Chainsaw photography

[madhatte]

Little-known fun fact: Sony bought Minolta's digital camera division a couple of years ago. Thus, all Sony DSLR's are Minoltas. Why does this matter? Because ALL Minolta AF lenses, flashes, and other equipment work on Sony DSLR's. Pawnshops are full of nice old Minolta lenses for next-to-nothing. My only beef is that Sony insists on using their stupid proprietary Memory Stick format for everything; they should have switched to SD or one of its variants years ago.

By the by: my other degree is in Photography. Been takin' pictures for as long as I can remember.

Also: I usually only carry a tiny digital with me into the field. I've had Pentax, Olympus, Panasonic, Fuji, Canon, and Nikon models, liked them all, and have not had any of them last more than six months. Nowadays I won't spend more than US$100 on a pocket camera, since I expect to buy another six months later. Right now I'm using a Nikon S220 (US$95). I like it quite a bit but I find that it's way more picky about white balance than any other pocket digital I've ever used. I don't like the presets, so I'm always resetting it with a sheet of paper for whatever lighting I'm in. If any of my pics seem too yellow or too blue, that's why.

 

[Nardoo]

Thanks guys but that 268 is on its third chain. It cuts fine and is all standard.

Gmax, it is yellow box but not too dry. I see you like those yellow monsters. I went in to a nearby Stihl dealer on Friday and he told me he sent four skips of old saws to the recyclers - mainly Macs! Felt sick all day.

Nardoo

 

[gmax]

Thanks guys but that 268 is on its third chain. It cuts fine and is all standard.

Gmax, it is yellow box but not too dry. I see you like those yellow monsters. I went in to a nearby Stihl dealer on Friday and he told me he sent four skips of old saws to the recyclers - mainly Macs! Felt sick all day.

Nardoo

What a waste!

 

[1foxracing]

My only beef is that Sony insists on using their stupid proprietary Memory Stick format for everything; they should have switched to SD or one of its variants years ago.

Not True, I own several Sony DSLR bodies and none of them use memory stick exclusively. The higher end models can use a combination of Memory Stick, CF, or SD, my A200 has a slot for CF only. I use Sony PC's/laptops and they do interface nicely with their cameras and software.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Thanks guys but that 268 is on its third chain. It cuts fine and is all standard.

Gmax, it is yellow box but not too dry. I see you like those yellow monsters. I went in to a nearby Stihl dealer on Friday and he told me he sent four skips of old saws to the recyclers - mainly Macs! Felt sick all day.

Nardoo

Sometimes those recyclers don't get rid of stuff real quick...you might try to find out where the recycler is. They'd probably give them to you for a small amount of money.

 

[Nardoo]

Well Mr Palmer sir, thanks for the tip. The chainsaw guy even told me the name of the recyclers. A phone call tomorrow!

Nardoo

 

[Tzed250]

Square

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Another AS member ground this chain for me. I thought I would post a pic to show a quality square grind.

This will go on a project soon to come...



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[mweba]

Wouldn't want to mic that for me would you? I'm all about short cuts. Nice pic

 

[mgicfngrs]

Pictures

All I have to shoot pics is an olympus D-520 zoom but it takes fairly good pics, providing you don't punch the button. If you squeeze it off like a trigger and you aren't shooting 50 yds away they usaually come out ok. My dad was a photographer for two newspapers in the 60's & 70's so I learned A little something about taking a picture.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

All I have to shoot pics is an olympus D-520 zoom but it takes fairly good pics, providing you don't punch the button. If you squeeze it off like a trigger and you aren't shooting 50 yds away they usaually come out ok. My dad was a photographer for two newspapers in the 60's & 70's so I learned A little something about taking a picture.

That sure is a pretty 150 Homelite...I have a couple of them, not that nice but run well.

 

[Tzed250]

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Not chainsaws, but for chainsaws to be needed there needs to be trees to cut.


New growth on trees.

Enjoy...




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[tawilson]

Sony Mavica $1 at a yardsale,, 640x480,,uses floppy disc's.

great for posting forum pix.

That was my first digital camera, 'cept I paid a grand for it.
This is with my Nikon D40 in the backyard:

 

[Tzed250]

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Amazing what is in your own yard if you just look for it!


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[GrizzlyAdams86]

Old Nikon Coolpix 5600. Hand-me-down when the parents got a new digital camera. Its seen it share of knocks, even was accentdently dropped in water a few years ago while the parents were on vacation. They dried it out and it still works fine.

Its "dusk" setting can be blurry at times or if you don't hold your hands steady.

Videos are a little grainy but not too bad (good for youtube videos). Other than these 2 issues, it's a good camera.

 

[kevlar]

 

[mdavlee]

Anybody on here used the newer canon T1i or T2i digital slr? I'm thinking of buying one very soon and was wondering if the difference in 15mp and 18mp will be real big. For the $150 difference would it be better to just buy another long distance lens.

 

[wood4heat]

You won't notice any difference between 15 and 18 mp. Of course I'm not sure what kind of lens you're gonna get for $150.00 either.

 

[mdavlee]

Well I meant put that $150 towards the extended focus lens. At bestbuy you can get the T1i with the extra 55mm to 255mm lens for the same price as the T2i with just the 18mm to 55mm lens.

 

[mdavlee]

I ended up buying the 18mp T2i today. It is a world above the old kodak I was using.

old camera

new camera

 

[mweba]

Nice pics guys. Throw a couple in from this mornings job. Kodak Z1012S.