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From: Paul Carmichael on 16 Jul 2010 14:05 Champ escribió: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:04 +0200, Paul Carmichael > <wibbleypants(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>I went out and played with the camera in El Chorro gorge. > >>Here's the results. >>http://paulcarmichael.org/fotos/thumbnails.php?album=1 > > Those all look a little washed out, which often happens with photos > taken in hot countries in the main part of the day. Heh. Just noticed the counters. The one of my wife and her friend has the most hits - folks can't tell from the thumbnail that they're both 50 y/o. -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio), Orbea Dakar BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30 http://paulcarmichael.org/ (content pending)
From: Catman on 16 Jul 2010 14:08 petrolcan wrote: > In article <8abc9dF5m9U2(a)mid.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael says... >> Champ escribi�: > >>> Everyone's a critic... >> Not me. >> >> Changing the subject back a bit, for a lot of those photos, the flash fired. > > Flash pops up automatically when in idiot mode. Is that the 500 only? Cos it only does it on the 450 if it needs it, either for focus or the actual shot. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Catman on 16 Jul 2010 14:12 Paul Carmichael wrote: > Catman escribió: > >> Was that 'Total idiot mode' or Landscape mode? As Champ says, they look >> a little washed. To me, they also look a bit soft, but that could be >> a) Focus >> b) Haze / dust >> c) Phatch (I guess) > > Total idiot mode. And they have been jpegged, so aren't going to be crystal > clear. Another thing is my hands aren't the steadiest on the planet. The > picture of the climbers was taken with the long lens on full zoom, without a > tripod or even a wall, hence fuzzy. > > If you think you could tell from the original, could I ftp one to you? Or I > could put it on my server and you could wget it. Or summat. I'm *no* expert. I was taken through a sort of routine to test what the shutter speeds I could use at each end of the zoom would be. The climbers to me does look like it's suffering some shake, but not *too* much. > >> More importantly, are you having fun? > > Yup. Be better when the weather cools down a tad though. > Reading in the mean time :) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Catman on 16 Jul 2010 14:13 Paul Carmichael wrote: > petrolcan escribió: > >> In article <0ft046t5aa6br10dfjvk9n2hrajgm6nul7(a)4ax.com>, Champ says... >>> On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:04 +0200, Paul Carmichael >>> <wibbleypants(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I went out and played with the camera in El Chorro gorge. >>>> Here's the results. >>>> http://paulcarmichael.org/fotos/thumbnails.php?album=1 >>> Those all look a little washed out, which often happens with photos >>> taken in hot countries in the main part of the day. >> It doesn't help that he was using idiot mode. If he were to use AV(1) mode >> to stop down the lens it would probably help. >> >> >> (1)Paul, AV is Aperture priority, the higher the number the less light >> making it through the lens to the sensor. > > I'd best read the book, and start using the thing properly. It seems living > somewhere so sunny could be hampering my efforts a tad. > I'd try landscape first, and then idiot mode, then (maybe) AV. Then you can compare them later and *see* the effect. It helps me, anyway.... -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: ginge on 16 Jul 2010 14:49
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:13:32 +0100, Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > >I'd try landscape first, and then idiot mode, then (maybe) AV. I've never found the need to use any modes other than Av and full manual, occasionally throwing in some exposure compensation. Had completely forgotten there was a landscape mode. Am I alone in not using auto modes at all? |