New camera

I picked up a new DSLR camera the afew weeks back, i had a good look around and did a bit of research first. I eventually decided on a Nikon D3000 with a twin lens bundle



It comes with a 4 GB memory card, 18-55mm VR Lens and a Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 Lens. The Tamron lens has a handy little switch on the side to switch between normal mode and macro mode. This is a fantastic package and a really simple camera to use, it can also produce some fantastic shots.

Here's a link to The package where you can view more info

Nikon D3000

Here's a few shots i've taken so far

one of my female boa using the macro



Here's a few from my holiday in majorca

a few shots of the scenery just outside a place called C'an Picafort





A few pictures from our visit to Marineland
all of the dolphin photo's were captured using a fast shutter speed to avoid blurring






The following images were captured using multishoot mode which means the camera captures around 3 frames per second












Marty

Quality piece of kit there, great shots as well...those motion shots of the dolphins are fantastic !!

Cheers Buddy

Marty those shots are cracker! I'm liking the new camera A LOT!!

Cheers Karl, i'll have to pop round some night and let you have a crack with it.

love the pics of the dolphins

Cheers Phil

Great holiday phots Marty...loving the dolphins....

With moving subjects have a play around with continuous focus if your camera has it......focus and track the subject through it's movement, release the shutter...what you get is a focused subject and blurred or moving background...it adds to the motion and movement in an image....here are a couple of examples...





In your snake shot, there isn't a great deal of depth of field...what macro [or in Nikons case Micro] lens were you using? The 2 lenses that you bought with the camera were neither macro....

Bottom line....you can't go wrong with a Nikon....continued happy snapping....

Thanks Tony

Neither of the lenses are dedicated macro lens but the tamron has a switch on the side to allow it to be used as a macro lens.

I have to agree though you can't go wrong with a nikon

Here's the switch i'm talking about Tony



You can only switch it over when the lens is over 180, the switch locks the lens between 180 and 300.

Fantastic images Marty. The Dolphins are amazing.

jonty wrote:Here's the switch i'm talking about Tony



You can only switch it over when the lens is over 180, the switch locks the lens between 180 and 300.

Tamron are good lenses Marty and it should do what it says on the tin, whenever you switch to macro....[and try your snake shot again] increase the F stop to 8, 9 or 10 and take the shot again.....see if your image has a sharper appearance through the image. Depth of field is discussed in a little more detail on another thread....have a play around and repost the close up again and see where we are....