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Peter_in_PA last won the day on June 25 2016

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  1. The Mark 1 version. plenty of battery, plenty of space on the card, which is a Verbatim SDHC Class 10 card. it just stopped after 11 minutes, when it should have gone to 30 I believe. Anybody know what's up? If I get a faster card will that even matter? Thanks.
  2. <p>From the National Museum of the USAF this week.</p><div></div>
  3. <p>The Nikon P900 might be just the thing for you.</p>
  4. <p>A digital S2 would be SWEET...</p>
  5. <p>Return the lens. I use µ43 and if I lost that lens I'd cry. It's my favorite.</p>
  6. <p>Plus 1 on the charming little 40-150. Easy to find cheap.<br /><br />That said, when I want to go a little bit longer than standard, I'm in love with the 45mm f1.8 olympus. That and the 20mm f1.7 panasonic get me the vast majority of my shots I love.</p>
  7. <p>I've bought refurbished from Nikon 3 times and from Olympus 3 times. All were great experiences at a great price.</p>
  8. <p>D50 is 6MP. I had one, it was great in its day, but that was 10 years ago. Do you get paid for this work? You ought to have more recent tools than that.<br /><br />Also, that old, the camera is just WAITING to fail on you for good, imho.</p>
  9. <p>The one that fits in your hand best and the one that you can figure out the menu system the fastest on will be the one that makes you happiest imho.</p>
  10. <p>Dieter,<br /><br />in the µ43 arena, though, the EM-5 mk II might be a better option than either the EM-1 or the EM-1 mk II (which is too expensive imho). And lets not forget the excellent panasonic options.</p>
  11. <p>I did what Marc did and am delighted with my EM-5.<br /><br />That said, if I were the OP, used to Nikon, and retired, I'd treat myself to the D750/24-120 and add a 50 f1.8 or something later on. Life is short, enjoy it.</p>
  12. <p>Smartphone doesn't actually allow you to shoot manual focus or exposure. You might learn about composition, but I contend you need to learn all about light, too.<br /><br />Imho, you learn very little about photography and the way light and sensors work with one. You don't force yourself to learn the difference between shooting at 1/60 @f5.6 and 1/250 @ f2.8 for instance.<br /><br />If I were teaching the course, I'd want the student to be able to go full manual, focus, shutter and aperture. If I were the student and it wasn't defined, I'd want to force myself to be able to do that.<br /><br />When I bought my first camera, I wanted to really learn about all this stuff, so I actually bought one that had no automation at all, but that was actually before anybody but Minolta had AutoFocus even.<br /><br />Today, I STILL, when shooting non-action things, will often just go to full manual to shoot because I got comfortable with it.</p>
  13. <p>It is crucial that she get something that can be operated in manual only mode imho.<br /><br />that requires an SLR, and i'd get something cheap and used.<br /><br />D90 with an 18-55mm kit zoom is probably perfect and probably super cheap used.<br /><br />If buying current, I'd buy the very bottom of the line currently available Nikon DSLR.</p>
  14. <p>You are way way better off shooting in color and using the color mixer in PS to post process your images as you might have done with conventional darkroom photography.</p> <p>Results can be wonderful.</p>
  15. <p>Back in the day, all these "off-brand" lenses were looked down upon, but for a few years now, there has been some EXCELLENT stuff from them. I had a Vivitar 70 - 150 in the 80s and 90s that was just a DREAM to use and took amazing photos. And I had the Tokina 11-16 for a few years and it was one of my best lenses.</p> <p>Good time to be alive.</p>
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