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Post by red14 on Aug 4, 2014 9:20:33 GMT -6
Overcast days make excellent photos. I need to practice with sepia and black & white, and I need to use one of the tripods. It didn't take me long to love digital cameras, it's so easy to throw away the mistakes. The new camera is more capable than I am. That's the greatest thing about them, because the worst thing about film is sometimes 3 out of 24 are crap, and you don't find out until you are home. Bummer!
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Post by piney on Aug 4, 2014 9:41:30 GMT -6
I always hated dropping off film at the drugstore, waiting for days, then when I picked up my photos they were all terrible. What a letdown! I usually get a couple of pictures I like in every 20-30 shots, and I have so many camera features I need to explore. The thing has lots of fun settings to play with, different 'Art Shot' settings like Toy Camera, soft focus, fisheye.
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Post by red14 on Aug 4, 2014 10:40:09 GMT -6
I always hated dropping off film at the drugstore, waiting for days, then when I picked up my photos they were all terrible. What a letdown! I usually get a couple of pictures I like in every 20-30 shots, and I have so many camera features I need to explore. The thing has lots of fun settings to play with, different 'Art Shot' settings like Toy Camera, soft focus, fisheye. That's why I got the Sony. Canon and Nikon are the best, but my Sony has so much stuff I'll never use, why spend the extra money to get even more stuff I want to use. A 200 dollar camera now days, will still great pictures, only the pros need the most expensive ones. I just can't afford them.
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Post by piney on Aug 4, 2014 10:46:10 GMT -6
Mine is a Casio. When I bought the first one, I did a ton of research on these little point & shoot cameras, and the Casio was a bit better than the rest. I never had to charge the battery on the first one, it was always ready. The new one is twice the camera the old one is, more megapixels and a 12.5X, 24mm wide optical zoom. I could have spent some serious money on a camera, but I have what I need for now.
My friend Mary has her very expensive camera and all her equipment in a backpack that she takes everywhere. Everywhere! She has had pictures published, once on Sports Illustrated, and she is a fantastic photographer. Taking lots of pictures is her advice.
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Post by red14 on Aug 4, 2014 11:10:53 GMT -6
Mine is a Casio. When I bought the first one, I did a ton of research on these little point & shoot cameras, and the Casio was a bit better than the rest. I never had to charge the battery on the first one, it was always ready. The new one is twice the camera the old one is, more megapixels and a 12.5X, 24mm wide optical zoom. I could have spent some serious money on a camera, but I have what I need for now. My friend Mary has her very expensive camera and all her equipment in a backpack that she takes everywhere. Everywhere! She has had pictures published, once on Sports Illustrated, and she is a fantastic photographer. Taking lots of pictures is her advice. That is good advice, I do my best. Someday we will go on a trip and take massive amounts of pictures. Maybe when we have our TFRT party, at Quetahos's house.
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Post by piney on Aug 4, 2014 11:20:39 GMT -6
For sure, and I'm sure he'd feed us well, too!
I try to take pictures every couple of days, and I need to bring the camera everywhere I go.
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Post by red14 on Aug 4, 2014 13:34:00 GMT -6
For sure, and I'm sure he'd feed us well, too! I try to take pictures every couple of days, and I need to bring the camera everywhere I go. If I don't take my camera, I always seem to miss a good shot.
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Post by piney on Aug 4, 2014 14:04:47 GMT -6
Yes, me too. My new camera is a little larger and heavier than the old camera, and if I go to one of the lakes I worry about dropping it in the water or splashing on it. Last time, I wore it around my neck on a lanyard, but my neck doesn't like that! A knitted case would work, I think, if I hooked it to my belt loop or something.
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Post by red14 on Aug 4, 2014 14:52:21 GMT -6
Lately I take two camera with me on day trips, my Canon AE-1 (film) and Sony A100 (digital). The Canon has a 28mm lens with a .42 converter, which makes it a 11.76 redneck fisheye. I don't take many pictures with it, though. I use different lens on the Sony.
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Post by red14 on Aug 5, 2014 17:23:30 GMT -6
Red, I want you to digest this lesson. I learned it from a fellow who was the White House photographer during WWII and later dis a lot of work for National Geographic. The camera takes photographs and stores them away for you. The photographer takes pictures and pleases people with his art. I was out shooting with him one weekend and was complaining that my Brownie Hawkeye just wasn't taking good pictures. The next morning, he took my Brownie from me and handed me his !!Leica!! That evening, his pictures were just as good as ever and mine were just a sloppy as before. His camera which I used that day cost about a year's pay. Your equipment has to be adequate, of course. However, one of the hardest things to learn, and almost impossible to teach, is the eye for seeing and taking the picture. Otherwise you are just snapping photographs. Snapping photographs is good, and a must, for news and party times. You have the eye. Now, get out there and use it. Pops Thanks Pops, I always listen to you. I have joined a new Forum,talk photography, and those people are awesome. I can't post pictures there (big surprise ) but I do enjoy going there, I figure it can't hurt. I am trying some black and white lately, with limited success. I would appreciate some advice it you see fit. I seem to always have too little light, but I am still taking beaucoup pictures.
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Post by Pistolenschutzen on Aug 5, 2014 18:50:05 GMT -6
Red, I want you to digest this lesson. I learned it from a fellow who was the White House photographer during WWII and later dis a lot of work for National Geographic. The camera takes photographs and stores them away for you. The photographer takes pictures and pleases people with his art. I was out shooting with him one weekend and was complaining that my Brownie Hawkeye just wasn't taking good pictures. The next morning, he took my Brownie from me and handed me his !!Leica!! That evening, his pictures were just as good as ever and mine were just a sloppy as before. His camera which I used that day cost about a year's pay. Your equipment has to be adequate, of course. However, one of the hardest things to learn, and almost impossible to teach, is the eye for seeing and taking the picture. Otherwise you are just snapping photographs. Snapping photographs is good, and a must, for news and party times. You have the eye. Now, get out there and use it. Pops Thanks Pops, I always listen to you. I have joined a new Forum,talk photography, and those people are awesome. I can't post pictures there (big surprise ) but I do enjoy going there, I figure it can't hurt. I am trying some black and white lately, with limited success. I would appreciate some advice it you see fit. I seem to always have too little light, but I am still taking beaucoup pictures. Red, I fear you have acquired that highly addictive and non-curable affliction, snappicus photographicus incessenticus. Science has never been able to find a cure, or even a pallative for the addiction. It inevitably leads to a state of photographs in every corner of the house, in the attic, and filling up the basement until the framework of the house must be reinforced to contain them all, and his cameras cost more than his car. Ultimately, the victim spends all his time shooting, fiddling with photographic paper, and replacing batteries in his camera. Weeds grow man high in his yard until the city comes by to abate them, and his friends no longer call him up to go bowling. He no longer has time to even watch football or drink beer! You might want to join PTA (Picture Takers Anonymous) before it's too late!
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Post by armedandsafe on Aug 5, 2014 21:35:09 GMT -6
Red, first, you have to learn if your camera AND your computer are showing you true colors. Go down to the paint store and get a color wheel card. Take it out where you normally shoot pictures and take a picture of it. Not in full, blasting sunlight and not in deep, dark shade, either. Put that picture up on your screen. Then take the shot to a GOOD camera shop (NOT WalMart, or RiteAid or ...) and have it printed. Now compare what you see with what you shot. Next, sign into kenrockwell.com/He has three (3) different aspects to his writings. 1, He reviews cameras and makes. In his reviews, he discusses how to adjust that camera off-center settings to get true renditions of what you see. Even if you don't use THAT camera, after awhile, you get an idea of how you might twiddle your camera into adjustment. 2. He talks about seeing and grabbing photographs. He talks about using a camera under perfect conditions and during chaos. 3. He talks about the basics of aperture, shutter, light, shadow, ASA/DIN, normal/wide-angle/telescopic/variable/fixed lenses, and other arcane subjects pertaining to the way light gets translated into pixels. There is much more there than you will use, to begin with, so don't be afraid to skim about looking for what fits your needs any given day. Without seeing your camera and how you have it set, I cannot tell why you think your photographs have too little light. I would suspect you need to fiddle with the "standard" settings to get out of the factory settings. I also need to know what film you are using in the AE1, which is a great camera. I carried a pair of those for years. I will do some research on the Sony A100 and see if I can come up with a fiddle for you to try. If you email me a couple you think have too little light AND a couple similar which have enough light, it might help. Pops
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Post by armedandsafe on Aug 5, 2014 22:01:38 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 1:55:20 GMT -6
Fascinating. Thanks all, I never thought of my camera that way.
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Post by piney on Aug 6, 2014 9:48:13 GMT -6
Here's one I like. This photo was taken at first light from my hotel room at the Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN, in March of 2012. There was a screen on the window that messed with the auto-focus, it's not a good photo in anyone's world, but I like it. I think it was taken with the cell phone camera.
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