schlitt.info - php, photography and private stuff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :Author: Tobias Schlitt :Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:00:29 +0100 :Revision: 2 :Copyright: CC by-nc-sa ============ My new hobby ============ :Description: As I already mentioned earlier, I recently bought a brand new Nikon D80 and started with a new hobby: Photography. :) With this entry I'd like to share some first experiences in this direction. The D80 seems to be a very good camera, I'm really amazed about its poissibillities. It is the best non-professional Nikon camera, AFAIK, and might be even a bit oversized for a photo beginner like me. Until now I only had experiences with compact cams and the D80 is my first DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera. However, I'm very interessted in photography so I'm sure I will grow with this camery quite fast. The source of my interest are inspiring photographers in my surrounding: Derick, Sebastian, Marcus and most recently also Kore and Jakob. In addition, I love great photos and always wanted to be able to take those on my own. The final clincher was the experience with Kores D70s in Berlin. As I already `mentioned earlier`__, I recently bought a brand new `Nikon D80`__ and started with a new hobby: `Photography`__. :) With this entry I'd like to share some first experiences in this direction. The D80 seems to be a very good camera, I'm really amazed about its poissibillities. It is the best non-professional Nikon camera, AFAIK, and might be even a bit oversized for a photo beginner like me. Until now I only had experiences with compact cams and the D80 is my first DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera. However, I'm very interessted in photography so I'm sure I will grow with this camery quite fast. The source of my interest are inspiring photographers in my surrounding: `Derick`__, `Sebastian`__, `Marcus`__ and most recently also `Kore`__ and `Jakob`__. In addition, I love great photos and always wanted to be able to take those on my own. The final clincher was the `experience with Kores D70s in Berlin`__. .. __: /photography/blog/0593_berlin_trip_dance_of_the_vampires.html .. __: http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/digitalcamera/slr/d80/index.htm .. __: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasschlitt/ .. __: http://flickr.com/photos/derickrethans/ .. __: http://flickr.com/photos/sebastian_bergmann/ .. __: http://flickr.com/photos/helly25/ .. __: http://kore-nordmann.de/photos/index.html .. __: http://westhoffswelt.de/photos/light_games.html .. __: /photography/blog/0593_berlin_trip_dance_of_the_vampires.html |image_1| |image_2| .. |image_1| image:: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2111/2382602257_20e9b660a0_m.jpg :target: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasschlitt/2382602257/in/set-72157604344263840/ .. |image_2| image:: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2382616989_c92a559875_m.jpg :target: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasschlitt/2382616989/in/set-72157604344263840/ To get started with started with the subject, Jakob recommended `a great book`__ to me, which I want to recommend to you now. The book is only available in German, AFAIK, so sorry to you English only readers. "`Nikon D80 - Das Buch zu Kamera`__" does not only give a much more valuable overview on the D80 than the instructions manual does. It also gave me some good hints on what to pay attention for in photography and some technical background. Combined with practical use cases and helpful suggestions for custom settings and equipment, I'm still getting started with a great now hobby. If you like to get more info on this book, please take a look at my recension on `Amazon`__ (as soon as it is online). .. __: http://www.amazon.de/Nikon-D80-Das-Buch-Kamera/dp/3925334807/ .. __: http://www.amazon.de/Nikon-D80-Das-Buch-Kamera/dp/3925334807/ .. __: http://amazon.de You can be sure to read some more about my photography progress and to see some more of my pictures here in future. If you want to stay completly tuned, please `subscribe`__ to my `photo stream`__ on `Flickr`__. .. __: http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=51884245@N00&lang=en-us&format=atom .. __: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasschlitt/ .. __: http://www.flickr.com/ .. Local Variables: mode: rst fill-column: 79 End: vim: et syn=rst tw=79 Trackbacks ========== Comments ======== - chantalle at Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:04:44 +0200 Nikon ist doof! Canon ist toll! - bart at Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:47:03 +0200 congrats! d80 is indeed great camera. but you must be careful as this hobby really push you deeper and deeper :) (ie. try 50mm 1.8 nikkor lenses, they are really great and really cheap... then you may want to have flash gun :)... and maybe tele photo lens :) etc). as for books, you may have a look at understanding exposure by bryan peterson - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Exposure-Photographs-Digital-Camera/dp/0817463003/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207334691&sr=8-1 (probably available in .de as well). I found out it's really great, although I'm a bit more in photography. good luck, and I'll add your flickr's rss feed to my feeds :) - Toby at Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:00:47 +0200 Hi Bart! Thanks for the tip, I reviewed the book and added it immediatelly to my wishlist! :) Cheers! 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