Playing With New Cam

[rockkeeper]

got a new camera few days ago,but had been bit poorly last few days and haddn't taken any pic's yet,

anyway took some today .here a pic

 

blue faced angel, what ya think, c+c welcome

 

 

Edited March 17, 2007 by rockkeeper

[Guest wolfie]

blue faced angel, what ya think, c+c welcome

 

 

nice, now top and tail it, gut it and fry it ;) should go nice with a few chips

[rockkeeper]

lol its only 3in long, the chips would be bigger lol

[jkspoff]

Looks good, what camera did you get ? I recently bought myself a Nikon D40, very impressed with it.

[rockkeeper]

i got the canon 400d, an up grade from my old 300d

how do you find yours

[NikpV]

i got the canon 400d, an up grade from my old 300d

how do you find yours

 

looked at the canon 350 but found it a bit small for my hands so ended up with a nikon D50 since I didnt have any lenses from slr film days (was minolta but sold then all)

[rockkeeper]

i found the 400d smaller than the 300d,something to get used too,

by time you add a bigger lens and external flash gun the can start to get bit heavy,esp doing marco work

other lens i got

kit lens

sigma 28-105 dg macro lens,

canon 28-90mm better than std lens goes that bit futher

flashgun 420ex

 

what other lens do you have with your nikon

Edited March 18, 2007 by rockkeeper

[NikpV]

i found the 400d smaller than the 300d,something to get used too,

by time you add a bigger lens and external flash gun the can start to get bit heavy,esp doing marco work

other lens i got

kit lens

sigma 28-105 dg macro lens,

canon 28-90mm better than std lens goes that bit futher

flashgun 420ex

 

what other lens do you have with your nikon

 

18-70 zoom

55-200 zoom

105 f2.8 macro (nikon call it micro)

 

sb600 and sb800 wireless triggered speedlights

 

pictures here

 

 

BTW like the fish - don't know much about them - was that taken under metal halogen (hallide) lighting ??

Edited March 18, 2007 by NikpV

[rockkeeper]

the fish shot was taken under t5 flouescent tubes,

 

i have three marine tanks, so plenty of subject to take pic of ,

fairly hard cos the glass,

 

i bought the sigma macro,amazing some of the shots,bee ,butterflys ,etc but doesnt have very good dof

 

next bit of kit,once the car moted, of shoe cord and some flashgun brackts.

 

did you do the moon shot with the 200?

Edited March 18, 2007 by rockkeeper

[rockkeeper]

here some of my macro shots from the old camera

 

[NikpV]

good shots those - liked the first and last,

 

 

yes moon with the 200 - + cropped

 

dof field is always problem with macro shots :lol: whatever the lens

[rockkeeper]

the second shot was the hardest, trying to focus just on the eye,

 

dof macro with 3 extensions, now thats fun...

Edited March 18, 2007 by rockkeeper

[NikpV]

dof macro with 3 extensions, now thats fun...

 

 

 

what dOf :lol:

Edited March 18, 2007 by NikpV

[jkspoff]

i got the canon 400d, an up grade from my old 300d

how do you find yours

 

I find the Nikon D40 superb, exceeds my expectations as the image quality and overall useability is outstanding. As digital SLR cameras go they just seem to get better and better month on month. You can now buy an amateur digital SLR which can produce professional quality images for sub 500 quid. :lol:

[MadBaz]

I got me a samsung digimax a4 and its crap but good enough for point and click, sorry.

 

Rockkeeper, on the subject of fishes and risking a thread hijack (nice piccys by the way), how easy is it to maintain a tropical marine tank and are there any pitfalls?

I've got a tropical freshwater 3ft community tank and am looking for something different now but I don't want to do cichlids, I think 3ft would do to start with live coral and anenoemes and some smaller species of fish. I do have a fluval external filter, what else would I need?

 

Thanks in advance, Brian

Edited March 18, 2007 by MADBAZ

[NikpV]

i got the canon 400d, an up grade from my old 300d

how do you find yours

As digital SLR cameras go they just seem to get better and better month on month. You can now buy an amateur digital SLR which can produce professional quality images for sub 500 quid. :huh:

 

considering that 7 years ago we paid

[rockkeeper]

my first proper camera little fuji 2.200,2 mg,then bought a fuji 602z

[rockkeeper]

Rockkeeper, on the subject of fishes and risking a thread hijack (nice piccys by the way), how easy is it to maintain a tropical marine tank and are there any pitfalls?
I've got a tropical freshwater 3ft community tank and am looking for something different now but I don't want to do cichlids, I think 3ft would do to start with live coral and anenoemes and some smaller species of fish. I do have a fluval external filter, what else would I need?

 

first of would be the water,few choices here

a) buy salted water from shop

Edited March 19, 2007 by rockkeeper

[MadBaz]

Thanks Rockkeeper, I'm definately going to give it a go, local fish shop will give me a credit note for existing fish and they have a good marine stock.

 

Cheers

[rockkeeper]

Thanks Rockkeeper, I'm definately going to give it a go, local fish shop will give me a credit note for existing fish and they have a good marine stock.

 

Cheers

no problem ,any other question or owt let me know

shop i go to is interfish in osset

what size tank are you running at the mo

here a quick pic of my smaller tank, this is used to propagate some of the corals

 

Edited March 19, 2007 by rockkeeper

[MadBaz]

I usually go to Transcontinental at Galpharm stadium or koi carp centre in brighouse, both have been doing marine for about three years now, i think I'll have a gander at the one in Osset though.

 

Thinking about starting with some live rock and/or coral and introduce a pair of captive bred 'nemo's' to keep the kids happy. I've heard that anenoemes can be hard to keep esp for a novice marine aquarist.

 

I've only got a 36/18/12 tank so atm I can't be too extravagant. I'm trying to talk the missus into letting me get a 48" Rena panoramic, very nice tank but got mot soon so we'll see.

[rockkeeper]

all my tanks are run with recommened kilo of l.r and a skimmer,and sump tanks,

one in pic above is 20gal nano tank ,28x15x15 which i use for frags, 15kilo l.r

2nd tank has my corals in and fish 39x20x22 30 kilo l.r

3rd tank fish only has 2-3 corals in 84x24x24 50 kilo l.r

if your ever up this way ,more than welcome to pop in and have alook

amones yup hard to keep,

 

most of the success is keeping the water right..

 

 

yup my gal going for its mot in the morning ..... :lol:

Edited March 19, 2007 by rockkeeper

[Ivor_E_Tower]

There is a D40X due in the shops at the end of March....I have a 10-year savings plan due top pay out in July and I hope to have sufficient to buy a D80. However there are times when I think that spending over

[MadBaz]

Cheers Rockkeeper will bear that in mind, Good luck with MOT.

[NikpV]

yummy D80 got the lenses and speedlites but fancy the 10M sensor :( will have to wait a while unless I win the lottery but then it would be a d2x + some seriously fast glass :lol: