Any photographers in here?

[tekkie]

I just get frustrated.

I went from shooting app. on MY rebel XT to the D200 getting dropped in my lap and told they need good macro pics

this is a decent canon learning site, obviously the concepts will apply to any camera

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1B.html

have a look I bet they have something on macro, macro is really simple once you get the concept

this page seems to touch on it http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1Ga.html

 

[sleeper3]

I'd just rather adjust shutter speed than exposure compensation. I guess that's what I'm getting at. I can adjust shutter speed while looking through the viewfinder, but to adjust the exposure compensation value, I have to take the camera off of my face. I did have a pretty good understanding of the exposure trinity though, so that helped.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I'd just rather adjust shutter speed than exposure compensation. I guess that's what I'm getting at. I can adjust shutter speed while looking through the viewfinder, but to adjust the exposure compensation value, I have to take the camera off of my face. I did have a pretty good understanding of the exposure trinity though, so that helped.

I can do either in the viewfinder... why can't you?

 

[sleeper3]

oops, turns out I can when I'm in aperture priority mode. lol learn something new every day I guess!

 

[tekkie]

I'd just rather adjust shutter speed than exposure compensation. I guess that's what I'm getting at. I can adjust shutter speed while looking through the viewfinder, but to adjust the exposure compensation value, I have to take the camera off of my face. I did have a pretty good understanding of the exposure trinity though, so that helped.

thats the opposite of what you want to do the majority of the time, the only time I want to have a precise shutter speed is when I am looking for an effect, like motion blur of a waterfall, or of a car driving by

otherwise if I am looking for a portrait I want my dof and then I adjust my iso so I have a shutter speed so I am not getting lens shake

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Ya everyone's got a different way of learning things. I learnt by shooting all manual and understanding what each setting and number does and how it all relates to each other.

You guys (sleeper, mx, whoever else) ....you guys need to play around w/ the camera more..not just go and take pics, but explore the camera itself. One thing I usually suggest to users is to read that manual front to back.

 

[sleeper3]

thats the opposite of what you want to do the majority of the time, the only time I want to have a precise shutter speed is when I am looking for an effect, like motion blur of a waterfall, or of a car driving by

otherwise if I am looking for a portrait I want my dof and then I adjust my iso so I have a shutter speed so I am not getting lens shake

remember that you can take some liberty with your ISO. The highest I will go if I am looking for quality photos is 400. honestly, I am ok enough at judging lighting conditions that I'll pick 1 ISO setting and just leave it while I'm shooting unless conditions change drastically enough that I'm outside of the shutter speed window I want to be in. Then I adjust the fstop to acheive the DOF that I want, and then I change the shutter speed to expose correctly.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

Ya everyone's got a different way of learning things. I learnt by shooting all manual and understanding what each setting and number does and how it all relates to each other.

You guys (sleeper, mx, whoever else) ....you guys need to play around w/ the camera more..not just go and take pics, but explore the camera itself. One thing I usually suggest to users is to read that manual front to back.

the manual tells you what the buttons do... not how to use them... idk, mine didn't come with one but did come with a tutorial vid and its given me the basics I need to go learn wtf I'm doing... but you're absolutely right... i took about 50 pics of a balsa bridge I made eons ago, just to play with settings.

 

[tekkie]

remember that you can take some liberty with your ISO. The highest I will go if I am looking for quality photos is 400. honestly, I am ok enough at judging lighting conditions that I'll pick 1 ISO setting and just leave it while I'm shooting unless conditions change drastically enough that I'm outside of the shutter speed window I want to be in. Then I adjust the fstop to acheive the DOF that I want, and then I change the shutter speed to expose correctly.

if your trying to tell me you cant shot about iso 400 your crazy

if your printing posters I would believe it but otherwise for posting a 1024 pic or something on the web you can use ISO 800 easily

 

[altspace]

My PnS has only 5 ISO settings so I leave it on 50 almost 90% of the time. This camera is terrible with anything higher. Here's its highest setting at 800.

 

[sleeper3]

if your trying to tell me you cant shot about iso 400 your crazy

if your printing posters I would believe it but otherwise for posting a 1024 pic or something on the web you can use ISO 800 easily

I'm a pixel peeper if my sky is the least bit speckly, I'm not happy. I take facebook pictures at 1600 all day long. I just wouldn't use the pictures for anything else.

 

[sleeper3]

My PnS has only 5 ISO settings so I leave it on 50 almost 90% of the time. This camera is terrible with anything higher. Here's its highest setting at 800.

my underwater camera stays on ISO 50 also. it's a 5mp PnS though, so I feel your pain.

 

[tekkie]

I'm a pixel peeper if my sky is the least bit speckly, I'm not happy. I take facebook pictures at 1600 all day long. I just wouldn't use the pictures for anything else.

its quite normal for the background to have noise, selective noise reduction fixes that real quick I do it all the time

 

[FunkyBuddha]

its quite normal for the background to have noise, selective noise reduction fixes that real quick I do it all the time

Oooh watch out, a lot of people don't like processing their photos. (screwy)

 

[chowhoundMSP]

Im still learning so I shoot in app or shutter priority with the Auto ISO turned on. This way I choose 1 of the 3 point of exposure and the cam chooses the other 2. I think my next step is to turn off the Auto ISO and experiment with setting that myself.

I am kinda with sleeper, so far I have set the limit on auto ISO to be 800. 1600 will be a last resort for me, as it is quite grainy. I tend to over analyze my photos and cant stand to see grain.

 

[sleeper3]

its quite normal for the background to have noise, selective noise reduction fixes that real quick I do it all the time

yeah I do multiple copies of photos I really like and then layer them in photoshop when I am feeling crazy or bored... I wish I had a camera that would make my life easier is all.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

bracketing FTW...

 

[nate0123]

OK, you guys are probably already familiar with this, but I just stumbled on a setting in Photoshop that allows you to produce an HDR effect from a single exposure. It isn't perfect (can't invent detail that isn't there, and has some noise in dark areas it's trying to lighten) but for a quick single-step enhancement I was suprised at the effect you can get. I dug up an old photo to practice on.

before:

after:

 

[gr?]

Ya everyone's got a different way of learning things. I learnt by shooting all manual and understanding what each setting and number does and how it all relates to each other.

You guys (sleeper, mx, whoever else) ....you guys need to play around w/ the camera more..not just go and take pics, but explore the camera itself. One thing I usually suggest to users is to read that manual front to back.

I'm Asian. We're naturally good at math, know karate and know how to take pictures.

 

[altspace]

Traded in my RX-8 for this.