random pics to practise feed back encouraged

[Goldseeker]

At least it is a start OMF.

[Unicorn]

Who is this Frank Lee you speak of?  Be he a member?  A brother of Bing or Shirl perhaps? (Jokes x worse^10).

Good pic OMF for your first go with a new machine.

[trout]

For a "Freehand" shot it is a bloody good effort Mate, no way in the world can I hold a camera steady enough for that :good:
Did you  use the auto focus or did you focus manually with the Tamron lens for that shot ?

[robbiegal]

great start OMF
it is a head spin to get the hang of a new camera and the associated bizzo that goes with it
 I load mine up to photobucket and copy the link and paste it here, have never used the galley here

[trout]

have never used the galley here

It is AWSOME Robbie give it a whorl  :good:

[oh my florin]

Thanks everyone and trout I manually focused it and did all the settings manually. It is really hard to hold a camera steady, manually focus it and take a photo at the same time by the way. I managed to find an old tripod we had and I will give some photos a shot tomorrow with it.

[trout]

Thanks everyone and trout I manually focused it and did all the settings manually. It is really hard to hold a camera steady, manually focus it and take a photo at the same time by the way. I managed to find an old tripod we had and I will give some photos a shot tomorrow with it.

Keep on Trukkin Mate, Where there is a will there is a way.
It is nice to have some decent equipment and it is FUN learning how to use all the new settings and stuff.
I'm still trying to get the best out of my gear, a bit like "Pantine" It wont happen overnight but it WILL happen

[robbiegal]

I have taken my coin photos for the last decade without a tripod OMF

just keep your arms really still as you hold the camera - and stop breathing when you are about to take the photo
works for me

I only starting trying out the tripod last week and it's damn hard to get that system of taking photos working as well

ps
when you press the shutter half way down the camera will auto focus and correct any dodgy focus

set it on electronic shutter speed ( I have a Nikon as well - just a lesser version I think)

[oh my florin]

Yeah I think the best way would be to put a timer on the camera while using it with a tripod.

[trout]

Yeah I think the best way would be to put a timer on the camera while using it with a tripod.

I don't think you will have any dramas when finally you get your copy stand

[oh my florin]

Thanks and hopefully the pictures only get better from here

[oh my florin]

Here are a few that I have taken today (this will be updated over the day)






The last one is the same quarter just different lighting.

[Fordprefect]

That's a good start OMF :read:

The white balance in your camera is out by miles.

Do a Manual White Balance Setup using the
light setup you intend to use for your images.
A plain white sheet of A4 copy paper as reference.

If in doubt, shock horror, read your user manual.

The White Balance Must be correct before
you can go forward and the Auto and various in camera
presets don't usually work too well with coins.

[oh my florin]

Thanks fordie I will mess around a bit more with the white balance. On the presets I have customised the settings including aperture, shutter speed, quality settings etc.

[Fr45h3R]

If you shoot in RAW, one of the good things is, is that you can change the white balance using software.