The Official Photography Thread - Vol. 3

[mjbetch]

I also use the lowest ISO with the lowest f-stop so I can shoot indoors with ease. Whenever I go outside i just increase my ISO. I'm using a prime lens btw.

You mean the opposite, right?

 

[vapormercury]

DEFINITELY upgrade your HDD to an SDD. It'll be like a whole new computer. Seriously. Try to max out your RAM too. I think it's 8GB. I have the same laptop as you and if you put an SDD in their with 8GB, you'll see the difference. Night and day.
Personally, I would get rid of the 55-200 and try and fund a 35mm. The 35mm will essentially be a standard 50mm because of your crop factor. You'll definitely get the bokeh you're looking for the the 35 over the zooms as well. 50mm isn't bad, but you're limited to the ~75mm field of view which may be a bit too narrow.

I store my photos on external hard drives and then delete if necessary.

Uploading photos from camera to computer will not affect the quality of the photo. Uploading them online will, however. That also depends on your upload settings. But as for them being blurrier, I'm not exactly sure. By blurrier, do you mean pixelated?

Im going to try to upgrade the ssd first and then if i need to upgrade the ram, i will probably upgrade the ram too, to 8gb

Btw, what ssd do you use?
Im looking to purchase samsung 840 evo 240gb
do you have a reccomendation that maybe cheaper and better?
Thanks!

 

[mjbetch]

Im going to try to upgrade the ssd first and then if i need to upgrade the ram, i will probably upgrade the ram too, to 8gb

Btw, what ssd do you use?
Im looking to purchase samsung 840 evo 240gb
do you have a reccomendation that maybe cheaper and better?
Thanks!

I have a Crucial M550 512GB. Way more than enough. Samsung EVO's are just as good. I would definitely stick with Crucial or Samsung.

 

[vapormercury]

I have a Crucial M550 512GB. Way more than enough. Samsung EVO's are just as good. I would definitely stick with Crucial or Samsung.

I just saw the benchmark result and it looks like m550 is better
I think imma stick with m550
And they're more cheaper too
Thanks a lot bro repped!

 

[benzilla427]

Sup guys. Just picked up a D3200, trying to get into photography a little more. SUPER new to this and have 0 experience with digital cameras so I'm having some difficulties with a lot. Just some questions:

1. Since it only came with a 18-55mm and 55-200mm.. is a 35mm or 50mm prime lens recommended? If not, what would you recommend?
2. Where do you guys usually store your photos after shooting? I'm uploading them to iPhoto, then deleting the pics off the memory card.
3. Does uploading the pictures from the camera to the computer affect the quality of the photo? I uploaded them to flickr and tumblr and they seem to be blurrier compared to iPhoto.

Also.. any tips, suggestions, or overall advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

1. +1 for the 35mm. I believe it's more versatile, especially if you're going to be indoors. But like others have said, play around with the kit you have right now; since it's an 18-55 it'll cover both the 35 and 50 focal lengths. Maybe one week just keep it at 35mm and just shoot like that. Then the next week keep it at 50mm. See which one you enjoyed shooting with more and then that will help you decide which lens to go with.

2. Personally, I'm a slob when it comes to file storage but I generally just edit with Lightroom and export to an external HD. Every once in a while I'll upload to flickr as well.

3. I don't believe uploading to a computer should affect quality in any way, but I'm no expert.

I'm a D3200 shooter as well. My advice to you is to just play with the camera. You can read up on the Exposure Triangle all you want but I don't believe that can take the place of experience. Just go out and shoot. You'll get the hang of the manual settings, just give it some time.

 

[romcadoo]

A couple pics I took awhile back Idk if it's my phone but now that i've uploaded them they dont look as good as they do on my phone

 

[tokes99]

All three of these determine proper exposure. It's a balancing act. If you have 99 marbles in 3 cups, no matter how you disburse them in the 3 cups you still have 99 marbles but the cups will feel and look different because of how many are in each cup. It is all about what look you are going for and how these variables will achieve it. I hope it makes sense. I suggest you tackle one at a time by playing with the camera and it will just click, pardon the pun.

that is a great analogy! also it may help to use the different modes to make the learning curve a little easier; aperture priority for depth of field & shutter priority for when you want to focus on controlling movement. and don't be afraid to use auto or program...

 

[yanky]

This is dope! SF



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dl-ca...-ti_b_6688300.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

Started in 2012. Wow

 

[timelessflight]

finally gave in and copped the 24-70mm f/2.8G lens

joint is huge. May have to use the battery grip whenever I shoot with it

 

[Fong$tarr]

Saw this on Hypebeast. Sony photo awards:

http://hypebeast.com/2015/2/sony-world-photography-awards-2015-shortlist

 

[Nawzlew]

second photo is surreal.

 

[mjbetch]

finally gave in and copped the 24-70mm f/2.8G lens

joint is huge. May have to use the battery grip whenever I shoot with it

Damn. That setup must be heavy as hell. Can't wait to see what you post!

 

[Fong$tarr]

This one is crazy! Can't embed.

http://worldphoto.org/images/image/1074867/?FromImageGalleryID=26282

 

[vapormercury]

Buildings by Vapormercury, on Flickr

Taken with iPhone 6+

 

[romcadoo]

Are there laptops specifically designed for photography?

 

[chr1s2394]

Buildings by Vapormercury, on Flickr

Taken with iPhone 6+

How are you able to upload pictures taken from an iPhone at such a big size ?

 

[vapormercury]

How are you able to upload pictures taken from an iPhone at such a big size ?

My procces for this image was
edited in afterlight then select the bigest size, after that imported via iPhoto
hope that helps

 

[Fong$tarr]

Are there laptops specifically designed for photography?

You mean specifically for editing? I doubt it. All you really need is the editing programs, good RAM and a large harddrive. Any computer company can do that for the most part. But with those 5Ds coming out, I'd imagine you would need like 32GB of RAM and least to process those without Photoshop crashing.

 

[romcadoo]

You mean specifically for editing? I doubt it. All you really need is the editing programs, good RAM and a large harddrive. Any computer company can do that for the most part. But with those 5Ds coming out, I'd imagine you would need like 32GB of RAM and least to process those without Photoshop crashing.

What's a good size of RAM,HD to have but not too expensive

 

[Fong$tarr]

My iMac had 4GB but I upgradeed it to 16GB and it runs great. No issues with running multiple photos from my 5D, running iPhoto is fine and my Photoshop hardly crashes. For just photos, I would say no less than 500GB for storage. I mean that is well over enough but HD are easy to come by now a days. I have TB with tons of music and still manage to have about 200GB left. I got two externals though where all my bootleg movies are.

 

[locobaby]

What's a good size of RAM,HD to have but not too expensive

Yeah RAM is super important I upgraded to 8GB last year and will go to 16GB as soon as this Amazon order gets in. I just bought a Samsung 850 pro SSD for my 2011 Macbook Pro and my boot time is crazy. If you plan on doing video then Ram and graphics cards are the items you want to keep in mind. I have a bunch of externals for backups for my backups and I purchased an enclosure for the HDD that I took out of my MacBook and use it as an external HD as well.

 

[chr1s2394]

My procces for this image was
edited in afterlight then select the bigest size, after that imported via iPhoto
hope that helps

Cheers !

 

[mjbetch]

Are there laptops specifically designed for photography?

Not specifically designed for per se, but if I had the money and HAD to choose a laptop and only a laptop. It would be a 15" or 17" Retina MacBook Pro.

Otherwise I'd go with a 13" Retina and high quality monitor.

 

[romcadoo]

How do you measure RAM from GB?

 

[mjbetch]

How are you able to upload pictures taken from an iPhone at such a big size ?

Just upload the original sized photo (edited or unedited). iPhones take high resolution photos nowadays. It ain't 8 megapixels for nothing!