What Camera do you guys use?

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Hey guys, im interested in what kind of camera do you guys use.

BECAUSE whenever i tried to capture defects with my sony cyber shot digital camera, i can never capture the defects!! Just bright flash and thats it.

I dont know anyone that has photography knowledge in reality.... so my gf suggested that maybe you guys are using "DSLR Cameras"

So im trying to see if it is my DIGITAL camera not capable to capturing defects, or i just dont know how to get the angle correctly....
 
Usually in order to correctly capture the defects you need manual focus.

When you're looking at the paint with your camera, and you see your reflection...the camera automatically focuses on your reflection (which is 2x the distance you want) and that's why you miss the defects and get a nice picture of yourself :)

I use a Nikon D3100: 18-55mm Kit lens, 35mm prime, 50mm prime, and 70-200mm lens
 
I was having the same issue with my Samsung point & shoot. My wife bought a DSLR last year & it is MUCH more capable of capturing the fine details. BTW, its a Nikon D5100
 
I think the flash can't be perpendicular to the defect you are trying to show relative to the camera lens, somewhere along those terms, from what I've found at least anyways. You ever try just turning the flash off and using a flashlight to light up the spot at an angle? Also, placing you finger or a small piece of tape/object near the defect will allow the camera to focus better.

I have a Sony Alpha Nex-5N.
 
I have tried turning on and off my flash to try capture defect and i had a flashlight on my other hand as light source. And i still couldnt capture the defect....

Im planning on getting a sony DSLR... since i have a financing card with them
 
Using a Canon T3i. Try to find local deals on craigslist.
 
Cannon xti, 70-200 f2.8, 50mm f1.4, and a few others
And the ever handy always in the car cannon sx210is 14x optical zoom f3.1-5.9. Best point and shoot ever! Think they stopped selling them though so ill be sol if I drop this one! :(

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Just picked up a Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75mm 2.8, Tamron 70-300mm

It's all about lighting when trying to capture defects IMO.

FYI. I have a Nikon D7000 with 18-105 kit lens I'm looking to unload. ;)


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If you get a good point and shoot you can produce good photos of swirls as well it just takes time getting to learn the camera. A good inbetween is that new cannon g1 thats going to be my next photography toy. Slr lenss with portability of point and shoot. Only down dall I see is is battery life with image stability lenses...
Start playing with your camera in manual mode see what you can get... photographys is almost as bad if not worse than detailing when you start getting into nice glass with dslrs... so tread careful I recommend getting your wife into photography to ease the justification of fancy camera toys hahahaha

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For convenience I'll use a Panasonic Lumix. It's easy to carry and takes great photos.

For more serious photos and when more versatility is needed, I use my Canon 60D. Anyone would be hard pressed to find a better tool for photography for anything but truly professional work.
 
I wanted to have the option to shoot HQ videos which is what lead me to buy the T3i.
 
panny lx5. It's pretty good for a point and shoot. It can shoot RAW. I thought about getting a dslr several times before, but I know I would use it less because of all of the lenses and bulk that I would have to lug around. But it would be great if I had one so that my gf could take pics of me at track days.
 
amazon is/was having a sale on the 5d mk iii. body only is 3k lol.

anyway, id try to learn the functions of your p&s. just like with detailing, technique overrides tool.
vegas911gts said:
But it would be great if I had one so that my gf could take pics of me at track days.
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i wouldnt get SLR specifically for that purpose unless she knows what shes doing and has the access. guarantee unless youre willing to spend big bucks on lenses, youll look like an ant or itll be blurry.
 
fenderpicks said:
I have tried turning on and off my flash to try capture defect and i had a flashlight on my other hand as light source. And i still couldnt capture the defect....

Im planning on getting a sony DSLR... since i have a financing card with them
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You don't need a DSLR to capture defects. And you certainly don't need to finance a camera.

Learn about using the macro mode on your point and shoot. It will tell the camera to focus on the closest object it sees. Also a sheet of paper in the shape of an arrow will assure it focus on the surface of the paint.

If you think you will have an easier time with a DSLR, you are in for a treat. Its like saying driving a manual transmission car is easier than an automatic.
 
yakky said:
You don't need a DSLR to capture defects. And you certainly don't need to finance a camera.

Learn about using the macro mode on your point and shoot. It will tell the camera to focus on the closest object it sees. Also a sheet of paper in the shape of an arrow will assure it focus on the surface of the paint.

If you think you will have an easier time with a DSLR, you are in for a treat. Its like saying driving a manual transmission car is easier than an automatic.
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Agreed.

If you're going to use a DSLR on point and shoot mode you're going to see no difference


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Currently I use a 7 year old Canon EOS D350. It's a decent DSLR but I'm seriously looking at a new Canon EOS 6D over to Best Buy. They have a body and lens package below.

Canon 6D 20.2 Megapixel DSLR with Canon's EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM zoom lens for $2700. I'm also thinking of adding Canon's 50mm f/1.4 EF USM lens for an additional $399
 
The Canon G15 (or earlier models) is a good stepping stone between a point & shoot and a DSLR. It'll accept all the lenses of a Canon Rebel EOS and can shoot in RAW mode if you get into post-processing however it still has all the auto settings of their point & click cameras.

If you're stuck with using a point & click camera I would recommend trying not using a flash and using an external outsource that is illuminating at an opposing angle from the camera and then setting the camera to macro-mode for better clarity.

Lucky Joe,
Wannabe Detailer

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Manual focus is always going to give you the best ability to focus in macro mode. I can achieve pretty good macro shots with the camera on my Samsung GalaxyS Captivate but, it takes a lot longer to achieve the best it can produce compared to if I am using manual focus on a SLR. You have to match the lighting color temp/accuracy to the color paint you are shooting on as well to achieve the best distinction of the defects. Even with a DSLR it takes practice and some knowledge to best capture macro images. Just like you have to train your eyes to look at paint and see defects, you have to train it to see those same defects behind the view finder of a camera.

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