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Re: Second Shooter rates for California
Hi Candid Mug, A couple of questions: Where in CA are you located? The reason I ask is that I am located in San Jose. Do you have a web site with some wedding samples? Shooting 6 weddings as a second for free as well as engagement sessions is, how shall i put this?.........not wise. Then shooting 2 additional weddings for… -
Re: Specific tripod selections, narrowed down to three choices
I'd be looking at graphite, where only 8/10 lb difference between your 190 and the 055, but still an issue. See my response #20 to Cygnus, pretty well expresses my view. Remember, I'm shooting an Oly E-3 with 4/3-dedicated Zuikos, smaller size/weight than similarly built APS-C and full-size sensor kits. And I limit lens… -
Re: BB: Help - What am I doing wrong?
First off the D300 should be fine up to ISO 3200. What ISO to use depends on the shutter speed you need. I find 1/400 to be the very minimum I will go to. 1/640 is great if you can get it but that's tough to get. The key to noise performance is proper exposure. Several people have talked about how things in the frame can… -
Re: Just got a 10,000 $$$ Grant help
picture For about 6 years now it has been my dream to become a photographer. I have taken many classes online and had a few lessons from other photographers. I have done about 10 shoots portrait wise and I have 2 wededings planned to do next month and this is how i am going to learn.. I told my clients up front that I am… -
Re: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-63 DC OS
I have it in the Nikon mount. I have only a couple of problems with it. The barrel tends to stick as I zoom in or out so thats a bit annoying. Also, with all of my sigma lenses, I must keep the contacts clean or else the lense does't work properly with the D300. Funny thing is that the Sigma lenses work just fine with my… -
Re: Tennis elbow for photographers?
As per your website advice column, you may want to lose the 24-70 lest brides ask you whether or not you use zooms! :-P Okay in all seriousness, yeah it can get heavy. A full-size camera body and a 70-200, OUCH. ...Which is why I try and stick with a grip-less D300 or D700, with primes on the D700 and crop-sensor zooms on… -
Re: Hiccups when viewing galleries
Sure...this is reproducible pretty much anytime of day. Here is a traceroute from my machine: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. tracert domains.smugmug.com Tracing route to e1021.c.akamaiedge.net [96.7.116.77] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms… -
Re: Where to buy?
Calumet Had an interesting experience with Calumet on Friday. I'm looking for a Canon lens hood EW-83E for my 10-22 EF-S lens, because for some reason, Canon decided not to include one with this $750 lens. :splat It's the same hood that's used on the 17-40/4 and 16-35/2.8. Since I sold my 17-40/4 to a dgrinner who shall… -
Re: iso
I like the "where do you want to go" response that someone wrote. It certainly helps to know what you want to achieve. I'll share with you my thinking and my choices as a result. Goal: weddings, indoor shooting without flash Result: all my lenses are fast lenses. "Fast" means they support larger aperatures. So my lenses… -
Re: Indecisive decision on next glass purchase
Ziggy is right. Assume that you have a zoom lens already. Try to zoom it to 50mm and take some pictures indoor. See if you can fit everything in without backing yourself to the wall. In most case, even back to the wall, you cannot fit, say, a group of people into the picture frame. 50mm is the widest prime I have now, I…
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