Like I said, it isn't rust, thats just from the Argon from welding.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDEEEEEEOIT.

:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...slost/a018.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...slost/a017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...slost/a014.jpg

And whats a good camera thats cheap? I want to start doing more photography but my Kodak easyshare isn't the greatest.

I like them.

In other news, i broke my HP point and shoot jank. So now i really really want a new nice camera. And i decided on a Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel. I found a few on eBay but i have no cash to pay my friend if he bids for me or an eBay account to bid myself.

It's not the camera, it's the photography. Google Holga photography, then tell me it's the camea.

I'm not saying that it's my camera that makes my pictures suck I'm just saying I want a better camera.

Just get the Canon Rebel that Kinetik is getting. It's a good camera for starting out with DSLRs.

Or you could look for a Nikon D50/D70, or Pentax *ist D/DS/DL/K100D. The K100D is only like $400 new, which is pretty cool. It's comparable to the Rebel or D50.

Alright thanks.

*When he gets money, and parental permission.

Some actual artwork from my cartooning class. The first two were in the art show but I don't think they are that good.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ost/art002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ost/art001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ost/art004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ost/art003.jpg
This one was from study hall.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...st/crazazy.jpg
And one photo.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...sandLeaves.jpg

Hey Madman, what do you think of the Canon Powershot S3 IS? I've always wanted to get into photography more, but my rents don't let me use their camera much. Now it's grad gift time though, and mom mom gave me a limit of about $450, but I can't seem to find anything else that seems decent in that price range. At least in the retail stores around here. I did find some Sony cybershot ones, but I wont buy a sony.

Chris Gabriel: If that's not good, I should kill myself now. I still can't color inside the lines.

It's alright. It's capable of making some good photos, but right now all of the compacts on the market have some shortcomings. That one has an EVF instead of a real glass viewfinder, so when you're using it it won't really feel like a real camera. It doesn't have a hotshoe to use external flashes like all DSLRs, and there's some shutter lag and it won't do too well at high ISO (in low light).

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the Canon Digital Rebel is the most popular starter DSLR for a reason. The new versions (XT and XTI) are more expensive, but the original goes for around $3-400 with the 18-55mm kit lens, used. If buying used isn't a problem, look at the ones I listed in post #637 up there too, and maybe read the reviews on www.dpreview.com.

If you have to buy new, this one might be a good option:
http://www.adorama.com/ISGDGX1S.html
It's just a rebadged Pentax *ist DS2, which is discontinued now. Has the Pentax mount, similar features to a Rebel or D50, etc. But you can get them new for $430.

Not much point going with a compact to learn photography on when you can afford an SLR. The advantages to a rebel would be slightly faster flash sync speed (only useful when using flash in the middle of the day) and lower minimum ISO (a little bit less grain). You'd need to buy a flash card since most DSLRs don't come with one.

I thought the S3 IS is a DSLR though? It's a grad gift so i think my mom bought it already cause it was on sale. She wouldn't spend the extra on the rebel.

No, DSLRs have interchangeable lenses, the S3 has a fixed one.

Screw it, just shoot with what you have, it has enough manual controls to do a lot more than most people will ever know how to do with it. You'll know if it's ever time to move to an SLR.

i like my Nikon FM3A...and all of my older Nikons (FG's)
they older ones are cheap to repair...for my 'normal' film cameras, I love them (i own 3)

my Hasselblad is good for the medium format, but I'm too poor to afford any lenses (the film backs and view finders were bad enough!)

It's no longer hip to be square.

On the canon website there is a huge list of interchangeable lenses that it says are compatible with the "powershot" series cameras.

Those aren't lenses... well, in a way. They go in front of the camera's lens and either widen or narrow the field of view, make it focus closer, etc. A more accurate term would be wide/teleconverters or macro diopters.

Anytime you add extra glass in front of the lens, it degrades the image, so those accesory 'lenses' more or less suck. Real interchangeable lenses are the only thing that goes in front of the sensor or film, you take the one that's on there off and put the other on.

It's OK to use those with video cameras because there's not much resolution to begin with (HD is less than 2 megapixels, and mini DV is well under 1), but with still cameras it's not really worth it...

heres a drawing my friend did for me.
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gayyyyy i wanna see it

You'll never guess what it said.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...tte5tfedit.jpg

:p

it's a good thing i'm not hip...more anti-hip

That's a cool picture. Great job.

What if I snap the lens off and make it a dslr lol.

That's a pretty good drawing.

Damn, that's nice. I wish I could draw.

I used one for a while that was given to a Greek friend of mine by a genuine member of the mafia. Him and his wife went to dinner at this guy's house, and my friend Tom mentioned that he was a photographer. The mafia guy says "Oh, let me show you my camera", and gets his Hassy out. This was long before Tom opened his camera store, and being a newlywed, he mentioned that he loved the camera, and hoped to own one some day. The guy gave it to him on the spot!

Great story, all true. Anyway, I thought they were the bee's knees until I saw the Mamiya RB67. Ten grand later, I had a pretty sweet outfit. Now I hate professional photography. Digital sucks compared to film, and the customers are stupid, and no one appreciates actual skill for the craft. I have a complete studio with Speedotron lighting for sale right now, and all people want is the backdrops and stand. They figure that their built-in GN33 flash is all they need.

I'll go pull my hair out now. Rant over.

To anyone looking for a new digital camera - it doesn't matter what you get, just learn to push the limits of what it can do. I still take my snaps with Madman's old digital Elph, rather than my 10D.

Me too.

I like the picture. Cigs is lame.

MORE GORE!!! DIE DIE DIE!

i mean.... cigs stink