GKPE: General Ramblings thread

What, can you do save, too?

CliveyBoy wrote:
What, can you do save, too?

Depends on how bad I want something

Well I have just been over 1000+ bigma photos to try and work out why some are sharp and the rest crap and the answer is SHUTTER SPEED and TRIPOD.

My shutter speed way to slow and hand held at the same time = crap photos.
There are some very sharp photos other wise and with a bit of USM they will be ok,sure the Bigma is not an "L" lens but for the $1500 I paid for it a year ago it more operator error than len error.

I remember in January 2006 I had what I called my 3 gold rings. Sigma 10-20, 24-70 and 50-500mm with my 20D. Why the hell did I want a 5D.

Will I sell my 5D...yeah right only to trade up to a 1Ds 16mp. The 5D has way to may advatages for me over a 30D. Now its time to work the 30D and find out where it kicks the 5D, it does in FPS but not in ISO and noise.

So the conclusion I have come to is I have to much money and not enough cents. Will that stop me......NO

I want the best, I want the sharpest and I want "L" glass and 1D cameras. Ive only just started, but mark my words what you have seen with my photos is nothing they will fail in comparison to what I will be producing.

Auckland has enough topics for me to cover, I just need to get out more, focus and excel.

Oh well that enough of my rant.

PS I have decided that I will hire out my studio lights for those that are intrested. More of a donation (wear and tear) than anything. No use having this stuff and it collecting dust when others in the group can use it.

1 Rule only you break or damage it you replace it.

Me.

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weka2000 wrote:
Well I have just been over 1000+ bigma photos to try and work out why some are sharp and the rest crap and the answer is SHUTTER SPEED and TRIPOD.

My shutter speed way to slow and hand held at the same time = crap photos.
There are some very sharp photos other wise and with a bit of USM they will be ok,sure the Bigma is not an "L" lens but for the $1500 I paid for it a year ago it more operator error than len error.

I remember in January 2006 I had what I called my 3 gold rings. Sigma 10-20, 24-70 and 50-500mm with my 20D. Why the hell did I want a 5D.

Will I sell my 5D...yeah right only to trade up to a 1Ds 16mp. The 5D has way to may advatages for me over a 30D. Now its time to work the 30D and find out where it kicks the 5D, it does in FPS but not in ISO and noise.

So the conclusion I have come to is I have to much money and not enough cents. Will that stop me......NO

I want the best, I want the sharpest and I want "L" glass and 1D cameras. Ive only just started, but mark my words what you have seen with my photos is nothing they will fail in comparison to what I will be producing.

Auckland has enough topics for me to cover, I just need to get out more, focus and excel.

Oh well that enough of my rant.

PS I have decided that I will hire out my studio lights for those that are intrested. More of a donation (wear and tear) than anything. No use having this stuff and it collecting dust when others in the group can use it.

1 Rule only you break or damage it you replace it.

Hey Weka, probably a good idea if you can post a list of all the lighting equipment you have then please and a price list for your equipment leasing.

also would you hire out your 5d? I needed one a while back but could'nt rent one anywhere . might get one soon anyways but in the mean time if something comes up...


the best way to learn the rules and light is to shoot for a year in B/W only, and shoot every image to fit all the rules perfectly. it makes you think mechanically about it, then after a year of this it is fully locked in your brain so you can break them, when you break them you'll always subconsiously be using all the rules, so when you break one you'll use another to bring the image back to a working composition, to try and do this without learning them first can't be done i don't think, because you'll never fullly know if it is wrong or right. it will just be luck

Hirage will what people are willing to offer with in reason. I know there is not a lot of money to spare in many homes so I dont want people to miss out.

Whats the 5D worth to you, for how long and do you need glass? PM me with what you have in mind.

Yes I have been thinking B&W and fixed focal lenghts as well

I will take photo of all lighting stuff

Dam need to buy some more stuff if my bits get hired out

Looks like I will make more money on hirage than usage

How will anyone know what's for hire?

Most of us have done swap for swap, but I would also probably have to do have some cashfor a 5D/1 series body, and maybe even my big lens if it was to be used for paid shooting.

5D + 120-300 + Westpac Rescue Helicopter, I wonder how that would come out.

Wazza wrote:
How will anyone know what's for hire?

Most of us have done swap for swap, but I would also probably have to do have some cashfor a 5D/1 series body, and maybe even my big lens if it was to be used for paid shooting.

5D + 120-300 + Westpac Rescue Helicopter, I wonder how that would come out.

Its the big stuff. 5D and light Studio lights.
We have all done the borrow bits and the odd flash.

I would hire your 120-300 if I had something I really wanted to get sharp if I had nothing else in my collection that could do the job. No point in buying 1better off saying here is $100 for a days use of your lens.


For example someone wanted do do some family bits over a weekend and wanted it dome right with lights and bits. Where would they go how much would they have to pay. Im offering my Studio lights for hireage for a small fee.

The setup has cost me over $1500 say a $100 hirage for a weekend I dont think it is on the nose after all the only thing I dont have for it is a light meter @ $600 +. 3 Lights, 2 Softboxes, boom arm, stands, reflectors, remote trigger, snoot etc.

What to do on a raining day becides chat on the forum...Take photos

Here is the setup and here is the result.

I used a head off a broken lamp as the head with tissue paper to diffues. Went to the florist and got a selection of their paper that they warp the flowers in and got out my 100mm macro lens (lucky I didnt sell it)

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stunning!!. it really is.

weka2000 wrote:
What to do on a raining day becides chat on the forum...Take photos

Here is the setup and here is the result.

I used a head off a broken lamp as the head with tissue paper to diffues. Went to the florist and got a selection of their paper that they warp the flowers in and got out my 100mm macro lens (lucky I didnt sell it)

That's very nice. See aren't you lucky you did sell that if you did you might not have had anything to do today.

So are you selling the 100mm or keeping it??

Just been out visiting family, and bought 50blank cds, 10DVDs, 40 slimline cases.. Seems I burn a lot of CDs/DVDs, for clients, customers, friends, and backup in DVD form.

Todays excitement.
Intersection at the end of our street.
Mondeo was turning right and the boy racer in the 5L V8 went straight into his front right.

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Ouch that hurts!

Who is the guy with the camera?

Anyway on a different note, ran into someone at Harvey Normans whilst I was getting some prints done, she uttered some magic works that ensured she was indeed enlightened - Canon 400D.

Anyway I gave her a link so she may appear at some point...