F45_393 wrote: Hello everyone here...This is a great thread here, and I would love to participate in it if you all don't mind my being here. Some of you may remeber me from the old TRP, and now I am back! A bit about me: My name is Chris, I am a high school student, and I live in the Chicagoland area. Living in Chicago provides me with plenty of railfanning oppertunites, which is great, becasue I am an avid railfan/photographer. Photography is a big interest of mine. I am also an HO scale modeler, and I model MRL, BN, and UP. My favorite parts of the hobby are detailing diesels and freight cars, and weathering. And photographing my models... even though I have no scenery! I will try to post once a week or so, time, homework and traveling permitting. In case you want to see some of my photos, check out the link in my siggy.
Hello everyone here...
This is a great thread here, and I would love to participate in it if you all don't mind my being here. Some of you may remeber me from the old TRP, and now I am back!
A bit about me: My name is Chris, I am a high school student, and I live in the Chicagoland area. Living in Chicago provides me with plenty of railfanning oppertunites, which is great, becasue I am an avid railfan/photographer. Photography is a big interest of mine. I am also an HO scale modeler, and I model MRL, BN, and UP. My favorite parts of the hobby are detailing diesels and freight cars, and weathering. And photographing my models... even though I have no scenery!
I will try to post once a week or so, time, homework and traveling permitting.
In case you want to see some of my photos, check out the link in my siggy.
Nice pictures. May I ask what camera you use to get all of those wonderful pictures? Plus I would really like to see your layout.
Glad to see you here. Talk to you later.
James
F45_393 wrote:Hello everyone here...This is a great thread here, and I would love to participate in it if you all don't mind my being here. Some of you may remeber me from the old TRP, and now I am back! A bit about me: My name is Chris, I am a high school student, and I live in the Chicagoland area. Living in Chicago provides me with plenty of railfanning oppertunites, which is great, becasue I am an avid railfan/photographer. Photography is a big interest of mine. I am also an HO scale modeler, and I model MRL, BN, and UP. My favorite parts of the hobby are detailing diesels and freight cars, and weathering. And photographing my models... even though I have no scenery! I will try to post once a week or so, time, homework and traveling permitting. In case you want to see some of my photos, check out the link in my siggy.
Welcome back Chris. I remember your name, but not your former SN.
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Chris! Good to see you back here - Why so early? Surely you haven't decided to let your grades slip for sake of a forum!
Meanwhile, it's hard for my grades to slip any farther...
Go here for my rail shots! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=9296
Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!
Noah, I still manage to get out a bit..
James, Thank you very much! The majority of those shots were taken with a Nikon D70 Digital SLR. I have had that rig for over two years now, and absolutely love it!
Matt, Nope, not letting the grades slip...but I have learned to manage my time more effectivly! And I have the day off from school.
See ya later, everyone!
Hello everyone,
Haven't been here for a while, but there is so much going on. My mom's in the hospital, she's been there since Sunday afternoon. Its not bad, but something that needs to be monitored. I pulled off 2nd Honors in school, with and average of 87 overall. I am very happy with it. I also was in York, Pa for the East Coast Large Scale Train show, where I made $700 in purchases. It was a great show.
Chris, it is great to see you back. I was gonna ask if anyone had talked to you lately, I was wondering how you have been.
tmcc man wrote: Hello everyone, Haven't been here for a while, but there is so much going on. My mom's in the hospital, she's been there since Sunday afternoon. Its not bad, but something that needs to be monitored. I pulled off 2nd Honors in school, with and average of 87 overall. I am very happy with it. I also was in York, Pa for the East Coast Large Scale Train show, where I made $700 in purchases. It was a great show.Chris, it is great to see you back. I was gonna ask if anyone had talked to you lately, I was wondering how you have been.
Just last weekend I was in York at the TCA show. I bought a K-line Mikado, and a K-line Trainmaster. What did you get at the East Coast Large Scale Show?
hey guys! i too just got my grades and maneged to pull of 4 honors! ha beat that!!!!! jkjk how much approximitly was that camra chris? i'm thinking about getting a camra myself.
-jake
I'm not Chris so excuse me for butting in, but I'm a camera junky as well, so I'll add my 2 cents....
What Chris has (and what I have as well in a different type), are DSLRs. That stands for Digital format Single Lens Reflex cameras. They are the type of camera you see professional photographers using with separate lenses and big camera bodies. If you are really serious about photography, especially of prototype trains, and can afford the price tag (which runs from $400 or $500 to $1000 for a starter camera, although can run into the many thousands the better quality camera and lenses you get), DSLRs are the way to go. They offer a lot of flexibility in Lens type and camera settings. And allow you to do more creative work (Chris' spectacular photos show that well). I would really only recommend a DSLR though if you are going to use it other than just in the automatic mode. If you leave it on full auto all the time, it just becomes a large, very expensive point and shoot camera. The common DSLR makers are Canon (what I own), Nikon, (what Chris owns), and Pentex. If you do decide to go the DSLR route, I'd recommend doing a little reading on the internet to see whats out there. There are many different DSLRs to choose from, and there are many websites to be found that can help you decide which is the best for you. I finally broke down and spent the money on a Canon XTi a few months ago and a 18-200mm lens to go with it, and I'm happy with it. Chris can tell you a little more specifically about his Nikon, as I don't know as much about them.
One certainly doesn't have to have a really good DSLR though to get great pictures. There are plenty of non-DSLR cameras that are very good too. (Matt has a really good camera that I think isn't DSLR, and he takes some awsome pictures). They start from 100 dollars and up, and there are some digital cameras that are even less. A few things to remember are that the higher the megapixel the better (starting around 4 megapixel and working up is best, although there are 2 and 3 megapixel cameras available, but they aren't nearly as good), and the more manual modes the better. Shooting with full auto is good in some cases, but if you can learn how to shoot in manual modes (like shutter priority, aperture priority, and others), you can learn to do even more creative things with the camera and get better pictures.
Noah
Noah Hofrichter wrote: I'm not Chris so excuse me for butting in, but I'm a camera junky as well, so I'll add my 2 cents....What Chris has (and what I have as well in a different type), are DSLRs. That stands for Digital format Single Lens Reflex cameras. They are the type of camera you see professional photographers using with separate lenses and big camera bodies. If you are really serious about photography, especially of prototype trains, and can afford the price tag (which runs from $400 or $500 to $1000 for a starter camera, although can run into the many thousands the better quality camera and lenses you get), DSLRs are the way to go. They offer a lot of flexibility in Lens type and camera settings. And allow you to do more creative work (Chris' spectacular photos show that well). I would really only recommend a DSLR though if you are going to use it other than just in the automatic mode. If you leave it on full auto all the time, it just becomes a large, very expensive point and shoot camera. The common DSLR makers are Canon (what I own), Nikon, (what Chris owns), and Pentex. If you do decide to go the DSLR route, I'd recommend doing a little reading on the internet to see whats out there. There are many different DSLRs to choose from, and there are many websites to be found that can help you decide which is the best for you. I finally broke down and spent the money on a Canon XTi a few months ago and a 18-200mm lens to go with it, and I'm happy with it. Chris can tell you a little more specifically about his Nikon, as I don't know as much about them.One certainly doesn't have to have a really good DSLR though to get great pictures. There are plenty of non-DSLR cameras that are very good too. (Matt has a really good camera that I think isn't DSLR, and he takes some awsome pictures). They start from 100 dollars and up, and there are some digital cameras that are even less. A few things to remember are that the higher the megapixel the better (starting around 4 megapixel and working up is best, although there are 2 and 3 megapixel cameras available, but they aren't nearly as good), and the more manual modes the better. Shooting with full auto is good in some cases, but if you can learn how to shoot in manual modes (like shutter priority, aperture priority, and others), you can learn to do even more creative things with the camera and get better pictures.Noah
ok sorry everyone can ANYONE tell me about the SLR camras lol... i am serouise about photography i LOVE it but that is right money is a problem. i only have those cheep film camras right now because of money but my b-day is comeing up annd i am saveing money. thankyou very much for the info.
Jake
Jake,
Congrats on your grades!
A good website to learn about the various digital cameras is dpreview.com ... lots of helpful reviews, pricing, etc. EDIT::: Cant seem to make that URL work as a clicky...just copy and paste it into your address bar....
Noah,
My photos...spectacular? Thank you! I'm flattered!
Everyone,
Hope you all had a good weekend. I know I did! Went to Green Bay for a model train show, then to the RR museam in Green Bay , and did lots of railfanning. I will hopefully have my pics posted on the 'net by this weekend...long week ahead of me, so I wont be in much.
'Till next time!
what do you think about this camra? my freind has this one and she likes it...
edit: i forgot the link lol here it is
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Kodak/kodak_z612.asp