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Here is something I have been thinking about. I would like to shoot and develop black and white film here at home. The question is do you know of any good medium format flat bed scanners?

[MiG]

Hey there,
I just recently got a DSLR. It came with a carry bag. I'm not liking the bag very much and I'm planning on buying a new one. It's just a simple bag with not too many pouches.
What type of carry bag do you use for your set up? What would you recomend for others?

Love your work btw!

[jdesigns]

Thanks MiG! I recommend going out and looking at a local camera store. Someplace other than the typical mall camera stores like Ritz, etc. I use a small backpack style bag that I can put my Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200mm f2.8, Tokina 10-17 f3.5-4.5, Tamron 28-75 f2.8, Nikon speedlights SB-900 and SB-600 and a Lensbaby 2.0 into comfortably. I sometimes throw the Nikon 18-35 f4-5.6 lens and sit it on the side of the SB-900. It's small enough that I can carry it all day, yet big enough for a wide assortment of lenses.

[MiG]

Hey, thanks for the info.
So I decided on the Lowepro Slingshot 200AW.
Everthing fits perfect. Nice and snug and still room for more lenses.

[Evanrude]

Originally Posted by MiG

Hey, thanks for the info.
So I decided on the Lowepro Slingshot 200AW.
Everthing fits perfect. Nice and snug and still room for more lenses.

That is the same bag I carry with me

In my bag I have...

• Canon 28-135mm IS USM
• Canon 50mm 1.8 II
• Canon 18-55mm
• Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm 1:2 macro lens on a 2x Teleconverter
• SMC Pentax-M 1:1.4 50MM (very close-focusing macro with GREAT depth of field)
• Fujifilm FinePix F45FD point & shoot camera
• Chargers for both cameras
• lens filters & adapters

And that's just on the INSIDE of the main section, all laid out nicely

I love old lenses for Macro

Some nice adapters out there to mount old Pentax / Minolta / Canon lenses on the newer bodies. Same for Nikon.

[callisto9]

Here's what I'd like to know. I go out on a sunny day between 10am and 3pm, take some shots, try to use all the proper settings (as least the ones I know how to use), the images look nice on the viewfinder in review mode, but when I upload them to my computer, they are not as sharp as I think they should be. I'm always kinda disappointed.

I have a Canon Rebel XS and I shoot with Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens and a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens. I typically don't mess with ISO since I don't understand it yet and most times, I'm shooting in P mode or Av mode. I've found adjusting the white balance to one of the camera presets can be a mixed bag.

Granted, I re-sized this photo, but on my screen on my camera, it looked gorgeous, but here it looks all blown-out and not as sharp (again, this was more apparent at regular size, but I thought I'd resize for everyone, so it wouldn't be so big).

What am I missing here? Wrong time of day? Too high of expectations? Monitor?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[MiG]

Originally Posted by Evanrude

That is the same bag I carry with me

In my bag I have...

• Canon 28-135mm IS USM
• Canon 50mm 1.8 II
• Canon 18-55mm
• Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm 1:2 macro lens on a 2x Teleconverter
• SMC Pentax-M 1:1.4 50MM (very close-focusing macro with GREAT depth of field)
• Fujifilm FinePix F45FD point & shoot camera
• Chargers for both cameras
• lens filters & adapters

And that's just on the INSIDE of the main section, all laid out nicely

I love old lenses for Macro

Some nice adapters out there to mount old Pentax / Minolta / Canon lenses on the newer bodies. Same for Nikon.

Hey Stephen,
You think you could snap a photo of all that set up in your bag?
I have been messing around with the velcro dividers and there's not much options as far as a square grid to house everything.

[Evanrude]

Originally Posted by callisto9

Here's what I'd like to know. I go out on a sunny day between 10am and 3pm, take some shots, try to use all the proper settings (as least the ones I know how to use), the images look nice on the viewfinder in review mode, but when I upload them to my computer, they are not as sharp as I think they should be. I'm always kinda disappointed.

I have a Canon Rebel XS and I shoot with Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens and a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens. I typically don't mess with ISO since I don't understand it yet and most times, I'm shooting in P mode or Av mode. I've found adjusting the white balance to one of the camera presets can be a mixed bag.

Granted, I re-sized this photo, but on my screen on my camera, it looked gorgeous, but here it looks all blown-out and not as sharp (again, this was more apparent at regular size, but I thought I'd resize for everyone, so it wouldn't be so big).

What am I missing here? Wrong time of day? Too high of expectations? Monitor?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One thing that I have found, is that the default setting on most DLSR's , is to soften images instead of sharpen them.

I take *all* my images in RAW, instead of JPG. And since the Canon software comes with RAW processing software, you are allowed to then adjust the image quality, sharpen it, repair problems with white balance, fix color issues, without losing ANY quality.

Raw allows you to do so much more than a JPG. A jpg is compressed and kind of finished from the start.

We could also talk about taking HDR images so that you can get everything without having any burned out areas or too dark areas

[callisto9]

Originally Posted by Evanrude

One thing that I have found, is that the default setting on most DLSR's , is to soften images instead of sharpen them.

I take *all* my images in RAW, instead of JPG. And since the Canon software comes with RAW processing software, you are allowed to then adjust the image quality, sharpen it, repair problems with white balance, fix color issues, without losing ANY quality.

Raw allows you to do so much more than a JPG. A jpg is compressed and kind of finished from the start.

We could also talk about taking HDR images so that you can get everything without having any burned out areas or too dark areas

Though I know how to take photos in RAW, I must not have the right software installed to take them off the camera in RAW. I'll have to mess around with that.

I do have a preset on my camera that bumps up the sharpness one notch and the saturation, too.

[MiG]

Here's another question for you guys.

Hot pixles
What are they? and should I exchange my camera if it has them?
Also, if I exchange it, what are the chances that the new camera will have them as well?

Thanks,
MiG

[antonym]

As promised .. here is just one pic of many I took. This is 4-5 mm long (left to right) and about 4 mm wide (top to bottom). Not the best pic. Still playing around with light and depth of field. Taken in alcohol. Bubbles are a curse!