Friday, June 13, 2014

Does the Rode VideoMic Go work with the Nikon D3200?

The VideoMic Go needs 2.5 V plug-in power, I think. Will the Nikon D3200 work with the VideoMic Go?

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What are you thoughts on these photos?

https://kittyscott.shutterfly.com/22954#22955--star gazer lily up close
https://kittyscott.shutterfly.com/22963--bee on rhododendron
https://kittyscott.shutterfly.com/22048#22047--mushroom in cherry blossoms
https://kittyscott.shutterfly.com/22877#22876--Canadian Goose
https://kittyscott.shutterfly.com/22529#22528--rhododendron with water drops
https://kittyscott.shutterfly.com/22127#22126--dandelion

These were all taken with my Nikon P100. I have entered a few of these on Pixoto and they won a couple of "awards", but I can always use more constructive feedback. All I ask is that you aren't rude. Thanks in advance…

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I want to buy a dslr camera within 25000 to 30000…which one is best?

I want to buy a dslr camera within 25000 to 30000… Which one is best?

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How to set the timer on a Nikon D60?

Before you say it, I did a search and found the following answer from six years ago, which doesn't work:

"Press menu
use the multi selelctor to get to teh custom shooting menu it will look like pencil icon
press the multiseelector right
use the down mulyiselector to get to menu custon settings 11
press OK or the right selector again
select self timer
press OK

Now the fn button is set to the self timer, you press the fn button and it will activate it then press the shutter release to activate it "

I have done all of this. I press "Fn" and it says "Self-timer" on the display screen. I press the shutter button, and it doesn't do anything. There is no countdown, there is nothing on the display to indicate that it might or might not be doing anything.

Twice, out of about 20 tries, it did actually work. Naturally it never worked when I actually had my shot set up, and most of the time it never worked when I was just testing it either.

What's the magic formula that makes it work?

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Canon 70D for first camera?

Today I bought Canon 70D camera from Costco, and it came in a bundle for approx. $1400 - camera, 32 GB Class 10 SD card, case, 2 lenses, charger, HDMI to mini HDMI cable and a white cable and a couple other things.

I talked to many best buy employees about canon vs nikon and they said it depends, and i was asking in filming/noob professional photography. They said Canon is more reliable.

Is this true? I've been using Nikon my whole life cause it's more user-friendly, so it's my first time owning a Canon.

… I'm in a film course this summer so when I enter college I'll have an understanding of the film industry, but I want to take very good pictures during events, so this camera seems it's going to be good.

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Battery life and camera age?

Just been wondering about something battery related.

Obviously, batteries lose power with age and become less effective. And given that I use, among others, a Sigma DP3 Merrill, I'm very familiar with poor battery life. I have four batteries in total, and now two of them (the original ones) are literally useless. They can't hold a charge, and the two which can will give me maybe 30 or 40 shots before packing it in. Luckily they're small and cheap to replace.

What I was curious about is whether there are other factors, like the connectors (if that's the word), or something else within the electronics, which also affect battery life.

I was checking out (with half a mind to buy; it was an extremely good deal) a very well used Nikon D3 last week, and I happened to notice that the battery life indicator was on "3", i.e. "pretty well used, gonna be time to replace it soon"). I'm guessing that it was the original battery.

Assuming I were to put a brand new battery in it, and run it through a few cycles, would it still provide the number of shots that it would have in a brand new D3 from 2007 (which, I believe, was hundreds and hundreds, even into the thousands, on a single charge)? Or will the age of the camera effect the performance of even a new battery?

I know some of you guys and girls still use D3s and cameras of that age - any experiences? Thanks in advance.

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