Your SLR got problem. Go buy another one.

I agree that
1st is skill
2nd is equipment
3rd is luck

DC n DSLR the difference is on the quality of the photo, not the way of how the photographer can take a photo.

If u got all those very expensive eq, u dun hv the skill, while a sifu using mayb juz a 3.2mp dc but wif skill, surely ppl will choose tat 1 wif skill not onli the quality.

U use DSLR but ppl use camera phone can take better pic the prob is skill.

If you juz say tat the SLR got prob, go buy another. IMO, this will onli shows tat u r a noob....No offense....

this is not really true, here come the contraversial thing. PnS is very good at macro shot, which cannot be done by most of the kitlens on DSLR. No matter how skillful u r, it's a no no !

turn the kitlens around and you'll get macro lens already.

ROFL Pretty true...

wrong wrong wrong....

you can't get good bokeh with your handphone cam....

equipment and skill goes hand in hand....no matter what people talk
about skill.....all are really bullshit. If PnS can take good picture,
why journalist need to buy MKIII, D1, etc? so people who said only
skill matters is taking crap...

i think equipment only covers around 10-15% of the overall.
i've seen very good pictures taken with a sony t-30 if not mistaken of the model.
you can check it out at flikr.com

but not all picture can be nice. certain time need dSLR. like no flash and low light photography.
how to take with normal handphone cam or? even digicam also cannot lar (except F31fd) no making sense la.

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Added on October 3, 2007, 2:05 pmhehe, non taken....i just joking onli mah...

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Added on October 3, 2007, 2:07 pmNot agree.

Skill and equipment tied at number 1....
and luck is at far 3....


This post has been edited by gogo2: Oct 3 2007, 02:07 PM

IMO, actually normal digicam also can take fabulous night shots too.
like the t30, you set it to fireworks mode then the ev set to the max then you can take quite a nice night shot i think. you just have to tweak with the wb to achieve a better pic and of course use a tripod or put it on a bench or something.

here's a pic that i'd taken with a t30.

the oni thing i'm not satisfied is the wb in this pic la. cos that time dunno how to tweak it.

here's another one.

the wb also abit crap on this i think.

and yeah i do agree with you that current handphone cams cannot take night shots as decent as real digicams.
handphones are only meant to make and recieve calls, not to mention sms.
the only handphone cam that skim the surface of digicam quality pics is the SE k series with xenon flash lo i think but to a certain limit only (the night shots).

i'm just a noob in this and looking forward to learn more, please correct me if i'm wrong.

wow, nice pic. good color. luv ur pic. show more ya...

anyway, not all night shot can be taking. maybe the one u take can. but in other circumstances like long exposure
and stuff like that take care and happy shooting...

wanna show bad equipment, or bad skill? or both?

What is "ev" ?

Exposure Value

thanks. in those pic, i used long exposure to capture them. from the details of its file, it indicates 8s of exposure. and yeah, if wanna shoot bokehs or something like that sure cannot la. like i said, 10-15% of overall still depend on the equipment. even if you are using a Leica f/1.0 Noctilux but dunno how to use its potential also no use. right?

can you please elaborate more? i really want to improve my skill.

This post has been edited by anthrax33: Oct 3 2007, 03:41 PM

if something cannot be done at all with your Pns, means dSLR is really important. it should be 50% skill and 50% equipment.
without equipment, u can't even take those circumstances... else you won't considering k100d, d40, or 400d now won't you...

that was what i was trying to imply

thats not how it works... read my post here and you will know what i mean...
you wan to know why journalists hold 1dmark3? this is because of the quality of the pic... they need to print on magazines and so on...thats why quality is a very important aspect to them..imagine this.. if you use a handphone cam for photojournalism... try printing it out and you will see the huge difference between a dslr and a handphone cam...

skills play a MORE important role than equipment...listen to what a pro photographer has to say here.

for me skill takes 70% and equipment takes 30%.. but at some situation equipment also as important as skill..
example shooting sport...
i don`t think you wanna shoot with 18-55mm rather than 500mm right ?
coz the contestant/player might be as tiny as rice when printed out on magazine.... crop also can`t help much on this stage...

another one is wildilfe photography...
this one also need bazooka lens as you don`t want face to face with tiger or something similar right or bird at the sky? 18-55mm

thats not what I'm trying to imply. read post below. in summary, in some circumstances, you
can't just take the photo without dSLR no matter how skillful you are....then you'll cry, why don't I have a dSLR...

yup...both play their role in diff situations...