Kitties, cameras and eBay

[kribu]

eBay is dangerous. Very, very dangerous.

But nice. :-)

Received the 50mm f/1.7 lens for my K100D today that I bought a week or two ago... got here all the way from Turkey without any problems, it seems. And it's looking like a very nice lens indeed - will definitely be the one for indoors. Had to try it instantly of course - boy the depth of field with these bigger cameras and wide apertures is something else.

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Pretty, isn't she? :-D And this is at f/2.0, 1/8 seconds handheld, ISO 800... not much light available there, no.

Also received the Target novelisation for The Reign of Terror, and some CD I got for mom.
I like eBay... not sure my bank account agrees, but tough. ;-) With the amount of work I've been doing lately, it shouldn't really complain too much anyway.

Comments

[elen-ancalima.livejournal.com]

Oh my - lovely picture. Not sure about the terminology - does depth of field mean only a certain portion of the picture is in focus (Musti's face in this case), an everything else is out of focus? (I really need to learn more about cameras and how to take good pictures - it seems to be fascinating).

Not sure what all the lense specifics mean, but it sounds cool, so hurray for ebay!

With the amount of work I've been doing lately, it shouldn't really complain too much anyway.

Indeed. What's the point of doing all the work if you can't get nice toys sometime ...

Speaking of ebay - I have some things I need to sell on ebay, but I can't get around to doing it. Buying is so much more tempting than selling ... *headdesk*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

does depth of field mean only a certain portion of the picture is in focus (Musti's face in this case), an everything else is out of focus?

Basically, yes. And apart from in macro mode, this is something that's rather difficult to achieve with compact cameras, due to the tiny sensors they have... but it's very nice whenever you want to "isolate the subject" (portraits, details, etc) and leave the background all blurry. The more wide open the aperture (the smaller the f/ number), the narrower the depth of field becomes, i.e. the less will be in focus.

I have some things I need to sell on ebay, but I can't get around to doing it.

It does seem like a lot more hassle. Not that I know... what with having PayPal function only one way here, and no other payment methods being either quick or cheap, I haven't really even been tempted to look into it.

[elen-ancalima.livejournal.com]

It does seem like a lot more hassle.

It is. Especially the whole packing things up and sending things, and checking bank accounts ... . But I sure wouldn't mind having some more room in my ... room.

this is something that's rather difficult to achieve with compact camera

Yeah - love my little Canon for carrying around, but I'd never be able to take pictures like with it. Which is ok - if I do get into taking pictures I can always get myself something bigger ... *whistels innocently* (wonder what certain noncorporeal beings whould have to say ... though maybe they wouldn't mind, as cameras don't take up as much room as dvds :-P).

And by the way - Daniel bought himself a Nikon DSLR (not sure what number, but I'll ask him when he gets here). So he had it for two days, and then it got caught on something and fell on the floor -> cpu of lense broken! :-( Needless to say, he was not happy. Luckily Nikon pays for any kind of repairs in the first six months - otherwise it could have been potentially pricey as well as annoying.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Daniel bought himself a Nikon DSLR (not sure what number, but I'll ask him when he gets here)

If it's the D200, D2H or D2X, then you're officially classified as rich people that I hate. ;-)

I did consider the Nikon D50 as a possible option before getting the Pentax, but decided against it eventually for a couple of reasons: over a year older, no image stabilization, smaller viewfinder (viewfinder being terribly important for someone with my eyesight, I feel, and among the cheaper cameras, Pentax seems to be the undisputed king in putting the biggest and brightest viewfinders on the cameras).

I briefly considered the brand new Nikon D80 as well, which sounds like a very nice camera, but it also lacks image stabilization (which really is rather useful, as I've found) and is way way way more expensive - and to be honest, probably too much camera for my needs. *LOL* I expect that for the next several years at least, any bad pictures I get with the Pentax are the fault of the user and not a shortcoming of the camera.

So he had it for two days, and then it got caught on something and fell on the floor -> cpu of lense broken! :-(

Ouch! I think my mother has a point in reminding me to keep the strap around my neck whenever I take the camera - especially with the huge weight difference compared to compacts, picking it up randomly and casually like one does with a compact might very likely lead to something similar happening to me. I'm very glad to hear Nikon's offering that kind of warranty!

[elen-ancalima.livejournal.com]

If it's the D200, D2H or D2X, then you're officially classified as rich people that I hate. ;-)

LOL. No - it's a D80. It looks really cool (but then, to me all cameras look cool :-P) He couldn't make up his mind for a very long time if he should get himself a DSLR or not, but then he decided that he always had good SLRs in the old days and loved taking pictures with them, so he finally bit the bullet. He seems to be enjoying it a lot ;-)