Comments on: Camera Lewt

By: meronpan

meronpan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:21:51 +0000

well, as long as the tripod gets you the steady shots you want, the cheaper the better ^^ it’s a dangerous purchasing cycle … the dslr scene ^^; you buy an expensive camera so you’re like, oh, well, this deserves some expensive glass! which leads to, oh, this deserves an expensive tripod! and expensive filters! and expensive everything! ^^;;;; but yeah, it’s fun ^^

By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:14:54 +0000

Oh thats so beautiful!
Youre old tripod looks suspiciously like my lousy tripod XD

Its great to see that youre spending your money on some nice gear.I still hope to save up for a DSLR but thats gotta wait until Im back in Job ^^;;

By: meronpan

meronpan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:11:56 +0000

indeed ^^

alas as i said, ran out of time ‘cuz i needed to get to bed.

actually took some trial pics yesterday, but stupidly didn’t realize i was at iso 800 ’till i downloaded them orz

I was using my new light (double the watts of the old one) so i was tricked into thinking my increased shutter speed was due to that. oh well. resized they might be postable…

By: Divine Fang

Divine Fang — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:52:04 +0000

IMG_7378 <– WOW! Excellent setup for shooting high angle oppai photos!

Aaa.. dang, no teaser figyua photo?

By: meronpan

meronpan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:34:56 +0000

definitely a nice upgrade ^^ very glad i started with a cheaper one though. otherwise i wouldn’t have known what i wanted in the new one.

agree with the price being worth it. quality of the equipment is just levels above the cheap stuff. once you start putting close to a thousand dollars (or easily thousands if you have the cash to burn) on your tripod, it’s easy to justify some nicer stuff ^^

By: meronpan

meronpan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:27:39 +0000

same order i went for improvements. lights came far before a nice tripod ^^

added some pics to the post – kinda hard to see but basically it looks like it takes quite a bit of space – probably a 35″ square. on the other hand i’m still amazed how low it gets ^^

By: meronpan

meronpan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:25:37 +0000

definitely scaled back my figure purchases to account for the photo stuff… so freaking expensive ;_; alas, that’s what i get for picking up a new hobby ^^;

By: Smithy

Smithy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:47:00 +0000

Oh my that’s some sweet Manfrotto gear there. ^^

Back when I got my Canon 450D I just went for a basic tripod, the Sherpa 750 which although being a decent enough tripod, the limitations of it are similar to what you experienced with yours. Adjusting it takes a while and it’s not up to par with the likes of Manfrotto gear.

As far as tripods and ball heads are concerned, alas even for starting amateur photographers or people just looking to do some nice shooting with their DSLR’s, investing in more expensive gear like Manfrotto does pay off. Sure it’s sometimes significantly more expensive, but as soon as you start working with both, you understand why.

By: wolfheinrich

wolfheinrich — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:48:06 +0000

Nice tripod, but I decided to get the light umbrella first. I am getting very frustrated with the poor indoor light quality from my current setup. I need to shoot my dollfie photo at ground level, how much room does the tripod need to get all the way down to 8.5 cm tall?

By: Tier

Tier — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:19:14 +0000

Cool stuff! My only camera accessory so far is a $30 tripod I got from Best Buy. It does the job but I can’t help but feel that I’m going to break it just through normal use. I’d like to get more into the hobby but all my money’s going into figures and video games now.