If you like to do landscape, I'd suggest a Nikon body but not the D50 (I'm a Canon fanboi so this is a plug for you Nikonians). I'd suggest the D70s. It costs a little bit more but you'll thank us later once you own the D50 for a few months and decide to sell it for the D70s. The extra dial on the D70s makes it much easier to do on the fly adjustments. For most people starting out, this doesn't make much of a difference but once you move out of the amateur phase, you'll grow to hate the controls on the D50 (for the Canon guys, the 350D) and you will appreciate the ergonomics of the D70s (10D/20D/30D for the Canon crew).

Nikon has superior super wide angle lenses when compared to Canon, but Canon has superior telephoto lenses. Landscape = super wide angle. Sports/action = telephoto. Each brand has its own strengths and weaknesses. Regardless of which you choose, you'll appreciate the image quality over a point and shoot camera once you learn all of the proper settings, lighting, and gear that is involved. But........... be ready to invest up front for good gear. Don't forget the accessory items, such as memory card(s), external flash, tripod legs, tripod head, additional lenses, filters, camera bag, extra battery(batteries), etc.

 

Just arrived this morning =) I'm in the process of moving so I won't be shooting much over the next week. I'll try and get some sample shots after Memorial Day weekend.

Here are a few shots I took last night of a potential new model. Her twin sister is on vacation so I'll be doing another photoshoot next week, then I'll do another with both of them together. Twins ftw!





She's going to see the pics tonight so I want her feedback as to which post processing she prefers, the more natural look (#1) or the Maxim-overly-processed-look (#2).

 

I agree...

I have a Rebel XT (350D), and I loved it, until I started working for a studio a couple of weeks ago, and now it feels too puny. If you have the money, go for one of the big boys, whether it's Nikon or Canon. You'll be glad you did.

 

taken with a canon 20D.

 

maybe its my monitor but those pictures don't look too good. Did you do some processing on them?

 

No. It looks fuzzy/blurry on my screen as well. Perhaps it's the software he used for resizing? I had the same issue before & when I used a different software, it made a big difference.

 

Honestly ... when I am on a comp that has no good resize software ... I use MS Paint Yes I lose some detail and color ... but the sharpness isn't lost (IMO the biggest prob on internet pics)

- jim

 

simply AMAZING pics!!!

 

I shoot other things too...

 

^ Nice! Did you use any filters with any of those pics like a mist filter for pic #5?

 

Maybe. You can do that with a few gaussian blurs in photoshop as well.

 

I actually used PS. Taurran got it right with the Gaussian blur.

 

Nice! Gotta try that one for my portraits

BTW...what software are you using? Right now I'm stuck with the software that came with my DSLR but I'm trying to get PS CS2.

 

I'm using CS2. Great software.

 

Good to know! Thanks again!

 

 

Hi-tech ***** split? Haha, j/p. What is that bro?

 

Hahaha...I was just about to post something similar. Looks like a painful ***** clamp of some sort. Perhaps a new ***** enlarger gadget

 

Ouch!

It's to mount my scope onto my rifle. Pics of rifle(s) later.

edit - used about 7 pieces of 100# paper to create my little white box. then used my small desk lamp for light. ghetto setup but it worked.

 

James. why dont u just dl it off bit torrent??? i got the entire package for free

-B-