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Comment by Spad posted on Mobile Phone Cameras... at 01/09/2023 - 13:02
Never....
I was told something long ago, and it's a mantra i use often...
Put mediocre lenses on a great camera, get mediocre images.
Put great lenses on a mediocre camera get great images.
Now look at your phone.
Your glass is the most important part of your set up.
For me phones are purely the new point and shoot camera. They will not supplant DSLR and newer type cameras. Also blow an image from your phone up to 100%, then do the same with an image from a good DSLR.
I was told something long ago, and it's a mantra i use often...
Put mediocre lenses on a great camera, get mediocre images.
Put great lenses on a mediocre camera get great images.
Now look at your phone.
Your glass is the most important part of your set up.
For me phones are purely the new point and shoot camera. They will not supplant DSLR and newer type cameras. Also blow an image from your phone up to 100%, then do the same with an image from a good DSLR.
Comment by Spad posted on Mobile Phone Cameras... at 30/08/2023 - 17:38
It makes zero difference what lens you use, in my experience.
With film, i probably shot more in B&W than in colour. I used all different types of lenses.
In digital, I shoot almost exclusively in RAW only. So they are in colour no matter what settings are on the camera. They're converted in PP. JPEG are saved in B&W.... but I almostnever use JPEG.
As with film, on DSLR i have shot lots of B&W with all kinds of lenses.
Note - I do tend to favour prime lenses over zooms.
I would love a K3iii Mono!!!
With film, i probably shot more in B&W than in colour. I used all different types of lenses.
In digital, I shoot almost exclusively in RAW only. So they are in colour no matter what settings are on the camera. They're converted in PP. JPEG are saved in B&W.... but I almostnever use JPEG.
As with film, on DSLR i have shot lots of B&W with all kinds of lenses.
Note - I do tend to favour prime lenses over zooms.
I would love a K3iii Mono!!!
Comment by Spad posted on Monochrome Lens at 30/08/2023 - 11:29
I have finally draggged them of me camera and had a fanny!
These next few were taken at a waterfall just up the road from where we were staying... I think it was a hidden jem. These being shot well in to dusk!
These next few were taken at a waterfall just up the road from where we were staying... I think it was a hidden jem. These being shot well in to dusk!
Comment by Spad posted on A few more from my holiday in Wales at 26/08/2023 - 22:09
Maybe worth checking Memory Card Options. If you are set to capture on two cards, one for RAW and the other to JPEG. It will not allow you to change image capture / file format.
Or....
Look under menu option 4; button customsation?? Just wondering if you have Canncel after one shot is on?
Or....
Maybe if you are using RAW+... That shoots both RAW & JPEG.
I only ever shoot RAW.... So I am having an educated guess!!
Or....
Look under menu option 4; button customsation?? Just wondering if you have Canncel after one shot is on?
Or....
Maybe if you are using RAW+... That shoots both RAW & JPEG.
I only ever shoot RAW.... So I am having an educated guess!!
Comment by Spad posted on Pentax K-3 at 24/08/2023 - 11:59
On holiday in Wales...
Comment by Spad posted on A few from Wales at 23/08/2023 - 12:32
1stEverPentax wrote:
Images like this with all the background points of light, each of which could be a whole star system or even a whole galaxy...just blow my mind trying to visualize the sheer scale and complexity of 'that which exists' for want of a better term.
I know... that is what blows my mind!Images like this with all the background points of light, each of which could be a whole star system or even a whole galaxy...just blow my mind trying to visualize the sheer scale and complexity of 'that which exists' for want of a better term.
Also the fact that we are also looking millions and billions of years in to the past!
Comment by Spad posted on Re-Worked Heart Nebula at 23/08/2023 - 12:28
The image I posted on the gallery of the Heart Nebula was bugging me... it is a bit false to me....
So I went back and completely re-worked it.
This seems more real and pleasing to my eye.
So I went back and completely re-worked it.
This seems more real and pleasing to my eye.
Comment by Spad posted on Re-Worked Heart Nebula at 22/08/2023 - 12:46
Firstly, I would like to say...
ALL WEATHER PERSONS SHOULD BE BURNT ALIVE AT THE STEAK AS WITCHES!!!!!
I set my reflector rig up last night to shoot the Triangulum Galaxy. Then smegging cloud appeared!!! They lied and used witchcraft to make me set up!!! B*@☆$£D'S!!!!!!
So.... i stripped it all down and packed it up in me van. When I had finished I looked up and guess what.........
Here's piccies of my rig with the 150 Newtonian Reflector on it.
ALL WEATHER PERSONS SHOULD BE BURNT ALIVE AT THE STEAK AS WITCHES!!!!!
I set my reflector rig up last night to shoot the Triangulum Galaxy. Then smegging cloud appeared!!! They lied and used witchcraft to make me set up!!! B*@☆$£D'S!!!!!!
So.... i stripped it all down and packed it up in me van. When I had finished I looked up and guess what.........
Here's piccies of my rig with the 150 Newtonian Reflector on it.
Comment by Spad posted on My t'other scope like... at 17/08/2023 - 11:09
There was a family there taking a group image, so I offered to take it for them, on a members phone. Instantly they all started smiling and commenting as I moved about to frame the shot. This lead to me taking about 10 or 15 shots on the owners phone of the family in different areas.
At the end of the day, for me, I will never give up my DSLR's.... EVER!!
BUT...
For point and shoot phones are great but, throw experience in, and the eye for it.... that is what counts. Even with all apps and doo daa dinalings that mobiles can do... it still cannot create the instinctive feel for creating that shot!