New camera, Pics inside!!!

[Monstermash]

So I finally made the move to a digital SLR. I found a stupid deal on an almost new Nikon D40 with a bunch of extras that I couldn't pass up.

Here are a few pics I took just to get the feel of it. Let me know what you guys think.

[He Man]

the pics look great. The water looks really werid in the first pic, like it was on a tripod with a low shutter speed. Or maybe thats jsut some freaky water!

Where do you live man? that place looks awesome.

[factorPlayer]

I'm confused...

where are the pics of the camera 

[il d00d]

Nice job on those pics .  Which lenses did you use on those?  Did you get any with VR?  I am still stalking the D40, but I have liked pretty much all the outside sample pics I have seen from users.  Any inside or low light shots you wanna share?

[Monstermash]

Nice job on those pics .  Which lenses did you use on those?  Did you get any with VR?  I am still stalking the D40, but I have liked pretty much all the outside sample pics I have seen from users.  Any inside or low light shots you wanna share?

All three were taken with a Quataray 70-300 set on aperture prority mode, no filter. The first was F32 at ISO200 with a 10 second exposure, the second was F32 at ISO200 with a 1.1 second exposure time, and the last one was F40 at ISO200 with a 1.5 second exposure.


I haven't done any low light or inside pics yet. I'm still getting the feel for it. I plan on taking some more on Sunday at Tutto Italiano and then i'll work into a few still lifes.

[TiNi]

very nice mash

i've got the D50, i love it.

[tommys67]

Great shots!!  F32?  Those pics look like a really wide aperture, not small.  Just sayin'

Great piece of kit, that Nikon.

(personally biased towards Canon, but I can respect it! )

[Dragsterhund]

D300 user here... Nikons are great. Canons are great too. Honestly they're both about the same, I went with the nikon because everyone I know shoots nikons and I could borrow lenses. 

If you can afford it, the 18-200 VR is a great lens. I've got shakey hands and the VR is worth every penny... and I don't have to take a tripod around with me.

Also, get the 50mm f1.8... 108 bucks on amazon.... really fast, sharp lens that, by the time you adjust for the DX sensor, acts like a 75mm lens which is great for portrats. The 50mm f1.4 is about three times as expensive, but I LOVE the 1.8.

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-50mm-Nikkor-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00005LEN4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217443221&sr=8-1

Get a flickr account and join some groups. I've learned a lot posting pictures on there for critiques and helpful instruction.

[KnightofNi]

i just picked up a D40 a few weeks ago.
so far it's great. i have learned through playing with my friend's 18-200VR that i really need to just spend the money and buy one myself.

ohh and get an external drive. it's way to easy to shoot hundreds of pics at a time with that thing. (esp coming from my crappy p&s)

[NuTTs]

Congratulations, I've had my D80 since christmas. A truly wonderful toy! Nice pics also.