Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:36 pm  

Having a bit of a play with wire wool spinning. Remarkably easy to create pretty spectacular effects. Less easy finding locations that don't cause alarm or attract unwanted attention. Abandoned shed by Iain Peacock, on Flickr Wire Wool Steps by Iain Peacock, on Flickr

Having a bit of a play with wire wool spinning. Remarkably easy to create pretty spectacular effects. Less easy finding locations that don't cause alarm or attract unwanted attention. Abandoned shed by Iain Peacock, on Flickr Wire Wool Steps by Iain Peacock, on Flickr

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:48 pm  

Some more American Football snaps

UCLan Rams vs Sheffield Hallam

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Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:34 pm  

LeedsBornWelshRoots wrote: They do. http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_afs_dx_nikkor_50mm_f_1_8_g_review/ It's generally regarded as the best value-for-money that Nikon offer. You could also try setting the ISO to 800 or even 1600. The amount of noise / grain will inevitably increase but modern DSLRs can often cope quite well. Try it and see. Set your camera in Aperture Priority, select its largest aperture (smallest number), set ISO to ISO800 (initially) and see what shutter speed the camera calculates. Also try substituting any reasonably solid surface for a tripod. Will this AF with my body (D5000) as I've read a few forums and reviews of lenses that say most won't AF and I'd have to manual focus if I did get one...

LeedsBornWelshRoots wrote: They do. http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_afs_dx_nikkor_50mm_f_1_8_g_review/ It's generally regarded as the best value-for-money that Nikon offer. You could also try setting the ISO to 800 or even 1600. The amount of noise / grain will inevitably increase but modern DSLRs can often cope quite well. Try it and see. Set your camera in Aperture Priority, select its largest aperture (smallest number), set ISO to ISO800 (initially) and see what shutter speed the camera calculates. Also try substituting any reasonably solid surface for a tripod. Will this AF with my body (D5000) as I've read a few forums and reviews of lenses that say most won't AF and I'd have to manual focus if I did get one...

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:44 pm  

Why wouldn't a Nikkor lens AF on a Nikon body?

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Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:32 pm  

I don't know. Been reading about a few and looking on ebay for some, and most sellers say they won't auto focus with some of the entry level bodies like the 3100, 5000, 5100 etc

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:58 am  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Will this AF with my body (D5000) as I've read a few forums and reviews of lenses that say most won't AF and I'd have to manual focus if I did get one...

This taken from the review that I linked to in my earlier post ...

"The Nikon AF-S 50mm f1.8G lens features a Silent Wave Motor (SWM) that allows near-silent auto-focusing on all Nikon DSLR cameras."

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:16 am  

European Griffon Vulture (Amsterdam zoo).

European Griffon Vulture (Amsterdam zoo).

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri May 03, 2013 10:57 am  

Went to see McFly at Leeds Academy on Wednesday night, no professional cameras allowed, but hate going to live gigs and not having a record of the event, so I decided to take along my old Minolta Dimage Z2 that I bought off ebay about 7 years ago and haven't used for quite a while. Was up on the balcony at the back, so wasn't holding out too much hope of any decent shots, but I think the Minolta did okay really, especially given the low light conditions PICT0016 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0025 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0033 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0058 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0149 by mortonstalker, on Flickr

Went to see McFly at Leeds Academy on Wednesday night, no professional cameras allowed, but hate going to live gigs and not having a record of the event, so I decided to take along my old Minolta Dimage Z2 that I bought off ebay about 7 years ago and haven't used for quite a while. Was up on the balcony at the back, so wasn't holding out too much hope of any decent shots, but I think the Minolta did okay really, especially given the low light conditions PICT0016 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0025 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0033 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0058 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0149 by mortonstalker, on Flickr

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri May 03, 2013 11:45 am  

RoversTrace wrote: Went to see McFly at Leeds Academy on Wednesday night, no professional cameras allowed, but hate going to live gigs and not having a record of the event, so I decided to take along my old Minolta Dimage Z2 that I bought off ebay about 7 years ago and haven't used for quite a while. Was up on the balcony at the back, so wasn't holding out too much hope of any decent shots, but I think the Minolta did okay really, especially given the low light conditions PICT0016 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0025 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0033 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0058 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0149 by mortonstalker, on Flickr Nice shots as usual Trace, not sure about your taste though

RoversTrace wrote: Went to see McFly at Leeds Academy on Wednesday night, no professional cameras allowed, but hate going to live gigs and not having a record of the event, so I decided to take along my old Minolta Dimage Z2 that I bought off ebay about 7 years ago and haven't used for quite a while. Was up on the balcony at the back, so wasn't holding out too much hope of any decent shots, but I think the Minolta did okay really, especially given the low light conditions PICT0016 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0025 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0033 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0058 by mortonstalker, on Flickr PICT0149 by mortonstalker, on Flickr Nice shots as usual Trace, not sure about your taste though

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri May 03, 2013 11:49 am  

Nice shots as usual Trace, not sure about your taste though

Thank you. Expected the comments, but seen them live four times now and they've put on a fantastic show every time, they play their instruments and do it very well live