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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: ckimmerle on May 08, 2012, 12:05:55 am

Title: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: ckimmerle on May 08, 2012, 12:05:55 am: Am I just wasting my time? I mean, how can my sad little camera compete with 36 million pixels? That's a lot, ya know. So many, in fact, that even horrible photos will look amazing. I'm thinking I should just stay home and refrain from shooting any pictures until I can order a D800, or a D800e. Decisions, decisions. Sadly, though, none of my lenses are D800 (or D800e) worthy, so that makes my situation even worse. What to do?

Okay, that settles it. Instead of a photo trip, I'm going to sit on the computer and sell all my gear on eBay. At least then I won't be wasting my time with outdated and antiquated gear (24mp was so yesterday).

Wow, I feel better already.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Tony Jay on May 08, 2012, 12:53:38 am: Yes!

Just make sure you avoid the flying pigs!

Regards

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Rob C on May 08, 2012, 06:10:15 am: Quote from: Tony Jay on May 08, 2012, 12:53:38 am
Yes!

Just make sure you avoid the flying pigs!Regards

Tony Jay

Never mind them, you can easily spot 'em - the caps are a dead giveaway. More dangerous are those months of Sundays: can leave you with all manner of complexes - could even turn you into an ex-snapper if not careful.

But Chuck needn't give up hope: just have him buy a cellphone with one of those super built-in cameras and he can become one of those everywhere/all-the-time photographers who can even get pictures onto the Internet!!!

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Chairman Bill on May 08, 2012, 06:26:31 am: 24 MP was yesterday? I'm still shooting 12 MP. What's more, I don't always use a tripod, and own no Zeiss lenses that need an adaptor to work on my Nikon. And I've not stitched multiple images to make a 100,000 MP image the size of a double-decker bus.

I'm not very good at this photography stuff :-[
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Tony Jay on May 08, 2012, 07:27:18 am: Quote from: Chairman Bill on May 08, 2012, 06:26:31 am
24 MP was yesterday? I'm still shooting 12 MP. What's more, I don't always use a tripod, and own no Zeiss lenses that need an adaptor to work on my Nikon. And I've not stitched multiple images to make a 100,000 MP image the size of a double-decker bus.

I'm not very good at this photography stuff :-[

Hopeless!

No dessert after dinner for you tonight.

Regards

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Rob C on May 08, 2012, 09:21:20 am: Quote from: Tony Jay on May 08, 2012, 07:27:18 am
Hopeless!

No dessert after dinner for you tonight.

Regards

Tony Jay

Huh! Try a hiatus hernia and there's no dinner at all unless you favour nocturnal recycling as first hand experience. Lunches can be good, though.

Rob C
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Tony Jay on May 08, 2012, 09:40:51 am: Sorry to hear that Rob.

Regards

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: RSL on May 08, 2012, 10:11:53 am: You're kidding, Chuck, but over on nikonians.com they're not kidding. Over there equipment is everything, photographs are nothing.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2012, 10:11:59 am: Chuck,

I feel your pain! And you're absolutely right. You obviously don't have what it takes (equipment-wise). So while you're selling your gear on Ebay, why don't you just ship all of your no-longer-fashionable black-and-white prints to me. I'll be happy to take them off your hands for free. I'll even sign my own name to them, too, so you won't be embarrassed if you or any of your friends happen on them again.

It's really hard staying on top these days. :(

Eric
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Ben Rubinstein on May 08, 2012, 11:49:50 am: Quote from: Chairman Bill on May 08, 2012, 06:26:31 am
24 MP was yesterday? I'm still shooting 12 MP. What's more, I don't always use a tripod, and own no Zeiss lenses that need an adaptor to work on my Nikon. And I've not stitched multiple images to make a 100,000 MP image the size of a double-decker bus.

I'm not very good at this photography stuff :-[

Snap, 12 megapixel and a 1962 Takumer. Pathetic ain't it..

(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/8/9/8/ruth.jpg)

In my defense I have been known to stitch before. Can I be forgiven?
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Rob C on May 08, 2012, 12:31:04 pm: "In my defense I have been known to stitch before. Can I be forgiven?"

Since this is clearly Get it off your Conscience time, I shall fess up: as a child, I was known to have knitted. In my defence: badly! (It was also War 2, so what else was there to do other than watch the skies and listen to the hifi/stereo sound (great bass - shook the walls) of the 'planes coming in from foreign parts?)

Rob C
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Petrus on May 08, 2012, 12:39:22 pm: In several world famous tourist sites like Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon, Yosemite they now limit the number of tourists by letting in only those carrying a Nikon D800 (one D800 for a family of 4). Having D800E gets you to the front of the line each morning.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: jeremypayne on May 08, 2012, 12:45:46 pm: Quote from: Chairman Bill on May 08, 2012, 06:26:31 am
I'm still shooting 12 MP.

I think that the D700 will make a GREAT door stop, especially with the equally useless 70-200 VR1 attached.

I tried to use it this past weekend ... and the lack of Moire was very disturbing ...

Someone stopped me in the park and asked if it was the D800 ... I said no, it is a D900 and they seemed satisfied with that.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on May 08, 2012, 01:41:43 pm: If I had to follow the "latest and greatest is best and eveything else is ten million times worse than useless- therefore you are useless if you don't have the latest camera" mindset, I would have had to kill myself at least every second Sunday. Now that I think about it, the same would apply for every third Wednesday too.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Rob C on May 08, 2012, 03:58:34 pm: Why else did you imagine I blanked out the names on my two Digi Nikons? Don't believe me? Think I jest? Ask Christoph.

Rob C
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2012, 06:25:17 pm: Quote from: Rob C on May 08, 2012, 03:58:34 pm
Why else did you imagine I blanked out the names on my two Digi Nikons? Don't believe me? Think I jest? Ask Christoph.

Rob C
Canon helpfully puts the names of its cameras on the front of the camera itself, so when I forget, I can just look at the camera and find out.
My current big camera says "Canon EOS 5D Mark II" on the front. I was telling somebody that my pocket camera was a Canon S100, and then I looked at the front of it and it said "Canon S95." As Y B famously said, "You can observe a lot by looking." :D

Eric
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: ckimmerle on May 08, 2012, 10:49:40 pm: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2012, 10:11:59 am
.. why don't you just ship all of your no-longer-fashionable black-and-white prints to me.

I couldn't do that. It would be deeply insulting to you. Some are <gasp> only 12mp.

Seriously, that short rant did me good. Got out some frustrations and, I hope, insulted a few members. It might actually do them good and, as everyone knows, I am all about doing good ;D

I would try that same rant on the Nikonians site, Russ, but those boys ain't go no sense of humor. None.

As for the hiatus hernia interrupting Rob's dinner, that's rough. I'll bet if he were to lay his hands upon a D800, though, he would be cured. It's magical properties are endless.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2012, 11:26:59 pm: Quote
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust
I think you got that quote wrong, Chuck. Shouldn't it be:

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having a new D800." Marcellus Proust
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: ckimmerle on May 08, 2012, 11:30:13 pm: Nicely done. Wish I had thought of that.
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: stamper on May 09, 2012, 04:42:03 am: I would try that same rant on the Nikonians site, Russ, but those boys ain't go no sense of humor. None.

Unquote

I agree with that sentiment! They shipped me out for trying to liven the place up. Everything moderated to a state of boredom and banality. :(
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: BernardLanguillier on May 09, 2012, 05:49:45 am: Quote from: Ben Rubinstein on May 08, 2012, 11:49:50 am
In my defense I have been known to stitch before. Can I be forgiven?

Certainly not! Getting a D800 might help secure some redemption points though.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: francois on May 09, 2012, 07:16:28 am: Quote from: BernardLanguillier on May 09, 2012, 05:49:45 am
Certainly not! Getting a D800 might help secure some redemption points though.

Cheers,
Bernard

Bernard is right but penance goes a long way before full redemption and a D800 is a good first step!
Title: Re: Heading out of a photo trip, but don't have a D800....
Post by: Rob C on May 09, 2012, 11:11:37 am: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2012, 11:26:59 pm
I think you got that quote wrong, Chuck. Shouldn't it be:

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having a new D800." Marcellus Proust

Is that the same Marc(s)ellus who had such a terrible experience in the shop basement? You know, the one who had the girlfriend/wife Mia who ODd on Vincent Travolta's stash? I think their life-story was reported in that memorable moving picture, Pulp Fiction?

Rob C