Take shots with Nicon D40? Problems!

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daMatze

New member
Hi!

I tried more photos, but I cannot take a shot, that looks like in \"real light\"

What I got:

- 2 x 35W daylight neon lamp on the ceiling
- Nikon D40 @ Niccor 15-50mm F2-F6,8

The cam seems to have the following problems with the minis
- white balace (the bleached bone helment is shaded (softly) from bleachedbone with snakebite to bleachedbone with white only on the highlights
- focus some parts of the model are not crisp (f.e. the legs)




here are the pics

http://www.coolminiornot.com/187085
http://www.coolminiornot.com/187084

Any hints to do better fotos

thx Matze

- Die chaos-scumm!-
 
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sg2009

Guest
:D nikon d40 rule!!!! have one my self.

a couple of tips:

1. check the photography articles on cmon, everything you need to know,

2. get a tri pod and use self timer or shutter release cable ( i think thats wot there called :redface: ) makes taking photos so much easier

hope i helped

sam
 
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daMatze

New member
tips

thx. I read in the forum before.

But i\'m not able to buy a studio-lamp -> I\'m no pro. Do you think with the neon it would be possible to take good fotos?
 
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sg2009

Guest
i\'m no pro aswell but i\'d say as long as there daylight simulation it should be ok,

and when i said about the photography articles i didnt mean the ones in the forum i ment the ones in the articles section of the site.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article

scroll down until you reach photography

sam
 
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daMatze

New member
articles

okay these 2 helped ... I\'ll report back with new fotos tomorrow ... hopefully there better (think it\'s not the dx40 *lol*)
 
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matty1001

New member
If all else fails you could search through some groups on flickr.

D40 groups:
http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?w=all&q=d40&m=names

Macro groups:
http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?w=all&q=macro&m=names
 
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daMatze

New member
Test for new pics ...

I made a few new pics... but they are still waitin ... i hope they will come soon available.

as long ... take a look at:

http://home.arcor.de/mathias.richter.sallgast/

here are the pics
 
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daMatze

New member
F22 and aperture

Sorry ... my english is not that good in special terms.

what do you mean by:
Stick the cam on aperture priority ?
=> don\'t know how to do.

\"stop down to f22 or thereabouts.\"
=> I tried with F22 and colours seem to be okay.

I think, they are a lot better. But I\'ll by a tripod. F22 needs very calm hands. *g*

DaMatze
 
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Legacy Account

Active member
Aperture priority will let you control your aperture setting and will auto-set the shutter speed for the correct exposure.
I believe the D40 even sets ISO for you as well!

Turn the dial to \'A\'!!
 
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