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Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/23/2010 11:21:15 AM · #51

I'm thinking that shooting with a cheap digicam could be a fun side challenge lol. I'm gonna have to go see what's out there to buy.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/23/2010 11:57:42 AM · #52

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

I'm thinking that shooting with a cheap digicam could be a fun side challenge lol. I'm gonna have to go see what's out there to buy.

I would enjoy doing that SC.

CJinCA

Canon EOS-7D

01/23/2010 12:17:55 PM · #53

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

I'm thinking that shooting with a cheap digicam could be a fun side challenge lol. I'm gonna have to go see what's out there to buy.

Great idea Michelle! I've been looking for a really cheap digi-cam for a while as I too thought this might be fun. I want one that has at least 3MP I think, but maybe that's not necessary to get a decent image - anyone know how many MP would be the minimum? If Langdon or anyone decides to have this kind of a challenge or side challenge, please give us a heads-up so we can go out and buy one if necessary. :-)

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR

01/23/2010 12:20:04 PM · #54

I think if maybe someone could post ideas here of what to look for, that would be great. That would maybe give us enough time to get one before February and then have a February SC? I cannot do this in March.

I know there's some cheap stuff at Walmart. I like the idea of 3 MP.

CoreyFitz

Nikon D3000

01/23/2010 01:08:13 PM · #55

One of my favorite compliments so far is that someone can't believe I was able to get a shot with the camera I am using right now. But that is very different I guess.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/23/2010 08:08:02 PM · #56

Originally posted by CJinCA:

Originally posted by colorcarnival:
I'm thinking that shooting with a cheap digicam could be a fun side challenge lol. I'm gonna have to go see what's out there to buy.

Great idea Michelle! I've been looking for a really cheap digi-cam for a while as I too thought this might be fun. I want one that has at least 3MP I think, but maybe that's not necessary to get a decent image - anyone know how many MP would be the minimum? If Langdon or anyone decides to have this kind of a challenge or side challenge, please give us a heads-up so we can go out and buy one if necessary. :-)

The max size for a challenge here is 800 X 800 pixels, or 640,000 pixels That would be less than 1 MP, and some of the challenge shots look pretty good. I had a 3mp HP735 P&S for about a year, and it did a pretty good job with images that didn't need to be cropped much or blown up to over 5X7. Here is an image from that cam, hand held, and not processed other than resize to 640px wide, and crop a little on one side.

Message edited by author 2010-01-23 20:10:29.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/23/2010 08:55:11 PM · #57

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

I'm thinking that shooting with a cheap digicam could be a fun side challenge lol. I'm gonna have to go see what's out there to buy.

My best of entry was shot with a 5MP point & shoot, and it's keeping up with the shots from the big boy cameras. Now if you mean REALLY cheap, like a digital Holga, I think I can find something with a plastic lens.

kiwinick

Sony DSLR-A550

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

01/23/2010 09:25:46 PM · #58

I must have a rotten camera as all my challenge entries suck!!!!!!!!

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

01/23/2010 09:56:14 PM · #59

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

I had a guy ask me when I was shooting this band what I was doing to compensate for the exposure because of the bright light.

Duh! Nothing! How the heck could you possibly compensate for direct sunlight streaming through windows in back of black musicians???????

It just goes with the territory.......8>)

Umm, dial down the ambient light in camera and use flash to illuminate the subject? Sorry, K10Dguy isn't around so someone has to bust your chops. :P

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

01/23/2010 10:51:14 PM · #60

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by yanko:

Umm, dial down the ambient light in camera and use flash to illuminate the subject? Sorry, K10Dguy isn't around so someone has to bust your chops. :P

I actually did have the exposure comp dialed down a bunch. Didn't particularly want to blast a flash in their faces, and liked the silhouette effect.....

You have *NO* idea how bright that light was!

Nadine_Vb

Nikon D2X

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro for Nikon

01/24/2010 09:22:50 AM · #61

Originally posted by kiwinick:

I must have a rotten camera as all my challenge entries suck!!!!!!!!

Oh come on Nick. Just a first glance on your profile page already shows 2 top 10 photographs and a bunch of +6 scores.
Doesn't look that bad to me if you're asking me.
In my case, a +6 score means I did very good. A top 10 score I'm not even talking about what it would mean to me.

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro for Nikon

01/24/2010 10:06:58 AM · #62

Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:

Originally posted by colorcarnival:
I'm thinking that shooting with a cheap digicam could be a fun side challenge lol. I'm gonna have to go see what's out there to buy.

I would enjoy doing that SC.

How would something like this be structured? I think we'd have to define "cheap camera" lol. And I have no idea how to do that. If you guys can help me come up with a definition, we can open another thread and see who is interested :)

Nadine_Vb

Nikon D2X

01/24/2010 10:36:04 AM · #63

Michelle, what is "cheap"...
Maybe define a max of MP?

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

01/26/2010 10:16:44 AM · #64

Absolutely it's the camera... I mean these days, you give any modern camera with everything automated to a monkey... even they can take much better pictures than YOU COULD in your life time.

Watch and learn...

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/26/2010 12:11:03 PM · #65

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

I think we'd have to define "cheap camera" lol. And I have no idea how to do that. If you guys can help me come up with a definition, we can open another thread and see who is interested :)

Well, we had a hard time defining it for last years P&S side challenge. We had everything from consumer grade snapshot cams to high end compacts capable of RAW, to phone cams.

I would define a cheap camera as the average consumer grade stuff. Cameras that can be conveniently carried in a pocket or purse. And cost perhaps $200 max. I don't even include my Powershot S5 IS in that group, as it a bit larger and has a lot of high end features.

The phone cam side challenge was a bit more restrictive on camera quality due to the nature of the SC. I think the only ones who had a decent camera phone were the Iphone owners.

Message edited by author 2010-01-26 12:12:15.

PapaBob

Sony Alpha a7 IV

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

01/26/2010 12:55:42 PM · #66

From an idea from another thread, my new response to the question of what kind of camera do you use is gonna be "Seitz 6X17 Digital"

CJinCA

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/26/2010 01:16:35 PM · #67

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by colorcarnival:
I think we'd have to define "cheap camera" lol. And I have no idea how to do that. If you guys can help me come up with a definition, we can open another thread and see who is interested :)

Well, we had a hard time defining it for last years P&S side challenge. We had everything from consumer grade snapshot cams to high end compacts capable of RAW, to phone cams.

I would define a cheap camera as the average consumer grade stuff. Cameras that can be conveniently carried in a pocket or purse. And cost perhaps $200 max. I don't even include my Powershot S5 IS in that group, as it a bit larger and has a lot of high end features.

The phone cam side challenge was a bit more restrictive on camera quality due to the nature of the SC. I think the only ones who had a decent camera phone were the Iphone owners.

LOL! I had an entirely different idea of a "cheap" camera - I was thinking of something under $50! Maybe a child's camera, or just a 3MP camera. ;-)

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/26/2010 01:16:55 PM · #68

Originally posted by PapaBob:

From an idea from another thread, my new response to the question of what kind of camera do you use is gonna be "Seitz 6X17 Digital"

Does DPC have that in the DPC camera listings yet? I see that they were at Photokina in 06 with those beasts.

I wonder if they would be a little much for the cheap P&S side challenge?

Message edited by author 2010-01-26 13:18:25.

PapaBob

Sony Alpha a7 IV

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

01/26/2010 01:21:44 PM · #69

Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:

Originally posted by PapaBob:
From an idea from another thread, my new response to the question of what kind of camera do you use is gonna be "Seitz 6X17 Digital"

Does DPC have that in the DPC camera listings yet? I see that they were at Photokina in 06 with those beasts.

I wonder if they would be a little much for the cheap P&S side challenge?

It's a great little point and shoot, I take it with me everywhere I go...:)

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/26/2010 02:01:42 PM · #70

Originally posted by CJinCA:

LOL! I had an entirely different idea of a "cheap" camera - I was thinking of something under $50! Maybe a child's camera, or just a 3MP camera. ;-)

Hey, that works too, and would be different form last years P&S side challenge. Think "digital Holga". Woot regulary has cheapie kids cameras for next to nothing. Speaking of which, there's a Wootoff going on right now.

01/26/2010 04:02:16 PM · #71

Originally posted by CJinCA:

LOL! I had an entirely different idea of a "cheap" camera - I was thinking of something under $50! Maybe a child's camera, or just a 3MP camera. ;-)

lol... uh... i was thinking the same thing. Except I was looking in the $20 range. hehe

This is why I wanted help defining CHEAP! :)

Plus, can you imagine, pulling out one of those kiddie cameras in front of the people that I mentioned in my first post? hehehe fun!

01/26/2010 04:03:36 PM · #72

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Speaking of which, there's a Wootoff going on right now.

Has Woot had any go on sale yet today? Not that it matters if one does go up. I can never seem to connect to their site when I want something.

01/26/2010 04:12:26 PM · #73

Originally posted by kiwinick:

I must have a rotten camera as all my challenge entries suck!!!!!!!!

Don't think so. I gave this one a 7 :)