Photographers! new lens, she's a beauty, should arrive Monday :)

[Danoz]

WOW! Those are fantastic, and really showing off the 70-300's capabilities! Very impressive!

And I've been looking at the little 35mm f/1.8 as everybody raves about it as the equivalent of my standard old "nifty fifty" on the DX sensor. It was also supposedly very cheap, but now they're out of stock everywhere. But, I figure I've got enough glass for now and can wait it out. Did I mention the 12-24mm f/4 Tokina I also got? I couldn't resist. I think I'm beginning to have a little problem.

I cannot wait to get out with my camera and lenses. I have a weekend trip away to Cape Cod planned in a couple of weeks, and I intend to do a LOT of walking about and snapping everything I can find with all my lenses at every possible setting, just to see what everything's capable of. I can't wait.

You're working up quite a collection of glass . Funny you mention the 12-24mm because I spent a good chuck of the evening comparing wide-angles (even though there's no way I could justify he cost at the moment) and I was looking at the 10.5mm fisheye (I am insanely curious as to how it would fare in movie mode) . The 35mm is a solid lens in low light and inexpensive (I used it at my old job)-- but at the moment I don't feel like I need it with the 50mm in my back pocket.

 

[TrekkieMonster]

WOW! Those are fantastic, and really showing off the 70-300's capabilities! Very impressive!

And I've been looking at the little 35mm f/1.8 as everybody raves about it as the equivalent of my standard old "nifty fifty" on the DX sensor. It was also supposedly very cheap, but now they're out of stock everywhere. But, I figure I've got enough glass for now and can wait it out. Did I mention the 12-24mm f/4 Tokina I also got? I couldn't resist. I think I'm beginning to have a little problem.

I cannot wait to get out with my camera and lenses. I have a weekend trip away to Cape Cod planned in a couple of weeks, and I intend to do a LOT of walking about and snapping everything I can find with all my lenses at every possible setting, just to see what everything's capable of. I can't wait.

You're working up quite a collection of glass . Funny you mention the 12-24mm because I spent a good chuck of the evening comparing wide-angles (even though there's no way I could justify he cost at the moment) and I was looking at the 10.5mm fisheye (I am insanely curious as to how it would fare in movie mode) . The 35mm is a solid lens in low light and inexpensive (I used it at my old job)-- but at the moment I don't feel like I need it with the 50mm in my back pocket.

I know, I'm going a little crazy. Actually, though, I had already been looking for a wide angle. I was down to the Tokina 11-16 (which gets RAVES) and the 12-24 (which also gets excelent reviews, and is significantly less expensive than the Nikon version; like less than half the cost). I had something come up where I needed to do some indoor archetectural stuff (plus some indoor large group shots), and had a credit at B&H, so I just used that. I was intrigued by the 11-16, but the 12-24 just made much more sense for my collection at this point. and, yeah, since I don't have any primes yet I figure that one makes the most sense for me at this point. I'd ideally like to try the 35 and the 50 both before I purchase, but I can't find anyplace local that has them both in stock, even in store demos. We'll see. It's definitely on my list, but is down there at this point.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Awesome shots, guys! Love the details in these Oh and kudos on the downward pointing light, which would otherwise be known as full cutoff lighting. You have no idea how important it is for astronomers to have these as regular lights tend to give off light-pollution and make the sky less dark. Astronomers have been championing these for ages. Nice to see them here.

 

[Danoz]

Awesome shots, guys! Love the details in these Oh and kudos on the downward pointing light, which would otherwise be known as full cutoff lighting. You have no idea how important it is for astronomers to have these as regular lights tend to give off light-pollution and make the sky less dark. Astronomers have been championing these for ages. Nice to see them here.

Out here in the Wakayama mountains there is literally zero light pollution... I was pretty surprised when I first looked up at a clear sky and saw thousands of stars-- makes a huge difference!

 

[Owain Taggart]

Awesome shots, guys! Love the details in these Oh and kudos on the downward pointing light, which would otherwise be known as full cutoff lighting. You have no idea how important it is for astronomers to have these as regular lights tend to give off light-pollution and make the sky less dark. Astronomers have been championing these for ages. Nice to see them here.

Out here in the Wakayama mountains there is literally zero light pollution... I was pretty surprised when I first looked up at a clear sky and saw thousands of stars-- makes a huge difference!

Awesome. Believe it or not, you're quite lucky. Many don't have that advantage. Do you have a telescope? Have you ever thought of doing astrophotography? Those conditions would be ideal. Or even just observing with a good telescope

 

[Danoz]

Awesome shots, guys! Love the details in these Oh and kudos on the downward pointing light, which would otherwise be known as full cutoff lighting. You have no idea how important it is for astronomers to have these as regular lights tend to give off light-pollution and make the sky less dark. Astronomers have been championing these for ages. Nice to see them here.

Out here in the Wakayama mountains there is literally zero light pollution... I was pretty surprised when I first looked up at a clear sky and saw thousands of stars-- makes a huge difference!

Awesome. Believe it or not, you're quite lucky. Many don't have that advantage. Do you have a telescope? Have you ever thought of doing astrophotography? Those conditions would be ideal. Or even just observing with a good telescope

I absolutely have thought about it , but after buying a new MacBook pro, guitar and telephoto lens (and over $1000 in car repairs) I need to save some money before I start thinking about investing in another awesome and expensive hobby .

 

[Owain Taggart]

Doesn't have to be expensive, actually. My Dad makes and sells scopes of his own and has a whole business around it and they've been designed to be rather affordable, for those that don't have deep pockets. It's those that are totally invested in the hobby that go out and buy the expensive scopes, and that's after years of experience. In fact, there are people who make the mistake of getting a big expensive scope as their first scope and get frustrated because they don't know enough in order to operate it. These days you can easily get an affordable scope for $200 to $400, and most likely they'll be able to fit in the back seat of your vehicle and be easy to set up without requiring heavyweight champions to set it up.

 

[LitmusDragon]

This thread makes me want to get an SLR and some nice lenses. I have a very nice digital camera that takes some great looking photos, but not quite on the level of the stuff you guys are posting.