Still thinking whether I should send the camera for repair...
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However in the real place, what you will see are rubbish floating on a dirty sea and ugly buildings on the opposite coast.rpapo wrote:Looks like something out of Myst...
How much would it cost?Doraneko wrote:Another shot from the same place with the background overexposed. I don't really like the man-made structures on one of the rock.
Still thinking whether I should send the camera for repair...
I haven't brought the camera to the service centre yet, but the brand I am using is notorious for charging parallel imports consumers a premium. (Mine is a second-hand model, which was originally bought in Japan by its previous owner.)Cosmic Eagle wrote:How much would it cost?
There are quite a few shots in this thread done in low light conditions. Most of the time I use a gorillapod and long exposure for architecture/landscape night shots (which account for a great majority of my low light photography). I hate dragging around heavy equipment just for the sake of photography, but the gorillapod is light and compact enough that I can slip it into my pocket.Without a flash, dark shots are pretty much impossible. Unless it's a DSLR class sensor
Yeah I guess you are right. I will probably send it for repair once I get my translation pay later this month (hopefully).Cosmic Eagle wrote:May make more economic sense if a new one is cheaper but if you've grown attached to this one, then why not just repair?
A) Did you get it fixed? and B) You translate for a company? [Never knew that.]Doraneko wrote:Yeah I guess you are right. I will probably send it for repair once I get my translation pay later this month (hopefully).
A) Not yethobogunner wrote:A) Did you get it fixed? and B) You translate for a company? [Never knew that.]
Nice shotsSecond order of business, photos! I was visiting the place called The Getty, and though I didn't take many pictures of the inside, I certainly enjoyed shooting the outside alot. Decided to use photobucket instead of just upload like 20 photos here:
Very interesting concept and decent execution. If only my photoshop skills were half as good... (heck I don't even have photoshopainsoph9 wrote:This guy is a genius in my mind. He takes shots of places that were photographed during WWII and slightly after WWII from the exact same angle and place as the original photos. After he takes them, he photoshops the original photos with the ones he took to blend the two time periods together to give a very unique effect.
Okay, so it's worth it? I mean, it's not my money, and neither my mom nor I are professional photographers so, I doubt we'll be too picky about quality. Basically, could I get the shots I posted above with the t2i easily?Doraneko wrote:My mum has been using 550D/T2i for around a year with the kit lens. Her prior experience (as well as mine) in photography was limited to digital compacts and so far she is happy with how much the camera empowers her to try skills of a slightly higher level.
The main problem of the lens is the resulting images being a bit soft at the borders, and the lack of a "punch" due to the less-than-vibrant colours. Chromatic aberration and vignetting are pronounced at the mid-length and the wide-angle end respectively, though these are not problems exclusive to starter lens. Nonetheless cost-performance is excellent - you simply can't find anything better at the $100 price range (except maybe the 50mm prime for the impeccable sharpness but the fixed length is limiting in itself). But to bring out the full potential of the 550D/600D sensors better lens are necessary.
Ergonomics is fine for Asians but less so for Europeans/Americans. The camera fits comfortably in my mum's palm and she can hold it in one hand. But if your mum have hands larger than the Asian average, an additional grip may be necessary. It may be a good idea to try it out first in a shop.
For both questions, certainly I'd say.hobogunner wrote:Okay, so it's worth it? I mean, it's not my money, and neither my mom nor I are professional photographers so, I doubt we'll be too picky about quality. Basically, could I get the shots I posted above with the t2i easily?
It is not exactly out of focus, but slightly less sharp at the borders compared to the centre area of a shot. Unless you are doing photography for living and needs to make printouts as large as a wall, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. A way to deal with it is not to use the lens wide-open (stop the aperture down to f/7 or narrower) Also don't pixel peep as you may become sad. (speaking from personal experienceAlso, what do you mean by the soft edges things? Does it look faded / out of focus on the edges? (I doubt we'll try to upgrade lenses until she gets used to the actual main camera.)
My hands seem to be similar with your mum's in size. Personally I find the camera quite comfortable to hold. But the safest way is to bring your mum to a shop and allow her to try it herself.And for the hand thing, this is my hand next to a credit card sized card:My mom's hand is pretty much to the first knuckle in my hands, so I don't assume that it'll be too bad. She is half thai (certainly shows more than the welsh).Spoiler! :![]()
Shouldn't be too big, right? (I tried to hold the camera in the store when I went.....but every camera is just that half size too small for my liking.)
Believe me, I'm not about to buy a 700 dollar camera....it's all her.Doraneko wrote:It is not exactly out of focus, but slightly less sharp at the borders compared to the centre area of a shot. Unless you are doing photography for living and needs to make printouts as large as a wall, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. A way to deal with it is not to use the lens wide-open (stop the aperture down to f/7 or narrower) Also don't pixel peep as you may become sad. (speaking from personal experienceAlso, what do you mean by the soft edges things? Does it look faded / out of focus on the edges? (I doubt we'll try to upgrade lenses until she gets used to the actual main camera.)).
As for the edges, sometimes you get colour-shifted purple edges (chromatic aberration). Like the border problem it is not exactly fatal and hardly noticeable when a photo is shown full-screen, but still sometimes distracting especially when you need to take a good shot to impress your friends or for large (read: gigantic) printouts. Again avoiding pixel peeping will make you happier.
You may consider getting the 50mm prime for razor-blade sharpness and clarity with minimal distortions, at a price of less than $100 (maybe even 50% cheaper if you find a good second-handed one), and use it for important portraits and shots. My mum is not living on photography so she sticks to the kit lens: which is perfectly fine for most purposes.
My hands seem to be similar with your mum's in size. Personally I find the camera quite comfortable to hold. But the safest way is to brought your mum to a shop and allow her to try it herself.