Been a member for a while, but never participated.
In this section anyway. Usually surf the battlefield part.
So anyway I've been testing out HDR.
Pretty interesting, but leceh giler at times. Haha





This post has been edited by tulerst: Jul 17 2007, 10:12 PM

Whoa. Parking good pics lol.

Dragonfly?



Max zoom with a little bit of digital zoom.
Same park as Kinz.

I was in AV. And nah, I didn't use zoom in super macro.
I just sat about 1 1/2 feet away from the dragonfly and zoomed in.
And maybe used digital zoom until about 16x or so.
The picture isn't cropped, in case you're wondering. It is full reso.

Not really. ISO yeah, true. But not macro. Plus for me a little bit of sharpening, on the dragonfly.
Most of the shots were ISO 80 - 100.

Oh, my bad then

Well in good situations, this camera is pretty damn good. But I've been limited by it quite a few times.

My take on the S3:

Manual control is good. M,AV - I use these the most.
ISO is good up until 200.
IS works, I guess, as I can get hand held shots at half-a-second pretty blur free.
Video, I like the high FPS though I've only ever used it once.
Don't really like the LCD as it's pretty hard to see in bright light. Composing a picture through the EVF and LCD can be tough at times.
Super macro is fun to play with. So is the 12x Zoom.

All in all, a pretty great cam to start shooting with, barring a few negatives.

I tried the reverse lens thing. Zoomed in to 12x, then I taped a 50mm Manual Minolta lens onto the end, reversed.
Hardly looked good, but it was pretty fun to play with.



Two things :
1. DOF is EXTREMELY shallow. Like, really really shallow. Probably 0.2mm or something, I think.
2. You need really good, and I mean real good, lighting to take shots.

Camera Settings:
AV Mode
Manual focus max distance
Zoom 12x
Apperture, whatever you want

Reverse Lens Settings:
Apperture f/2 (razor thin DOF, but least vig)

You can get pictures like this:



And the flowers are actually these:







Edit: Damn now that I look at it, it looks like shit lol

This post has been edited by tulerst: Aug 15 2007, 08:22 PM

Oooh most def. But then again, I'm sure anyone wouldn't be that ignorant to turn off the camera before removing the lens.

I like the reversi game
Hahahahahaha!

And yeah, getting into the DSLR world is painful. Specially on the pocket. Damnit.

That's what mine is gonna be soon

Whoa those are nicee!

Try not to use such slow shutter speeds, remember the rule of shutter speed: 1/focal length, get an IS lens.

Cos as much as I love my 400D, I do miss the IS of my s3 at times.
Which is why I still have it

Well IHMO you shouldn't be stingy when it comes to tripods. Cos the way I see it, if you can spend thousands on a camera, you should spend at least a reasonable amount on good support. You wouldn't want your camera to fall down and whatnot all because of a cheap tripod, now, would you? Of course I don't mean spending ridiculous amounts of money either. But get a good, solid and not overly cheap tripod. It'll be a good investment.

Eh, not all manfrottos are about 1k. Some can get for around 500, maybe 400. Hahahah. You know there's a shop near my house, yang kat lobsterman tu, they sell camera equipment like tripods, monopods, studio lighting and stuff for pretty okay prices, apparently.

Alternatively you could get a monopod. That's what i plan to get. Getting a carbon fiber one, can't recall the brand, from bintang maju in lowyat sometime soon. Monopod + head should be bout 500.

Edit: Yeh, it's pretty steep. But I can use the monopod as a weapon too.

This post has been edited by tulerst: Aug 26 2007, 07:56 PM

Saw the moon shining.

@ aceejay: Yep it's the S3. You pun boleh buat. Senang jer. Hahahaha

@ Kinz: Digital kasi itu gambar abit the blur blur la. Even if I sharpen, it doesn't look that good. If use normal zoom and crop, not so bad.
BTW this was shot in RAW and edited with Lightzone. RAW editing is so memuaskan!

Was at a friend's house. I like orange

Werdddd! It's frustrating at times.