**Photography Talk**

[lucky7]

^^ I couldn't figure out that first image until I read, lol. very interesting.

 

[Stgo2019]

I'm about to pull the trigger on a Nikon D750. It will be a nice upgrade from my 10yo D40...

I mainly want to be able to take great shots of my kids doing kid stuff, but also for landscapes and various action shots.

Any suggestions for a good "all-in-one" lens and something for landscapes? I like the idea of a prime lens but not sure how which.. 35mm, 55mm, 85mm etc or how it would be for capturing shots of the kids.

Also, is anyone a member of a photo forum or Nikon forum?

Thanks!

 

[TerraCrawler]

Any suggestions for a good "all-in-one" lens and something for landscapes? I like the idea of a prime lens but not sure how which.. 35mm, 55mm, 85mm etc or how it would be for capturing shots of the kids.

Also, is anyone a member of a photo forum or Nikon forum?

Thanks!

For landscapes you will want 35mm or maybe down to 18mm. 24mm or 28mm are my goto for landscapes. For all-in-one, that is a tough one. Compromises abound. Many will do a 35-70 or 70-210 as covering most bases. It's hard to get a stellar aperture on these types of lenses unless you spend a fortune.

If I could have one lens it would be a fast 85mm or even a fast 50mm.

Fast just gives you more options but most of the zing in any photo is composition and exposure. For portraits 85mm will be super nice, generally 85-105mm in that range is good for portraits, hell even 135mm. 50mm as you probably know is similar to what your eye sees. Below 50mm you start to get into more wide angle/landscape, this introduces perspective distortion at close distances, which can be used artistically.

My one lens for portrait would be 85mm/1.2 (higher if on a budget)
My one lens for landscapes would be 24mm/2.0 or less (higher if on a budget)

There are no wrong decisions, with any lens you can make fabulous shots with that camera, take whatever you get and just keep experimenting, find a look you like/want and figure out how to replicate it.

 

[lucky7]

If the camera is APS-C, go 35mm or wider, and no slower than F2. IMO, of course. I don't know anything about Nikon cameras, but I do know that you can still get great results from old gears.

 

[Stgo2019]

Thanks guys,
I'm going to have to get a photography for dummies book.

The guy at the camera store started going into f stops, apertures, ISOs and who knows what else.... I may have blacked out for a second.. I started to have flashbacks from college math...

Here are a few I took with my old D40..
Downtown El Paso/CJ and the Border. The long rows of lights with the gap is the border, looks like it could be a highway.

 

[leftyguns21]

I mainly want to be able to take great shots of my kids doing kid stuff, but also for landscapes and various action shots.

Any suggestions for a good "all-in-one" lens and something for landscapes? I like the idea of a prime lens but not sure how which.. 35mm, 55mm, 85mm etc or how it would be for capturing shots of the kids.

prime lenses are good, but limited. your feet are your zoom. I wouldn't suggest a 35mm or 50mm for 'action' shots of kids doing stuff since the distance changes so often. heck even landscapes vary so much. Depending on your budget and knowledge of the camera (you will need to learn f/stops which is aperture, ISO and shutter speed to get good action shots) I would get something in the 24-105 or 24-135 range depending on what's offered for Nikon. Its a good all around focal length for what you're asking. the only problem is most only come in f/4 at its widest so you'll need to bump ISO up to get a faster shutter speed on action shots. then you can slowly add prime lens or faster higher end lenses as you progress.

if budget allows and depending on kids activity, a 70-200mm f/2.8 is a fantastic lens.

 

[2cooler]

Nice thread! Yeah, if you plan on doing any sort of post-photo editing, shooting in RAW is a must. I also work in Lightroom 4 and love it. I shoot mainly product stuff for the photo side of our work, but enjoy shooting climbing the most (since it's what I enjoy doing the most)

Some random shots.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkusuiphotography/8367095882/" title="DSC_7039 by Hepar1977, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8367095882_41555f5b6d_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="DSC_7039"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkusuiphotography/8367106604/" title="DSC_1810 by Hepar1977, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8356/8367106604_a268e72357_b.jpg" width="1024" height="619" alt="DSC_1810"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkusuiphotography/8366041909/" title="DSC_0761 by Hepar1977, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8366041909_09d01b2513_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="DSC_0761"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkusuiphotography/8366042363/" title="DSC_0105 by Hepar1977, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8366042363_cf2b9abf65_b.jpg" width="1024" height="541" alt="DSC_0105"></a>

they are giant! unreal beauty

 

[n2advnture]

Ok you bastards...I broke down a bought a D5600 and 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR and Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G lenses.

No idea what what any of that means...lol

 

[Hepar]

I'm about to pull the trigger on a Nikon D750. It will be a nice upgrade from my 10yo D40...

I mainly want to be able to take great shots of my kids doing kid stuff, but also for landscapes and various action shots.

Any suggestions for a good "all-in-one" lens and something for landscapes? I like the idea of a prime lens but not sure how which.. 35mm, 55mm, 85mm etc or how it would be for capturing shots of the kids.

Also, is anyone a member of a photo forum or Nikon forum?

Thanks!

If you're primarily going to be shooting photos, the 24-70mm f2.8 is a really good general range lens. If you plan on shooting video at all with it, I highly suggest the 24-120mm f4 VR. I find what the stability of the lens lets you shoot far outweighs the ability to shoot more open than f4. I've used that lens almost exclusively over my 24-70mm f.2.8. So much so, that I'm considering selling the 2.8.

If the camera is APS-C, go 35mm or wider, and no slower than F2. IMO, of course. I don't know anything about Nikon cameras, but I do know that you can still get great results from old gears.l

It's a full-frame body, so no worries there.

Ok you bastards...I broke down a bought a D5600 and 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR and Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G lenses.

No idea what what any of that means...lol

Don't worry, juts go out and shoot A LOT. You'll figure out the basics quick. Especially if you keep it on full manual.

 

[Stgo2019]

Thanks guys!

I just ordered the D750 with the 24-120mm F4/G ED.

I'll post some pics as soon as it arrives!

 

[lucky7]

 

[USKTog]

The 2017 Crested Butte Wildflower Festival is over now (though the wildflowers are still blooming / gorgeous!). Spent 4 days in mixed and mostly rainy weather, but had a fantastic trip…

Here are a few pics:

Cinnamon Mountain & Colorado Columbine:


Colorado Columbine:


Mountain Bluebells & Dewdrops:


Paintbrush & Elephant Heads:


Flax Flowers & Mountain Bluebells:

 

[blind squirrel]

I just purchased a Mavic pro drone and have some great 4k footage, but no way of editing/processing it. I am looking for advice as to what computer to buy solely for video editing. It can be a desk top too if that makes a difference. I have a work computer for all other activities, just not enough juice for editing.

Thanks for any help

 

[USKTog]

I just purchased a Mavic pro drone and have some great 4k footage, but no way of editing/processing it. I am looking for advice as to what computer to buy solely for video editing. It can be a desk top too if that makes a difference. I have a work computer for all other activities, just not enough juice for editing.

Thanks for any help

Desktop system is definitely the direction I would go. You are going to want a system with a multi-core CPU, at least 16GB of RAM (preferably 32GB of RAM), a Graphics card (GPU) with 6GB of RAM (video ram) or more (preferably 8GB or 12GB of ram), TONS of disk storage (maybe a hybrid SSD / SATA in the desktop PLUS a DROBO or SYNOLOGY NAS with as much storage as you can afford to buy in RAID 6 configuration. Make sure the power supply is sufficient to handle the power needs of the motherboard, hard drives, graphics card(s) and such...

Here's a link with some suggestions from the writer:

How to build the best PC for video editing

 

[blind squirrel]

Here's a link with some suggestions from the writer:

How to build the best PC for video editing

Thank you for this. I've considered getting a desk top for quite some time now, just needed a good push to finally get one. A little frustrated because the drone is fairly expensive, but really only half of what I need. The drone is no good if I don't have a cpu good enough to get the high quality photos/ video off it. Either way, I'm excited to start contributing to this amazing thread.

Thanks again.

 

[Hepar]

Thank you for this. I've considered getting a desk top for quite some time now, just needed a good push to finally get one. A little frustrated because the drone is fairly expensive, but really only half of what I need. The drone is no good if I don't have a cpu good enough to get the high quality photos/ video off it. Either way, I'm excited to start contributing to this amazing thread.

Thanks again.

If you want an apple-based OS, but don't want to spend the cash for a brand new one:

Hackintosh 101: How to Build a 4K Editing Machine for Half the Purchase Price of a Mac

I personally much prefer the UI of Macs over PC's, but the inability to interchange parts turns me off. I'm considering attempting the above.

And don't underestimate the importance of a really good processor and graphics card. I think far too many people get caught up on just RAM.

 

[blind squirrel]

If you want an apple-based OS, but don't want to spend the cash for a brand new one:

Good point on apple based OS, the mavic takes video in .MP4 and .MOV neither format is editable on the windows video editor I downloaded. But again, my work laptop is still running windows 7....

 

[Hepar]

Good point on apple based OS, the mavic takes video in .MP4 and .MOV neither format is editable on the windows video editor I downloaded. But again, my work laptop is still running windows 7....

That shouldn't be a problem depending on what video editor you use. I know a friend of mine uses Premier (what I use as well) and has no issue with either format.

 

[TK-422]

Good point on apple based OS, the mavic takes video in .MP4 and .MOV neither format is editable on the windows video editor I downloaded. But again, my work laptop is still running windows 7....

Corel Video Studio is fairly cheap and is easy to use. You can do a lot of advanced things too as you get use to using it.

 

[lucky7]