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Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Bonanza! - that's what I hit while I was visiting my son this past week.  You see, he is an amateur photographer and recently upgraded his camera gear and said he would sell me his "old" gear at a good price.  Since I'm using a simple fixed lens "point-n-shoot" camera I was anxious to upgrade.

Here's what I got from him

(1) Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D  digital SLR camera body, 6.1 megapixel

(2) Konica Minolta VC-7D vertical battery grip

(1) Konica Minolta 28-80 / 3.5-5.6 lens

(1) Minolta Program 3500xi strobe flash unit

(3) Camera batteries

(2) Battery chargers

(2) Compact Flash cards

(1) Original instruction manual

(1) Third part book on how to use the Maxxum 7D

 

and the good part - the cost was $100.00!

I'm looking forward to learning how to use this and take better model railroad (and other things) photos!

Rick

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Ken Glover kfglover Super User 1,499 posts
Ken Glover kfglover

Nice!

With some practice you should get some great modeling pictures. I have been looking for DSLRs at auctions here in Colo. There have been a few, but they wind up going for more than I'm willing to pay. Just over my max. That makes it really frustrating. Oh, well, it will happen.

Have fun with the new camera!

Ken Glover,

HO, Digitrax, Soundtraxx PTB-100, JMRI (LocoBuffer-USB), ProtoThrottle (WiThrottle server)

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Kevin Rowbotham Prolific poster 2,336 posts
Kevin Rowbotham

Great Old West TV Show!

 

Oh...a buying Bonanza.  Here I was sure you were modeling the Ponderosa now!

~Kevin

Appreciating Modeling In All Scales but majoring in HO!

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herronp Prolific poster 1,831 posts
herronp

Good one, Kevin............

I remember watching this on our 1st color TV after the "TV Man" degaussed it!

Peter
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Bruce Petrarca Frequent poster 920 posts
Bruce Petrarca

Shooting your layout

Rick - Good score. Your layout photos have been good. Here's the quick lesson in setup for your new baby. Use a tripod. Set the camera for auto exposure and limit the ASA equivalent to 100. Select aperture priority and the smallest aperture your lens has (largest F-stop). If it has it, select a delay timer. My Canon has a 2-second option, although its regular setting (and most cameras) is 10-seconds. You can now compose your photo and press the shutter. You may want to go for coffee. Depending upon your available light, etc. you may be in for some very long exposures.

Bruce Petrarca, Mr. DCC; MMR #574
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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Thanks, Bruce

Bruce, Thank you for your helpful hints. I do own a nice tripod and will take your advice. Rick

Rick

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kcsphil1 Prolific poster 1,233 posts
kcsphil1

And here I thought

you were going to detail a scratchbuilding exercise for the Other Kevin . . .

Philip H. Chief Everything Officer Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, Mount Rainier Div.

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Donald Regular poster 181 posts
Donald

Grey card

Rich, follow Charlie Comstock's advice and get a grey card (Amazon has a nice folding one).  Your camera manual will explain how to adjust white balance.

There are several videos on YouTube that explain how to use the grey card.

Judging by the quality of your photos, you've probably already studied Charlie's old web site and his NMRA presentation on photography.  But for other folks who haven't seen it, and are interested in photography, here is a link:

Model Railroad Photography - moving beyond snapshots (by Charlie Comstock) - PDF: 115 pgs/51 MB

You have to be an MRH subscriber to access it.

Don.

Don Underwood

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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

White Balance

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Rich, follow Charlie Comstock's advice and get a grey card (Amazon has a nice folding one).  Your camera manual will explain how to adjust white balance.

Check your owner's manual on this. My Panasonic prosumer camcorder specifies use of a bright white card. I use a piece of 99 (US) brightness inkjet photo paper. It works well.

Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

When I was a kid... no wait, I still do that. HO, 28x32, double deck, 1969, RailPro
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traintalk Frequent poster 536 posts
traintalk

wow a Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D digital SLR camera

Wow a Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D  digital SLR camera, that is an oldy but a goody.

Back in 2006 Sony bought Konica/Minolta, so they are no more. But Sony kept the same lens mount, so old Minolta lenses will fit on the new Sony DSLR cameras, and new lenses will fit the old cameras.

One thing a lot of people do not know is that Sony designs and builds the DSLR chips for other camera makers, such as Nikon. So the new Sony DSLRs have the most advanced chips, they keep the best for themselves.

So if you are looking at eventually upgrading the Minolta, think about looking at the new Sony DSLR cameras.

Bill B.
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