ArkAngel's new toy

[ArkAngel]

Hi folks

After a lot of debating (and overtime) i have my new baby!!!

Look forward to sharing some of the results with you

 

[ol smokey]

Hope you have lots of Fun with your New Toy, Just do not drop it in the woods or worse still when crossing a stream. I am very envious of it. But there is a limit to how much I can have though my wife may not think I really mean that. US BOYS AND OUR TOYS. No excuses for bad Pics now Lad.

 

[nodd]

Nice bit of kit look forward to seeing some of your results with . I still getting to grips with my Nikon D80.

 

[ArkAngel]

Hope you have lots of Fun with your New Toy, Just do not drop it in the woods or worse still when crossing a stream. I am very envious of it. But there is a limit to how much I can have though my wife may not think I really mean that. US BOYS AND OUR TOYS. No excuses for bad Pics now Lad.

That's not what bothers me.

SWMBO is getting into photography and has inherited my old Nikon. The reason being i got her a Canon G6 for her 40th.........and she tipped it and my carbon fibre tripod over


G6's do not like bering dropped 5feet

and now she wants a go at macro with the D300

ah well....what £1600 between man and wife

 

[Squidders]

that's a very nice camera indeed... how are you finding it?

 

[ArkAngel]

Truly excellent

The results are absolutely stunning either in JPEG or RAW.
Autofocus is quick and rock solid (no hunting)
6fps advance....well how much do you need for god's sake!?
Battery life is excellent

It is very very customisable. You can customise the custom menu (there's irony in there somewhere!!!) but the main things you need access to (Metering, autofocus settings, white balance, exposure/flash comp etc etc) are all at your fingertips and can be accessed instantly.

It feels rock solid in your hand (magnesium alloy body) and the 3" screen is bright and very clear with excellent zoom in facilities, i would almost say good enough to review without the need to check on a computer.

It has everything i could want on a camera without a lot of the stuff i never use:

Program auto
Shutter priority
Aperture priority
Manual

That's all i want on a camera, 27 years of practice and a degree in photography mean i do not want a "fireworks" setting, i know how to take photo's of fireworks
I realise that i may be in a minority there and do not wish to belittle anyone who is learning and prefers to use these settings on their cameras

So i now have 2 lenses (16-85 and 70-300) and decent off camera flash and a tripod. All i am after now are a few filters (polariser and ND grads for landscapes) a few more memory cards and the bolt on battery pack/grip extender (for balance on long lenses and to look a flash git )

I've been at work since i got it so i haven't had much time to get outside with it yet. Messed around taking pictures of our pet rats.

I will post links direct to photobucket, these are JPEG fine shots no compression/resizing at all before i uploaded them straight off the camera. Indirect flash and through the glass tank.


http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/DSC_0068.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/DSC_0070.jpg

 

[Pang]

Hi folks

After a lot of debating (and overtime) i have my new baby!!!

Look forward to sharing some of the results with you

now that's a camera

 

[AJB]

Nice - how does it differ from the D90 (and where did you do your degree?)

 

[nodd]

I think the D90 uses some of the same technology as the D300 but in a lighter body the same as the D80 did from the D200.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=94535&highlight=d90

 

[inthewids]

Nice piece of kit indeed, and nice rat too, has similar colouring to mine

 

[ArkAngel]

Nice - how does it differ from the D90 (and where did you do your degree?)

The D90 as nodd said shares a lot of the same technology in a smaller body.
The 90 also has things like HD video recording and scene/program modes.

Is is aimed at the experienced amateur where as the D300 is aimed at pro users (second body etc) or very enthusiastic amateurs.

I did my OND at Harrogate College.

I finished my degree at Blackpool taking the option to stay on for another year after i finished my HND there. I specialised in fashion photography but found it nearly impossible to find a job after i finished. I did work for a local commercial photographer and freelance for the local paper before having to find a "proper" job .

Digital didn't exist, just as i was leaving the Canon ION came out. Can't remember the pixel rating. I just remember it stayed on a big trolley hooked up to monitor that we used to check composition and lighting instead of Poloroid backs for medium format cameras.

I still have quite a bit to learn about digital and photoshop etc. I am in awe of some of the images that Wayland knocks out and his competition results last year were very well earned indeed.