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Sunny 16.
An old photographic rule of thumb. "The Sunny 16 Rule", states that you can set a reasonably accurate exposure, without having an exposure meter of any kind. It goes something like this: On a bright sunny day, you set the aperture to f16 and the shutter speed to the same number as the film speed ...
Posted by mowog on 09/08/2010 - 19:41
Sunny 16.
It was very sunny in my bit of Britain today, Stefan. I've known about the sunny 16 rule since I took up photography 25 years ago, but as I've always had metered cameras, I never bothered learning it. Ironic then, that now I have loads of metered cameras, both film and digital, and four handheld...
Posted by mowog on 09/08/2010 - 20:40
Sunny 16.
it is also important to remember WHY it works and why it is good to know.... the sun is a constant.... it is hitting the Earth with roughly the same amount of light every day from space (weather not withstanding). It was the basis, the set standard for measuring light. all films, then later all...
Posted by Don on 10/08/2010 - 13:17
Sunny 16.
You don't have to use f16 all the time, Stefan. It's a standard. A benchmark, from which to calculate. You're right but with exposure I work full on my experience and intuition which you get when you're working manually because your are more consciousness with your settings. Only when I do have my ...
Posted by Anvh on 10/08/2010 - 16:46
Sunny 16.
You don't have to use f16 all the time, Stefan. It's a standard. A benchmark, from which to calculate. You're right but with exposure I work full on my experience and intuition which you get when you're working manually because your are more consciousness with your settings. Only when I do have my ...
Posted by Don on 10/08/2010 - 23:20
Sunny 16.
I haven't the slightest idea what Algi and Anvh are talking about. All that theoretical stuff is way over my head... No problems. I think we ended with an important thing though that you need to expose digital differently then film. You might have heard the phrase "expose to the right" here or s...
Posted by Anvh on 13/08/2010 - 17:31
Rwanda with a K-x
As I said it is her first ever DSLR. I am not sure she fully understood ISO settings at the time anyway - she probably left it all up to the camera. I know she is working on improving her knowledge. She is one of those lucky people who gets to go back to Africa every year or so, and she wants to be...
Posted by Gwyn on 18/09/2010 - 13:19
Whats new
I would like an APS-C camera. Smaller and lighter than the K20D. So K-7 size or smaller would be good. Better high ISO noise would be great, as would a faster auto focus system. Also optional dark frame NR, such as the K10D had would be a plus. Better live view, with a tilt and turn screen, could p...
Posted by Gwyn on 15/08/2010 - 10:45
Whats new
A K20D mk2 (or should that be a K10D mk3!) Magnesium bodied like the K-7 3" screen K-7 shutter on it (quieter and less recoil than the K20D shutter) at least 6fps, maybe 7fps (and an increase of fps to 7-8 with grip, ala Nikon) Bigger buffer and faster write speeds SR switch on the back (not ...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 15/08/2010 - 17:55
Whats new
I only want three things on top of the K-7 at the moment. 1: Better high ISO , low light capability. 2: Mikes: DA* zoom lens in the 15/18-125mm with 50% loyalty bonus. 3a: AI composition assistance with modes like "Adams, Arbus, Becher, Eggleston, Strand, Kandar, Salgado, Penn etc etc." And a ...
Posted by dougf8 on 15/08/2010 - 18:10
Whats new
A K20D mk2 (or should that be a K10D mk3!) Magnesium bodied like the K-7 3" screen K-7 shutter on it (quieter and less recoil than the K20D shutter) at least 6fps, maybe 7fps (and an increase of fps to 7-8 with grip, ala Nikon) Bigger buffer and faster write speeds SR switch on the back (not ...
Posted by johnwhit on 15/08/2010 - 19:24
Whats new
Just thinking, after reading the blog (interesting read Stefan, thanks) Maybe a front to back SR would help as well. And I hate to say this, but maybe this is the only advantage of in-lens SR like Nikon and Canon, rather than in-body SR of Pentax and Sony. As the lens SR will still be active as...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 15/08/2010 - 20:38
night pictures
You'll need a tripod and, ideally, a remote control. Mount the camera on the tripod and set it to (B)ulb mode, set the desired aperture/ISO and focus manually on your subject (if it's dark then the AF won't have anything to lock onto so switch it off). Use the remote control to trip the shutte...
Posted by hefty1 on 18/08/2010 - 23:46
night pictures
You'll need a tripod and, ideally, a remote control. Mount the camera on the tripod and set it to (B)ulb mode, set the desired aperture/ISO and focus manually on your subject (if it's dark then the AF won't have anything to lock onto so switch it off). Use the remote control to trip the shutte...
Posted by KZ on 19/08/2010 - 10:34
night pictures
I certainly do not remember MLU being on my 100D back in the day. I might be wrong...
Posted by Snootchies on 19/08/2010 - 13:11
night pictures
As a fellow highjacker I can help bring it back on topic:wink: Question is: Do you want to take pictures of the sky? Or buildings/townscapes at night? If you do sky then you want to get away from urban areas to cut down on light pollution. For either scenario - tripod, remote c...
Posted by Pwynnej on 20/08/2010 - 10:04
28th August
Something similar came a few months back. It was discovered that the moon is so much brighter than any planet that you either end up with a well-exposed moon and blackness around it, or a massively overexposed moon and visible planet. I suppose you could merge two shots!
Posted by thoughton on 19/08/2010 - 21:34
Image editing programs
I've never indulged in adjusting my previous digital photos with a program apart from cropping but I'm hoping to go to an evening class to give me ideas and get the best out of the dslr (Kx). What do you recommend as software .... and why? (Hides below the parapet very quicklyI have searched the for...
Posted by lazydaisy25 on 21/08/2010 - 18:33
SRS Warranty repair
Thanks for the ultra quick response! I will call. What a hassle it is for me - I am in Spain, so the lens (all bubble wrapped up) went back to Kent yesterday with a friend. The box is there - so my father in law is going to box it all up. Then when it's fixed it will end up in Kent and I will have t...
Posted by tigershoot on 22/08/2010 - 22:28
Which one would you choose?
As said by others: the screen is the critical item in a laptop-to-replace-desktop strategy. Top of the line Dell screens are great screens, and they are available across much of the product range - even the Vostros. But if you can handle a different screen when away from home and use dual scree...
Posted by layingback on 24/08/2010 - 10:55
