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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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ive had the Nikon D40 and switched to the XSi, lovin it so far!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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They both feel well in grip. Maybe the Nikon a little better. However I don't want to like the Nikon as funny as it sounds. I had a great canon point and shoot and that started me loving the Canon brand.

It appears that the L-series lenses of Canons are superior to Nikons which is a factor to consider as well.

Decisions decisions.....
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Canon definitely has better glass. Also Nikon is bad bout putting options in the menu instead of making a simple button for it like Canon does.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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I tried out the XSI in the store. Didn't like it too much. So I went Nikon and will probably always shoot with Nikon. But in all reality, it's really up to which one you're more comfortable with. As far as who has better glass, the differences in image quality are so minute that you'd have to get on a scientific level to really compare. Some lenses Nikon makes better, some lenses Canon makes better. But the companies are so competitive that you'll probably never get the chance to say one is better than the other.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Found a really cool site. Showed it to Tina yesterday.

He takes amazing images and shows how they were setup and how they were processed and everything. Its mostly for flash photography tho.

http://zetson.blogspot.com/
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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some HDR shots from scary dairy





Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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should of placed your tC in there
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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gate prevented us from driving out there
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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Don that first shot is one of my fav's by u big time.
like the 2nd one more than the 3rd but they are all good.

Roja, i like the perspective shot u showed me the best from what I've seen so far.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Eye Drops.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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This was from my wife's parents house.. We had a crazy storm this weekend..
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 04:46 AM
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 05:26 AM
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 05:37 AM
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Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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that would be a cool pic to do a tilt shift on and make the people the "toys" and not the planes.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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this is from the other day
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Roja, as stated before, I love that shot.

Snow, love the shot and I agree it would be kinda cool to experiment with for tilt/shift focus.

RnB that middle car on the right is owned by a complete HOMO! ha ha And is that "NOISE" that i see in one of ur photos? Im impressed. ha ha
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Elijahtc
Roja, as stated before, I love that shot.

Snow, love the shot and I agree it would be kinda cool to experiment with for tilt/shift focus.

RnB that middle car on the right is owned by a complete HOMO! ha ha And is that "NOISE" that i see in one of ur photos? Im impressed. ha ha
yea it's artificial noise, usually I add that to BW photos.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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ah ok. I was just glad u finally accepted that "grain" is AWESOME under certain circumstances.

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