rugerfly

'Took the shot on timer and moved the skateboard backwards while exposing' Since when is it ok to expose yourself on a skateboard

Your right Roc, using auto does give you an idea of what settings it will choose for you for light, but sometimes not speed your lens sounds fine, make sure you shoot where the animal ends up in your frame, dont move the camera around too much unless you are panning. keep posting some up, I love your guys :p. Poke the cat to make it run Um that model should also have a continuous button, not sure if it has CH or CL or both. smash off a few rounds each time, that way one will be your sharpest. Im still trying to get all this right too Roc

Thats right, i remember you shoot in the Raw KJA.

really only a general question, but after going through all the menu camera settings today, I realised that some of them were soooo off it wasnt funny. Does everyone shoot in the largest file size possible? I had mine on small I was wondering why sometimes I had to struggle with quality Im only using something like 5 mpixls out of a possible 12

what a booooooooooootiful dog CM! I like your shots too!

What KJA said using P is ok for genreal things, but when you know you are capturing movement, you really need to choose the settings yoursef. To absolutely smash that cat, you would be safe to use 1/800 or above. Use your light meter to give you guidance then on your app settings. (this is on m mode) I find auto focus a pita for capturing a shot like your cat shot unless you have a shit hot lens. Can you see how your first shot is slightly grainy? Thats the higer ISO doing that. Just check your settings arent on AUTO ISO in your menu.

Fixed it.

Why cant i see kja's images, even when vickie quoted one, i cant see them. i have tried turning every setting off....

Great Roccs! yep, you could afford to smash up that shutter speed there.

cool cords can you walk in those shoes :D

Combination of things Rocco. They were shot inside using natural light from the window. The D300 does 6 f/s & seems to handle a high ISO very well. I had the ISO up to 1000 in those shots & was able to get a between a 1/1000 & 1/2000 shutter speed. There is grain, but b/c of the composition I think it actually helps rather than hurts. I used my 50mm 1.8 which is a fast lense (compared to anything else I have). And yes, I just kept clicking 5-6 shots every time I threw the ball. Problem was focus. To get both Trim & the ball in focus I needed a lower Aperture, but then that compromised my shutter speed. So I used a higher one (F3.5) & focussed on Trim which meant that the ball was often oof, so just picked the shots where the ball wasn't moving much & looked like it was in focus. I had that same problem too Vickie. Trouble trying to focus on both in low light with high shutter speed.

Mate, im sure its an excellent camera. Cant wait till you try it out.

Havnt seen any shoes yet

no problem

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Rocco, I hate auto focus some cameras are better than others. if it is struggling, its not sure what you are trying to focus on (usually in lower light)or, yes you are too close to focus on the thing that you are telling it to focus on.

actually this one nearly made it too

Looking good Rocco

All mine are plain cos i dont know how to do special stuff on the computer All are cropped though. Camera, Nikon D3 Shoes, taken earlier in the day, the other two were in a bit of shade/low light in the yard about half hour ago. I rushed cos my battery was goin flat Ok, Fly had to be in this cos she wouldnt stay away shutter speed 1/2000 F 4.5 ISO 800 50mm 1.4 lens on the D3 Ok she wanted to help here and time was running out, so here's fork on D3 50mm 1.4 1/800 f 4.5 was trying to make the fork stand out instead of her :D Finally boring shoes, in my car at work today, with the 50m ISO 800 1/400 F4

ooooh on the Nikon, you have to synch it or similar....? Are you using a filter on the flash or bouncing it off the ceiling?

Oh crap Rocco :D winner hands down ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Vickie, I hate you :cool:

I dont have any idea how to use photoshop stuff so anything I do will be alla natuarlle

oh how scary and nerve wracking

The D100 was a great camera in its field, nice and small, lightweight, but seriously, the 400m lens felt like it was going to pull the face out of the camera They dont make 100's anymore, not sure what took over, i think the 200. Yes the D3 is a whopper for a littly like me :D

I'd get a D300 Roc, they sound great for the money :p Im sorry, i cant tell you the difference.... I went from a 100 to a D3