well there goes 500$

[Anubis]

In 3-5 Days il will be mine

 

[RagingBITCH]

sexy!

 

[Koing]

Nice lense

Hows the D70 holding up? Taken many shots? How do you find it? TOO SLOW?

My gf has one and she likes it but not sure how much she has found time to use it though.

Koing

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Koing
Nice lense

Hows the D70 holding up? Taken many shots? How do you find it? TOO SLOW?

My gf has one and she likes it but not sure how much she has found time to use it though.

Koing

yea over 2500 shots, holding up just fine, i need to clean the CCD but thats not uncommon wioth DSLRs the cleaning kit is on its way as well, i ordered that 2 days ago cost 10$, i think its great and its NOT SLOW, but then again ive never used a D2H so i cant really compair it to anything, its faster they my Oly C720 UZ by light years tho

 

[virtueixi]

That lense was $500?

 

[myusername]

f 2.8

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: virtueixi
That lense was $500?

actually it retails for 650$

this one is used in 10/10 condition from B&H so its not a scam, B&H is awsome

 

[virtueixi]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: virtueixi
That lense was $500?

actually it retails for 650$

this one is used in 10/10 condition from B&H so its not a scam, B&H is awsome

Congrats, you must lovvvvvvvvvvve photography.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: virtueixi

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: virtueixi
That lense was $500?

actually it retails for 650$

this one is used in 10/10 condition from B&H so its not a scam, B&H is awsome

Congrats, you must lovvvvvvvvvvve photography.

sure do

id really like one of these but it costs like 1500$

one of These woudl be nice also its about 1800$

 

[cressida]

for the price of that lense, I hope it has an x-ray feature

 

[inteltechs]

looking good...

 

[inteltechs]

looking good...

 

[kaizersose]

Originally posted by: Anubis
In 3-5 Days il will be mine

have you heard anything (good or bad) about the remote control?

they are only about $16 and would be great for taking long exposure shots as well as self-portraits and such

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: kaizersose

Originally posted by: Anubis
In 3-5 Days il will be mine

have you heard anything (good or bad) about the remote control?

they are only about $16 and would be great for taking long exposure shots as well as self-portraits and such

i have heard both ways about it, there are some other ones that will work as well that i thik are better, check the Dpreview forums for more info on it, i dont have one and now i realize i should have ordered one with that lens

you dont actually need one for long exposures, i take alot of 10-30sec exposures with out one and they come out fine

you will need it for "bulb" esposures tho

 

[mrCide]

Originally posted by: cressida
for the price of that lense, I hope it has an x-ray feature

no those are the infrared filter ones that go on sony cams

 

[MichaelD]

Oooh, you can see womens nekkid from 500 yards w/that bad boy!

Remember: :camera:s?

 

[Kaieye]

I remember about twenty four years ago when I was in Hong Kong on a trip, I purchased two Nikkor 105 2.5 AI manual focus lenses (great for portraits) for $130 apiece. I brought them back to San Francisco and sold one of them for $260 and I kept one for myself for free. These deals are now over and you can probably buy them cheaper thru mailorder from New York.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Oooh, you can see womens nekkid from 500 yards w/that bad boy!

Remember: :camera:s?

no i doubt it but it can take cool pics of bugs

my 70-300mm F.4.5-4.6 Ed lens does a better job at spotting honies from far away

 

[DurocShark]

Drool.

What are you going to be using for macro lighting? If you don't have anything yet let me know. I'm working on a cheap solution usable for all cameras...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Drool.

What are you going to be using for macro lighting? If you don't have anything yet let me know. I'm working on a cheap solution usable for all cameras...

well most of the pics i take are in ample light so im "hopeing" i dont need anything yet, im gonna pick up a SB-800 next time im not poor, thats another 300$ or so


but ill take a look at whatever you are makeing

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Drool.

What are you going to be using for macro lighting? If you don't have anything yet let me know. I'm working on a cheap solution usable for all cameras...

well most of the pics i take are in ample light so im "hopeing" i dont need anything yet, im gonna pick up a SB-800 next time im not poor, thats another 300$ or so


but ill take a look at whatever you are makeing

Keep in mind that ambient light sucks when you're stopping down a macro lens to get maximum depth of field.

I'll PM you about the lights...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Drool.

What are you going to be using for macro lighting? If you don't have anything yet let me know. I'm working on a cheap solution usable for all cameras...

well most of the pics i take are in ample light so im "hopeing" i dont need anything yet, im gonna pick up a SB-800 next time im not poor, thats another 300$ or so


but ill take a look at whatever you are makeing

Keep in mind that ambient light sucks when you're stopping down a macro lens to get maximum depth of field.

I'll PM you about the lights...

yea i know, hence "hopeing"

 

[Doggiedog]

How useful is a fixed 105MM lens?

Wouldn't it be more flexible to get a zoom instead?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
How useful is a fixed 105MM lens?

Wouldn't it be more flexible to get a zoom instead?

usefull for macro,

ihave a zoom that covers 105 but PRIME lenses are SHARP as anything, and this happens to be one fo the sharpest ever made, It has a fast apature of 2.8 which is as good as it gets
a zoom that does that at this range would cost 3x as much

on a normal SLR its called the long Portrait lens, 85mm being the norm the 85 f/1.4 or f/1.8 being the lens
portrait range is from 70-130mm there abouts

on a DLSR the 105 becomes ~155mm because of the 1.5x crop factor, makeing it an excellent medium telephoto that is FAST, and for macro it gives you more working room so you dont have to be ontop of your subject

 

[DurocShark]

99.999% of the time a "prime" lens (single focal length lens) will be signifigantly sharper than a zoom. Plus, macro (or, for Nikon "micro") lenses tend to be optimized for sharpness across a flat field. Useful for phogographing things like paintings, stamps, etc.