Photography Website Creation

cutecoot · #41 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by mtraylen81

Cutecoot, What camera are you looking to use it with?

Mine was with a D40, and even though the images are ok, i had no end of problems with the built-in auto focus motor stopping mid focus!

I found it was also quite noisey. however for £150 from Jessops it not bad for a 1st telephoto lens.
I have recently bought a Nikon 70-300mm VR lens for £300, Needless to say it was money well spent. will upload some images taken with soon.

Thanks for the comment.

Matthew.

I have a Nikon D40 too, Matthew .. slightly put off by what you've said, but then for just over a hundred quid (I've seen some for less than £150!), maybe its worth putting up with a few niggles .. don't think I can afford 300 for a Nikon one at the moment

mtraylen81 · #42 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 07:53 AM

It can be a bit of a pain, but for the price i have captured some great shot IMO.

I still have mine, even though its in the box! As it does have a useful 1:2 Macro feature at 200-300mm.

Bear in mind my was ex-display, so that proberly comes with its own problems.

mtraylen81 · #43 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 07:55 AM

Oh Cutecoot,

Just a quick footnote, make sure the lens has the built in motor, otherwise you won't be able to use the auto-focus on the D40.

Ruth Daniel · #44 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 09:10 AM

That's a wonderful image of the GSW Matthew.....the angle makes it especially different,well done!

mtraylen81 · #45 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 10:54 AM

Thanks Ruth, i was a bit disapointed to honest, but thats just me being over critical i think.

Ruth Daniel · #46 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mtraylen81

Thanks Ruth, i was a bit disapointed to honest, but thats just me being over critical i think.

lol,yes I think so,I'd be well chuffed with it!

cutecoot · #47 (**permalink**) 29-01-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by mtraylen81

I still have mine, even though its in the box!

Well, if its just lying around in a box Matthew, you could always send it on to a good home ... I think I might know of one

Thanks for the extra tips/info .. was wondering about the motorised bit (I'm not that 'up' on lenses and saw 'motorised' in the product spec on the one I saw on the net, but didn't know if I needed it or not, or if it would be ok for my camera! So now I know

Interesting about the macro, too.)

eeyore · #48 (**permalink**) 29-01-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by cutecoot

Well, if its just lying around in a box Matthew, you could always send it on to a good home ... I think I might know of one

Thanks for the extra tips/info .. was wondering about the motorised bit (I'm not that 'up' on lenses and saw 'motorised' in the product spec on the one I saw on the net, but didn't know if I needed it or not, or if it would be ok for my camera! So now I know

Interesting about the macro, too.)

nikon left the advanced foccussing module out of the d40 to keep the price down - this means it will only work with a small array of nikon glass (and an even smaller array of third party lenses) you can get a complete list on the nikon website.

blt111 · #49 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 05:24 PM

Hi, getting back to website creation, thought I'd add an option which hadnt been mentioned before. A really easy tool to use is the web mobule that comes with Adobe Lightroom 2. It comes with only a few customisable web templates but you can dowload many more opensource (free) ones which are great and look very professional. They come complete with shopping cart and checkout and use paypal, google checkout etc etc. They really are easy to set up and customise to your own liking. Lightroom costs in the region of £200 but it's well worth having. The only downside to these sites is that many use flash to display the images and that means that the images are not searchable on google (to my knowledge)