JPEG mode (much better in Raw). This is a non-starter for me, I don't want to have to process every image in RAW mode, sometimes I want to just use auto and let the camera do its job. So how have you found the JPEG mode to perform?

Cute cat, btw.

JPG is fine 99% of the time.
All of the cat pics are taken with JPG.
So is the camaro and the flower pic.

Pentax cameras do have great ratings. DPReview is the only site that complained about the JPG.. I personally think they overexaggerated the issue.
Anyways, I think the much superior viewfinder, build quality, and LCD makes up for it.
The *ist DS is made out of high quality polycarbonate instead of plain plastic.
The LCD is the same grade as the full format dSLRs from canon and nikon. It has twice as many pixels as the 350XT and D70.
Lastly the *ist DS has mirror lockup, which is extremely useful for those long exposure telephotos.

 

[tami]

nice shots. i'm guessing you did a lot of post-processing as well, correct? the selective coloring feature looks like something you tried in the camaro shot.

you have some great skills there

 

[suse920]

great pics

 

[SSP]

Awesome pics.

 

[toekramp]

can i recommend the new 40mm lens for the Pentax. My friend has it and it's amazing...check out the size of it Link

 

[tami]

wow that's a teeny lens!