Nikon D80 Price

Awesome Chrome Niko Camera Bag Surfaces

I use a Nikon D80 DSLR when I travel and I have a very nice camera bag to keep the thing safe in transit. The only thing that bothers me about my camera bag is that it has no room for the charger or another battery let alone a pen or anything else inside. If you travel with a DSLR and want a nice bag with room for the camera and lenses along with more of your junk, the Chrome Niko might be perfect.

This camera bag has a side-opening compartment with Velcro dividers that allows you to customize the layout to fit your camera and the gear you have with you. On the top of the bag is another zippered opening with room for your charger, extra batteries, and even pens and snacks. The bag is made from weather proof 1050 denier nylon with a waterproof 18-ounce tarpaulin liner.

The bag is larger at 15.5-inches wide, 9-inches high and 6.25-inches deep. It has a shoulder strap with a cross-chest load stabilizer for more comfort. You can order the Niko bag right now for $95. The price is certainly the biggest downside to this product.

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I just got my Canon Rebel a few weeks ago, before that I had a Kodak point and shoot, so I am completely new to aperture and shutter and all of that. I would love to get some pictures of star trails, how can I do this? A step by step process would be extremely helpful! Please remember, I am really new at this so you may have to explain a little more, thanks in advance!

The absolute key is having a tripod and adjusting the shutter speed.

Shutter speed is how long you let the light through to the sensor on your camera. The longer you keep the shutter open, the more light gets through to the sensor, which is where the image is stored. Shutter speed is usually spaced like so: 1/1000 (of a second), 1/500 (of a second), 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1 (second).

If your goal is to see the path of a star, you'll want a shutter speed of several minutes, which requires a remote or cable trigger so that you can hold open the shutter as long as you want. Your shutter speed will be set to either B (bulb) or T (time). With B, you physically hold the button as long as you want the shutter open. With T, you press the button to open the shutter, and press it again to close the shutter, saving you the discomfort of actually holding down the button.

Next is your aperture. Aperture is how large of a hole you're letting the light through. The larger the hole, the more light gets in. Aperture can come in the following numbers: f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, etc. up to f/32 or more. If you look directly into the lens of your camera, you can see the hole get bigger and smaller when you change the aperture. The smaller the number, the larger the hole, and the more light you let in.

To take a photo of the stars, it will be key to get the light from the stars while not letting the night sky make your image too bright. If you leave the shutter open long enough, a night sky will come out bright as day. Use a higher aperture with a longer shutter speed to avoid this.

And finally, you'll want to adjust the ISO / film speed. ISO is how quickly your camera sensor absorbs the light from a setting. A higher ISO (1600) will absorb a lot of light in a little amount of time. For star photography, this is bad. You want a nice black sky and bright shining stars. So, choose the lowest ISO you can (usually 200), which will also give you a less grainy photo.

Now that you know all of that, play with each of the settings and see what you can do!

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