The official detailing photography thread!

OK, I'll try again.



I just saw all the photos on this thread on "Douchey Detailer's" website. He was claiming he'd done all these cars, and as you can see from the various backgrounds, if that's true, he must really get around.



Robert
 
WhyteWizard said:
OK, I'll try again.



I just saw all the photos on this thread on "Douchey Detailer's" website. He was claiming he'd done all these cars, and as you can see from the various backgrounds, if that's true, he must really get around.



Robert
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ahhh...I clicked on the link in your original post and it took me to sfweekly.com with an article "How 'douchebag' became everyone's favorite insult".



You have a link to the site?
 
Robert, can you share the name or web site of the detailer who is using these photo's? I'm sure we'd all like to know so that we can get them removed.
 
WhyteWizard said:
Rasky,



Douchey Detailer? Really? I was making a comment about people stealing other's pictures, that's all. It was a JOKE!



Robert
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LMAO! Sorry, I thought you were being serious. :dig



...and I spent part of the day trying to locate the site using various methods. :aww:
 
I will have to order those books. I will also put up some of my pics shot with my Sony DSLR in the morning. But hers one off my phone



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Chad @ divine details
 
Well the time has come for me to step into the DSLR world.....



I have a new camera that will be delivered today as our "family" camera. I'll finally have a good camera for detailing stuff and also for all the fun stuff that my 7 year old son partakes in. :woohoo:



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It looks like I have a lot of learning to do.........:nervous::nervous2:



Randy
 
ZimRandy said:
Well the time has come for me to step into the DSLR world.....



I have a new camera that will be delivered today as our "family" camera. I'll finally have a good camera for detailing stuff and also for all the fun stuff that my 7 year old son partakes in. :woohoo:







It looks like I have a lot of learning to do.........:nervous::nervous2:



Randy
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Nice! Congrats!



Hey I still have a Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 I need to sell if you're interested. I also have a 50mm f1.8 Canon Prime lens too. I've been meaning to put them on Craigs List along with my XSi and kit lens but just haven't gotten around to it. :rolleyes:
 
RaskyR1 said:
Sp i wanted to try out my new Tokina 11-16mm lens this weekend. Unfortunately I had a cancellation so shooting that car was out the door...however, that ended up giving me time to do some much need mechanical work on my winter beater. I also set up some product testing while I waited for the parts to show. This car doesn't make for a good photo subject but at least it gave me something to shoot. :)
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Did you consider the Nikon 10-24? From the exif data, you shot this at ISO 400, f3.5, 1/80 sec. This is not bad for garage lighting!



I have been looking at the Nikon but likely will go used. With the announcement of Nikon D600 (lower cost FX from Nikon), there is a lot of DX camera/lenses hitting the market.
 
Bunky said:
Did you consider the Nikon 10-24? From the exif data, you shot this at ISO 400, f3.5, 1/80 sec. This is not bad for garage lighting!



I have been looking at the Nikon but likely will go used. With the announcement of Nikon D600 (lower cost FX from Nikon), there is a lot of DX camera/lenses hitting the market.
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I did look at it but went with the Tokina since it was a little cheaper and f2.8....part of me thinks I should have gone with the Nikon now but I do like the Tokina. It does seem to be off a hair on the exposure metering though. Not an issue really but if I show correct exposure it ends up being slightly over exposed. My other lenses don't do this. I just know to dial it down a little now. ;)
 
I think it's key to spend your money on the lens, not the body. We shoot a Canon t3i but use a 24-70 l glass lens. Makes all the difference in the world. Most dslr packages don't come with a top notch lens.
 
Thanks for starting this thread! The reason I don't have many click n brags is because I know nothing about photography and have a hard time getting good shots. This will definitely help get me started improving my skills once I have some time to read through. :)
 
JohnKleven said:
I think it's key to spend your money on the lens, not the body. We shoot a Canon t3i but use a 24-70 l glass lens. Makes all the difference in the world. Most dslr packages don't come with a top notch lens.
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I agree in principal with what you are saying, but photographing static cars, in good light, isn't very demanding. As long as you stay in the sweet spot of your lens, there really isn't any reason to blow a lot of coin on expensive glass.
 
Dan said:
I agree in principal with what you are saying, but photographing static cars, in good light, isn't very demanding. As long as you stay in the sweet spot of your lens, there really isn't any reason to blow a lot of coin on expensive glass.
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I gotta disagree with you this time Dan. Until we purchased a $1300 lens for our camera, I thought the same. If you look at the Canon lineup for example, a T3i, 60D, and 7D all have the same megapixels, and basically will shoot the same photograph, you're really paying for composites, and a faster shutter speed. The L glass really makes such a huge difference that pretty much every shot looks very pro. It's like comparing a store bought polish to a pro polish like Menzerna and saying "a polish is a polish". Invest in the lens, the body doesn't make that much of a difference, especially for stills if you're shooting in automatic mode.
 
JohnKleven said:
I gotta disagree with you this time Dan. Until we purchased a $1300 lens for our camera, I thought the same. If you look at the Canon lineup for example, a T3i, 60D, and 7D all have the same megapixels, and basically will shoot the same photograph, you're really paying for composites, and a faster shutter speed. The L glass really makes such a huge difference that pretty much every shot looks very pro. It's like comparing a store bought polish to a pro polish like Menzerna and saying "a polish is a polish". Invest in the lens, the body doesn't make that much of a difference, especially for stills if you're shooting in automatic mode.
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I'm not sure if you understood what I was saying. In the sweet spot of the lens, you'll see very little difference. At F8, even a cheap kit lens is going to have excellent resolution. I think a better analogy would be comparing an Oriiginal PC at speed 2 vs something new like a Rupes Bigfoot at speed 1. Neither is approaching its limits.



Not sure what lens you have but, here is L glass vs a cheap kit lens at F8:



Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens Image Quality



Alternatively you can look at the raw MTF number:

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS - Retest @ 15MP / Review - Analysis

Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 USM L - Review / Lab Test Report - Analysis



Looking at the expensive L glass, it actually has less than 2000 MTF LW/PH in many cases and the actual max of the kit lens is over 2600 where the L glass is 2150.



You may prefer the colors or contrast of a certain lens, the fact that is has a lower F stop at a certain focal point, but by no means can you say you can't get excellent, crisp shots with a kit lens, especially when shooting pictures of a car that is sitting still, in good light. This is even further compounded by the fact that most shots will never be printed on paper, they'll only end up on the screen, it matters even less.



Invest in the thing behind the camera, and you can get amazing shots. Take this from a guy that has 6 DSLRs on two different systems and too many lenses to admit to. I've spent many a rainy day indoors comparing lens resolution.



In fact, getting a nice prime fixed 35mm lens is will cost you very little (<$200) and you'll have much better quality images than even >$1000 zoom lenses.
 
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