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I just found this awesome piece of glass. Its like molten glass with a bottle neck melted into it. I spent an hour or so taking 40 odd photos of it from varying angles. I keep making the same mistake of not checking my White Balance so this was shot under "daylight" which it wasn't as I was...

I have a Vivitar 200mm 1:3.5 lens which I can fit to my D5100 with an adaptor. I know I will lose auto focus but if I go this route it is only till I can afford a decent new lens. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the equivalent is in today's modern lenses. If I remember correctly...

:rolleyes: I'm only saying that because I know this could be better but I am a coffee nut. I cart a Gaggia Espresso and a Gaggia Classic as well as a Mini Mazzer grinder around with me. I even roast my own beans. :nevreness: ​

As a total newbie to Nikon and almost total to DSLR I have been learning a lot - not sure I am retaining it all just yet though :) However one thing that baffles me is Nikon's system of numbering the different models. My old brain tells me that a low number is (should be) less advance/older...

Ok I know (or at least I think I do) that this flashes when the ISO I have selected will be over-ridden because of low light issues. My question is do I want this on all the time? Its a bit irritating. Should I leave it as a warning and adjust my selected ISO until it stops flashing or do I...

I took this shot just for fun. I quite like it but would appreciate your thoughts. I played around in photoshop to get it like this.

Came across these old tractor/digger/dozer wheels lying in a paddock today. I can't make up my mind about the results except that I am happy they are in focus and worked out ok on Aperture mode.

Last night I was reading a magazine and I think the penny has shifted a bit downwards on the subject of metering. I have been taking a few photos that have not had the desired results and couldn't understand why. Then I read this article and had an "Ah ha!" moment. What the article said was...

I am trying to sell my old gear to fund my new toys. This is one of the lenses I am trying to sell and have been told (very kindly) on the auction that I could probably buy an adaptor for about $30.00 and it would work on my DSLR. Is this true, is it worth doing and if so where do I buy one...

do I? I just wanted to say that I did something this morning that I would never have done before. I used my tripod to take a long exposure (6") of a still subject indoors. In the past I would simply have used the flash and been done with it but the clarity is unreal this way. Silly I know...

I went to Cambridge (New Zealand) Photography Club exhibition this afternoon at which the members were displaying photos from a club outing at an old abandoned mill. Can only say it was inspirational and a real eye opener that such amazing images can be taken of "mundane, boring" objects. I...

I have a Pentax MX 35 mm SLR and a few lenses that I want to sell. The idea being whatever I get to be used toward buying a lens for my D5100 Just wondering what/where is the best place to sell these. Bearing in mind I am in New Zealand!! Its a looooong boat ride from anywhere! ​

One big advantage of being a newbie and finding a forum like this with so many helpful souls is that it takes all the pressure (granted it is self made indulgence and the need for more toys that creates the pressure) off buying more gear. Besides learning about photography and my capabilities...

I just came across something which might be taboo! NikonForums.com - Premier Nikon Community Are we allowed to mention this? Are we friends? Is it worth being a member of both (I am a loyal kind of guy)? Is anyone here a member there? Should we challenge them to a duel? It is hard enough to...

Full critique highly appreciated. This was taken with the kit lens of a D5100 f5.3 with a 3 second exposure Lens at 44mm

Sorry folks but help needed again. I have the manual open nd going along at a nice clip until I reached the HDR instructions. Not sure what I am doing wrong but I have tried every option on the Mode Dial and then gone to Menu to set the HDR to "On" No matter what I have done I keep getting...

… Is something useful. Just wondering what you all would want for Christmas. Now don't get excited this is not an offer from me in which I fill your Christmas stocking. ;) I was just thinking now that I have a decent camera and a renewed passion I will probably get a whole lot of photography...

Hello folks. I'm new to this forum and even newer to DSLR with the arrival of my D5100 as recently as yesterday. Man have things changed since SLR film? Its a whole new learning curve, that's for sure, with the cockpit of my D5100 having more gadgets, buttons and controls than a Boeing 747...

Hi Guys I am brand new to this forum and only found it because I was doing some research after I had squeezed the trigger on the D3200. Now it seems that the D5100 may be a better bet. I can still change my order as it hasn't shipped yet and the price is the same. Based on that which is the...