Its not photography, its Farktography | THoey | Activity https://www.farktography.com/members/thoey/activity/ Activity feed for THoey. Sun, 17 May 2026 01:21:18 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 3f1ba76c58e5f0e64fbc837f303c6e71 THoey replied to the topic Lighting and Backdrops without breaking the bank in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/lighting-and-backdrops-without-breaking-the-bank/#post-45230 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:09:48 -0500 Did some more web searching and I am thinking about making her one. She can buy some mulsum and do the material dying to get the colors she wants. I can follow the ideas mentioned in the following two pages:

http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/articles/photography/diy-greenscreen
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=82382

]]> baa09db4b7981c4f8673560cbdc3a394 THoey replied to the topic Computer recommendations needed in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/computer-recommendations-needed/#post-45197 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:22:03 -0500 After looking at my local Mom & Pop’s PC store and deciding that they were slightly out of date, I used the following sites for building my latest PC:

Purchase Parts – NewEgg (http://www.newegg.com) You might be able to find a better place if you search harder, but this is where my friends suggested I start. I bought a bundled kit and then…Read more

]]> a8a4d192b4d9346c4c8557f160317eb1 THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/page/2/#post-14280 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:02:20 -0500 I am back. Wife has been using the setup I bought listed higher up on this page. We have not bought any additional lenses yet, but with the holidays coming and a friends wedding in a couple weeks, I am looking to add to her equipment. The lense she currently has is:

Canon 17-55 f2.8 EFS IS USM

As mentioned above, this is a decent general…Read more

]]> a19c0290cedd810db4ed2fac8384e78a THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/page/2/#post-14277 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:33:25 -0500 Oh, and I did get a chance to try a Sigma lense, I think it was the 105mm macro, but even I was not happy with the way the auto focus worked with it. Maybe it was just the demo pictures I was trying to take, but her Canon lense focused much faster and easier then it did. Maybe it was me or what I was shooting, but based off that, Mama is back…Read more

]]> 1cf903e21c500a0bfb0c324ec29d0655 THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/page/2/#post-14276 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:29:01 -0500 Thanks for the input. We went to the local Wolf Camera today to “look” and took the body with us. Unfortunately, due to holiday sales, their lense selection was quite limited. Out of the list the only thing they had on hand was the 60mm. Got to play with it for a bit, but with nothing else to compare it to it was kind of purposeless. I…Read more

]]> 26f05c61d0757e011c65036a96855460 THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/page/2/#post-14273 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:54:09 -0500 Okay, now I just made a call to Canon, and the following are what they are recommending:

EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

and either:

Canon 60mm f/2.8 EF-S USM Macro
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Too many choices and different opinions.

]]> 7ad780f5e9a07396856284362a060c1b THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/page/2/#post-14272 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:58:46 -0500 Okay, this is what we ended up buying:

Canon EOS 40D 10.1 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera Body
Canon 17-55 f2.8 EFS IS USM With Canon 1-Year USA Warranty
Kingston Elite Pro 4GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card Model CF/4GB-S2 X 2
77mm Professional Three Piece Filter Kit
Canon Speedlite 580EX II, Shoe Mount Flash with Canon 1 Year USA Warranty
AA Rapid…Read more

]]> e6b5228284bef74cbfdb0eaf8d1cc625 THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/page/2/#post-14270 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:23:04 -0500 Cool. Thanks for the explanations…

]]> fb4be42b2b182675bd1354c344c778cd THoey replied to the topic Memory Cards - Professional or Standard in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/memory-cards-professional-or-standard/#post-14345 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:16:16 -0500 That’s a good price. Thanks for the link.

]]> 52ae34c7574cd011feac14f3e841b807 THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/#post-14267 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:13:20 -0500 Thanks for the responses all. Couple comments I have based on your input.

1. Wife is a die hard Canon person, so she only wanted to look at Canon cameras and lenses. I have heard that some of the third party lenses can be as good or sometimes better, but I think it is name brand recognition more than anything else. You know what they say,…Read more

]]> 889c064cf11920dc6231be151782f64c THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/#post-14261 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:54:22 -0500 Well, looks like we have narrowed it down to the following shopping list:

Canon EOS 40D 10.1 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera Body
Canon 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM Lens
Canon 17-40mm f/4.0L Ultra-Wide Zoom Lens
77mm Professional Three Piece Filter Kit
Canon 430EX EOS Speedlite Flash w/ 1 Year Canon USA Warranty
Canon BG-E2N BATTERY GRIP f/EOS 40D
Canon…Read more

]]> 01f60303848b0d02890adbb52550fc09 THoey replied to the topic Memory Cards - Professional or Standard in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/memory-cards-professional-or-standard/#post-14343 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:46:07 -0500 Thanks for all the opinions folks. As someone mentioned above I will be wanting the CF cards for the Canon EOS 40D. Other than that, for the shots she’ll be taking, it sounds like the standard speed will be fast enough. Well, unless a fight breaks out at the wedding… :mrgreen:

]]> 46a32edd2bf01c20b8eaab8021d1cdfa THoey replied to the topic Buying on the WWW in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/buying-on-the-www/#post-14333 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:01:26 -0500 UPDATE: First, I called my credit card company. Told them that I was thinking of purchasing an item from a company who has a lot of bad internet reputation. Asked them what would be my recourse if I bought this and it was suddenly out of stock, came refurbished instead of new, etc. They said that I could call and they would block the charge…Read more

]]> 2d7b6a26622cf380f03bd5bc63754d41 THoey replied to the topic Buying on the WWW in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/buying-on-the-www/#post-14332 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:56:13 -0500 Thanks for the input. I really want to go with one of the more reputable places, but that $449 price makes my wife want me to call them… Don’t even care if we get the bonus items that are supposed to be free with it, just getting the box with the body new and it’s required pieces in the box would be worth it.

]]> 06b1adc6f7140191330c8db7e06c06a4 THoey replied to the topic Canon EOS 40D in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/canon-eos-40d/#post-14255 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:55:28 -0500 Thanks for the response. Are you saying it might be better to just buy the body and then buy other lenses for it separately?

Also, this is replacing her old SLR, a Canon Rebel II. Could she even use the 35 – 80mm lense that is with that or has the lenses been upgraded to use the DSLR body?

]]> d5202a4c62a4ecfd7544bcd2c9f8e389 THoey replied to the topic 2-1-06 Up Close and Personal in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/2-1-06-up-close-and-personal/#post-4337 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:51:30 -0500 I am just getting into this contect, even though I have been enjoying others art work for a while.

I use an Olypus C-4000 Zoom and have taken quite a lot of photo’s over the last couple years. We recently had a CD printed with over 500 keeper photo’s

Looking to learn more from the masters…

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