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Hi there, hows it going?
I'm new to photography as you've probably gathered cos I'm posting in here first! I'm a member of the Talkford forum and followed a link from a member over there.
I always had small point and shoot cameras which has bugged the life outta my family and frinds for as long as I can remember. The last couple of years I took more of and interest in landscapes, to a certain extent archtitecture.
So I wanted to take the next step. A guy in my work swears by Nikon, and had seen a lot of his stuff on Flickr, so started shopping without knowing very much.
Wasn't sure how serious I was at the time and didn't know if a full DSLR was for me (it's a lot of money to spend for a hobby!). I went for a bridge camera, Nikon P100 in May of this year as a way of getting my feet wet for bigger cameras. I must say, I'm very impressed, although basic as I've discovered by magazines.
I really wanted to do the water blur thing, and night photography, light painting and that kind of stuff, but its limited to 8 sec exposure, and f8 is as far as the aperture will go, which I didn't understand at the time. I bought a cokin p series and have 2,4+8 nd filters, an nd grad and a polariser. Because my lens is fixed, I had to buy an extension tube and an adapter ring to fit the filters. My mate in work thought I was mad not plumping for a DSLR, I can already see where he's coming from and I'm finding myself looking at the D3100 or 5100 more and more.
I guess I was just scared, as a lot of people starting out are.
So, I'm busy shooting away and the camera is usually in the car everywhere I go. Trying to learn as much as I can by myself at the minute, just reading whatever mags and internet articles are about. It's a very interesting and challenging hobby, with a hell of a lot to sink in. Theres just so much to it, I never thought about it in this depth before.
Heres some of my beginning stuff, but still have a lot to learn about composition and exposure. http://www.flickr.com/photos/63319243@N02/
I hope you guys can be of some help in some questions that I may have in the future.
Cheers, Phil
Meant to say, based in N.Ireland
I'm new to photography as you've probably gathered cos I'm posting in here first! I'm a member of the Talkford forum and followed a link from a member over there.
I always had small point and shoot cameras which has bugged the life outta my family and frinds for as long as I can remember. The last couple of years I took more of and interest in landscapes, to a certain extent archtitecture.
So I wanted to take the next step. A guy in my work swears by Nikon, and had seen a lot of his stuff on Flickr, so started shopping without knowing very much.
Wasn't sure how serious I was at the time and didn't know if a full DSLR was for me (it's a lot of money to spend for a hobby!). I went for a bridge camera, Nikon P100 in May of this year as a way of getting my feet wet for bigger cameras. I must say, I'm very impressed, although basic as I've discovered by magazines.
I really wanted to do the water blur thing, and night photography, light painting and that kind of stuff, but its limited to 8 sec exposure, and f8 is as far as the aperture will go, which I didn't understand at the time. I bought a cokin p series and have 2,4+8 nd filters, an nd grad and a polariser. Because my lens is fixed, I had to buy an extension tube and an adapter ring to fit the filters. My mate in work thought I was mad not plumping for a DSLR, I can already see where he's coming from and I'm finding myself looking at the D3100 or 5100 more and more.
I guess I was just scared, as a lot of people starting out are.
So, I'm busy shooting away and the camera is usually in the car everywhere I go. Trying to learn as much as I can by myself at the minute, just reading whatever mags and internet articles are about. It's a very interesting and challenging hobby, with a hell of a lot to sink in. Theres just so much to it, I never thought about it in this depth before.
Heres some of my beginning stuff, but still have a lot to learn about composition and exposure. http://www.flickr.com/photos/63319243@N02/
I hope you guys can be of some help in some questions that I may have in the future.
Cheers, Phil
Meant to say, based in N.Ireland
