New Camera Test: 56k beware!

[3d Nirvana]

Yay! I got my new Nikon D70 today! I decided to take it out for a test run on my mom's flowers, tell me what you think!

All the outdoor pics were taken when it was overcast, and dim light. No flash was used. No photoshoping.
My cat was lit with the flash in a dim-ish hallway. No Photoshoping.

Click Here For Pictures (http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Photos.htm)

Cheers!
3dnirvana

[fasterthanlight™]

Jesus, i want a D70 SOOOOOOOOO bad!

[the_menace]

Beautiful! How much did you pay for it?

[3d Nirvana]

thanks.... a little more than $1,000

[pomogranate]

Cool, uh, yeah how much was it :sigh:

[pomogranate]

Oh you just posted right before me

[pomogranate]

And thats a heck of a lot of money :beam:

[Krilnon]

Leveler... you really shouldn't triple post.

Those are some really nice looking pictures. Be sure to take more.. and make use of the photography forum!

[mlkedave]

i thought those were like 700.

anyways, those are some crazy pics.

[fasterthanlight™]

nah i think they're $999 for body, and like $1299 with lense.

[Krilnon]

I guess the only question left is how you have Maya|3dsmax|Combustion|Flash|Photoshop|Premiere|
FinalCutPro|Frontpage|DreamWeaver|Visual Studio and a new $1000 camera and the cops aren't after you.[/joke]

[deletedUser459]

...whoa

[fasterthanlight™]

Ya........ you ba*tard *shakes fist*

[3d Nirvana]

lol

[mlkedave]

keep the pics coming, is it alright if we put some in battles?

[jerez_z]

why didn't you go with the D70s? or was the difference not worth it to you?

[Jako]

Ya, a 15 yr old kid with over $10,000 dollars worth of software, if not more...sounds fishy to me :trout:

[3d Nirvana]

keep the pics coming, is it alright if we put some in battles?
What battles do you mean? I guess you could pst them... as long as my name and a link to my site is in the post :)


why didn't you go with the D70s? or was the difference not worth it to you?
The D70 was upgradeable via firmware to the standards of the d70s. The only thing that was really changed in the d70s was a .2inch bigger screen.... definitely not worth the $200 more :)


Ya, a 15 yr old kid with over $10,000 dollars worth of software, if not more...sounds fishy to me :trout:
I haven’t stolen any of the software I own. I buy the educational versions until I a have client that needs a site or something done with it.

.... ne way... back on topic ;)


I'll post more pictures soon.

[mlkedave]

i just meant for future kirupa battles, alright ill give u a shout out if i use it.

[3d Nirvana]

i just meant for future kirupa battles, alright ill give u a shout out if i use it.

okeydokey

[conceptioN]

hawt pictures

[3d Nirvana]

Thanks,

Here's a picture of my dog I just took:

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Dog.jpg
(added picture to top post as well)

[mlkedave]

g'dam thats a nice camera

[Jako]

Thanks,

Here's a picture of my dog I just took:

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Dog.jpgLASSIE!!!

[jerez_z]

I was pretty sure there were more impovements (such as better Autofocus and things like that, a bigger CCD as well maybe?) but I dunno... maybe I'm mis-informed.

[3d Nirvana]

I was pretty sure there were more impovements (such as better Autofocus and things like that, a bigger CCD as well maybe?) but I dunno... maybe I'm mis-informed.

the auto focus improvements turned out to just be a motor driver upgrade, that they let you download over the internet... (I checked and they have the same focus motor) and I've never heard anyting of a larger CCD. They kinda cheated when marketing it. They said that it had a longer battery life.... but in reality they just included a bigger battery with it (that you can already buy for the d70). I'm puzzled to why they even made the d70s. My guess is to just take what little things people didnt liek about it and improve. Nikon even released a thing saying that most of the D70s features can be made via a firmware change. :puzzled:

[jerez_z]

thats retarded.... $200 for just a larger LCD.... but meh. where I work we only sell the D70s....

[Jako]

thats retarded.... $200 for just a larger LCD.... but meh. where I work we only sell the D70s....Where I work, we don't sell either, come to think about it, we don't sell anything electronic :trout:

[fasterthanlight™]

I bet you don't even work. ;)

[Jako]

I bet you don't even work. ;)Guess again... :fight:

[jerez_z]

hehe...I work at Black's. its a canadian photo shop, we do photofinishing (like photo processing and digital prints <- awesome) and we sell cameras and stuff too.

[Vexir]

Aieeeee, amazing stuff!

Ya think I can get any of that quality with my PowerShot S45? :P

[Jako]

Aieeeee, amazing stuff!

Ya think I can get any of that quality with my PowerShot S45? :P
Or with my beastly PowerShot A95 ;P

[3d Nirvana]

Aieeeee, amazing stuff!

Ya think I can get any of that quality with my PowerShot S45? :P

Combined with photoshop you could probably do pretty good. That camera is pretty nice too (4mp). The big difference between the slr's and the point and shoot ones is the lense size. The smaller ones just cant capture that much light. :) I could get pretty good results with my old 2 megapixel nikon point and shoot.

Here's one I did with my old camera.
http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/PeasColor.jpg

Good Luck!

[Vexir]

Or with my beastly PowerShot A95 ;P

Canon pride :trout:

[Vexir]

Combined with photoshop you could probably do pretty good. That camera is pretty nice too (4mp). The big difference between the slr's and the point and shoot ones is the lense size. The smaller ones just cant capture that much light. :) I could get pretty good results with my old 2 megapixel nikon point and shoot.

Here's one I did with my old camera.
http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/PeasColor.jpg

Good Luck!

Well my photographs turn out nothing like that so I guess I have a lot to learn. I just set the thing on auto and shoot... can you explain what aperture and tv/shuttersettings do? And how I should work them?

[Jako]

:kommie: Kanon pride
Canon pride :trout:

[3d Nirvana]

Well my photographs turn out nothing like that so I guess I have a lot to learn. I just set the thing on auto and shoot... can you explain what aperture and tv/shuttersettings do? And how I should work them?

for that one I moved the camera far back, and zoomed in so it could achive that depth of feild look. I jsut turned the flash off, and got some florecent light tubes and positioned them around the peas so I had a front light and a back light to illuminate the whole scene, and a stroger light off to the side to create some shadows. For that shot I didnt play with aperture or anything.

Aperture is how far the lens is open. It's used to let more light in and to create a depth of feild look (open it all the way, and zoom in from a distance). Shutter settings is just how long the sensor is exposed to light. A fast shutter will freeze motion with minimal blurring, but reducing the ammount of light that getts to the sensor. A low shutter speed will let more light in for shooting in dimmer conditions. Remember when using a slow shutter speed you need to have the camera on a tripod or it will always come out blurry (becasue the picture is moving without it, so it overlays all the light it see's making ghost images). A low shutter speed is also used for creating those cool picutres where the cars or whatever are just streakes of light, while the non moving stuff is stationary.

Hope that helps,
3dnirvana

[jerez_z]

Or with my beastly PowerShot A95 ;PI have an A85......

[3d Nirvana]

... ok back on topic :)

[Jako]

... ok back on topic :)Fine you win :puzzled:

[Vexir]

for that one I moved the camera far back, and zoomed in so it could achive that depth of feild look. I jsut turned the flash off, and got some florecent light tubes and positioned them around the peas so I had a front light and a back light to illuminate the whole scene, and a stroger light off to the side to create some shadows. For that shot I didnt play with aperture or anything.

Aperture is how far the lens is open. It's used to let more light in and to create a depth of feild look (open it all the way, and zoom in from a distance). Shutter settings is just how long the sensor is exposed to light. A fast shutter will freeze motion with minimal blurring, but reducing the ammount of light that getts to the sensor. A low shutter speed will let more light in for shooting in dimmer conditions. Remember when using a slow shutter speed you need to have the camera on a tripod or it will always come out blurry (becasue the picture is moving without it, so it overlays all the light it see's making ghost images). A low shutter speed is also used for creating those cool picutres where the cars or whatever are just streakes of light, while the non moving stuff is stationary.

Hope that helps,
3dnirvana

Ahh thx :)

[3d Nirvana]

Here's another one of my cat (she wasnt too hapy about the cammera in her face :))

Lighting: Flash

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Cat.jpg
added to top post

Cheers!
3dnirvana

[Vexir]

:lol: That looks awsome, evil kitty!

[b.rich]

Nice pics! I really need one of those D70s.

[buckcee]

what kind of lense did you use? looks like sigma to me.. d70 is a great slr. I am going to buy it when I save up some extra dough.

[3d Nirvana]

what kind of lense did you use? looks like sigma to me.. d70 is a great slr. I am going to buy it when I save up some extra dough.

I use a Nikor 18-70mm AF-S DX f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED (kit lens). Nikkor is the only way to go in my opinion. They are the only one that makes the glass themselves. : )

[Jako]

:lol: That looks awsome, evil kitty!I should take a picture of my cat in Anatomy Class, or at least what is left of it...:skull:

[simplistik]

Good stuff 3DN. I hate all you ppl w/ the D70 :P... not really. I'm about to invest in a Cannon 20D which is a better camera for action shots... since the is ISO goes to 3200. But I know lots of ppl who love that D70, and everytime I see pictures from them I get jealous. :D

[3d Nirvana]

Good stuff 3DN. I hate all you ppl w/ the D70 :P... not really. I'm about to invest in a Cannon 20D which is a better camera for action shots... since the is ISO goes to 3200. But I know lots of ppl who love that D70, and everytime I see pictures from them I get jealous. :D

nice. I almost went with the 20d... but by user review people said that they liked the d70 more :puzzled:. Also, all the camera stores recommended the d70, even tho it was cheaper! Kinda odd, but I decided to go with nikon because of the nikkor lenses. Like I said they make their own glass resulting in the highest quality lenses. :)

It wasnt ur cat was it Jako? That would kinda suck to bring ur own cat for disecting.... lol

[jerez_z]

Good stuff 3DN. I hate all you ppl w/ the D70 :P... not really. I'm about to invest in a Cannon 20D which is a better camera for action shots... since the is ISO goes to 3200. But I know lots of ppl who love that D70, and everytime I see pictures from them I get jealous. :Dthe 20D is awesome... but at my store its like $400 more than the D70....

[3d Nirvana]

Plant Picture added:

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Leaf.jpg

[Vexir]

:lol: I'm so requesting stock photos from you Nirv :P

[3d Nirvana]

lol ok.

One more pic for this thread, then i'll start making new threads in the photo section or soemthing.

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Leaf2.jpg
Added to top post

cheers!
3dnirvana

[3d Nirvana]

lol ok.

I went and got these printed out on 18x12 glossy luster photo papper and man do they look cool. Looks better than on the screen. Also i found out that i had the camera on medium quality... so the now the pictures are a lot more detalied :).

btw. never go with kinkos for printing. I printed these out at costco, and they had them printed on glossy luseter photo paper at 18x12 and it only cost me 3 bucks! better paper than kinkos too!

[Vexir]

Muahah your edit cannot escaped Topic Reply Notification!

Heres the image he doesn't want us to see!

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/D70/Leaf2.jpg

Muahaha!

[3d Nirvana]

lol ok. u caught me. yah, i didnt want to put it up cuz I dont think it looked as good as the others. THe leaf was torn and thir was a shadow from my lense in the bottom of the picture. :)

(btw i changed the pic to a huge advertisement for a bit, then changed it back, that's why i re-edditied)

[Vexir]

Again you edit it... haha, no, I think it looked as good as the others.. its not about the image its about the quality :) But the subject was great, I loved the water droplets!

[Mik3]

Holy crap... Those are beautiful!!!

[3d Nirvana]

thanx Mik. and i guess ur right vexir, i put it back on my server :)

[benFusion]

Wow that's sharp. The pictures are very nicely taken as well. I've been wanting to get into photography again and I'm starting to realize that my 4.0mP Olympus really isn't up to the task any more.

Of course then I just need to find a few places to take pictures...

[Pomme_]

for that one I moved the camera far back, and zoomed in so it could achive that depth of feild look. I jsut turned the flash off, and got some florecent light tubes and positioned them around the peas so I had a front light and a back light to illuminate the whole scene, and a stroger light off to the side to create some shadows. For that shot I didnt play with aperture or anything.

Aperture is how far the lens is open. It's used to let more light in and to create a depth of feild look (open it all the way, and zoom in from a distance). Shutter settings is just how long the sensor is exposed to light. A fast shutter will freeze motion with minimal blurring, but reducing the ammount of light that getts to the sensor. A low shutter speed will let more light in for shooting in dimmer conditions. Remember when using a slow shutter speed you need to have the camera on a tripod or it will always come out blurry (becasue the picture is moving without it, so it overlays all the light it see's making ghost images). A low shutter speed is also used for creating those cool picutres where the cars or whatever are just streakes of light, while the non moving stuff is stationary.

Hope that helps,
3dnirvana

That's when you know you've had flair taking argentic (ie: not digital) photo classes :p

[My 6*6 Rolleiflex rules ne way.]

[Neil]

I own a 19.95 $ 'Digital' Camera. Well, I got 20 $ of rebate and its got a 1 inch 'digital' screen. (It says on the camera. wtf? should be LCD screen.) Brand = unbranded :D

Btw, Nice pics dude, pro-s**t

[3d Nirvana]

thanks neil and nice camera ;)

and i'm not too sure what you said Pomme lol. i didnt take any calsses if that what u were saying :)

I created a new thread for my new pictures, it's in the photography section so it dosent get many views.
Clcik Here To See the New Photos! (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98745)

[samoscratch]

that cat has a plan.......and it's not pretty