MyNikonLens

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the best i see out there is www.photo.net since it shows lots of other people's work and you get to critique and learn about how they did it.

EndlessWaltz RS

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Here are a couple more of mine that I just came across after finishing up my Still Life homework. First three I was stupid and didn't check my ISO so they were shot at 1600. Some of you might recognize the last one

kYLEMtnCRUZr

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i love getting done with a nature shot in fulll daylight realizing youre on ISO1600!

MyNikonLens

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i hope you're joking. what results do you get with that iso?

JZ oo7

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photoshop CS has adobe camera raw. what camera are you using? if you are using a pretty new camera, you'll have to convert your raw files to DNG files before CS can open them. DNG are digital negative files. the problem right now is every manufacture has it's own raw format (Nikon with NEF, Canon with CR), so there is no standard unlike JPEG. that is why adobe is trying to standardize it with DNG. someone correct me if i'm wrong because it's been a couple years since i read that.

also if you are going to edit your files a lot, save them as tiff or psd format so you won't lose the pixel information. every time you save a jpeg you lose that info as EndlessWaltz RS has mentioned.

EndlessWaltz RS, i have heard about AdobeRGB but never used it, is it really like night and day compared to sRGB?

EndlessWaltz RS

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Yeah dude, its rough and it would be such a simple thing to check before hand.

This is a perfect example of a problem I have run into while using auto focus. I shoot Canon(here it comes) so I'm not sure if Nikon will have the same problem, and it might even be specific to my 5D(maybe someone here will be able to clearify) but when using the auto focus in conjunction with a any filter other than a standard UV, the camera kind of freaks out and can't pinpoint an exact point of focus while shooting anything in motion. It gets close, but no where near as sharp as it should be. With the higher grade L series lenses this isn't a problem, or at least I haven't run into it yet with my 70-200mm F/2.8L IS USM.

VRT MBasile

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its oh so wonderful when you realize it when you get home

EndlessWaltz RS

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JZ,

Yes and no, but short answer is yes. If you have ever looked at a visual representation of a color space, it will make your head hurt trying to figure it all out. Here is what Adobe 1998 looks like VS sRGB. Adobe 1998 is the white and sRGB has been layed over the top of it to show the difference in gamut.

MyNikonLens

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this problem is common no matter what camera you use Nikon or Canon. Most sports photography is done using Canon so there must be a good reason for that. I always go back to the lens people use because that is the one that makes the biggest difference. Go to Keeble and Shuckat in Palo Alto and rent different lenses when you go out to do a shoot like this to figure out which one works best for what you want to do before you buy it. Calumet in San Francisco does rentals as well.

VRT MBasile

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there are places that rent lenses?

yay for being a student! Adobe Lightroom at 1/3rd of the price ($99), CS3 Extended for $299, but for some reason no discount on regular CS3

kYLEMtnCRUZr

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thats one reason i like my Canon, when you look at the sidelines, all you see are off white lenses

but i like each company, dont have any reason not too, since some people apparently have robotic vision and can tell which picture came from which brand LOL! not mentioning any names...

kYLEMtnCRUZr

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70-200 2.8 $30 a day!

same with any other 2.8 lens, some are $20

Weekends you get a free day

EndlessWaltz RS

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Yeah I frequent Calumet because I get a discount being an Academy student...but unfortunately its not much. Thank you for clearifying that for me, I was wondering.

Back to the color space issue. Here is a write up that might help explain all this crap...and it is a lot to keep track of.

http://www.photographybay.com/2007/0...e-rgb-vs-srgb/

Think of it this way, in digital, there really are no colors. The sensor reads light as a series of tones and assigns them a numerical value anywhere between 0-255, making a total of 256 with 0 being absolute black and 255 being absolute white.

MyNikonLens

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another thing i like to add is try to get something that has internal focusing. nikon call those IS ir AF-S i think. those lenses usualy focus much faster.

MyNikonLens

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i just purchased CS3 for $299 on their website. i got an email promotion and went for it. not sure how much i will use it, but i will let you guys know.