DSLR Camera Reccomendation?

[ColdBlooded]

http://madison.craigslist.org/pho/1545618415.html

Nikon D60 for $340

Maybe I could talk down to $300?

Does that sound like an ok deal?

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

That sounds like a pretty good deal.

I bought a D90 recently and here are some my sources I used to gather info.

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon_D60/

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/digital_camera_and_lens_reviews.shtml

http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/body/chart/nikon_dslr_chart.html

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

I like that old black N white look when the background is all blurry N the subject is clear. What do you call that setting???

You can set it to shoot black n white or edit it to be black n white after you're done. The blurry background and the subject is clear is called shallow depth of field.

 

[Big Teflon]

MY SKILL LEVEL IS EXACTLY 0...AND I'VE JUST BEEN TAKIN A SHITLOAD OF PICS OF DIFFERENT SHIT...AND FUCKIN WIT THE SETTINGS..

I TRIED TO READ A BUNCH OF SHIT,BUT IT JUST CONFUSES THE SHIT OUTTA ME..SO I THINK IMMA HAVE TO TAKE A CLASS OR SOME SHIT..CAUSE MY PICTURES COME OUT OK,BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT I WANT..SO I KNO THERES ALOTTA SHIT IM DOIN WRONG SETTINGS WISE..

 

[NorthBay 415]

Kenrockwell.com

click on tips

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

It's not as hard as it seems, I been there before. Everything you need is online. I took a class and read up on books, some of the stuff i already knew before the class though.

 

[NorthBay 415]

I WANNA TAKE NITE SHOTS N SHIT

AND PICS WITH SHALLOW DEPTH OF FILED TYP OF PICS

BUT ALSO HOW TO TAKE GOOD AS PICS IN GENERAL LIKE THAT FOOL COLUMBO

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

try these settings 4 night shots.

Aperture to F/9 or around there.
Shutter speed 5 seconds and up, play with those two the most.. aperture and shutter speed. Then set the dial to M for Manual, otherwise if u leave it on Aperture or Shutter you'll just get a dark ass picture that u cant see anything.

If you have a nikon P is for programmed, S for shutter speed A for Aperture and M for Manual.. you wanna eventually learn to shoot on M, because if you shoot from Aperture the camera will select everything else for you but aperture, or if you shoot on S camera will select aperture and everything else for you but shutter since you're on that setting and have selected the shutter speed u want, but on manual you control everything how the picture will come out.

 

[Nevasoba]

When taking night shots I like to have my ap around f22 and 20+ sec @ ISO 200
But its all personal preference...but you definately need a tripod

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

Yeah forgot 2 mention the tripod. I said f/9 because of the 5" seconds.

But of course the longer the shutter is open for the smaller the Aperture can be.

I have mine set at 200 ISO 90% of the time.

 

[Big Teflon]

I GOT A TRIPOD...THANKS FOR THE TIPS..SOON AS I GET OVER THIS FUCKIN SICKNESS I CAN START FUCKIN WIT THE SHIT AGAIN.

 

[Nevasoba]

I like that old black N white look when the background is all blurry N the subject is clear. What do you call that setting???

You can set it to shoot black n white or edit it to be black n white after you're done. The blurry background and the subject is clear is called shallow depth of field.

Yup you also need a fast telephoto lense (50mm+) that can go up to atleast f/4 ....you can get a f2.8 but them pieces of glass cost bread

 

[NorthBay 415]

^^^*u*need*diff*lenses*to*make pictures with *the*clear*subject*and*blurry*background*

The camera I ordered come with thee lenses - 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens are they good?and can use it to take those pics? I'm a new @ this btw

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

Not necessarily, you can still achieve the depth of field with a zoom lens (which is what the 18-55 is) I have that lens and have taken pictures like that, you just need to choose matrix metering in the camera, and use one of the 3 points and focus on the subject by pressing the shutter release button half way, and once u get a good focus press it down all the way 2 take the picture.

 

[Big Teflon]

IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY DEPTH OF FIELD??HOW ITS FOCUSED TO THE RIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS BLURRY?

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

Yup, that's shallow depth of field, the opposite is known as greater depth of field.

 

[Nevasoba]

^^^*u*need*diff*lenses*to*make pictures with *the*clear*subject*and*blurry*background*

The camera I ordered come with thee lenses - 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens are they good?and can use it to take those pics? I'm a new @ this btw

Not necessarily, you can still achieve the depth of field with a zoom lens (which is what the 18-55 is) I have that lens and have taken pictures like that, you just need to choose matrix metering in the camera, and use one of the 3 points and focus on the subject by pressing the shutter release button half way, and once u get a good focus press it down all the way 2 take the picture.

Yup you can take some with your basic lense just make sure its zoomed because wide angle wont really get the look you want...but if you get a nice telephoto you can get that effect like this...

 

[NorthBay 415]

Nice pics ^^^^^ Thanks on the tips

 

[ColdBlooded]

Everyone on craigslist I tried to get a cammera from flaked on me so I went to Ebay.

This is what I ended up getting:

Sony A100 DSLR Body
Sony Lens 3.5-5.6/18-70mm
Sony Lens 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens
Sony Battery Charger
3 Batteries
Compact Flash Memory Card 2GB
Tamrac Camera Case
All necessary cables to hook up to TV Set (not shown in photo)
Magic Lantern Guide for the Sony A100 DSLR

$415 (includes shipping) More than I intended to pay initially, but still less than if I got a new one in the store.

My luck everyone will say this is the worst deal. But I used the links provided by Mr. Nice Guy in this thread to investigate the higher rated camera and what qualities it had and when considering the lenses that came with it I thought this was a good price.

 

[NorthBay 415]

Got my camara 2 day n been film wid it, I looke at my lenese and there's a smudge on me! It's not a scratch bcuz it don't look like one, I tried wiping it and doesn't come out. It doenst affect the pic but just bothers me. Any suggestions?