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Comment by Tyr posted on Printing ya pics at 09/07/2007 - 18:18
1 is either rather out of focus or there is a fair bit of movement.
Comment by Tyr posted on Flowers in the garden (yes i no Boring) at 09/07/2007 - 18:16
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You are behind 10+ elements of coated optical glass... that stuff is not weak so it is probably much safer than no camera.Lee Ash wrote:
To someone who is used to handling guns, that picture is extremely uncomfortable to look at..
Lee
Those who question the usefulness of the tethered shooting facility, now have an answer.To someone who is used to handling guns, that picture is extremely uncomfortable to look at..
Lee
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Tethered shooting would be handy if it was loaded, but then I'd never want my K10D sitting there. Nor my lenses for that matter!
Comment by Tyr posted on Weekly Competition #2 - Play at 11/07/2007 - 17:33
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Andrew McP
No, I was ill before then, but more flu-like:Tyr wrote:
Had a BBQ at a friend's house as it was right on the route.
Ah, I think that's what they call a tactical error! Good luck purging your system of assorted unwelcome guests. A decent bout of food poisoning can be a real b*gger to get rid of.Had a BBQ at a friend's house as it was right on the route.
Andrew McP
Weekend sequence:
Wednesday: All day job interview
Thursday: Travelling and waiting for news
Friday: Rest and BBQ
Saturdat: 'in laws'' 50/50 birthday party till late outdoors. Two of us on photo duties (I had to stop at 21:07:55 because I have no dedicated flash unit). Didn't drink any alcohol until the camera was put away
Sunday, tour de france and BBQ (where I didn't eat as I was feeling very unwell) plus traveling for four hours to get back home.
Monday: Graduation (not a good day to feel ill)
All in all the busiest time I've had for some time...
Comment by Tyr posted on Tour de France in Rochester... at 3200iso? Oh b*gger! at 12/07/2007 - 22:16
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Anyway, I could probably have got the bus into Dartford and seen them pass through there, but Rochester's a much (much, *much*!) more pleasant place to spend an hour or two, and my original intention had been to find an unusual vantage point between castle and cathedral. That area was, predictably, stuffed, but it was rather pleasant to wander around and see so many people making the effort to turn out and cheer the riders on.
Andrew McP
PS Another factor is that I do genuinely admire long distance cyclists. They seem to wear themselves out rather quickly wrt lifespan, but their peak physical endurance is quite astonishing.
I was and still am feeling rather ill. Had a BBQ at a friend's house as it was right on the route. Our group was visible on a video shot as a blur. I can't believe they recorded it to look for us. I mean the motorbike is going at 20-30mph each frame is 1/25 at a maximum possible resolution of 768x576. Nobody (except my partner) seemed to understand that it would be impossible to identify more than a smudge.Tyr wrote:
Not very exciting and not much to photograph for me.
I enjoyed being a part of the whole event... even if it was for rather a short amount of time! Perhaps as a pro-euro-pean I get an extra buzz from the TdF that others might not. It makes me feel a bit more European than I do already.Not very exciting and not much to photograph for me.
Anyway, I could probably have got the bus into Dartford and seen them pass through there, but Rochester's a much (much, *much*!) more pleasant place to spend an hour or two, and my original intention had been to find an unusual vantage point between castle and cathedral. That area was, predictably, stuffed, but it was rather pleasant to wander around and see so many people making the effort to turn out and cheer the riders on.
Andrew McP
PS Another factor is that I do genuinely admire long distance cyclists. They seem to wear themselves out rather quickly wrt lifespan, but their peak physical endurance is quite astonishing.
Would have appreciated it more had I not been feeling like cr@p.
Comment by Tyr posted on Tour de France in Rochester... at 3200iso? Oh b*gger! at 12/07/2007 - 15:46
I left my camera behind when we left to go see the 2 seconds of anything interesting.
300 cars plastered with adverts for 1hr, then 2 seconds of rider 201, then more cars, 6 seconds of the next 4, then cars and later the main group for 15s.
Not very exciting and not much to photograph for me.
300 cars plastered with adverts for 1hr, then 2 seconds of rider 201, then more cars, 6 seconds of the next 4, then cars and later the main group for 15s.
Not very exciting and not much to photograph for me.
Comment by Tyr posted on Tour de France in Rochester... at 3200iso? Oh b*gger! at 09/07/2007 - 18:23
Very handy, now all I need is the flash...
Comment by Tyr posted on My new AF360 flash has arrived and I have a question at 10/07/2007 - 10:45
I was shooting a family event (50-50yr party for my girlfriend's parents) and the lack of a flash as the light faded was rather limiting. I had to give up in the end. Luckily one of my girlfriend's uncles had his D200 and a decent flash so he carried on. He doesn't like his Nikon glass though (Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G IF-ED DX). He liked the look of my K10D (he used to be a Pentax man), and really missed using his old glass (even if it is only 3 lenses).
The exposure on the Nikon with the external flash was almost always perfect which was very impressive. Covered almost everything with the two cameras and spent a good while talking. Starting with a comment about how we wished we could open the sides of the gazebo thing to let the wonderfully warm evening light in. Unfortunately the way it was set up that was not possible.
The exposure on the Nikon with the external flash was almost always perfect which was very impressive. Covered almost everything with the two cameras and spent a good while talking. Starting with a comment about how we wished we could open the sides of the gazebo thing to let the wonderfully warm evening light in. Unfortunately the way it was set up that was not possible.
Comment by Tyr posted on My new AF360 flash has arrived and I have a question at 09/07/2007 - 18:34
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What type of objects? Is this for sports, or small studio work?
For small studio/desktop work, you may want to look at electronic flash triggers that will fire on queue or laser triggered, etc... Just keep the shutter open (in a dark room) and flash when required. The object will only show up where/when the flash triggers.
For sports or outdoors, of course, the rapid fire shutter release, and merging after the fact is the way to go.
Fast action outdoors, so I guess PP is the only option. I wanted to save a little time and use the in camera multi-exposure, but I guess it is more of a marketing gimmick.What type of objects? Is this for sports, or small studio work?
For small studio/desktop work, you may want to look at electronic flash triggers that will fire on queue or laser triggered, etc... Just keep the shutter open (in a dark room) and flash when required. The object will only show up where/when the flash triggers.
For sports or outdoors, of course, the rapid fire shutter release, and merging after the fact is the way to go.
Comment by Tyr posted on Mutli-exposure at 06/07/2007 - 21:52
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Just a matter of research and development -- with a bit less on the research?
Actually, I suppose there are fewer cases where rapid fire multi-exposure would come into use than a slower, methodical and well laid out series of photos would.
Probably a toss of the coin really as to which method was chosen although there are surely technical aspects that limit what can be done with the space, speed and costs available. (I wont try to guess on those areas).
Anyway, each photo is processed on top of the buffered image. So you're going to have some lag between each shot. But a second is all it takes? I remember trying this with the istD. Ugh! I would be happy with a second.
You'd get much better control doing such merges yourself in Photoshop or similar program anyway. I generally have not been happy with the in-camera blending. (although probably technically consistent with multi-exposure on film??)
I guess that is what I'll do. Falling, spinning moving objects need a fast shutter speed.Just a matter of research and development -- with a bit less on the research?
Actually, I suppose there are fewer cases where rapid fire multi-exposure would come into use than a slower, methodical and well laid out series of photos would.
Probably a toss of the coin really as to which method was chosen although there are surely technical aspects that limit what can be done with the space, speed and costs available. (I wont try to guess on those areas).
Anyway, each photo is processed on top of the buffered image. So you're going to have some lag between each shot. But a second is all it takes? I remember trying this with the istD. Ugh! I would be happy with a second.
You'd get much better control doing such merges yourself in Photoshop or similar program anyway. I generally have not been happy with the in-camera blending. (although probably technically consistent with multi-exposure on film??)
Comment by Tyr posted on Mutli-exposure at 06/07/2007 - 18:19
Get them done at a good lab with proper RGB laser exposed photo paper.