Comments on: Picture Pages http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/ Glug Glug Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: WorldWideWaterCooler » Blog Archive » Shiny! http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/comment-page-1/#comment-37317 WorldWideWaterCooler » Blog Archive » Shiny! Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:23:17 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/#comment-37317 [...] I wanted to take a picture of them first, but Neil wants to keep them a complete surprise until the moment we put them on. Blame him for the lack of awesome macro test by our new camera. [...] [...] I wanted to take a picture of them first, but Neil wants to keep them a complete surprise until the moment we put them on. Blame him for the lack of awesome macro test by our new camera. [...]

]]> By: Derek K. Miller http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/comment-page-1/#comment-37310 Derek K. Miller Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:51:42 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/#comment-37310 By the way, Jeff Keller over at my favourite photo review site, DCResource, has some great tips in his K10D review about a few simple setting tweaks to get MUCH nicer JPEG photos out of it than the default settings provide: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/pentax/k10d-review (Scroll down to the photos of the woman with the stroller standing by the pond -- the explanations start there.) By the way, Jeff Keller over at my favourite photo review site, DCResource, has some great tips in his K10D review about a few simple setting tweaks to get MUCH nicer JPEG photos out of it than the default settings provide:

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/pentax/k10d-review

(Scroll down to the photos of the woman with the stroller standing by the pond — the explanations start there.)

]]> By: jen http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/comment-page-1/#comment-37309 jen Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:32:47 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/#comment-37309 I just picked up a 50mm f/1.8 lens from bhphotovideo.com for nearly half of what it's going for at Best Buy and Future Shop. This is a Canon lens, but they sell Pentax as well. Happy picture-taking!! I just picked up a 50mm f/1.8 lens from bhphotovideo.com for nearly half of what it’s going for at Best Buy and Future Shop. This is a Canon lens, but they sell Pentax as well. Happy picture-taking!!

]]> By: colleen http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/comment-page-1/#comment-37308 colleen Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:02:43 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/#comment-37308 This is a pretty good book and does a good job at "this is what you want to do on the camera to get this" http://www.amazon.ca/Digital-Photography-Book-Scott-Kelby/dp/032147404X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196737275&sr=8-1 Vancouver Photo Workshops rock... i'll email you some from work tomorrow. : D This is a pretty good book and does a good job at “this is what you want to do on the camera to get this”

http://www.amazon.ca/Digital-Photography-Book-Scott-Kelby/dp/032147404X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196737275&sr=8-1

Vancouver Photo Workshops rock… i’ll email you some from work tomorrow. : D

]]> By: Derek K. Miller http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/comment-page-1/#comment-37304 Derek K. Miller Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:52:33 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2007/12/03/picture-pages-3/#comment-37304 Pentax is a venerable name in cameras, and you made a good choice -- the K10D is probably the best bang for the buck in DSLRs today (and this comes from a guy who's owned Nikons for 25 years). For the basics about photography stuff, read this good introduction from photo.net: http://photo.net/learn/making-photographs/ I learned my photo geekery on the fly from people like my dad (former wedding photographer and long time astrophotographer), colleagues and teachers with the high-school yearbook, and a lot of trial and error, so I have no idea what kind of courses or resources to recommend. I do, however, recommend that you go out and get yourself a nice inexpensive fixed-length (i.e. non-zoom) 50mm f/1.8 or f/1.4 lens as soon as possible, and use it as often as is practical. That's what cameras used to come with, and the ability to let in more light (that's what the smaller f-stop number means) and requirement that you actually MOVE to get a different perspective will make your photos better. Plus that lens is smaller and lighter and easier to schlep around, and will have better optical quality than the lens the camera came with. Here's an example: http://www.cameracanada.com/eNet-cart/product.asp?pid=20817 Generally, as you buy more lenses, it's a better idea to buy from the manufacturer (Pentax in your case). Even though off-brand lenses from Sigma and Tamron can be good, they don't have much resale value. Pentax is a venerable name in cameras, and you made a good choice — the K10D is probably the best bang for the buck in DSLRs today (and this comes from a guy who’s owned Nikons for 25 years).

For the basics about photography stuff, read this good introduction from photo.net:

http://photo.net/learn/making-photographs/

I learned my photo geekery on the fly from people like my dad (former wedding photographer and long time astrophotographer), colleagues and teachers with the high-school yearbook, and a lot of trial and error, so I have no idea what kind of courses or resources to recommend.

I do, however, recommend that you go out and get yourself a nice inexpensive fixed-length (i.e. non-zoom) 50mm f/1.8 or f/1.4 lens as soon as possible, and use it as often as is practical. That’s what cameras used to come with, and the ability to let in more light (that’s what the smaller f-stop number means) and requirement that you actually MOVE to get a different perspective will make your photos better. Plus that lens is smaller and lighter and easier to schlep around, and will have better optical quality than the lens the camera came with. Here’s an example:

http://www.cameracanada.com/eNet-cart/product.asp?pid=20817

Generally, as you buy more lenses, it’s a better idea to buy from the manufacturer (Pentax in your case). Even though off-brand lenses from Sigma and Tamron can be good, they don’t have much resale value.

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