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flag c-bernier
Posted: Mar 21, 2010 at 19:44 Quote
Okay,Im leaning towards the canon rebel (I have heard nothing bad about them) and I would need an external flash,what do I need for it to work/what brand would you recomend.
flag joshpayne1996
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 13:11 Quote
ARe the rebels that take HD video and slr shots any good?
flag woodstock144
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 13:12 Quote
kona-rider69 wrote:
Okay,Im leaning towards the canon rebel (I have heard nothing bad about them) and I would need an external flash,what do I need for it to work/what brand would you recomend.
how much are uyou able to spend?
flag c-bernier
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 14:59 Quote
woodstock144 wrote:
kona-rider69 wrote:
Okay,Im leaning towards the canon rebel (I have heard nothing bad about them) and I would need an external flash,what do I need for it to work/what brand would you recomend.
how much are uyou able to spend?
Nvm Im going to buy a canon rebel XTI 400D from a local
flag BigRidah
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 15:12 Quote
bmxzach wrote:
photo
opinion/tips are welcome

Rule of thirds?
flag bmxzach
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 15:13 Quote
i dont like it for pics with people in it
flag BigRidah
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 15:14 Quote
Rule of thirds is mostly for portrait photography.
flag BigRidah
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 15:17 Quote
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://www.kenrockwell.com/sigma/images/200-500mm/sigma-200-500-D3R_4567.jpg
Sigma 200-500 mm
33 Pounds
2.8 f/stop
$33 000
flag woodstock144
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 15:18 Quote
BigRidah wrote:
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://www.kenrockwell.com/sigma/images/200-500mm/sigma-200-500-D3R_4567.jpg
Sigma 200-500 mm
33 Pounds
2.8 f/stop
$33 000

Drool
flag bmxzach
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 15:18 Quote
hahaha, the body compared to the lens... lmao

and thats rediculous
flag singletrackman
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 20:17 Quote
kona-rider69 wrote:
Okay,Im leaning towards the canon rebel (I have heard nothing bad about them) and I would need an external flash,what do I need for it to work/what brand would you recomend.


Vivitar 285HVs are very good beginning flashes. Basically, you need a flash with manual power adjustment- that is, you can dial back the brightness of the flash. As the brightness goes down (this is measured in fractions of full power, or M), so does the length of time it stays lit. Most strobes fire for a approximately 1/1000th of a second at full power, and get progressively faster as the power goes down. To make the flash fire at the same time as the shutter opens, you'll have to make sure you have a trigger system- there are very, very many different ways to approach this. From PC cords to optical slaves, to cheap Chinese ebay slaves, to Pocketwizards.

PC cords are cheap and reliable, read the following all about them.

------Taken from the Strobist blog http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101-pc-cords-and-pocket.htm------

The next option is a "PC Cord." It is the wired version of the off-camera flash world, and it is a reasonably cheap, reasonably effective method. The main consideration is what connections your camera and flash have that you can wire together.

Your camera will have either a hot shoe (up top, where you attach your flash) or a PC jack (little 1/4" round concentric-circle-looking jack) or both. Higher-end cameras usually have both. Lower-end camera have hot shoes. Point and shoot cameras frequently have neither, so thay are not well-suited for off-camera flash.

Your flash will have a male hot shoe (that's how and where it connects to you camera) but it may also have an external sync jack, such as a female PC connection just like many cameras.

If your camera and your flash both have a PC jack, just get a male-to-male PC cord and you in like Flynn. If either or both of them only have a hot shoe, you'll need an apapter or two.

Any hot shoe flash can be adapted to have what is called a "household sync" (like an American power cord) with something called a Wein HSH adapter. Any hot-shoe-based camera can be made to have a PC jack with a PC adapter, such as the Nikon AS-15. (The latter is not restricted to use on Nikon cameras, either.)


---------End Strobist quote----------

The Strobist blog is an excellent resource for all things lighting- I strongly reccomend that you read the Lighting 101 tutorials, from start to finish. Savor every word, and pay attention- you can learn an infinite amount.




And BigRidah-


bigquotesRule of thirds is mostly for portrait photography.

You are horribly, horribly wrong. Very, very, horribly wrong.
flag BigRidah
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 at 15:00 Quote
Okay, im learning, what else is it used for?
flag singletrackman
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 at 17:58 Quote
Sorry about the abrupt "you're wrong".

The rule of thirds should be acknowledged when shooting anything- not just portraits.

Look into any bike mag and scope some of the pictures. You'll notice that very few of them have the rider or main focus of the photo dead center, because that tends to make a very boring and un-dynamic shot. The rule of thirds is just a guideline- in the end, framing is all up to you. But generally, compositions are more dynamic when the subject is off-center.

Photography isn't just as simple as following rules and getting the right exposure, though. A strong composition has to work. You can have your subject in the upper-right hand corner of your photo, but if the rest of the photo doesn't work together with your subject, or if it just loses your subject in a complicated mess, you can't really be too impressed by it.

All of the principles of design that apply to painting, sculpture, sketching -- anything you'd learn in an art class -- apply to photography, too. The only difference is that you create by pointing your lens instead of moving your brush across the canvas.


Here are a few examples of non-portrait photography in which the rule of thirds was most definitely not overlooked by the photographer:
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And to show that it applies to more than just action sports and portraiture:
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