March 13-15

Let's see.


-Nikon D40 camera? Check.

-Laptop? Check.

-Spare batteries? Check.


Am I missing anything?

I know you'll take plenty of Mercedes pictures, but a lot of Audi pics would be nice too. Throw in some non-US cars like the Seats and some Zondas. Please, thank you.

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Lemme guess, you'll have 4000 pics in your camera and we'll see like 100 threads from you ***Wimmer's Trip To Geneva Auto Show (Part 1,2,3,....100)***

I was there like 3 years ago, the place is huuuuge. Lots of hours to see it all.

A memory card.

Great information!!! Can't wait to see all your beautiful photos...

...I wish you a lot of fun...

Thanks.

My memory card is 2 GB so that won't be a problem. I'm more worried about battery power since I might need to use a lot of flash. I also need a better lens, like a telephoto lens for example.

Perfect, you're the exact man we need over there.

try to shoot at higher ISO with no flash, they'll turn out better anyway! especially if you're just shooting for forum, the ISO noise won't be an issue...

what would you use telephoto for? they're obviously a lot harder to keep still, generally have a higher maximum aperture and cost a freaking lot for a nice one with IS (which you'll want for indoor?). Also with the constricted environment of a car show I would've thought they'd be far from ideal.. for indoor shooting consider something like the Sigma 30mm f/1.4?... nice fast indoor lens, standard 50mm prime lens film equivalent, not too expensive...

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Thanks again for the HDR help mate

Yep, I will need to shoot with a higher ISO setting. I'm not a fan of flash myself but sometimes, just sometimes it makes for good photos. The noise level with my Nikon D40 at high ISO settings isn't actually that bad. You can tell it's a "bit grainy" but when I resize the images from 1504 x 1000 to a smaller value and lightly sharpen it a lot of the graininess "disappears".

I would love to have a couple of different lenses. Telephoto lenses allow for creative photography and I believe have an inherently better zoom than a wide-angle lens. I also carry with me a new tripod, a mini-tripid that I can extend to about 1.5 meters in height and in compact form is less than a foot long. It's going to be useful for the car show. That Sigma lens looks good. I really need to save up for a more powerful lens (zoom wise).

Regarding the HDR, anytime.