ViS Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Still a long way to go It's capable of much better than these, but I'm only starting to learn how to use it. I took these at Ben's place this arvo for practice. I'll go and get some of my fish tonight. Most of these are cropped right down, as I still don't have the hang of the quick manual focus ring. Instead I sat back a bit and took a shot of more of the tank and then cropped it down to what I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 They look great, cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 That foai pic. is a ripper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Great shots ViS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontyKing Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Bloody sensational! Each and everyone of them a pearler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndoboi Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Great shots Andy What camera did you get?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 The Panasonic FZ30. I was all keen to get the Canon 350D or Olympus E-500 DSLR, but after many, many (many) hours of research on dozens of review sites, I settled on the FZ30. It produces equivalent shots to good DSLR's at 100 ISO, which is where I take 95% of my shots. It has a smaller sensor than DSLR's so anything above 200 ISO shows a fair bit of noise. I've taken plenty of photos in all conditions so far and haven't seen the noise problem some people complain about. I think the problem is that it keeps getting compared to the DSLR's, and you'd expect them to have less noise due to sensor size. The main reason was the lens. It has a 35 - 420mm equivalent leica lens, which is a far better lens than any of the "bundled" lenses you get with the low end DSLR's. It also takes awesome macro shots (the book says 5cm or more, but I've done 2-3cm successfully). I like the fact I can carry just the camera anywhere and don't have to lug 3 or more lenses and a body to do the same job. It retails for $1099 but I picked it up for $860 in the post Christmas sale at Retravision. With the $800 or more I saved (was planning on buying the 350D with the 300mm extra lens), I bought a cheap compaq laptop and backpack to carry it all in. The backpack has an SLR compartment, a laptop compartment, clips for a tripod, pockets for batteries / memory cards etc, and an area for all the SLR lenses (which is where I keep my video camera, Canon G2 camera, all the leads and filters). So as you can probably tell, I'm pretty frickin' pleased with my purchase It has a start up time of less than a second and a shutter lag of 0.01 sec, which is equivalent to (or better than) most DSLR's. Below are a couple of reviews on it. http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/fz30.html http://www.megapixel.net/reviews/panasonic-fz30/fz30-gen.php http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz30/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 All right, all right he didn't ask for your life story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fman Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Andy Great photos, especially since you only just got the camera, and simply used "point and shoot" mode. Leica make great lenses. Having used a 35mm film SLR, yes there's nothing worse than lugging a bunch of lenses and swapping them over. Look forward to more of your photos. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 All right, all right he didn't ask for your life story No no, my life story would include all that AND then this: I'm glad I never owned a shemale lombardoi. That would just be too weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Great shots Andy and the foai shot is fantastic . Although no I want them as well now cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I'm glad I never owned a shemale lombardoi. That would just be too weird ← That shemale has got a mouthful of around 12 babies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I agree that the foai pic is beautiful, I love the angle and pose of the fish. Also those Ikolas are beautiful, almost every one is beaming. Great pics , Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 Back on topic, here are some of my fish. I love this camera, but I'm still crap at using it Practice makes perfect. I'll be giving budi and squidfish a run for their money in no time I'm sure Tropheops "Chitande" Tropheops "Chilumba" boy and girls Cynotilapia afra "Cobwe" (This one was a tiny crop from a huge picture) Placidochromis phenochilus "Tanzania" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hey All i can say is that you have some nice fish there Ben. Love the tropheus and leptosoma. What kind of lepto is that. Mpulunga or utinta maybe? Cheers Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 It's a Malasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoliroMan Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Andy Luv your pics with your awesome new camera! Lucky for us u r not eligible to enter the photography competition! I must say Ben's wildcaught ikolas look awesome with your new camera! Is that their actual yellow colour? What camera settings did u use to take the ikolas - iso, f-stop, shutter speed, flash? Maybe u should post those ikola shots on the tropheus thread?? Show us more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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