I am actually thinking bout going to the local Botanical Gardens today cause it is free from noon till close. Just that I would be shooting in mid day lighting.

 

Don - nifty is pretty good.. i got rid of it a while ago.. but I'm thinking about getting the Sigma 50mm f/1.4... still debating

Sushi - Aperture is basically how big the opening of the lens is.. those are rated by f-stop.. but in kind of reverse convention.. so the smaller the number, the bigger the opening.. so f/2.8 is a bigger opening than f/4. What this translates to is the larger the opening, the more light that will hit your sensor.. the more light you have, the higher your shutter speed will be.

Shutter speed is an easier concept to grasp. It is rated at a 1/x of a second.. so the high x is, the faster the shutter speed.. typically, you will want to get the highest shutter speed allowable at the lowest ISO. Reason for this is because the most common error for blurry photos is the shutter is open for too long.. the longer it is open, the more likely you will move the camera, causing a blurry photo.. that's where tripods come in during night photography.. anyways, a general rule of thumb is you want your shutter speed to be at least 1/focal length.. so if you are shooting at 200mm.. you want to have at least a 1/200 sec shutter speed to combat camera shake.

ISO is a rating of how sensitive your camera sensor is. The lower the number (100, 200, etc), the less sensitive your sensor is. You will normally increase your ISO because you want to increase your shutter speed.. more sensitive sensor = higher shutter speed.. so you might be wondering,why not always have a high ISO then (1600, etc)? The reason is because the higher your ISO, the more noise you will get in your pictures.. noise is all the grain and random color static that you see in your photo.. you don't want this because it obviously looks bad, and it reduces the amount of detail you will see in your photo.


ISO, aperture, and shutter speed are all inter-related to one another. I know it can be a lot to take in, but it will come easily once you start shooting and playing with your camera.. play with the settings and you should see how it affects your result pretty easily. Lemmi know if you need me to clarify anything.

 

Mid day is rough shooting unless its overcast somewhat..
Here's a coulpe of this rose in my backyard

 

mid-day light is ftl... go before sundown

 

i like the second one chip.. i like the narrow dof... 1st photo looks a bit soft.

 

ok ok that some good knowledge right there not how about this which is better to you my Nikon d40 or d70

 

honestly, a camera is just a tool... it's all about how well you can use it.. i could hand you a Nikon D3X, but if you didn't know how to use it, it's pointless.. that being said, on paper the D70 is a better camera, although it's a bit outdated.

 

ooo ok so the d40 is the best ideal to use

 

Yes and no.. if my memory serves me correctly (I'm not a Nikon guy), the D70 has the in-body motor, which the D40 doesn't.. to me, that's a deal breaker already because it limits the lenses I can choose from.. the technology in the d70 is dated, but the features of the camera are better than the d40 still.

 

so its kinda a win win situation with the camera but on a personal level what should i use or do you think i should use

 

thanks bro

 

Are you considering upgrading to the D70 and not sure if you should? I'm kinda confused by the question you're asking.

 

i have both cameras

 

itzjere you right on about the built in on the d70 and the d40 doesnt. You lense choice is pretty restricted then. Unless he would like to manual focus everything which isnt bad by any means.

I have used both. I personally would go with the D70. I use the d80 now and the d300.

 

Humm.. Hard choice.. cause they are in a way both equal.. no AF in body is technically worse, but most Nikon lenses now have AF in lens.. i would assume that the D40 handles noise better since it's newer... so yah, D40? Maybe a Nikon person can better answer your question.

 

oh lol.. listen to chip then.. i'm a Canon user so Nikon is another universe to me

 

yeah that's just more proof u should've gotten a Canon. Use the d70 and let me borrow the d40 cause i wanna try a nikon just to see what the hype is all bout.

 

I can tell you already that you're gonna be disappointed... it's like using a rebel xt in chinese or something.. it's small... feels cheap, and the menu system and buttons are confusing as fk... to me at least.. no offense to Nikon users though

 

haha lets do a borrow for borrow hahahaha

 

yeah it closes at 6pm and i think the sun just then starts to go down. Hopefully the CP will help out a little bit by reducing some of the light that gets in. And I can take my ISO down to 50 ha ha. But the contrast is still gonna be there.