First time shooting with my new DSLR
As I plow headlong into my mid life crisis I found my self attending my old antique radio clubs monthly meeting friday night just to see some of my old chums. not the wildest of crowds but good guys none the less and its nice to see friendly faces as you ponder all of the sinking curve balls lifes batting cage throws your way.
whats all this mean?
not much except a friend had a Nikon D40 there that I played with a little. He showed me some pics he took and I was surprised to hear that the D40 sells as low as it does. Being cheap and knowing DGrin is heavily biased towards Canon I decided then and there to buy the Nikon as my first DSLR just because I can
and because I'm tired of wanting a DSLR.
I went to Best Buy Saturday determined to leave wtih a DSLR in hand. I chose Best Buy because I know they offer extended warranties and given the delicate nature of digicams SLR or not I wanted to make sure I got an extended warranty. On top of that I always like to grab a few trinkets at Best Buy when I'm buying 12 months same as cash and I was quite pleased to finally add Black Sabbaths Sabotage to my CD collection. I normally don't like to go as high as 11.99 for a CD but given the special circumstances I thought it warranted the splurge. Say what you want about Dave Matthews and all the rest of todays so called recording artists.
When someone can top Megalomania I'm all ears.
Sting me!
So without to much hemming and hawing I pulled the trigger on a Nikon D40 which was selling for $599. The sales kid offered me a Nikon 2 Zoom kit, which was the D40 along with the 18-55 lens it comes with, and for another 200 bucks Nikon throwns in a 55-200 zoom, (which sells for $249) which would have made it $799. but when he rang it up it came up for $699, which he wasn't even aware of but he just assumed they lowered the price.
worked for me. :thumb
As I rummaged thru the car today for a knife to cut my tomato for a tomato and mayo sandwich while attending the local motocross for the second time in a month I realized I finally have come home when it occured to me that I had a Black Sabbath and an Ozzy CD in the car at the same time.
what exactly does that mean?
it means that I finally got to play with a DSLR today.
did I mention that a 2 gig SD hgh speed memory card cost a whopping $35? :huh
welcome to the new millenium.
so here is one that I like.
we'll upload a few more and then hash over some first impressions of my first DSLR.
whats all this mean?
not much except a friend had a Nikon D40 there that I played with a little. He showed me some pics he took and I was surprised to hear that the D40 sells as low as it does. Being cheap and knowing DGrin is heavily biased towards Canon I decided then and there to buy the Nikon as my first DSLR just because I can
and because I'm tired of wanting a DSLR.I went to Best Buy Saturday determined to leave wtih a DSLR in hand. I chose Best Buy because I know they offer extended warranties and given the delicate nature of digicams SLR or not I wanted to make sure I got an extended warranty. On top of that I always like to grab a few trinkets at Best Buy when I'm buying 12 months same as cash and I was quite pleased to finally add Black Sabbaths Sabotage to my CD collection. I normally don't like to go as high as 11.99 for a CD but given the special circumstances I thought it warranted the splurge. Say what you want about Dave Matthews and all the rest of todays so called recording artists.
When someone can top Megalomania I'm all ears.
Sting me!
So without to much hemming and hawing I pulled the trigger on a Nikon D40 which was selling for $599. The sales kid offered me a Nikon 2 Zoom kit, which was the D40 along with the 18-55 lens it comes with, and for another 200 bucks Nikon throwns in a 55-200 zoom, (which sells for $249) which would have made it $799. but when he rang it up it came up for $699, which he wasn't even aware of but he just assumed they lowered the price.
worked for me. :thumb
As I rummaged thru the car today for a knife to cut my tomato for a tomato and mayo sandwich while attending the local motocross for the second time in a month I realized I finally have come home when it occured to me that I had a Black Sabbath and an Ozzy CD in the car at the same time.
what exactly does that mean?
it means that I finally got to play with a DSLR today.
did I mention that a 2 gig SD hgh speed memory card cost a whopping $35? :huh
welcome to the new millenium.
so here is one that I like.
we'll upload a few more and then hash over some first impressions of my first DSLR.
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Dave
thanks for viewing.
the thing about these shots of that jump is that it was taken from a fairly long distance. I'm guessing 125 feet? but I'm bad at judging distance. but for me the fence helps add perspective. I've got some more coming that I got all bike/air and no fence. I think you'll like them.
the purchase of the D40 is starting to sink in now. besides being cheap I'm a chronic second guesser. should I have spent more? should I have gone with Canon? but we live with our decisions and make due with what we have. I'm liking the results for the most part. I'm realizing that for a first time effort the results were acceptable and that with some time and understanding of the camera and features I can get better results. these were pretty much point and shoot with the camera on the sports setting.
here is a comparison between the D40 and the Canon A95. both on sports settings. I let the Canon shot get a tad closer. I didn't even realize at the time that I had bagged the same rider with both cameras from the same spot.
the D40.
the Canon.
and some not so decent.
and by the way this "open mini" class.
these bike flat out haul ass with a proportionate rider on board.
pretty much the same shot with the Nikon
and the Canon.
same rider.
he don't need no stinking gloves or mouth protection.
you did well
Dave
so I started stalking him each lap.
Honda Owners Group.
note the synchronous roosts.
thanks. I needed to get over the hump and get the DSLR. I'm sure the Canon is great also but my son has some Nikon's and a little lens sharing is always a nice option. One thing that really caught my ear about the D40 was battery life and I shot over 250 shots Sunday on the same battery. I never checked the level but it had more than enough juice for a long day.
note #61.
#61 is 15 years old and was riding with the experts and put in a very good showing running top 5 in all the classes he was in.
very pleased with these shots.
not bad for a $700 camera that comes with 2 lens.
Just from this one set of photos, I can see you were getting better as the day progressed. Nice to be able to just fire away with no shutter lag, eh?
It's also to your benefit that you know what you're shooting. Play that up. You wouldn't be a great ballet shooter, but you know your bikes, and it shows, you know what to anticipate from them.
some good shots in there
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Nothing a little crop can't fix. I try to get the framing perfect in-camera but I'm rarely that lucky. Cropping slightly can alter the focus of a shot and improve it trmendously.
thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IImhchDkHIk
thanks. I'm looking forward to a lot more. talk about cheap entertainment. plus I can head out in the over 50 class and take the Canon along for the ride.