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| Posted by PRSS: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 12:21 | 1st Post |
| Hello everybody! Greetings to everybody ! After a long gap of almost 14 years of non-photography (because of too much of professional work - I am an Architect & Interior Designer with a SOHO setup by the way), I am now back as a serious photo hobbyist. Back in those days I was doing good film photography - both black & white with a Pentax camera & a Leica Focomat Enlarger and also a lot of colour tranparencies. Things really changed during my non-photography period. Everything became digital and my Pentax camera with several premium grade lenses have become Museum pieces. (Film is still available in India but there is a lack of good processing labs as most of them have dwindled because of the digital revolution). Now I recently purchased a Nikon D5100 DSLR with 18-55 DX Nikon VR kit lens and also a 55-200mm DX Nikon VR IFED lens and Hoya cirlular polariser, etc. I am happy to note that my vintage Vivitar 285 Flash is working fine on this camera. But I am still getting used to digital photography and post processing, etc. I am still unable to make every shot count as I did back in those days with film. (I have taken only a small amount of photographs with my new camera for want of free time). I hope to improve my digital Photography through excellent forums like these where the seniors can guide me in the Digital world of photography. My interest as a serious hobbyist is Pictorial & Abstract. As an Architect & Interior Designer I do take Architectural photography as well as Interior Design project photography. Glad that I joined this forum. With best regards PRSS Attachment: DSC_0208.jpg (Downloaded 73 times)
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| Posted by Eric: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 12:42 | 2nd Post |
| Welome to the forum. We have a wide range of expertise here...from beginners to professionals. Bit one thing we all have in common is an unconditional willingness to share our knowledge and experience. So ask anything you need to know, post some of your images in your album and have fun.
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| Posted by Robert: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 12:55 | 3rd Post |
| Welcome to the forum, I think you are the first member from India! Look forward to hearing more from you and seeing some photographs of your wonderful country. One little thing though, the Vivitar 285 Flash may not be good for your D5100 camera. The trigger voltage could be too high for the electronics of the camera. Take a look at this list. http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html
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| Posted by jk: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 14:33 | 4th Post |
| Welcome to the forum. Glad that you have returned to your photography. Same basic skills necessary but also need to use a computer! We are a friendly bunch here so if you need help then just post a new topic in whatever section seems right to you.
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| Posted by Robert: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 16:33 | 5th Post |
| I just took a look at Madural in the southern tip of India. What an amazing place. There are the most elaborate Meenakshi towers with beautiful painted figures. This is a screen shot from Google Earth... Attachment: Screen Shot 2012-06-23 at 20.44.18.jpg (Downloaded 69 times)
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| Posted by jk: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 18:03 | 6th Post |
| Wonderful well worth a visit.
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| Posted by PRSS: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 20:49 | 7th Post |
| Thank you everybody for the encouragement. My special thanks to Robert for pointing me that my Vivitar 285 would damage my Nikon D5100. Thank God I have used this only for about 10 shots. I shall use a slave unit instead from now on. Only hitch is that my camera flash also has to fire. Already posted a few abstract pics. One question. Can I post pictures taken by long back on my Pentax film camera? Or is it permitted to post only Nikon Camera pictures? Thanks again, waiting for reply PRSS
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| Posted by jk: Sun Jun 24th, 2012 03:33 | 8th Post |
| Yes no problem posting any images from any camera. If you go to the Gallery and create an Album for yourself then you can upload images into your personal gallery so everyone can see just your work.
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| Posted by Robert: Sun Jun 24th, 2012 04:03 | 9th Post |
PRSS wrote:Thank you everybody for the encouragement. My special thanks to Robert for pointing me that my Vivitar 285 would damage my Nikon D5100. Thank God I have used this only for about 10 shots. I shall use a slave unit instead from now on. Only hitch is that my camera flash also has to fire. My pleasure PRSS, I would hate not mentioning it and hearing later your camera had mysteriously failed. Not sure about this, others may know better but I think there is a screen which you can put over the flash which cuts or reduces the visible light from your on camera flash but allows the infra red through to operate the slave device. I do use a slave the little Nikon SU4, but I usually trigger it with a small wired Nikon SB16 flash which is used as a secondary flash, well off camera.
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| Posted by Eric: Sun Jun 24th, 2012 07:03 | 10th Post |
Robert wrote:PRSS wrote: For many situations, all that's required is to drop the on camera flash to its lowest flash comp setting (-2stops?) to trigger the other flashes without flooding the scene with frontal flash. A wedge of tissue paper also works. 
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| Posted by PRSS: Sun Jun 24th, 2012 13:04 | 11th Post |
| Thank you Robert, that is a useful advise. With best regards PRSS
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| Posted by Doug: Mon Jun 25th, 2012 03:00 | 12th Post |
| Welcome - you could also use a radio trigger which would allow a bit of off camera flash too
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| Posted by Squarerigger: Mon Jun 25th, 2012 09:07 | 13th Post |
| Welcome to the forum. We are indeed getting international - very exciting.
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| Posted by TomOC: Mon Jun 25th, 2012 15:18 | 14th Post |
| Welcome. You will find this forum more useful than Nikon support. Oh, right, this IS our Nikon support Cheers, Tom
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| Posted by richw: Mon Jun 25th, 2012 19:14 | 15th Post |
| Welcome to the forum.
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| Posted by PRSS: Tue Jun 26th, 2012 21:58 | 16th Post |
| Hello everybody Thanks a lot to all those who have welcomed me and encouraged me. I had asked one question. Whether I could post my old photos taken with Pentax film cameras. With best regards PRSS
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| Posted by Robert: Wed Jun 27th, 2012 02:37 | 17th Post |
PRSS wrote:Hello everybody Yes not a problem, JK answered that in Post 8 you must have missed it! Among the members here we have a wide range of camera makes, film and digital. We don't exclude any picture because of the camera it was taken with. It's just that our main interest is Nikon DSLR photography.
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| Posted by PRSS: Wed Jun 27th, 2012 12:44 | 18th Post |
| Thank you all for the replies. I missed reading the earlier post that I could upload pictures taken with a non-Nikon camera. I shall definitely do so. thanking you once AGAIN prss
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