fellow dvc'rs...camera?

[jpeka65844]

I, too, made the jump to Canon EOS T1i DSLR this past summer. And a camera really is only as good as the eye behind it. But having a better camera made me develop that!

Go out and get the book "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson. It'll teach you a lot about perspective, capturing light and movement.....it really helped me develop what little technique I have!

Here's some of my faves I have handy....

 

[Crystal_27]

I shoot with an Olympus dSLR (the E-520). It's a pain to carry around all day, but it does allow me to get some good captures that a point & shoot just wont. For me, the single most important feature is a high frames-per-second rate.

(A little luck doesn't hurt either...)

 

[Muushka]

No offense folks but it is not all in the camera you use. Photographic skill and an eye for composition are more important than which camera you use. That being said digital slr is the best way to go if you can afford it. There are some excellent point and shoot cameras out there but the best ones cost as much as an entry level dslr.

Being a photographer I can't tell you how many times people look at my images and want to know what kind of camera I use. It is kind of like reading a wonderfully written poem and asking what kind of typewriter you use !
I'd like to think that my abilities had as much to do with it as the camera! Sorry for the rant, bit of a pet peeve.

You said what I was going to say, sort of. I once heard the 'what kind of camera do you use' question equated to tasting a delicious dinner and asking 'what kind of pan did you cook it in!' These days I am wanting to know things like: Did you use a tripod for this or what kind of lens did you use? Settings? There are some great pictures on this thread! I am waiting for KAT4 to come on board with hers, she has some great ones too.

According to the exif data all were shot in AE mode. The data is below the pics. No flash, a flash would have no effect on these shots anyway.



I'm impressed by the steady hand at the lower slower speeds.

I want to say that about 20 times a night while at Disney.

So. For all of these great night shots, did you use a tripod?
I cannot get good night shots without it, and it is such a pain to carry into the parks.

 

[dburg30]

I've got (now) a canon 40d (have pretty much always used canon, growing up, dad bought the A1 and I used it for a number of years) I have a 20mm 1.8 sigma lens, the 28-135, 50mm and the 50-500 sigma 'bigma'. I have the 580 flash (just got it recently) and one of the other flashes (420??, cant remember the number). I also have a canon hv20 vid camera and a canon point and shoot sd990. I have all my stuff in a rolling backpack . It all goes to Disney. There are days when I'm in photog mode that the whole things goes with me. There are days when I take just the 40d and the 50mm, days when I do only HD video with the HV20 and days I only take the sd990 (although the Mrs usually has that one). I've gotten some awesome shots that I wasnt expecting, and i've gotten some ok shots that I thought would be wonderful. I have to admit, I havent found anywhere that's as fun to shoot as WDW.

 

[photobob]

I shoot with an Olympus dSLR (the E-520). It's a pain to carry around all day, but it does allow me to get some good captures that a point & shoot just wont. For me, the single most important feature is a high frames-per-second rate.

(A little luck doesn't hurt either...)

Beautiful photos, looks like you shot with a longer lens than most do to capture the fireworks which gives it more impact. Did you use a tripod?

 

[Crystal_27]

Beautiful photos, looks like you shot with a longer lens than most do to capture the fireworks which gives it more impact. Did you use a tripod?

Coming from you, Sir, that is truly a compliment - thank you.

I have an Olympus camera which, because of its 4/3s sensor, actually covers about half the focal length of a comparative 35mm camera. These fireworks shots were taken with my 50mm lens -- which would be a 100mm lens to anyone but an Olympus (or Panisonic) user. My Oly has built-in IS, so I didn't use a tripod (and, honestly, would be afraid to smack dab in the middle of Main Street - LOL). I think that the shutter speed on these was about 1/50, so they were a little bit underexposed out of the camera, but since I shoot in RAW, I was able to bring up the exposure to get me where I wanted to be. After a quick run through Noiseware, that is what I ended up with.

I didn't do as well with Wishes (the freakin' pole (!!!!)) as I did with the ones above from MNSSHP, but here are a couple from Wishes too:

 

[TagsMissy]

We use 2 cameras, one is a Pentax Waterproof Optio W60 for the pool/water parks and any movie filming we may want to do. It's not the best in dark scenarios but it works for what we need it for.

Otherwise we use a Canon 30D for our photos and we get some wonderful results. We are contemplating upgrading to a new SLR in the next year or two but we'll see. I'll get the hand me down SLR and hubby will take the new one

 

[photobob]

Coming from you, Sir, that is truly a compliment - thank you.

I have an Olympus camera which, because of its 4/3s sensor, actually covers about half the focal length of a comparative 35mm camera. These fireworks shots were taken with my 50mm lens -- which would be a 100mm lens to anyone but an Olympus (or Panisonic) user. My Oly has built-in IS, so I didn't use a tripod (and, honestly, would be afraid to smack dab in the middle of Main Street - LOL). I think that the shutter speed on these was about 1/50, so they were a little bit underexposed out of the camera, but since I shoot in RAW, I was able to bring up the exposure to get me where I wanted to be. After a quick run through Noiseware, that is what I ended up with.

I didn't do as well with Wishes (the freakin' pole (!!!!)) as I did with the ones above from MNSSHP, but here are a couple from Wishes too:

I love noiseware! I shoot high school basketball with the ISO at 3200 and still have to underexpose at times to get a fast enough shutter speed to freeze action and noiseware is a saving grace for those. I usually just juice my ISO up a bit when shooting fireworks at WDW and hope for the best. Shooting raw is a wise decision, I shoot raw for weddings, portraits and any commercial work. I shoot jpegs with my newspaper work, mainly because I shoot so heavy and the photoshop there is an older version that can't work the raw from my newer camera. Keep up the good work!

 

[Princess&CowboyMommy]

I have a Canon Rebel as well - mainly for my business (not photography per se, but I am a custom boutique designer and need a high end camera for modeling shoots). I LOVE my camera!!!