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Another convert here. The 55-300 is so good for the money it's unbelievable. I got mine used for less than half of the price of a new one. Liked it so much, I bought a new WR version the moment some disposable income came my way All in all, well worth even saving up for a while and buying it instead of 50-200 one in my eyes.
Comment by Mag07 posted on WTB : 18-55mm WR & 50-200mm WR at 25/09/2015 - 09:50
Judging by the mount to body ratio - it's in a 'handy' size for FF! Awesome.
Comment by Mag07 posted on Full Frame teaser - Spring 2016! at 18/09/2015 - 11:20
Comment by Mag07 posted on Fugifilm disks won't copy photo's. at 14/09/2015 - 20:16
Home time - just class
Comment by Mag07 posted on Tanfield Railway Photo Evening at 14/09/2015 - 19:32
Or check on the Tesco ones. If they don't have the same designation, chances are player is incompatible.
Comment by Mag07 posted on Fugifilm disks won't copy photo's. at 14/09/2015 - 19:30
I have a basic Wordpress based site to share photos with my social media shy family. I find it works rather well. It's a fairly easy learning curve to set one up. I use TSOHost, even their shared hosting is pretty good and they have excellent customer service which is always nice when you are starting out.
Wordpress is free so the initial cost is the cost of a template, should you opt for a premium one - between 40-60 USD; or you can browse a number of free ones as well. Some are lovely. So essentially you need to buy a domain, which is a yearly cost of 5-10 GBP and a monthly hosting plan - cheapest is fine, with a decent host, again, somewhere around a fiver a month..
I'll be happy to help guide you through it should you opt for that.
P.S. We appear to be 'sharing' a quote
Wordpress is free so the initial cost is the cost of a template, should you opt for a premium one - between 40-60 USD; or you can browse a number of free ones as well. Some are lovely. So essentially you need to buy a domain, which is a yearly cost of 5-10 GBP and a monthly hosting plan - cheapest is fine, with a decent host, again, somewhere around a fiver a month..
I'll be happy to help guide you through it should you opt for that.
P.S. We appear to be 'sharing' a quote
He 'stands' out a bit but it's far from screaming 'I am fake' . Especially considering it's a family photo and not a competition submission
If you're using Topaz, might want to download their Lens Effects trial. I haven't used it personally but according to the description on their site, it's meant exactly for that purpose.
And lastly, maybe it's just me, but not all portraits need a shallow DoF. He's a lovely boy with a cute smile. You'd need much more than a house and some trees to distract from that. Sometimes, capturing the moment is way more important than perfect technique.
If you're using Topaz, might want to download their Lens Effects trial. I haven't used it personally but according to the description on their site, it's meant exactly for that purpose.
And lastly, maybe it's just me, but not all portraits need a shallow DoF. He's a lovely boy with a cute smile. You'd need much more than a house and some trees to distract from that. Sometimes, capturing the moment is way more important than perfect technique.
Comment by Mag07 posted on Artificial DOF - Does This Look Fake? at 09/09/2015 - 10:45
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A "level playing field" is not as easy as we might imagine. Also, a £1000 lens might make for sharper images than a £50 lens. That too changes the fairness or otherwise of a competition.
By all means, that's where ability to PP comes into play - making the gear gap a tad less annoying I'd imagine.A "level playing field" is not as easy as we might imagine. Also, a £1000 lens might make for sharper images than a £50 lens. That too changes the fairness or otherwise of a competition.
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It's one of those things if we just take it as read and go out and enjoy making images, being very careful we compose and expose them accurately, then we have the essence of a fun competition. The more we analyse it, the more difficult it becomes.
Hard not to agree with that. Ultimately it's all about the fun/challenge/participation It's one of those things if we just take it as read and go out and enjoy making images, being very careful we compose and expose them accurately, then we have the essence of a fun competition. The more we analyse it, the more difficult it becomes.
Comment by Mag07 posted on Horizon correction - what are the downsides? at 08/09/2015 - 14:32
Haha yeah. Deleted mine lol. Thought I somehow missed a post
Comment by Mag07 posted on Night scene photography at 08/09/2015 - 13:48
