<blockquote><font class="small">Originally posted by AllenAyres:</font><hr />

What kinda lens do you use for it? I've got the kit lens that came with it (18-55), but it's pretty limited for zooming use. I'd like to get a 70-300 with image stabilization, but those things are mucho dinero

Hehehe... I have many many photos on My Personal Website

I have thousands (>3,000) on my hard drive, probably 4-5,000 on my old work computer and a few thousand on my personal site: www.praisecafe.org and maybe a thousand on some compact flash cards I haven't downloaded yet

I was never the camera geek growing up, but in the last few years I've more than made up for it. This is my first non-point-and-shoot camera tho

Tell me how you like the 70-300 IS, I am borrowing an old 75-300 or something like it from someone I work with for my little trip in a few weeks, It seems to work pretty well, IS would be nice tho

Where do you get your hard-copy prints done? At home? If so, what kinda printer? I've used Walmart recently for some nice black and white prints and another site online for larger prints (can't remember right now). I think it's cheaper to get them done by someone else right now, printers are not that expensive, but the paper and ink is crazy

I like Walmart or WalGreens; even KMart... they all have the card scanner/disk/cd drives on the Kodak machine and it's come out decent... In fact, that's what we're having the baby pictures printed out on ...

Their photo station is quick and pretty cheap. I've liked the black and white and the sepia prints we've done so far

Nice collection of pics Gizzy!

I don't print my own either. I've used Walmart, Sams and an online service for printing... I can't remember the name right now either. I believe some places have profiles for different cameras... but I've never done that myself. If you're interested in books, MyPublisher.com has a 2 for one deal until the end of the month if I'm not mistaken. The books I've seen have turned out quite nice.

The new lens didn't come today... crossing my fingers it comes tomorrow. I'm seriously considering the 400mm prime right now. The only other contender is the 300mm IS prime. They both seem to have great reviews.

BTW, my May 2005 folder has over 2,000 pics. June 2005 will most likely have more.

How does everyone organize their pics? I have the year as the main folder with all of the months inside starting with '1_Jan', 2_Feb, 3_March and so on. Perhaps someone has a better idea.

Organization of pictures/albums: yyyymmdd-#####

As for ordering; Gallery (Melto Gallery) allows you to order prints through differant servies on a picture by picture basis as well

I organize some by date, some by topic (if the topic is pretty important, like my wedding ) I go to the huge Sema show in vegas every year and take a bajillion pictures there, usually that gets its own folder, sometime broken down into makes (dodge, bmw, etc). or trucks/cars/ mutated ill-tempered sea bass with frickin laser beams - you can see most anything in vegas

If it's a big trip I'll give them it's own folder

My events are organized by name, then the pictures by YYYYMMDD usually; most pictures i'm too lazy to rename from "MVC-xxxxx" hehe

My wife's birthday is Saturday, I ordered her a Casio - getting rave reviews here:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/casio/exz750.htm

I have a Pentax Optio 430RS which has served me well over the last 2-3 years. I wanted something that was small enough to keep in a pocket, but not so small that it fits in a mint tin

The small form factor makes me more inclined to bring it with me, and as a result, I've accumulated quite a few pictures since having it. I know that I wouldn't have taken nearly as much with a Digital SLR, although I'd prefer the SLR for astrophotography. Not sure whether or not I want to eventually buy a SLR or a CCD camera when I decide to take the plunge.

Since I'm fortunate enough to own Macs, I use iPhoto to organize them.

-tacks

What's the advantage/disadvantage of using a prime lens over a zoom? Is it sharper since it is made exclusively for one particular shot?

I have some good photos from our trip to Fort Vancouver today and we did a quick drive by through the Soldiers Row in Vancouver as well... Not sure when I'll have them up, but should have them online within a few nights (as they're next to me, but i'm tired and want to sleep)

For anyone interested in photos of Fort Vancouver (the heart of the Hudson Bay company's pacific fur trading) I have a nice little gallery (350 photos) up here ...

BTW:


And, do I ever listen?:

The answer is 'yes'

I've been spending a lot of time at a photo website: http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com - a great site if you are seriously into digital photography and want amazing pictures

I keep a few of my trip photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/22849320@N00/

the "oddbar", it taunts me so...

Primes are good They are sharp, but bear in mind they are not zooms, so only good for particular jobs - I will use a prime usually for sport (cricket, football(soccer) etc..) - of course a decent prime is expensive - my 400mm F2.8 cost around £6,000 ($12,000 on current version rates)!!!

If you have any photography questions just ask. I am a canon man myself with the following kit...

1DMK11
1DMk11N
400mm F2.8
300mm F2.8
100-400mm
70-200mm F2.8
16-35 f2.8
15mm Fisheye
1.4x converter
2x converter
various filters, flashunits etc... (and the odd item, I have forgotten)

Another good site is http://www.photography-on-the.net

oh my goodness that's some expensive hardware

I have a rebel xt with a 50mm 1.8, the kit lens and a 70-300mm with IS and a speedlight 430ex flash

Give me all of your old unused hardware and I shall put it to good use :nod: lol

The best thing photo related that I've bought is a Canon Selphy CP510 Dye-Sub Photo Printer. My wife used to always complain that we had 1,000s of pictures stored on the computer, but none that she could put in an album or share with other people. I bought it a year ago and she prints as many pics as she wants, lots and lots of baby pictures - real nice quality too