Fotoshootings

Hallo Sway & Norman

erstmal ein RIESENKOMPLIMENT-tolle Seite, tolle Foto´s und tolles Model!!!

Wie kommt Ihr eigentlich immer auf neue Ideen für Eure Foto´s ? Die Foto´s im Treppenhaus sind richtig heiß und ansprechend, der Kontrast kommt sehr schön zur Geltung..

Habe jetzt auch mit jemanden angefangen Foto´s zu schießen und muß sagen das es uns ein Riesenspaß macht...aber der Aufwand (Zeit) der dahinter steht, ist auch nicht zu verachten. Da ziehe ich vor Euch den Hut!

Kleine Frage an Norman: Was für eine Kamera benüzt Du? die Foto´s sind einfach genial!

Hi, welcome and thank you for your compliments!

Well my current camera is a digital one called Minolta Dimage 7 (> german). It's not the newest one but the image quality is really good! But if you are looking for a new camera I wouldn't recommend you to buy this camera today. Some years have already passed and at the moment there are different other models which are faster to focus, higher resolution or more flexible. So my personal favorites are currently some products by Canon but many different photographers like Roman Kasperski, Martin Perreault or Alexander Horn using digital cameras by Nikon.

so far
Norman

How about Pentax?
I've been thinking about updating my Z-1 to a digital, and since I already own Pentax lenses and a flash, it's almost a No brainer to go for a Pentax digital SLR. I'm just wondering how they measure up against the other cameras.
I think the Pentax *ist DS would be my camera of choice.
What do you think about that one?

The Pentax has the same CCD as the Nikon D100. So the picture quality is quite similar.
But you know, it's not the camera that makes the "good" photo. It's the one that is holding it

Saying that the camera doesn't matter is like saying "Guns don't kill people, people do". You know, I think the camera helps!
The problem with the point and shoot camers is they don't always shoot when you say SHOOT so you might loose the moment you were trying to catch. That's why I'm thinking about a digital SLR.

You are right, a good camera can help you to make pictures of a better picture-quality... if you can handle it.
Otherwise I read in a photo magazin (please don't ask me about its name - I was waiting for somebody near a bookstore ... after a while I was waiting in this bookstore ) about an really good photographer who wanted to show whether it's important to use a high quality camera or a simple click and shoot one (I think it was a small pocket camera with 1,3MPixel). Well the result of the images was really impressive. Otherwise the pictures were black and white and the noise in the picture was very important for the mood. Finally it was not interesting to compare the images because the quality was secondary.
If you are interested in making some photography like high class glamour to print out, where a high resolutions and good color contrasts are needed, you should of course choose a good camera with (and that's really important) very good objectives! If it's otherwise the question to catch interesting moods and situations it's more important to know how to use this camera!

have fun
Norman

Well, I have had a Pentax Z-1 for almost ten years and it has served me well. I have shot more rolls of films than I can count. The only problem with it is developing films is expensive and I constantly forget to bring the films to developing.

I currently have a Sony T1 point and shoot. It's got a Carl Zeiss lens and actually is capable of creating great pictures ... outdoors. When I get indoors, like in partes and those places where a camera of this type would be handy, it really does not shine. The lens is too dim, the flash is so close to the lens, it does not make red eyes, it makes yellow eyes! They are so potent, I need to use Photoshop to fix them.
I'm at least glad to get someone's opinion who isn't blinded by the Canon glare. It seems to have infected everyone here. The *ist DS has received very good reviews so I don't think I can go wrong with it. The good thing is, it can use almost any Pentax lens available, even the old screw mounted types.

How about rechargable batteries? I notice that the DS does not come with them. Do the digital SLRS usually have rechargable batteries and chargers?

I'm attaching a picture taken on a bright sunny day with the T1, of one of Iceland's disappearing glaciers.
Enjoy!

Vielen Dank für Deine Tipps Norman..!!

Das hilft echt weiter, wenn man schon die Erfahrungen mit einer Kamera von wem anders erfährt.

Gruß an Sway und Kompliment für das Orange Outfit..!!

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