conjamuk

I love this one.

Mike Panic

Need to know your budget and what you want to shoot, that will dictat what type of body you should get and what you can afford in lenses. I've been shooting for 10 years and been published in a bunch of magazines for club photography, cars and other things, however my current focus is fashion now.

One of the first postings was, "I would rather put money into good lenses then a body that will be outdated in a year," well all bodies will be out dated in a year, it's a matter of what you want out of it. I'm shooting a 5d which is getting to the end of it's life cycle for me (camera has low clicks but for what I'm doing, I need more resolution), but have been shooting L glass for more nearly 7 years now and the quality is just insane in comparison.

For comparison though, having a full frame sensor + super wide non-fish (sigma 12-24) provides some stunning wide-angle shots: St. Thomas Mike Panic

This family set was shot almost entirely on a 70-200 f/4L IS @ f/4: Ami, Chris & Addi Mike Panic

This is a studio shot for a look-book shot on a 24-70 f/2.8L Where Professional Models Meet Model Photographers - ModelMayhem

My camera SUCKS at doing action photography though, so when I need to shoot skate photos (friend owns a skateshop that I do photo work for now and again) I'm left borrowing a 1d3 body.

Knowing what you want to do w/ your photography will dictate what you should buy. Right now I'm actually eyeing up the Rebel T1i because I hate carrying my gripped 5d w/ 24-70L lens around for just casual street / fun photography, I'd like a smaller slr with no grip and a 28 f/2.8 lens, that I can also still use all the glass I already own + mess around with video. The 5d2 is on my list to get towards the end of the year, after PMA and CES shows what's coming.

heavyt

had some nice glass no l stuff but when I got my 5d mark2 I went to l glass.

fish eye is 12-24mm sigma and a 24-70mm 2.8 I need to get a zoom lens now I want a EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM for my zoom but I'll get it here soon.

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TLott

I'd look at a Nikon D60 or similar (i think they replaced it with the d3000?) with the kit lens + a 55-200 VR. You should be able to set yourself up with that for under $1,000. Throw in a 30 or 35mm fast prime (f/1.4 or f/1.8) into the mix for low light and you have a solid setup. (I have my old D60, 2 batteries, 18-55 kit lens and 55-200 lens if you are interested in it... also have a Nikon 18-200mm lens I need to get rid of... although I was not too happy with the image quality of the 18-200).

I have been doing a lot of travel photography and used that setup extensively while I learned the basics.

I wanted easier manual control so I upgraded to a D300s (would have gone with the D90 but it has no weather proofing... I'd hate to be in a small drizzle and ruin the body on vacation).

The setup I run when traveling:

D300s
Nikon 16-85mm VR (general walkaround lens)
Nikon 70-300mm VR
Sigma 10-20mm (for wide landscapes, etc)
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 (low light)

The D300s also has dual memory card slots so I can write images to both cards (I am paranoid about having a memory card go bad on me and losing a good batch of photos).

Another high end option would be the full framed D700 which is an amazing camera for High ISO / low light, but I could not justify the additional weight of quality FX glass for a travel setup. I am able to fit all my camera gear + laptop in a relatively small backpack.

Some pics with the D300 setup (I am still learning...)


16-85mm (town of Gefyra shot from Monemvasia, Greece)


16-85mm 15s exposure


70-300mm (Skansen in Stockholm)

Fatbat

Some seriously nice photos there guys.

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Supergeek

Great pics and discussion. To expand on this, anyone here know anything about taking pics through a telescope? I'm interested in getting a decent telescope and a camera that can be used with it.

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TLott

Don't know much about it personally, but you might want to check out some of the aviation spotting forums. Those guys manage to snap crystal clear photos of aircraft at 38,000 feet. Photos: Airbus A380-842 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

And here is a thread of shots of the space station from the ground:
Extreme Spotting - Samoloty Na Wysoko?ci Przelotowej - Airlines In Flight :: Zobacz temat - ISS Spotting - Zdj?cia Mi?dzynarodowej Stacji Kosmicznej

Just a couple of leads...

Jizzlobber

What are you guys doing when you go to print some of these shots? Printing yourself - what kind of gear? Local service? Online service? Just curious.

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i would grab the canon body of your choice.. like nicky said the newer equivalents of the XTi are sufficient..

then pick up (Sigma 18-200 f/3.5-6.3) for a good carry lens, it's very lightweight and nicely flexible in terms of zoom range. also is half-decent for low lighting since it's F/3.5 at the 18mm end.

for the zoom (whiskers!) try out a (canon 75-300 f/4-5.6)

now, neither of these are high end lenses but i'd start here.. if you want to blow some money, grab this instead of the 75-300 (canon 100-400 L)

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i use imagekind.com.. pretty reasonable pricing for the ones i want framed, never tried ordering just a print

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DewChugr

The Tamron 70-200 2.8 is supposed to be a very good lens.

I've heard googd things about them. For a good high end lab check out West Coast Imaging. Don't waste your money on a photo printer, they can't compete with a chromira or lightjet. You should get a colorimeter as well.

Check out what this guy does with a canon powershot g9.

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Mike Panic

Unless you have very specific requirements, the cost to print at home with any quality is insanely expensive, and to do it properly you need to do monitor and color calibrations.

check out:

• http://www.mpix.com
• Dan's Camera City - the Lehigh Valley's favorite photography store
• http://www.adoramapix.com
  

And see if you have any local shops