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Nighthiker





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PostPosted: 9/21/2008, 10:21 pm    Post subject: Digital Camera Reply to topic Reply with quote

Can some digitals use black and white ? I also noted I may need to use my film camera for timed exposure. Been looking at two digitals, one a point and shoot and the other a SLR type.
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PostPosted: 9/22/2008, 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

You can process a digital to Black & White. All digitals capture color, but you can create B&W or Sepia and modify the B&W much like you can with filters on a film camera.

Many "point & shoot" cameras have become very sophisticated. There is an intermediate category called "prosumer" between the entry level and dSLR level. How important is water-proof?
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PostPosted: 9/22/2008, 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

If you get the DSLR + remote release you can do time exposures using digital....
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PostPosted: 9/22/2008, 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

You can do timed exposures with most prosumer and all dSLR cameras and you really don't need a remote, just a stable surface (tripod, gorilla pod, bean bag). With "image stabilization" you can do some moderate timed exposures handheld. Probably a 2 fstop compensation.

You can also do time-lapse photography with most prosumer and dSLR cameras. Sundevilstormin has some awesome examples with monsoon storms on his Flickr pages
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PostPosted: 9/22/2008, 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Depends on how long your timed exposure is to be able to pull it off w/o a remote.

For e.g: The 40D has a long exposure setting of 30 seconds. That is the max you can use without going to the bulb setting ( where you can hold the shutter down for as long as you want manually) or buying one of the add-on timed shutter releases. The Canon Model TC-80N3 will allow an exposure for 99 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds.

That said I did assume you were looking at long exposure when you said timed...If your long exposures are < 30 sec range then you do not need DSLR + remote.
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Sundevilstormin has some awesome examples with monsoon storms on his Flickr pages

BTW: Check these out : http://www.flickr.com/photos/56964051@N00/
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PostPosted: 10/4/2008, 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

For digital SLR, Image stablization (IS) type lens or non IS type lens ?
Been using a point and shoot type digital that has IS. Which has been very good for quick shots while in a vehicle. Also use aCanon T-70 with several different lens and a Rebel 2000 have not yet had the need for IS type lens though. Been thinking about obtaining a digital SLR was wondering if I actually need IS type lens
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PostPosted: 10/4/2008, 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Nighthiker wrote:
For digital SLR, Image stablization (IS) type lens or non IS type lens ?
Been using a point and shoot type digital that has IS. Which has been very good for quick shots while in a vehicle. Also use aCanon T-70 with several different lens and a Rebel 2000 have not yet had the need for IS type lens though. Been thinking about obtaining a digital SLR was wondering if I actually need IS type lens

What are you going to do with your photos? If you are just posting to the internet, you probably don't need IS. If you are going to print 8x10 or larger prints, you will see the difference. Consider the size/length of the lens and whether you can carry a tripod, monopod or gorilla pod. For handheld photos from a longer lens that you would like to print and frame, you definitely want IS (or VR - vibration reduction) - and that is where the expense is.
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