The Photography Thread

[EvilBoris]

Hold off on Canon G11 purchases for the mo - the G12 is expected very soon.

It's about time for the yearly refresh, the only problem is the new models are SO expensive when they first come out. It'll be ?500 at least

[Spatial]

What's the G12 supposed to offer over the 11 then?

Been looking at a G11 myself, but might wait till the 12 comes out, if only for the price drop. Lady Spatial's been looking at the S90 too.

[EvilBoris]

There is literally no news about it yet, it's usually this time of year that they announce them though

[MartyG]

It's about time for the yearly refresh, the only problem is the new models are SO expensive when they first come out. It'll be £500 at least

Aye, but it does push the price of the older models down a bit - even able to get clean 2nd hand examples as people trade their G11s in. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 will be out soon too, which might be worth a look http://tinyurl.com/36p4gm6

Rumours are the G12 is getting HD video and a CMOS sensor which should reduce noise.

[demon9k]

hey hey. Some great work on display as usual.

Quick question, I'm looking at buying a Hoya 58mm PRO1 Digital Circular PL Filter and a Joby Gorillapod. Any opinions on either of them?

And to keep the pictures flowing here is one of mine from earlier this year. Thoughts? Ways to improve? ( don't be too harsh )

[Spatial]

I've got a Gorillapod - not much to say about it except it works exactly as it promises. Sturdy little bugger too - it would probably take some serious punishment to break it (unlike other similar stuff I've had in the past where the legs have gone in next to no time).

In other news, how much fun is it messing around with colour profiles to try and make sure stuff appears as it should?

A whole hour of faffing but I've finally cracked it!

[EvilBoris]

It's all great until you upload it to the web and noone else sees it as you do or how it looks different in different browsers..

[Spatial]

Please don't say that.

I have to trust in sRGB IEC61966-2.1!

[demon9k]

I've got a Gorillapod - not much to say about it except it works exactly as it promises. Sturdy little bugger too - it would probably take some serious punishment to break it (unlike other similar stuff I've had in the past where the legs have gone in next to no time).

Thank you kind sir.

I'm going to Paris in a couple of weeks so if I attach my camera to the top of the Eiffel Tower and it ends up falling off, I'm blaming you...

[stevie vip 99]

Can someone explain how you put pictures on NTSC please? Just can't get mine on here, opening post on here wont work for me. I have the new flickr i think.

Sorry for being a dim wit!!!

[Number45]

The new flickr makes things a little more confusing. Click on the picture and in the top right you should see a "View all sizes" link. Click that and select the version you want to link (Probably not too big as it'll stretch the forum - usually best to post a smaller image with a link to the full size one).

Right click on the image and select "Copy image location...", and paste that into here.

The code for posting a picture is (Without the spaces in the square brackets):

[ img]URL to image[ /img]

If you want to post the image and have it link to the main image, it's:

[ url=URL to full image link][ img]URL to image[ /img][ /url]

Example:

Image only:



Thumbnail with link to main image:



(If you quote this post you'll see the tags in action).

[stevie vip 99]

Ok cool i'll have a go. Cheers

EDIT: Was no option to "copy image location" when i right clicked on the photo, just copy. Seems to have worked i think

[Number45]

Are you using IE? If so STOP IT!

Just joshing. With IE you need to go into the properties of the image to get the link, so right click and select properties and then select and copy the link in there.

[browngirl]

after some lense advice if possible, ive a canon 40d, with some nice glass for motorracing and macro, my wife is pregnant with our 3rd child and would love to get a good portrait lense, have a 430exII flash, a nifty fifty lense a sigma 150mm macro and a canon 70-300 is usm, have about ?300 to spend at moment but could save for a couple of months to make it more if its a real good lense.

cheers

[Taka]

You could always trade up from the Canon 50mm 1.8 to Canon's 50mm f/1.4 USM for portrait use.

When I upgraded, the first things I noticed were the much faster focusing from the USM motor (though nowehere near as fast as Canon's ring type USMs) and the much smoother bokeh from having rounded and more aperture blades (8 rounded vs 5 straight). Can be had for around ?250 used or ?300 or so brand new.