"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
12/11/2016 at 12:50 • Filed to: None
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"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
12/11/2016 at 12:50 • Filed to: None | 1
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Kinja dont flip the photo.
Anyways, mom won this at a party. She doesnt want it, is giving it to me.
A: is it any good?
B: any guides/tutorials/walk throughs on how to use these?
Parents won this at a christmas party. Trying to figure out if I should keep it and try my hand at photography, or sell it for bike parts.
Textured Soy Protein
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 13:06 |
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It’s a pretty solid mid-range SLR with a relatively crappy zoom lens that will still be a major upgrade over any phone camera.
Personally I moved away from SLRs to mirrorless because I wear glasses and with an SLR I was always smushing my face up to the viewfinder which kinda sucks when you wear glasses. Mirrorless is better if you want to shoot using the screen like a point-n-shoot or phone.
For starters you can put it in auto mode and it’ll do pretty good. But there are plenty of manual settings. Here’s a list of different intro to photography things that should be a good starting point.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 13:07 |
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sure, the D5300 is a fine little camera. The AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 f:3.5-5.6G VR II is a cheap-ass lens, but it has pretty OK Optics considering, it’s is built like a cheap plastic toy though, and better can certainly be had. Is this a gift or a freebie? This set can be had new for about $550.
try these:
https://www.dpreview.com/features/photography-techniques
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bob and john
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/11/2016 at 13:10 |
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parents won it at a christmas party. I’m debating trying to learn how to use or selling it for motorcycle parts
Frenchlicker
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 13:12 |
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Like most things isn’t it automatically good due to being free?
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bob and john
> Frenchlicker
12/11/2016 at 13:14 |
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it might be.
vicali
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 13:31 |
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It’s fine to learn on and the price is right.
What do you want to take pictures of?
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bob and john
> vicali
12/11/2016 at 13:37 |
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Erm, motorcycles I guess.
Agrajag
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 13:53 |
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Keep it and sell pictures for bike parts.
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bob and john
> Agrajag
12/11/2016 at 13:58 |
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I’m thinking that’s what i’m going to do.
ttyymmnn
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 14:07 |
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Try your hand at learning photography. If it doesn’t work out, then you can sell it.
My bird IS the word
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 14:24 |
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Nikons suck ass (as products, as cameras idk I’m not a pro), I say sell it and get a canon instead. Very satisfied with my sam’s club rebel.
S65
> ttyymmnn
12/11/2016 at 14:28 |
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That’s what I’d do
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vicali
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 14:34 |
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Sitting still will be fine, you are going to run out of glass if you are trying to take track shots etc..
Portrait mode will give you the depth of focus for bike sitting at the side of the road kind of shots- action/kid mode for driving shots with movement.
Take a bunch of photos and see how you like it.
Don’t worry about Nikon/Canon/ etc arguments, they are older than the hills and not really all that important anymore.
aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 16:29 |
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90% of the pictures I take are with that lens. It’s not great but it’s very decent
The Compromiser
> bob and john
12/11/2016 at 21:16 |
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$850.00 (CAD). Mrs. says yes it is decent. She sells this stuff, so she knows what she is on about I think.
Frank Grimes
> bob and john
12/12/2016 at 18:07 |
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It sucks give it to me.
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bob and john
> Frank Grimes
12/12/2016 at 19:21 |
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nice try
random001
> bob and john
12/22/2016 at 09:18 |
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Yes, yes it is. We have a D3300, and it’s fantastic.