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02/12/2010 08:14:42 PM · #76 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by pawdrix:
... I can't think of a single instance where I wasn't in a position to manually set everything. It barely takes a second and the images come out much better. |
"... couldn't change the settings while driving."
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You got me there. |
Great...now we have people with DSLRs trying to shoot while driving? I thought the cell phone was bad!!!
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02/12/2010 08:24:09 PM · #77 |
Originally posted by kleski:
Great...now we have people with DSLRs trying to shoot while driving? I thought the cell phone was bad!!! |
Right on! Use a film camera instead.
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02/12/2010 08:41:36 PM · #78 |
Thanks for that link. I spent well over an hour laughing at all the stuff I found after watching yours. |
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02/12/2010 09:16:01 PM · #79 |
 Shot thru the windshield, while driving slowly, on a back road, with one knee, 300mm f4.5, all manual settings, with no metering.
 Try this with auto settings. It ain't gonna happen.
I shoot auto too, when I think that I will be happy with the results, but some things just require the quickness or control that auto can't do. It's all good, and it just depends on what you want from the scene, and what it deserves.
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02/12/2010 09:17:16 PM · #80 |
Originally posted by kleski:
Great...now we have people with DSLRs trying to shoot while driving? I thought the cell phone was bad!!! |
1. Not a dSLR -- a P&S with a long zoom.
2. I keep watching the road (notice the poor framing?), and try to shoot when traffic conditions permit a maximum margin of safety.
The main danger of cell-phone use is the prolonged distraction caused by holding a cogent conversation (or checking a tanking stock portfolio); I don't think I look around any more or for longer than checking in a rear-view mirror. |
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02/12/2010 09:34:39 PM · #81 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by kleski:
Great...now we have people with DSLRs trying to shoot while driving? I thought the cell phone was bad!!! |
1. Not a dSLR -- a P&S with a long zoom.
2. I keep watching the road (notice the poor framing?), and try to shoot when traffic conditions permit a maximum margin of safety.
The main danger of cell-phone use is the prolonged distraction caused by holding a cogent conversation (or checking a tanking stock portfolio); I don't think I look around any more or for longer than checking in a rear-view mirror. |
You forgot hitting the update button on a tanking photo...and my previous post was in jest of course. :) |
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02/12/2010 09:45:02 PM · #82 |
Originally posted by kleski:
You forgot hitting the update button on a tanking photo...and my previous post was in jest of course. :) |
That would drive someone to distraction! I answered you "seriously" because you raised quite a reasonable concern, and though I try to minimize the risk, there is an added risk of which I'm aware -- I was not offended by your pointing out the potential hazard. :-) |
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02/12/2010 10:32:08 PM · #83 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
"...for when you're not necessarily in a position to be able to manually set everything?" |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Jeb, that line struck me because I can't think of a single instance where I wasn't in a position to manually set everything. It barely takes a second and the images come out much better. |
Well, I'm sure you have more experience, training, and knowledge than I, but I barely had time to get the window rolled down to get this, and the other frame wasn't remotely close to either being in focus or had the same composition as this one.
Had I needed to take the second(s) to change anything, this would not have happened for me.
It was shot out the window of the truck I was driving in a blinding snowstorm as I pulled up to the railroad crossing. I wasn't even in park, just came to a stop with my foot on the brake.
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02/12/2010 10:47:30 PM · #84 |
Originally posted by zxaar:
well on my camera they are not fixed. Yesterday only because of all this talk of auto mode i tried putting my cam to av mode and it keep throwing me into iso 3200 range.
(though i must admit i could control auto iso range of my camera, but setting that is manual interruption. Isn't it).
Even with shutter change only, there are times when you can go wrong. Specially when there is too much variation of light in scene. |
My auto ISO settings are 800 & 1/15, both of which with my D200 are well within acceptable ranges for me to get a good image if I get a chance at it.
When I shoot Av, and auto ISO with those limits, I get a pretty broad range of light and motion balances that will cover most of my needs.
This train was really hauling ass through the snowstorm.....and I'm happy with the result. I also doinked it some in PS, used a little Topaz, and this image is how I saw it in my mind's eye while I watched the train go by.
I really do find myself in a lot of situations where I shoot out of car windows, grab a shot wherever it is that I'm wandering around where I'll make a split second decision to take a shot I have only a moment to grab, and more often than not, I'm trying to get the best angle with the least amount of distractions in the image that'll mess it up, so I'll take the time to do that rather than doink my settings.
Bear in mind that my process right now in my photography journey is to concentrate more on my composition than what the camera is doing. I'm less concerned with IMAGE quality than.......image QUALITY.....8>)
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02/12/2010 10:49:22 PM · #85 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I'm less concerned with IMAGE quality than.......image QUALITY.....8>) |
That's an excellent way to put it! |
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02/13/2010 12:03:36 AM · #86 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I really do find myself in a lot of situations where I shoot out of car windows ... |
You might be interested in the Windscreen Photo Gallery site -- all about shots taken from cars ...
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I'm less concerned with IMAGE quality than.......image QUALITY.....8>) |
I think I'd phrase it just slightly differently, that I'm more interested in "a quality image than image quality" ... ;-) |
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