Picking up my new 28-135mm IS and 50mm F1.8 later tonight. Just got my XTi about 2 weeks ago. FUN!

 

That's what's in my bag... planning on getting a Super Wide next though. Most likely a Sigma or Tokina. You'll enjoy the 50mm F1.8 and using the wide aperture. You'll notice the difference in image quality and colors between the 28-135 IS and the 50mm right away.

 

^Glad to hear someone else has a similar bag. As soon as the weather clears up, I'm going to go to nuts. The 50mm feels so cheap. Especially right after handling the 28-135IS haha

 

Anyone hosting their own photos? I looked into picasa, photobucket, other photosharing services, etc for photo sharing, but the price/gb wasn't too great and the sizes were on the low side.
So, I decided to try my own host to put up the pics (300gb with 3000 bandwidth for like $80 a year through bluehost). I just started playing around with plogger and it's ok. It's just taking a lot of resources from my host. I am going to try playing with Jalbum later tonight. Any other open source recommendations?

 

go with www.flickr.com or www.deviantart.com, i have both (www.flickr.com/photos/kevburgler and http://kzleh.deviantart.com). They're free, unless you want to go pro or subscribe, and even then, it's like $30 for a year, with unlimited uploading bandwith a month. Flickr is my fav out of the two, but the talent on dA is incredible, so I hang out there as well.


I purchased the tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and i love it, all around amazing lense, and it hasn't been off of my camera since i got it. I opted for the 17-50 instead of the 17-40 L because with the tamron, i also purchased the speedlite 430ex, so i'm not complaining. My first night out with the 430ex at a club are up on my flickr. So much better than my old shotty film SLR flash I had from an old pentax.

 

smugmug is great

 

I went ahead with my own host and domain. Used Plogger to create albums. So far, I'm happy with it.

 

I use Dreamhost. 500GB of space, 5.7TB of bandwidth/month, which is more than enough for most people. I host my own stuff plus a small local car forum (http://www.turboforum.net)

 

Im looking at ixwebhosting $3.95 a month 300GB space 3000GB bandwidth and a free domain

 

Ok...I have been reading thru this thread, awesome awesome pictures anyway...I am still a n00b, but I was wondering where do i change the white balance and stuff on the computer...I have a Samsung P and S BUT where I work has just issued me a Nikon DH1. Does anyone have any pointers for this camera?
Also, I have noise like crazy in my pics, I take pictures normally at night due to working.
Thanks
Remington

 

Subscribing to the thread....

I just bought the camera off MR_X the guy who started this entire thread a year ago. He recommended me view the thread to learn how to do things on the camera.

Curious on night shots, mine always end up blurry, on page 1 there are good shots at 50mm, how do you change the camera to 50mm? is there a lense you have to buy or is it an adjustment to the camera itself?

yes yes I am a definate newby to this stuff!

 

Kyle. On the S3 you can't change the lens, you can add attachments to have better zoom or wide angle pics. So you can't get a 50 mm lens. But the lens doesn't have nothing to do with a picture coming out blurry. If you are like my wife that shakes her hands too much or presses the shoot button to hard, put the camera in a 2 second timer or get a tripod (highly RECOMMENDED!!!) or do both (I do a few times).

 

Is there a basic reference matrix out there that recommends different lens sizes and distances from focal points?

 

You deserve a HUG for this thread, REALLY, you deserve a hug, of some sort.

here a few I took a while back...following alot of the same rules, I still havent masterd DOF

if I had worthwhile editing software on my laptop these would be much better, they seem pixelated or as though they had soem SHARPENING added, its a matter of resizing on crap software
Shot with a TRIPOD and my 28-80 aspherical kit lense





and oh yeah...I guess I will add this

I shoot with a NIKON D100, not as though it really matters, I see you Cannon folks...dont think i dont see you and your really crisp images and super nice Glass, ahhhhh

 

Sharpness is more of a function of the lens than the body. I could post a picture off my old 10D w/ 70-200 f/2.8L IS and another shot from my 1D MKII with the same lens. Most won't notice a difference.

 

Wow those are some really good photos!

 

I am a noob on all this, and I just started to understand shutter speeds and apature settings. I tried my first HDR last night, and I was impressed. I have a Canon S3IS. I upgraded from a Kodak P880. I love this Canon!

 

Some photos taken by the GF today