If you've got the cash, hard to beat the Canon 400 f2.8. The 400 f4 DO is also an incredible lens - and incredibly light.
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Jump to postBen, I hope you don't take this the wrong way... but it seems as if you are trying to link the problems solely to the equipment. Take some photos of something static - a brickwall, a tree, etc, and check the equipment. Make sure it is actually the equipment before spending even more time and money g...
Jump to postYour full size images are soft, and chances are it is a combination of the Sigma lenses and your focusing technique. The 20D is capable of pin sharp images, so if Canon says all is <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym> there, that leaves the lenses. I'm sure lots of folks will disagree, b...
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Jump to postIs it only your photos that look blurry in the paper, or is it all the photos? I second cropping to 10 inch (long side), 200 dpi. That's pretty standard for newspapers. It doesn't sound like the papers you are dealing with are large enough to have dedicated photo imagers (since they don't even seem ...
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Jump to postIt is too late now, but in the future, you need to negotiate compensation before you send them the photos. 6ft x 8ft posters aren't cheap to make. And how is your photography recognized by giving the image away? Nobody will know you took that photo. Wouldn't it be better to try and make some of the ...
Jump to postWhy would it be too much to ask for? It is an airline, after all.
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Jump to postWhy are people so worried about their photos being stolen when they'll give them away to newspapers, books, magazines and everyone else that requests them for free?
Jump to postYou, the photographer, spend a lot of money on your equipment. You spend a lot of time tweaking and editing your images so they can meet the standards of airliners.net. A company goes to airliners.net because they know they can find lots of quality images of airplanes - think of the site as a giant,...
Jump to postBased on your message, we need to know how many will be printed to determine how much to license the photo for. And the calendar will only be used for retiring pilots? By the airline itself? On an inside page or on the cover? If it is used by the airline (for corporate use), with a 1000 print run, y...
Jump to postTo license for this sort of use, you wouldn't be out of line to quote in the neighborhood of $1500-2000 USD. Some may even consider that to be too low, as this is a decent sized advertising campaign.
Hope that helps,
Saul
One day, you may want to sell your photos, maybe to cover the cost of your photo equipment, maybe just to have some extra income. But why should someone buy them, from you or anyone else, if there already exists a huge market of quality images available for free? From your profile, you state you are...
Jump to postI hope you charged them accordingly for this type of use. Otherwise, this for-profit business is making money off of something you gave them for free. There is no shame in asking a business to pay for something they use. They don't expect to get free gas for their cars, free web hosting for their si...
Jump to postPublishers have budgets set aside for artwork, especially for cover photos. Depending on the print run and what additional rights you license to the publisher, this photo should have been sold for somewhere between $850-$1200 (and that's for a small run). Art directors expect to pay for work. Let th...
Jump to postPerhaps that is because I know how to properly expose AND focus an image. Hang around me long enough, kid, and eventually you'll learn too...
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Chris,
Just had to bring that up, didn't you? Well, at least the images still looked wonderful, as always.
D100 should hopefully get here tomorrow....
Saul
Chris, TIFF? NEF? I didn't know you even realized you had these on your camera... And what happened to shooting everything at JPEG medium? hehehe Shoot at JPEG fine large. It'll be more than enough for most uses and the file size isn't too big. Ah, the joys of photography! <img src="/discussio...
Jump to postI have access to the database and did not find your photograph. However, it is from September so IF it was on there, it would have since been taken off (the database doesn't go back that far). But judging from the article over at AirDisaster.com, it seems much more likely that this particular websit...
Jump to postWell I haven't shot any airliners with the D100, but here is some other news and sports images that I have shot it with. All images on the page are shot with the D100: <a href="http://www.loebphotos.com" target=_blank>http://www.loebphotos.com</a> You must remember that the lenses used make a differ...
Jump to postHe works for an AP member newspaper and he shot the photo for the newspaper. Therefore, any AP member newspaper can pick up the shot...
No copyright violation here, at all...
Saul
PHX/TUS
Hornets move to New Orleans starting this coming season.
Saul
PHX/TUS
"The good news is that they weren't aviation pictures-the bad news is that the negs were from the one and only roll of film that was taken when I got married in Vegas" How exactly is that good news? Wouldn't you much rather lose some aviation photos that certainly have a better chance to be duplicat...
Jump to postDmitry,
Try http://www.bythom.com I have his flash guide and it is a great resource.
Saul
Since you already own Canon lenses, the choice should be much simpler - go with Canon. They'll work on your new body and allow you time to really invest in some A+ glass.
Saul
A proud Nikon owner
It's not the camera its the photographer who shoots the pictures... With that said, the camera is a tool and good tools always help. I personally shoot Nikon, not because its better than Canon (well... yeah it is, but that's another story) but if you purchase either line's pro lenses you will be hap...
Jump to postThanks for the info Toni. It confirms what I have suspected - the reports of the camera being soft were from unexperienced users. In the hands of someone who actually knows what they are doing, the camera performs wonderfully. I do have to wonder along with Peter, why did you decide to shoot them in...
Jump to postNice shots Toni. I've been seriously thinking of getting a D100 as well, once they become widely available here in the US. Would you mind sharing what lens and settings (WB, RAW, JPG, shutter, etc, etc...)? I've heard many reports of the camera being soft and your shots show that it is anything but....
Jump to postOh, ok Bo. I thought you were using those settings based on the info you posted with your photos at Pbase.
Saul
PHX/TUS
Bo, Why did you shoot all your shots at 1/2000 f2.8? The small depth of field may be contributing to some of your recent rejections as it certainly has a good chance of causing much of an aircraft to be out of focus. It also makes it so that your focus has to be dead on as you have no margin for err...
Jump to postSure: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/156243/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/156243/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/3/4/2/156243.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigger photo!" border="0" width="...
Jump to postThanks for bringing up the photo that was published but it shouldn't garner any special attention. Just one of many that I have had myself, but still it is a miniscule amount compared to what the real high quality photogs around here have done. I just keep striving to do better and better and eventu...
Jump to postI can't tell you which route to take to the airport as I have no idea where you will be living. And to tell you the truth, I've never actually been on a bus in Phoenix because our public transportation is downright horrible, nowhere near what it should be for a city our size. Quite simply, your best...
Jump to postYou can take the free airport shuttle from T4 to T3 which should take probably about 3 minutes. Your photo opportunities will be much, much better. This is the view you can expect: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/176420/L/" target="_blan...
Jump to postSpots at PHX has been covered so many times before in this forum it would be a waste of time to repeat them here. Just do a search for Phoenix and you'll find plenty. Not much has changed at all, in fact, some spots have changed for the better.
Saul
PHX/TUS (soon to be more PHX than TUS)
CcrIL says: "then he asked me if I was American and I told him that I was american(What does he think I am a taliban member??? and the wierd thing was that he was chinese)" I don't understand this statement at all, and it concerns me even more than the fact that you were stopped for spotting today (...
Jump to postShow us the photo; I'm sure someone here is bound to be able to identify it.
Saul
For the majority of shots that I've sent to mags and other publications, I usuallly have shot "in camera dupes". I never shoot just one shot of anything, regardless of what it is - I always shoot at least 2 in camera. So sending the originals have never been a problem for me, and I have always recie...
Jump to postI really don't understand why everyone is so quick to get back out there again. We are encountering a situation like one never seen before and we must take actions that we have never done before. As much as you would like to think that it will, air travel will never be the same in this country again...
Jump to postI've been concentrating on other aspects of my photography, and just recently got hired as a photoj at my university's paper. I have not shot anything aviation related since early August. I'd really like to echo what others here are saying, namely Joe and Thomas. Lay low for a while longer; it isn't...
Jump to postPro Bono is to do a job without recieving any compensation. I've heard it most often in the legal profession. You aren't going to get any money out of these guys. You yourself said "heres the picture... big whoopdee doo in my opinion..." So why don't you just give it to them for free? Use it as a ta...
Jump to postMike, Simply amazing photographs for such an unfortunate event. I too thought like Richard as I remembered that is where you lived. It appears as if you got there soon after it occured and most likely beat many of the photogs from the numerous NY papers. Just wondering, how much did you end up shoot...
Jump to postEveryone always mentions to not put through any film that is faster than 1600. I was wondering, does this also apply to say 800 film that was pushed a couple of stops? I'm guessing no, but never really knew for sure. So I'm also guessing that even if they have turned up the sensitivity in the machin...
Jump to postGarages should be ok for spotting and photography. I have heard reports of some being there for hours without ever being approached, but others are there for 10 minutes and are asked to leave. I personally think you will be fine, although I haven't shot out there in quite sometime (before the 11th)....
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