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08/02/2006 05:07:12 PM · #1 |
While I would hardly dare to call this photo a great work of art, given the circumstances in which it was taken, I̢۪m pretty impressed with my little camera̢۪s capabilities.
This Orchid macro was taken it a fairly dark room, hand held with on camera flash (set at soft flash) at pretty close to the camera̢۪s 1cm minimum focussing distance, using the wide angle macro focus setting. I really thought the flash would kill it, but the exposure is far better than I dared hope.
The only editing was resize and unsharp mask.
If this is what can be done in uncontrolled circumstances, I can̢۪t wait to try taking some proper macros. Now I just have to work out a tripod set-up that can get me close enough.
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08/02/2006 05:19:29 PM · #2 |
Nice. I bought a W10 to take on a rafting trip I went on this past weekend but haven't explored its possiblilties much yet. It does seem a very capable camera. I just wish it had a viewfinder for when the LCD is hard to see. I have to keep my fingers away from the lens more too. I read it was rated one of the best under $300 cameras- waterproof or not. If you would like to see how mine did, look at the American River gallery in my signature. The boat pictures were with the W10 but the dry land shots came from my Konica A200.
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08/02/2006 06:42:50 PM · #3 |
I'm not into water sports, so this may seem a strange camera choice. My main requirement was a camera that has a lens that remains inside the camera so it can be used quickly and in some cases inconsicuously for street use, especially when stopped at a red light while driving. I used to use my Sony U10 for that purpose but with 1mp, no zoom and really bad noise, it rarely produced a decent photo.
It is because of the flat lens that this macro possible. With any other camera at such close range, when using flash the lens would have cast a shadow and the photo would have been useless. This is a benefit I never even contemplated with this purchase. But I certainly plan to explore the options now I have discovered that shots like this are possible.
Oops, forgot to add, that river rafting photo is great. I wish I had the courage to try things like that.
Message edited by author 2006-08-02 18:44:46.
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08/02/2006 07:01:08 PM · #4 |
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Yep those orchids are fun to photograph, I took that one handheld dark room using my Olympus 35mm macro lens, on camera flash. Yours looks like the same excact kinda orchid. Didn't know they were so common. |
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08/06/2006 12:21:50 AM · #5 |
I keep thinking about MQuinn's post. Of course DSLR's can do wonderful things. But no other camera I OWN could do this. That said I tried the same thing with another subject and the flash really ruined it. Maybe the low light helped with this one, and the fact that the subject is largely white. And the top right corner is quite overexposed really. Still, this photo did exceed my expectations of what was possible with this camera.
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