Tokina 11-16 f2.8 , finally got a UWA lens
 

I had a hard time choosing between the tokina and the canon 10-22, but ultimately the constant 2.8 aperture, superior build quality, included lens hood, and $200 cheaper price won me over. I've only snapped a few shots with it so far and can already tell it'll be on my camera a lot! I've played with the 10-22 before, so I new what to expect with the UWA lens, but I'm still so impressed with how close you can get to something and still get everything in the frame. Any who, on to pictures for those that share the camera addiction :giggle:

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About 12" away from the taillight...
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Lens hood was literally about 1" away from the top of the bottle....
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Great looking boxes. Or maybe it's just my computer. I only see one image.

I pasted the wrong links....they should be good now

They are. Good stuff! I REALLY need to get some new glass for my Nikon. I've gotten bored with taking pictures simply because I have nothing new to play with.

I hate you. I want this lens so bad for my Nikon, and when I had the cash and was ready for a trip to the islands, it was out of stock everywhere. Gaaaaah.

Enjoy!

It has been out of stock forever even now. I happened to find it on mpex.com, then today I saw it looked like B&H had them again....O well, I had to fork up $9 more since shipping wasn't free like on B&H. I suggest you get one as well, its worth it!

I'd love to pick up a wide angle, but I spent the money on a new body...just picked up the d3100.

my cat thinks it's boring.
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Brain, your cat looks wide angle in that shot. wtf.

omg, its amazing how much better your cat looks with moar megah-pixelz!!!!!111

haha that's at 125mm too.

Damn you people, making me feel inferior with my old ass D50. When I got mine it was about to be outdated within several months with new models but I couldn't wait. Paid something like $800 for my inferior old garbage!!! :vash: Seeing that $700 price is killing me actually. Maybe I can go whore myself out and make some quick money.

Damn it. Yet again my D50 lets me down, though it was user error. I went to Barber Motorsports Museum earlier today and took some nice shots, but forgot I had messed around with my camera recently and had it on ISO1600, so everything is pretty grainy. I should have check that, since I was wondering why my shots were so well lit at such a high shutter speed. Oh well, it was still fun. I should go more often considering I live less than a mile from the track.

doesnt your D50 have auto iso?

I think maybe it does, but I apparently don't have it enabled. I tend to keep it at 200 since I never have a need for the higher ones. Never do any dark shooting.

The auto iso feature on my new camera is weird. I'm used to having to manually do it, so I'm getting some shots at 1200-3200iso with the flash.

The above picture in P mode was:
Focal Length 125 mm
Aperture Value f/7.1
Flash Compulsory Flash, Return light detected
ISO 1250
Shutter Speed Value 1/60 sec


full size is fairly grainy : http://www.boostedmiata.com/gallery2...1/DSC_0158.JPG

Does any of the grainyness go away if you shoot in raw?

I get this a lot as well, I change some setting to my liking (ISO, WB, flash exp, whatever) and then forget to switch it back to normal. The "Restore to defaults" shortcut works well for this, but what if the "default" values ("standard JPEG" instead of say, "fine JPEG + RAW") are not really your ideal values?

Not really, its just noise from having that much of an ISO value. The D300 does have a really good NR reduction algorithm, at the cost of having less sharp pictures at high ISO values.

I'm just happy I read the manual and learned I can program the function button. I like being able to white balance on the spot.

Nikons have the best manuals out there, bar none. I actually ENJOYED reading the manual.