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Stepup filter rings??
Why don't you investigate the Cokin P system? Matt I have a silly number of Cokin P filters including wacky prism affects, star bursts and colour gradients. However, I rarely use any of them these days as many of the affects are easily and more forgivingly achieved post-production. The only...
Posted by lenscape on 29/10/2007 - 16:31
Stepup filter rings??
I have a silly number of Cokin P filters including wacky prism affects, star bursts and colour gradients. I didn't mean those! :D I almost always use ND grads, and sometimes use a polariser. Of course, with the Cokin you can use polariser and one or two ND grads (or just an ND if you want to s...
Posted by MattMatic on 29/10/2007 - 16:52
Stepup filter rings??
I did say that the Hoya Pro series were nearly as good but I would avoid their very basic ones. :wink: The only disadvantage of using a step up ring is that you can't use the hood. You could get round this by puting a round hood on the filter. If no hood then all the more reason to get a good f...
Posted by Kim C on 29/10/2007 - 17:50
Stepup filter rings??
Another thought, Ffordes have new B+W circular Pols in 52mm for £15 or £29 for the slim version. :wink: https://secure.ffordes.com/Shop/Store/StockList.asp?Type=secd&Sub=1&code=FT&subcode=BW52 Kim
Posted by Kim C on 29/10/2007 - 17:54
Stepup filter rings??
Thanks for all the advice :) I think i will go for the cokin p series they seem reasonably price and very flexible interchanging with other lenses. They just look a little Kooky :? In the mean time I did buy a Hoya polariser too try out on my 16-45. Its coming into summer here and i expect so...
Posted by Clarky on 01/11/2007 - 09:56
Stepup filter rings??
Sorry for the silly question :? How do you determine which ND grad filter too use under what conditions. Does it all come with experience :?:
Posted by Clarky on 01/11/2007 - 09:59
Stepup filter rings??
How do you determine which ND grad filter too use under what conditions. Ideally you should spot meter between the two halves and work out the exposure difference. The goal is to bring the brighter parts within the range of the darker area... but not too much (you don't want to lose the tonal range)...
Posted by MattMatic on 01/11/2007 - 10:12
Stepup filter rings??
might be able to Google one out for you if needed I would appreciate that Matt if its no bother. I have trained myself on using the histogram and i have it set for auto display after every shot. Once you get an understanding of it its very helpful. Thanks again :wink:
Posted by Clarky on 01/11/2007 - 10:21
Stepup filter rings??
NP: http://www.great-landscape-photography.com/graduated-filters.html http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/neutral-density-and-graduated-nd.html http://members.aol.com/kevinoneil/nd.html http://www.bythom.com/filters.htm That should keep you busy for five minutes :P Matt
Posted by MattMatic on 01/11/2007 - 10:28
Stepup filter rings??
What's the general consensus on the use of stepup rings for filters. :?: I've done this for years - with my film SLRs the largest filter size of my "normal" range of lenses was 58mm - so I bought good quality polariser & monochrome (red, green & yellow) filters in this size plus...
Posted by tekno.mage on 26/11/2007 - 22:08
Stepup filter rings??
I bought a 67mm pol filter to go on all my old lenses using step down rings and so I already have everything ready to go. Just have to get a new cir pol filter now. A bit fiddly but worked okay. I also bought a 67mm rubber hood which screws on the front of the filter to replace the normal lens ho...
Posted by mitcho on 27/11/2007 - 04:06
Fireworks
I prefer to use a wider to normal angle lens, and get an interesting foreground to compliment the fireworks. one or three fireworks bursts in the sky loses the magic for me, but having the crowd of people, with some cityscape or scenery places the display into scale and context. I use an upside d...
Posted by Don on 03/11/2007 - 15:23
"Your chocolate landed in my peanutbutter"
all input appreciated, thank you. the concept of changing ev comp between exposures is good if you can do it between exposures, without moving the camera....but my idea is a little different... if a graduated nd filter, in a sliding holder, could be smoothly slid past the lens during the multi...
Posted by Don on 04/11/2007 - 14:37
"Your chocolate landed in my peanutbutter"
I think kim c has a good point...no sense in making things too complicated. Easiest set up would be to make a motorized filter holder, and roll a graduated nd filter across the front of the lens for experiments!
Posted by Don on 05/11/2007 - 11:43
Tamron 18-250mm Di II Pentax Mount.
Well I just bit the bullet and did it. Today I purchased a new Tamron 18-250mm Di II for my K10. I have checked out just about every website including this one for opinions on this lens and came to the conclusion that for the most part it gets very good reviews. Today I checked Ebay and a g...
Posted by hotshots4u2c on 10/11/2007 - 03:49
in camera hdr
forgot to add, i used a ND grad filter on a cokin holder, this is as 18 mm with the 18-55mm DA lens. There is a fair amount of vignetting evident. Could this be part of the banding you are seeing chris? I have done no PP after import into LightRoom using 'zeroed' import (no adjustments to ima...
Posted by justgetoutandride on 23/11/2007 - 17:26
Ringflash
I have one of these ring flashes, bought from another forum member. It's a very good TTL/manual unit but needs to be used in manual mode on a K10D as the camera doesn't support any TTL flashes other than in manual mode. There is also a less powerful and less versatile AF-080C ring flash too. The Viv...
Posted by Mannesty on 07/12/2007 - 20:24
Scanning a photocopy of a mono photograph
:D Thank you Matt again for your expert assistance, I have had success! I fiddled with the de Noise filter in PS set at full strength and heh presto, banding has gone, only flipside is photo is a bit soft but with this old photo does not detract from it very much. Very pleased with the result inde...
Posted by Lilly on 03/01/2008 - 13:27
Resizing and sharpening
The best method I have come across: Open the image in photoshop Now I work with my photos at larger than 6mp from my K100D, actually 11mp. I dont know why, I scale them down anyway, but this gives me a width of 4000px At 4000px, duplicate layer (ctrl+J), apply high pass filter at 0.3-0.5px, s...
Posted by ikillrocknroll on 17/01/2008 - 17:04
Resizing and sharpening
Here's the same picture, but with a little USM applied to the left hand side only. There's not a huge amount of difference to my eyes, just a bit coarser, perhaps I overdid it a bit... I do resize in stages, but I halve the dimensions each time, and use USM. Will try it with the high pass ...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 17/01/2008 - 18:28
