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Cassandra

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31. If I know I'm doing a serious shoot...

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 02:56 PM

Jun 2013

studio or a nature walk, I'll have my Canon 7D with either my 24-70 or my 100mm macro lens. I want large RAW files and maximum control of my dof and focal point. However, today I'm going down to the Lower East Side to reshoot some great graffiti, and since it's a gritty area and I'm not doing macro shots, I'll take my Canon G12; good for street photography as well. It looks like a tourist camera but has manual controls and large enough RAW files. When I first saw the graffiti, I had only my iPad with me (and always have it with me). The JPEG is smaller than 2 MB, although the quality, even close up, is seriously good.
I have to say that a couple of years ago, I took the G12 with me to shoot the Mermaid Parade (in the heat I was trying to avoid the weight of the bigger camera). Big mistake. The lag, not from pressing the button to shutter response, but the lag from one shot to the next in RAW, nearly drove me insane.

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What camera? [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 OP

Thanks for sharing libodem Jun 2013 #1

I will likely post a few I have taken, and posted, on the twitter nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2

Very cool libodem Jun 2013 #3

I carry my point and shoot every where. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4

I looked through an old suit case libodem Jun 2013 #7

Pretty flowers nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #18

Thank you libodem Jun 2013 #20

I finally located mom's old press passes libodem Jun 2013 #21

Those are cool nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #23

Here's something that will improve your photography. alfredo Jun 2013 #13

Thank you libodem Jun 2013 #15

Good, and don't feel shy about posting on this forum. alfredo Jun 2013 #17

There is an Iphone ad out there kentauros Jun 2013 #5

I know and it does not equal it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #6

I don't own any iProducts, kentauros Jun 2013 #8

i use the kit lens nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #10

Have you ever tried the Gorilla-Pod? kentauros Jun 2013 #11

I have considered it, admitedly nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #16

But in time a phone user may want more from a camera than what a phone camera offers. alfredo Jun 2013 #19

Hopefully, that is what the phone-camera user will want to do. kentauros Jun 2013 #22

Hubby still has his tank...eeeerrrr Pentax 1000 nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #27

Mine stopped working a while back. kentauros Jun 2013 #29

Film is mostly gone nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #30

I have no problem with them touting the numbers because there are real people taking photos. alfredo Jun 2013 #28

Good advice. If you are shopping at a place that have their cameras attached to anti theft devices, alfredo Jun 2013 #9

I use my wrist-strap all the time, too. kentauros Jun 2013 #12

Yes, buy local. My wrist strap had no way to tighten so I made a alfredo Jun 2013 #14

I've posted this before Stevenmarc Jun 2013 #24

Ah, the photographer nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #25

the main reason i bought a d600 instead of the d800 rdking647 Jun 2013 #26

If I know I'm doing a serious shoot... Cassandra Jun 2013 #31