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are you having trouble with night pics under sodium light?

you will want to change the white balance to get a true colour map if you are. other than that you'll just have to practice more.

some good effects can be had with a long exposure and a quick zoom-in at the end of the exposure, can create some nice light lines on the picture.

I have a D50 and I have to say the kit lens is surprisingly good for people shots and other indoors shooting. I also bought a 55-200D lens which is much heavier and good for zoom-in shots.

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Pip-polo, i'd be slightly nervous if a hound was givin me eyes like that Pretty scary dog!

Gorgeous pics tho!

Dino - wish you were closer to hear so you could snap some pics like that for me!

I have a D50 also and was pleased that I managed to get it before they replaced it with the D40! I've bought a couple of extra lenses but still think the one I got with the kit is the most versatile...its the 18-70mm.

h aha my dogs cool.

you wish you had it


anyone got the same cam as me?
(sony alpha 100, 10Mp)

thats the exact one i wanna buy!!!!! and i've been putting it off and putting it off for like 4 months hoping there would be a price drop at work!

whats it like? i think (from looking at it) that getting the correct set up would be easier on the Sony than something like the Canons because there is a seperate dial that u twist to go to different settings, whereas with a Canon, u'd have to go thru the menus! i think that how they work?

i only had a quick look at instructions, i prefere to just use it and get used to it.
i'm only 18 so i'm no expert but its excellent.

really good i like it.

its good for me to have another users view on the camera, because up till now i've only had what has been written in mags etc!

I've got this camera as well, the S5600 - it's fairly cheap but does some good work, def a good buy. For night shots a tripod is essential (or the roof of a mates car!).

My only gripe with it is the noise is pretty high at night, but it can be tweaked in photoshop to eliminate most of the noise - the shots Dino took look pretty clean, maybe he's tidied them up already?

Anyway, incase you want to have a go tidying up noisy shots, try using the noise filter, median. Apply it at 1, when the photo is a full size. If you apply it at a reduced size, it can strip out the detail too much.

G

what you mean by noise?

lost me there

Its known as digital noise, little speckly grainy bits at high ISO (light sensitivity) settings. Set your camera to iso 1600/2400 and zoom into the photo and you will almost certainly see it.

that seens far to advanced for me just yet.

i want to take some pics at night and have to lights from the cars in lines.

so i'm going to practice that next lol

that seens far to advanced for me just yet.

i want to take some pics at night and have to lights from the cars in lines.

so i'm going to practice that next lol

Been out again taking FULL advantage of the sun and bank holiday!

Willen Lake, MK



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And finally;

Blimey your car's looking a bit tasty these days mate!!

Si_GTi wrote:Blimey your car's looking a bit tasty these days mate!!

Thanks dude