What's in your camera bag?

is nobody going to tell me if the camera I've selected is going to be a good camera or not?

Sony DSC-HX5V

Kenom said:

is nobody going to tell me if the camera I've selected is going to be a good camera or not?

Sony DSC-HX5V

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It depends on what you're gonna use it for. Personally I don't like Sony cameras, I'd spew out some more money to buy, at least, a bridge camera instead of a point and shoot.

I don't have the kind of budget.. I mean hell, I won't be getting this for a goood loooong time. I put into a search engine all the features I wanted (not dslr I cannot afford that with all the lenses)

Macro (5cm)
good night shot
sdhc card
shutter speed control (for longer exposure up to minutes if need be)
over 7mp
records video

this was literally the ONLY point and shoot I could find.

Traveller said:

Very impressive collection - look at all those lenses! Speaking of which, I had a Vivitar "Series I" for my Minolta X-700

Obviously you've been a loyal Pentax user for quite some time, now. Why even bother to switch? One of my colleagues wants to pull the trigger on the K-7... could be your next body :beer:

"Distortion and chromatic aberration correction for DA and DFA lenses"

sounds like an upgrade that would certainly be an advantage to you...

Personally, I don't know all that much about Pentax's SLR platform, but the one thing I do know and like is the built-in image stabilization! The costs incurred by both Canon & Nikon owners with per/lens IS solutions is just downright annoying! As a an example, Canon's 70-200 4L IS is almost twice as expensive as their non-IS version. Heck, that same lens costs about the same a their non-IS 70-200 2.8!!!

p.s. How much does your mirror "lenses" weigh? What do you use them for?

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Jpeg from 50 ft. using the MTO 1000mm right out of my "old" K100DS ( no cropping or PP what so ever)



Couldn't find AA's for my scale but it seems to weight about 4 lbs.


Ray

Raybo said:

it seems to weight about 4 lbs...

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Man, would you look at that... that's one big-a$$ lens

They do look a bit cold-war era though, lol, but the image you provided proves they work and work well... :beer:

Traveller said:

Man, would you look at that... that's one big-a$$ lens

They do look a bit cold-war era though, lol, but the image you provided proves they work and work well... :beer:

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It's not as big as you think (and you're right, it IS built like a tank), from the objective to the screw mount the lens is only 10" long. Tripod is a must for this lens and as you can probably tell it has a razor thin DOF at closer distances.

Here's another from 50'.....

2 old nikon Fs and six lenses--yes they still make and develop film and the lasers will no burn up your camera-truer color as well

hakzaw1 said:

2 old nikon Fs and six lenses... truer color as well

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Cool. Let's see some of your Lazor pics (in color, of course)... :beer:

Right now it's just a Canon XS with the 18-55mm stock lens... I hope to be getting a better lens soon. Also, the DSLR Gorillapod for when I need to wrap around something or need a tripod for macro.

Raybo those are some amazing bird shots! (Particularly the last one.) And Kenom, if you just get a single lens for an SLR, you get the same thing as a point and shoot, but with better pictures. It's not like you HAVE to buy lots of lenses.

randomlugia said:

Right now it's just a Canon XS with the 18-55mm stock lens... I hope to be getting a better lens soon.

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Niiice :yh:. The 18-55 II is better than you might think. Granted, it's a bit slow throughout its range and it doesn't have IS but it has had favorable reviews.
Check out Bob Atkins' review:
" It's a great "walking around" lens with the same angular coverage as a 28-90 lens on a film camera. It's small, it's light, it's cheap and as long as you know it's limits, its a good performer."

This was my first Canon lens too. I then bought myself a "nifty fifty" for about $60... at 130g, you'd think it was a toy lens, but you can get some pretty good images with it!

I know it's good, but I also know that the more expensive ones are much better. Maybe it's the camera sensor that isn't perfectly sharp...? I was actually looking at this one: Bower 042X FishEye Lens . I've always wanted a fisheye, and the reviews make it sound great.

randomlugia said:

I know it's good, but I also know that the more expensive ones are much better.

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True, true, but the question's how much better... hmm. A lens has many properties that need to be looked at, such as focal length range, max aperture, center/edge/corner sharpness, barrel/pin-cushion distortion, Chromatic Aberration, color cast, AF accuracy and what not. Of all the reviews I've read, I have yet to find a lens that doesn't have it's Achilles heel.

But let's take one of the above properties, that of center sharpness, something that I find critical. I've put together samples from five of my lenses, ranging from the $60 EF 50 to a $1200 EF 70-200. Thanks to my 50D's AF micro-adjustment, I've tweaked each lens' AF so that these images are as good as each lens gets. There's a noticeable difference between the 50mm and the others, but when you consider that the 50mm is a $60 lens, it starts to look pretty good I didn't have my EF-S 18-55 II on hand, but my guess is it's between the 50mm and the others in the lot... .

The following are all 100% center crops consisting of approx. 15% of the original 4752x3168 image. All lenses wide open (ex. f/1.8 50 stopped down to 2.8). Subject distance was 1000mm+fl (to guarantee MFD is observed). The distance does not adhere to Canon's own recommendation of 50xfl (so 2.5m for a 50mm lens) but my working area was limited.

randomlugia said:

I've always wanted a fisheye...

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I'm afraid I can't comment on it as I have zero knowledge of fisheye lenses. Yes, they can produce pretty cool images, but at a price. My "non-standard" lens wish is a so-called tilt-shift lens, such as Canon's TS-E 24mm. As opposed to your objective, I'm looking to straighten out the lines...

Thanks for the pictures, it's a really good comparison. I'm probably going to go for the fisheye, just because it's only $25.

Nikon D50 with a Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm, 50mm 1.8 and Sigma 50mm 2.8 macro

What's in MY camera bag ? Some lint & a broken camera !!! It SUCKS !!!! rob

rkcstr said:

Nikon D50 with a Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm, 50mm 1.8 and Sigma 50mm 2.8 macro

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Very nice! How's that macro, btw? Please post one of your pics with it here, should you have one on hand, thx :beer:

phoenix77 said:

What's in MY camera bag ? Some lint & a broken camera !!! It SUCKS !!!! rob

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Rob, anyone's who's read one of your otherwise very informative reviews has at one time or another asked for pics... since like 2008...

But that's ok, after all LPF is first and foremost a Lazorfreak's site and in that category, you're very well equipped