POTN Aussie Club #5: Our focus rings rotate the other way too.

The Moose wrote in post #7669926
I see on your flickr you've got shots of the draft and Cousins at the airport (is it the airport?) and considering you were at the media room of the MCG, do you mind if I ask who you shoot/work for?

I write for the AFL website, and shoot for them over summer so I don't get too bored No time during the season to shoot much, unfortunately.

Yeah, that was Cuzzy at the airport when he flew in after we drafted him. I was amazed at how well the pics worked, although I did literally stand in front of the car to stop it driving off to get him through the windscreen TBH, they were better than the pics the papers used, I thought.

I've looked on ebay for off camera flash cords and there's a lot of variation in prices. People say the knock offs for things like that work alright, anyone bought one in particular that they could find from the same seller on ebay for me?

miccullen wrote in post #7669934
I write for the AFL website, and shoot for them over summer so I don't get too bored No time during the season to shoot much, unfortunately.

Yeah, that was Cuzzy at the airport when he flew in after we drafted him. I was amazed at how well the pics worked, although I did literally stand in front of the car to stop it driving off to get him through the windscreen TBH, they were better than the pics the papers used, I thought.

Nice job! I'm looking to get into sports journalism (and sports photography, something like what you're doing would be pretty good) so I don't know where I'll end up. I'll do a journalism course at uni and go from there.

It's always the way it goes.

The Moose wrote in post #7668936
Haha what made you look for that? At least it's EF mount lol.

It came up on my usual 1D search.
First time Id seen one, and once I checked the specs I thought "why not"

DAdeGroot wrote in post #7668995
Whoah! 2Mpx APS-C 1 series camera with a CCD sensor rather than CMOS. I'll be interested to see what you do with it

Will see what condition its in and then shoot some test shots to share here. 50 F1.4 might be fun with it.

<edit> 1Dmk1 is also CCD and only 4.2mpx

<edit2> review from 1999 http://www.dpreview.co​m/reviews/kodakdcs520/

The Final Word

How much can I say about this camera? I love it.

From beginning to end, handling, using and just being around this camera is a complete treat, everyone who sees it is amazed by the true feeling of quality, it's the Jaguar of the digital photography world where all else are Fords. I've never handled a camera which inspires creativity and instant feedback the way this camera does, within a second of taking the image you're seeing the preview (and/or histogram) the power of this to photographers cannot be valued, if using your digital camera brought you new levels of creativity then using this camera would inspire you to become a professional photographer full-time (but then, you wouldn't be considering this camera at this price unless you already where, would you?)

There are just so many features in this camera I'm sure I've not done it complete justice in this review, I could write a book on what you can do with this camera, anyone who knows what you can do with a quality SLR will realise what you get when you combine one of the best SLR's (Canon EOS-1n) with the CCD, electronics and photography experience of Kodak. True pedigree.

Kodak go on, producing the highest quality digital camera in the world, trying to ignore the price this camera not only produces but is a work of art.

Most, Hugely, Very, Highly recommended.

Hhmm do you think the reviewer liked the camera.....lol

The Moose wrote in post #7669958
Nice job! I'm looking to get into sports journalism (and sports photography, something like what you're doing would be pretty good) so I don't know where I'll end up. I'll do a journalism course at uni and go from there.

Well, work was rapt with the Cuzzy pics, so that was good. (Which I was happy about, as I worked 17 hours that day...) Got a good one of him running down the race for the first time to train, as well.

Pick a good uni course, and work yer arse off doing work experience. Great for learning, and building your network, which is as important.

miccullen wrote in post #7670013
Well, work was rapt with the Cuzzy pics, so that was good. (Which I was happy about, as I worked 17 hours that day...) Got a good one of him running down the race for the first time to train, as well.

Pick a good uni course, and work yer arse off doing work experience. Great for learning, and building your network, which is as important.

Sounds like you love your job. How old are you or how long have you been out of uni for?

I'm not really sure which uni or which course I'll try for specifically but apparently the careers person at my school is really good so I'll talk to her about where the best is for sports journalism. Definitely will work my ass off. Thanks mate.

miccullen wrote in post #7669923
Liquify (PS), I'd reckon.

+1

followed by the patch tool to blend in the bits you've liquified. Maybe finish up with a light skin smoothing and all your potential mistakes disappear

The Moose wrote in post #7670031
Sounds like you love your job. How old are you or how long have you been out of uni for?

I'm 45 - went back to uni when I was 34 to do journalism - talked my way in, basically. Completed my degree in 2 1/2 years, by overloading and doing units over summer. (Getting chronic fatigue along the way as a result of glandular fever and 90-hour weeks, so that's something I don't recommend, because topping my year was of exactly ZERO benefit in the real world

I spent a year unemployed after uni, although 'freelancing' would be a nicer way to put it I was giving audio to the AFL website, so when it changed hands and they needed a Perth journo, I was a pretty easy option.

Spent a few months a couple of years ago working at CH10, (again after a day a week WE for 18 months), but I'm better at writing thwn TV, so I'm back at the AFL site now it's with new content providers. (And in Melbourne - they needed a senior writer here, so they brought me over from Perth last year.)

Journalism isn't for people who like stability

It's be fair to say that it's a tough road at the moment for both journos and snappers with regards employment, but it will turn again, you'd expect.

miccullen wrote in post #7670079
I'm 45 - went back to uni when I was 34 to do journalism - talked my way in, basically. Completed my degree in 2 1/2 years, by overloading and doing units over summer. (Getting chronic fatigue along the way as a result of glandular fever and 90-hour weeks, so that's something I don't recommend, because topping my year was of exactly ZERO benefit in the real world

I spent a year unemployed after uni, although 'freelancing' would be a nicer way to put it I was giving audio to the AFL website, so when it changed hands and they needed a Perth journo, I was a pretty easy option.

Spent a few months a couple of years ago working at CH10, (again after a day a week WE for 18 months), but I'm better at writing thwn TV, so I'm back at the AFL site now it's with new content providers. (And in Melbourne - they needed a senior writer here, so they brought me over from Perth last year.)

Journalism isn't for people who like stability

It's be fair to say that it's a tough road at the moment for both journos and snappers with regards employment, but it will turn again, you'd expect.

Interesting ride for you! Yeah, I've heard a few things about journalists/reporters moving around a fair bit.

Yeah, it definitely looks that way. It's another 4-5 years before I'm up for a real job so a fair few things could change. Thanks for the info. Hopefully I end up enjoying journalism because it does look an attractive job.

miccullen wrote in post #7669923
Liquify (PS), I'd reckon.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #7670059
+1

followed by the patch tool to blend in the bits you've liquified. Maybe finish up with a light skin smoothing and all your potential mistakes disappear

Cheers guys. I'll give that a go.

The Moose wrote in post #7670092
Hopefully I end up enjoying journalism because it does look an attractive job.

I love it. It can be seriously hard work - last week was crap for a number of reasons - but overall, it's great. One of the hard things is being creative on demand, day after day after day.

Like shooting

Hazey wrote in post #7668913
So far the basics of the new system my son is looking at building me will be as follows...

Intel E8400 core 2 duo
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Motherboard
4GB RAM
750 GB Hard Drive

Planning to use the on board graphics card as advised by you guys at this stage. One of the biggest queries I have at the moment is whether to go for a Quad core instead of Dual. And advice?

Again..not looking at any gaming...just processing photos from the 5D2 and running LR2 and CS3 without any delay.
Trying to keep it under a grand but if there are better components for the price I would be interested in hearing.

I literally just built one of these up (same specs apart from a 640GB HDD). Shoved it in an Antec Three Hundred case as the P182/180 was out of stock, and added a Seasonic S12-550 power supply for quietness. One thing I thus need to mention is that the EP45-UD3R is a fantastic motherboard, and doesn't have integrated graphics, so a 1GB Geforce 9400 GT would be a good way to go for about $105.00. I'll be chucking another 4GB of ram in as soon as possible, and I don't like the stock cooler much, so I'll check out silentpcreview and spent $100 on whatever's best. I think for value for money at the moment, this is a good way to go, otherwise the mid-range quad-core processor would be great too. I'd also get a data drive, ideally a VelociRaptor. You can also use a 32GB USB drive as a scratch disk for photoshop if you want a nice cheap speed boost.

I thought about PC upgrades... but it's too early. Plus, I've invested money into a silent computer (passively cooled graphics card and CPU, only one single fan for the whole system) and the case I have (Antec Mini P180 - which isn't so mini) only allows Micro-ATX.

I'll wait till i7 is a bit more mainstream before I make the jump. Plus, my Q6600 is keeping up just fine for now, even at stock speeds.

BOSS wrote in post #7669998
Hhmm do you think the reviewer liked the camera.....lol

Its the first dSLR you could "chimp" with.

tangcla wrote in post #7670152
(Antec Mini P180 - which isn't so mini) only allows Micro-ATX.

I want one of them, my computer is so loud, not compared to computers bought in shops, but it could be way quieter.