Photography Thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I keep misreading the title of this as "pornography thread" and am obviously disappointed when my brain decodes it properly.

[Yeti]

Mrs. Yeti wants to take some good pics of the deer that come up to our farm every night.  They are about 100 yards away.  She wants to buy a digital camera for under $200.  I told her she will have to spend twice that to get a decent camera.  Are there any decent "wildlife" cameras for under $200?

[Diomedes]

No.

From that distance you need a 500 dollar camera and a 1000 dollar lens.

And a threesome with a midget.

[Susquehanna Birder]

At least.

[Yeti]

Thanks,
This is what I am going to get her.  Any comments?
Panasonic Lumix

[SD]

Thanks,
This is what I am going to get her.  Any comments?
Panasonic Lumix

I bought one 5 years ago, great camera, I still use it.

[Susquehanna Birder]

At the distances you're talking about, a tripod would be a smart addition.

[Diomedes]

Or skip the tripod and the fancy lens...shoot the deer dead with a gun and then get all the close up pics you want.

F'n deer.

[Yeti]

At the distances you're talking about, a tripod would be a smart addition.

So my wife can just steady it on my shoulder.

(ba dum bump)

Thank you, I'm here all week.

[DH]

The wifey picked me up a Canon T3i for my birthday..I've been playing around w it for the past few hours and its pretty sweet, but I have no idea what I'm doing..anyone know of a good site to learn how to use this thing?

[Susquehanna Birder]

Are you looking more for how to use that particular camera, or for technique info? If it's the latter, a place like about.com is a decent place to start.

There are quite a few blogs and forums I can point you to, as well.

[DH]

definitely both..I've toyed around w photography with a cheap digitals long enough, time to step up my game. I'm all ears.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Sounds good. First, that about.com site is pretty good for giving the basics with regard to technique, and it has a small forum (but the format of the forum sucks).

Here are a couple of other forums:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/
http://forums.mycanikon.com/

A couple of good books:

Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure is pretty good at starting basic and progressing at a good pace.
Scott Kelby's Digital Photography gets very high marks, but I haven't read that one yet.

There's also a nice list of books recommended by users on the Photography on the Net site. Link

And here are some decent blogs:

http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/
http://www.lighting-essentials.com/
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
http://davidtejada.blogspot.com/
http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/
http://www.scottkelby.com/

[DH]

awesome, thanks a mil. I brought the camera up to west point today - gonna take some shots and see how they look, then take the same shots at a later date once I learn some technique, etc..

[Yeti]

Panasonic Lumix 100 yards



50 yards, foggy morning



10 yards

Shes real happy with it and at $279 so am I.  14 MP 24X zoom.  Super easy to use.