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 What you can do, I can do also!, What's the big deal about DSLR Cameras?

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Mavik
post Jan 16 2008, 11:23 AM

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QUOTE(dgrebel @ Jan 16 2008, 10:24 AM)
can powershot s3 is do this panning shot?

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i'll be deliberately happy to switch back to prosumer cameras if that's the case.
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QUOTE(dgrebel @ Jan 16 2008, 10:56 AM)
i tell u, u'll be surprise to see the effect of IS via the viewfinder rather than a body with built-in IS.  brows.gif

poison intended.
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Lets try to stick to the topic for the TS as he mentioned that he takes SCENERY shots.

For all those people out there who feel insulted just because someone feels as if they have a tough time transitioning, why not just take a look at these group of photos (http://www.flickr.com/groups/pnsenvy/) taken by PnS. Definitely a humbling experience for me looking at these photos smile.gif

For DarthBaboon, since you bought your D40x and intend to make full use of it, in regards to scenery or landscape pictures, you can take full advantage of the many filters available for the DSLR markets which will help you such as ND filters, Graduated ND filters, CPL filters.

Before I just add more confusion to you, just do a Google on those terms.
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post Jan 17 2008, 05:54 PM

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In regards to the metering, I am sure you should be able to find out more about it.

Here is a quick guide, when you look through the viewfinder you will see a meter as shown below.


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So if you point your camera at a subject, and you get this,

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It means your image will be overexposed and you need to either increase your shutter speed or reduce your aperture opening.


If you point your camera at a subject, and you get this,

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It means your image will be underexposed and you need to either reduce your shutter speed or increase your aperture opening or increase your ISO setting.

If you set your camera at Av mode or Shutter Priority or auto or program mode, it will automatically help you adjust but an auto adjustment might not suit your taste.

This post has been edited by Mavik: Jan 17 2008, 05:55 PM
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post Jan 17 2008, 06:03 PM

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QUOTE(TheVoIP @ Jan 17 2008, 05:56 PM)
As I had expressed in my previous numerous posts that SIZE matter... Always go as BIG as possible... When yours is BIG (White lense, 300 f2.8 etc), you never shy to show... And on the other way, small things tends to be embrassed.

These teory works on a lot of things;

Camry, Accord is much better than Kelisa and Kancil.... S class is better than C class... Even kids that do not know the price of the cars can understand that...

Even our politician admit that some AV video was him, all because his size is OK and want to tunjuk. Imagine if yours is small, being captured in video, and watch by others... Do you want to admit it is actually yours?  cool2.gif

Hope my words can help in opening your mind to understanding the important of dSLR so you are not regreting getting one. If you want to regret, only regret yours are not big enought, and should get bigger one...  laugh.gif

Remember BIG is always Better.... LOOOONG also good.  BIG + LONG = VERY GOOD! icon_rolleyes.gif
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Well SIZE matter but not in all occasions and once you do more and more long hours and event sort of photography, you really wished size doesn't matter!

Try carrying two bodies, with a belt and a assortment of 85mm f/1.2, 70-200mm, 10-22mm, fish eye, two flash on the bodies, memory card, water bottle and run around for about 8-12 hours then I am very sure you would be saying that SIZE matters.

With your comparison about Mercedes between an S class and a C class, is the SLR worse off compared to the C class since the C class is bigger? Would the BMW Z4 lose to a Wira because the Z4 is smaller. Do you consider a F18 jet compared to a fokker quad properlor plane lousy because the F18 is smaller.

It doesn't matter if your brain is soooo huge, if we don't even use its full capacity it doesn't even matter.

Don't look at size, look at quality.
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post Jan 17 2008, 06:17 PM

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Then use this lens lor.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/13/carl-ze...telephoto-lens/

5.5 feet long lens.....where you stand also hit the model already....tongue.gif
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post Jan 21 2008, 11:57 AM

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QUOTE(darthbaboon @ Jan 21 2008, 11:41 AM)
Ok a couple of quick questions :

I) How critical is post-processing for you guys? I have always printed, posted or presented my photos As-Is... direct from the camera. Always have adjusted lighting using apperture, shuttle speed or iso. I don't quite know how to do exposure compensation or other stuff so could that be why some photos come out "dull"?

II) Would you recommend the photos be taken in RAW or JPEG (Fine) mode?
@ Derek : Have some bad experiences with noise in high ISO modes for S3, so up till 1/3 or 1/4 for non-moving objects I'm still okay with it. Will try to lean against something or crop my hand against another object to stabilize. I guess will have to get out of bad habit and play with ISO more often. Out of curiosity... if 1/8 is slow... what's the standard/recommended shuttle speed for scenery/still objects?
Edit : Great pictures in the Bird Park outing. A pity I missed it. sad.gif
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Post processing will definitely depend on the individual, if you feel that you want to give your pictures a little "oompphhh" then go ahead and post process them. Make sure that when you are doing that, the colour space you are using would be in sRGB so that once it is printed, the colours will look the same.

If you shoot your images in RAW, then you definitely need to convert them to JPEG before sending them to be printed. So that is an additional step.
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post Jan 21 2008, 05:48 PM

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Also don't be too constraint by the rules of photography as well. Some rules are meant to be broken anyway wink.gif
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post Jan 22 2008, 08:28 PM

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QUOTE(R a D ! c 4 L @ Jan 22 2008, 06:53 PM)
im no expert le sad.gif
huh? its a no no man, im still a student, my pp really sux. Told you guys i used various plug in to achieve the effects only =/
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Oooh the secret is out! tongue.gif

Still, we can see from your photos that your PPing skills is quite top notch rclxms.gif
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