tropicalrips

portrait grip/battery holder for D70

there's also a 180mm Tamron 1:1 macro

i think the macro lens is more fun then a big tele-lens, and the result is great even when viewed from the D70's LCD screen. the 1:1 macro power of the lens can really fill the frame

 

i'll upgrade to the 24-70mm Sigma if i can sell off the kit lens

got to try out this lens today Tamron 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 1:1

 

the Macro result was beautiful also takes very nice portraits, its a lot easier to do manual focus on this lens cause the focusing ring has a big range, allowing very fine details to be infocus, but this also means auto focus take a little longer.

 

this will very likely be my next lens, another lens that i'm interested in is the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO to replace the kit lens

 

the Sigma @ $775 cost about $200 more then the Tamron 90mm Macro, price for the Tamron : about $550

I've a solder sucker (my bros). I successfully removed 1 stump, but the rest remains no matter how hard I tried.

i used a toothpick or single core wire (2.5mm electrical wire - bare copper) and push whatever left over stumps out the other side

 

for resistors i use the copper wires, let the stumps stick to the copper wire on the other side and cut off what remains, this will also remove the solder thats on the PCB and giv u a "new hole"

tried this for fun

 

the water does funny things to the camera's AF system, quite a few of the shots came out blury, i found it easier to shoot without looking into the viewfinder for this shot cause, u can't see when the droplet is rising out of the pool when using the viewfinder

need "bigger guns" N@Z

...We here are into pretty gals and headphones.

somebody post some of those

 

breaking news last night's soccer results

 

"big money...big money!!"

 

anyone can guess that this was

Tropical, with distracting background as HDB, probably you can just shoot some part of the H-D in close up My2cents

 

For bikes, try lower angle and wider lens to give a more "wow" perspective My3rd cents

thanks i'll try it again, i'm on the 28mm Sigma

H-D in the carpark

new stock for Cmoy2 PCB has arrived together with opa2134 opamp & 1uF Wimas

also tried some "leave" shots  but they did not turn out as good...

 

Try to find the pattern Curves, straight lines, any interesting pattern, and of course, keep it simple

thanks

"leaf master Pribadi" strikes again i like the greens very much

 

i did take those macro shots in RAW format, not sure why the first one was a little out of focus...more difficult to do Macro with DSLR without the right lens?

 

its my neighboors flower, they look a little like fake flowers its also a little "dusty" i couldn't get that red color to come out with the Nikkor 50mm lens, havn't figure out why yet...

not strong wind, only a small breeze, but its a very tiny flower, i couldn't get the shot with the 50mm Nikkor. will try it again with a smaller amperture.

also tried some "leave" shots but they did not turn out as good...must learn from "leave master Pribadi"

tried some Macro shots today with the 28mm

more portraits :

 

MRT series

 

"please stand..."

 

the funny light/color in the last 2 pics...is that "ghosting" looks like i need a PL filter for the 50mm

Tropicalrips, what's with the MRT series - you got some kinds fetish or what?

not fetish just that its the only thing that comes close to being interesting to shoot since i'm in SLS the whole day, we never get to see daylight, all i see is people...so i decided to start photographing people when i get off work, kind of de-stressing therophy for me

my MRT portraits are mostly blind shots, so the people don't know that i'm taking their pic, only the sound of the shutter givs me away

thats why we must turn him to the dark side blues

You are really bored....

go shoot some pics to post

"do not fight the dark side Kenshinz...go buy a D70...become #5...its your destiny"

still practicing my MRT shots, the same place as my first MRT shot but different person

is the second shot a dead flower? its very interesting

first shot reminds me of Akira Kurosawa for some reason...i think i saw something like that in one of his films

bram, do u take potraits too? would like to see some of your people shots

my C8080 has taken on Macro duties i still want to keep it around cause can't sell it at good price anymore, i rather use it as a "backup" cam

thought i post some site to find info on digicams

 

i actually learn to use the more advance settings of my C8080 from here, cause its easier then reading then the manual

steve's digicam

 

another good place to find info on digicams

digital camera resource page

digital camera reviews

 

a place to post your shots for people around the world to comment

trekEarth

trekLens

 

links for some interesting fonts for your "watermark"

cool fonts

godzilla fonts

do any of u guys actually use a camera vest when shooting?

i don't like to carry a bag around, so a vest may be a better solution.

the Nikon vest may attrach too much "attention" should look for something without logos of the major camera brand

some new additions for the D70

 

I-cabi 30 litre dry box

 

Nikon shooting vest FOC from the shop

 

the vest looks very cool, has lots of pockets both inside & outside to put stuff

 

they also recomand me the next lens to make the D70 family more complete

the new Tamron 200-500mm f/5-6.3 zoom lens with IF its about the size of a midsize tripod...N@Z is this gun big enough?

price...enough for another D70 kit around $1600++