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Post by uzairjubilee on Aug 26, 2010 9:30:14 GMT
Does anyone on this forum have the above camera?
If you do, then how do you find it for LU photography?
Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2010 11:58:16 GMT
What's more important is the lens.
If you're using the 18-55mm kit lens, that's not going to be great for low light photography in the tunnels. Try and get something like the 35mm f/1.8.
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Post by londonstuff on Aug 26, 2010 14:04:57 GMT
Does anyone on this forum have the above camera? If you do, then how do you find it for LU photography? Thanks I've got the Nikon D40 (if that helps) and have always found it fine. The lens is the most important bit - something I learned the hard way. At first I went for two lenses; a zoom one (50-200mm) and a wide-angle (11-16), though found that changing the lenses all the time was a pain in the backside and helped to get dust in the body. To counter that, I sold them and bought a Nikon 18-200mm, which is great, but when using it at the widest angles, from 18-~35mm, I get barrel distortion meaning straight lines are skewed or bent. This is especially annoying when trying to photograph some of Holden's stations which have loads of straight lines. This is especially time consuming when trying to fix them during post-processing. What I'm trying to say is don't just buy something willy-nilly. Don't go for the cheapest place (Camerabox or simplyelectronics are quite good price-wise), but perhaps try to get some advice first. Google 'Ken Rockwell' and he's got loads of good reviews, etc. but do try to try it out first. </ramble> |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2010 22:20:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2010 0:08:18 GMT
I purchased a Nikon P90 last year (my 3rd Nikon camera) and I use this for all my photos including the Tube. This camera is also amazing although is not quite as good as a D60 but it is easy to use an offers a 24X zoom with 12.1 MP pictures.
Xerces Fobe
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Post by uzairjubilee on Aug 28, 2010 17:39:02 GMT
Hm well I have done a bit of research but I reckon I'll have to do some more. I won't use it mainly for LU photography - seeing as I barely photograph trains anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2010 4:57:44 GMT
I have a Nikon D60, although not living in London, I don't do any tube photography anymore. However I do quite a bit of low light photography. It is an excellent cheap SLR for low light photography, even with the 18-55mm VR kit lens.
To use for low light photography:
1) Turn on VR on the lens!!!
2) Use aperture priority, and select the widest aperture (lowest number).
3) Turn on the auto ISO function available in P,S,A,M modes.
4) Set the shutter speed at which it bumps up the ISO - I would suggest 1/15 or 1/30sec depending on how steady your hand is. Select ISO800 as upper limit for sensitivity (ISO1600 is too noisy on the D60).
5) Select multiple shooting mode
Of course, make sure that flash is turned off, and probably auto-focus assist too. You may need to experiment with auto focus modes, I don't use continuous. I use evaluative metering.
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