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Nikon Coolpix L11 Anonymous
just found out I got a Nikon Coolpix L11 as a graduation present.

specs are on this page
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022002_nikonl10l11.asp

As of now I'm an armature but I'd like to have the ability to take professional grade photos and also be able to take HDR photos.

the price is around $150
should I keep it? if not recommend me another digital camera for around the same price.
>> Anonymous
>>48003
> professional grade photos .. price is around $150 .. camera for around the same price
Dude.. you're kidding right?

Spoilers: professional equipment will cost you at minimum ten to hundred times more.

You better just stick with that cam till you understand something more and are sure that photography is what you want to do and that you can do it well enough.
>> Nikon Coolpix L11 Anonymous
>>48012

the beauty of photoshop is I don't need to spend thousands on a camera to achieve professional pics
>> Anonymous
>>48035
Oh, awesome, dude! Your genius! Stupid professional photographers, spending all that money on equipment, when all they need is cameraphone and Photochops!
>> des
>>48035
of course, you spent thousands on adobe cs, right?
>> Anonymous
>>48054

professional photographers ARENT ALLOWED to use photoshop. especially photojournalist. you think they are allowed to edit their photos? no, because its like altering the facts.

so in order to compensate for not being allowed to use photoshop they buy awesome cameras that have the same features that a virtual photoshop would, but its all in camera, so its allowed.
>> Anonymous
>>48077
Oh my God, you're wrong.

Photojournalists aren't "allowed" to alter what the image depicts, but there's no reason why they can't change the contrast or anything.

Professional photographers shoop the hell out of their photographs. All the time. Consumer professional photographers and fashion photographers will even go in and shoop wrinkles off a face. (I consider that silly, but the point stands.)

And art photographers? Well, look at this:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/making.shtml


Also, try getting Photoshop to, say, turn a photograph shot on a 21mm lens into one that looks like it was shot on a 135mm. I'm not even talking the zoom; I'm talking the way the photograph looks.

The best bet for you would be to pony up another $150 and get a Canon S3IS or a Panasonic FZ-8. Both are about $300 and are excellent cameras, especially for the price. I'd suggest the FZ-8 over the S3IS, but again, they're both excellent.
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>>48003
>armature

pic related.
>> Anonymous
>>48003
Don't forget to use the "professional, yo" plugin for photoshop.

PROTIP: Awesome goes to 11.
>> ac
>>48080
Pfft. You don't need the Professional, Yo filter. Just throw in a shit-ton of lens flare and you're golden.
>> CatSplat
>>48077

The only photographers strictly disallowed from using Photoshop are forensics photographers. That's it. Photoshop use was one of the core disciplines in my photojournalism courses - although keep in mind that we also know when and how to use it.
>> Anonymous
>>48077
you realize you said they arent allowed to use photoshop to edit their images, but they are allowed to use in camera tools to edit their images. which in the end...is still editing them. anyway, yeah, they just arent allowed to change what is actually in the image. you really think all the photos in newspapers and news casts are straight from camera? hell no. they touch them up to make them look nice so the newspaper/new station has a better image to the public.
>> Anonymous
I think /p/ is getting trolled all the time when someone does that...
talk about "professional" level with a cheap point and shoot...
I'm a /b/tard for 2 years, I have to weeks of /p/ and I know this guy is trolling you

You guys should be a little more picky about the threads you reply...

Ok, It's nice to help out the starters, i'm a starter as well, I would appreciate the help a lot but, take a look again

Guy posting simple point and shoot.
Guy posting that he want "professional grade" and "HDR", for a cheap price

for me it configures as a troll, seriously.
both HDR and "professional grade with point and shoot" are totally trolled, this guy want to piss the /p/ purists only.
Just ignore it.
>> Anonymous
you meant two weeks

if you didn't had a point i would be flaming yo ass right now
>> Anonymous
>>48113

yeah, total troll. if not a troll, he got the camera as an 8th grade graduation present.

notice: armature.

also: i posted the thing about photoshop being outlawed for professional photographers.

trolling in a troll thread is like pissing in an ocean of piss, and its damn fun.
>> Anonymous
point & shoot + professional = Alex Majoli.

Google 'im or something.
>> Anonymous
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I bought the Coolpix L11 and creating HDR pictures IS possible, however you really need a tripod for it.

Otherwise, you get what you pay for and I'm pretty content with it.
>> Anonymous
>>48209
Magnum photographer uses a point and shoot.

All dismissive arguments on the subject are now closed.
>> Anonymous
HDR can be done with ANY camera. You can do it with a camera phone or a Kodak Brownie. HDR is a simple concept - combining properly exposed parts of different exposures to create a high-contrast image with correct exposure in highlights and shadows.
>> Anonymous
>>48292

Any camera that allows you some manual control, that is.
>> Anonymous
>>48293

Not necessarily. There are ways to trick automatic cameras into giving you different exposures.