Photo & Video Equipment Recommendations

[It Travel]

You should check if you can fire the SB600 from the D80 remotely (remote flash in wireless slave mode). With D 200 it works (Just put the flash anywhere and fire it with the built in flash. Also possible with several SB600s).

The SB600 is around 1400 HK$ in HK.

I personally use two Canon 580 EX (not usually when nailing...) but I think that the most important is how to use the flash.

A) meter the light in the room it will not change at all... and use low times and wide open objetive (f 4 or 5.6 maximum) 1/40-50 of second is ok, if you have a stabilized Objective go dow to 1/20.

B) Use the right ASA (between 100 and 400 there are few differences in definition, but for taking pics to pigs you can use 800 as well)

C) Check that you are with your manual use mode camera approximately under exponed of 1,5/2 stops.

D) Use the flash for getting the rest of the liglt, usually non directly, but oriented on the cieleing or on a white or light surface.

So you will get good images, with correct exposure and no dark shadows at all (one flash is enough). And do not use the inbuild ones of the cameras!!!

IT

[Tiger 888]

Bought a Nikon D80 and need a strobe. I have looked at various sites and think the SB600 is the one I want. Most prices are around US$185.

The other alternative is the somewhat less expensive but much smaller SB400 at around US$130. Seems it might be better for the 'hobby' pics.

Any Nikon users out there using the SB600 or SB400 want to give me benefit of your experiences?

ES

You should check if you can fire the SB600 from the D80 remotely (remote flash in wireless slave mode). With D 200 it works (Just put the flash anywhere and fire it with the built in flash. Also possible with several SB600s).

The SB600 is around 1400 HK$ in HK.

[It Travel]

Pinholecamera

Hello,

Is it possible to connect a pinholecamera (lens) to an ordinary digitalcamera ?

Buttlover

The lens in a pinhole camera is a pinhole in the front on the camera, no lens just a pinhole.

May be if you connet it via acable, surely not optically...

IT

[Oyster Lover]

Pinholecamera

Hello,

Is it possible to connect a pinholecamera (lens) to an ordinary digitalcamera ?

Buttlover

The lens in a pinhole camera is a pinhole in the front on the camera, no lens just a pinhole.

[ButtLover]

Hello

Is it possible to connect a pinholecamera (lens) to an ordinary digitalcamera ?

Buttlover

[Bill Lee]

the only thing you have to worry about with customs is having nude photo of **** girls. just don't go there.

memory cards are so cheap these days, buy extra and stash the naked ones in your wallet.

here's a site to help you pick a decent camera - http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp
there's couple cameras in the low 100's and you might get them below $100 on the net.

you might consider www.pricegrabber.com and ebay.com for your shopping need. just make sure the seller has good rating. doesn't hurt to check with the bbb.org too.

bill

hey guys,

i will be making my first international mongering trip to dr in june and wanted to take tons of photos (mongering and non mongering) and was wondering what camera would be best. i am not looking at spending more than 100. 00. i thought about just getting one of those cheap cameras from walgreens but then i thought when i went to get them developed would i have anything to worry about if my camera will filled with mostly nude/explicit pictures. anyone have any advice? sorry for all the questions just want all bases covered before i head off on my trip. thanks

cheap camera? worried about walgreens with regard to nude/explicit pics and developing them.

digital camera? worried about customs checking my bag and looking through the camera at the photos.

[Eaglestar]

Bought a Nikon D80 and need a strobe. I have looked at various sites and think the SB600 is the one I want. Most prices are around US$185.

The other alternative is the somewhat less expensive but much smaller SB400 at around US$130. Seems it might be better for the 'hobby' pics.

Any Nikon users out there using the SB600 or SB400 want to give me benefit of your experiences?

ES

[Puta Romeo]

Hey guys,

I will be making my first International mongering trip to DR in June and wanted to take tons of photos (mongering and non mongering) and was wondering what camera would be best. I am not looking at spending more than 100. 00. I thought about just getting one of those cheap cameras from Walgreens but then I thought when I went to get them developed would I have anything to worry about if my camera will filled with mostly nude/explicit pictures. Anyone have any advice? Sorry for all the questions just want all bases covered before I head off on my trip. Thanks

Cheap camera? Worried about walgreens with regard to nude/explicit pics and developing them.

Digital camera? Worried about customs checking my bag and looking through the camera at the photos.

[Jambo]

This is what I do. I bring at least two Cf cards for my camera. One has the hanky-panky pics. Then I swap out the other and take lots of pics of scenery, the family, the airplane, whatever. I keep that one in my camera when I return to the US, and the naughty one stashed deep in my carry on bag.

An interesting thing I discovered with my Sony HD camcorder. It lets you record video in both HD mode, and regular mode. However, the two formats are held separately in the (hard drive). If you are viewing HD video, you can see thumbnails of all the HD clips in the menu, but not the Standard Def videl (SD). If you switch to the standard format mode, its like the HD video is not not there. You would have to make a few menu choices to bring the HD back. Its not intuitive unless you know the camera. Again, in standard mode (SD) I record some "footage" of planes and scenery. But you would have to record a lot in SD to convince a suspicious agent I would think.

If you are paranoid, you need to upload it to a web site, delete your disc, and record over with benign footage. perhaps try google docs?

Really, US and UK customs got better things to look for. And they should be.

[Doctor_Skank]

A question for the experts. Given the increased attention that is being given at our borders, are folks bringing their pics in on digital memory, or uploading them to a site while overseas?

Note sure which border you are talking about, but I had a SD card stolen from my checked luggage. Thankfully I had downloaded everything onto my harddrive and deleted the files.

Of course if whomover stole the cad has memory recovery software, there will be a nice video of me fucking an 18-year old blonde circulating the web soon...

[Dobinator1]

A question for the experts. Given the increased attention that is being given at our borders, are folks bringing their pics in on digital memory, or uploading them to a site while overseas?

[It Travel]

OK - from one Non computer guy to another I guess - and I hope this way we speak the same language:

If you upload pictures as per Jackson's/ISG instructions you will come to the page that at the top give you instructions on how to resize photos. You click on this link and come to a page that you scroll down to and aat near the bottom you will find links that will give you the way to "watermark" your pciture. these links are:
watermarker.com
picture-shark.com
pixelrig.com Click on one of them which should instruct you on how to do this.
errr... hoppe I explained properly.
SE Asia Joe

Everybody who have some windows version have Microsoft Picture Manager, really nothing sophisticated and you learn to use it in 1-2 hours maximum... it will do not only resizing, but some optimizing I put here just four pics for a sample. If you put watermark use a slight one on all the pic or just a base or a side one, but usually i do not do so...

It's Inga, plugged and I want to show how horny she was... (we just came back from Arena where she was plugged!).

the first is just a resizing of a 8 mp photo with proper lens and flash (no direct light, on the ceiling).

the second is the same optimized

the third ia a detail

the fourth is even closer... showing how wet she is....

IT

[SE Asia Joe]

Can anybody suggest some software (preferably freeware) for adding (or superimposing) text on to digital pictures ?
For example, "ISG Members Only" or time-date stamp or "Bada Bing Club Models", whatever, etc etc.
I know this stuff exists because I see it all the time.
Just can't think of what it's called in order to do a search engine query.
You know, that thingamajig that can do whatchamacallit.

OK - from one Non computer guy to another I guess - and I hope this way we speak the same language:

If you upload pictures as per Jackson's/ISG instructions you will come to the page that at the top give you instructions on how to resize photos. You click on this link and come to a page that you scroll down to and aat near the bottom you will find links that will give you the way to "watermark" your pciture. these links are:
watermarker.com
picture-shark.com
pixelrig.com Click on one of them which should instruct you on how to do this.
errr... hoppe I explained properly.
SE Asia Joe

[Wet Nose]

If you guys have an opportunity to pick up this little gem, then do so. It was reviewers' top favorite because of it's low light capabilities. Do a google search for f30 or f20 review and you'll see what I mean.

Quite reasonable since it's out of production - you might find one for about $150 or so.

[Wikman]

If you only want to type some text, use Paint in Windows.

One exp..there are other ways to do it if you want.

The picture you attached was great, Goteborg! I suspect it is one of your own, since it is titled in Swedish "bild" (image)? Do you have more that you wish to share with us fellow gothenburg citizens?