Camera Simulator to learn about camera settings

02/01/2012 01:25:13 PM · #3

Hahaha, awesome. They forgot WB, focus, and a squirrel for vawendy.

MinsoPhoto

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

02/01/2012 01:44:03 PM · #4

They don't take into account for artistic vision :)

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/01/2012 01:48:39 PM · #5

Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:

They don't take into account for artistic vision :)

That's what I was aiming for but couldn't come up with the. Words. Well played.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

02/01/2012 02:37:52 PM · #6

Originally posted by goinskiing:

Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:
They don't take into account for artistic vision :)

That's what I was aiming for but couldn't come up with the. Words. Well played.

ROFL! 1/4 second @ f/7.1, ISO 6400 on a sunny day... the result would be... white!

02/01/2012 02:42:30 PM · #7

Originally posted by kirbic:

Originally posted by goinskiing:

Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:
They don't take into account for artistic vision :)

That's what I was aiming for but couldn't come up with the. Words. Well played.

ROFL! 1/4 second @ f/7.1, ISO 6400 on a sunny day... the result would be... white!

Shot in RAW and recovered a few stops afterward. ;)

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/01/2012 02:50:18 PM · #8

Surely you could just use your camera for this kind of thing?

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

02/01/2012 02:52:20 PM · #9

Originally posted by Simms:

Surely you could just use your camera for this kind of thing?

Well, that would require actually moving from in front of a computer screen... not gonna happen ;-)

ETA: I *do* see value in something like this. Seeing both the image result *and* the explanation of *why* it looks like it does may be very helpful to beginners looking to understand camera functions.

Message edited by author 2012-02-01 14:54:18.

bhuge

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

02/01/2012 02:53:28 PM · #10

Originally posted by Simms:

Surely you could just use your camera for this kind of thing?

You wouldn't believe how hard it is to rent a child with a pinwheel.

Covert_Oddity

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/01/2012 03:58:36 PM · #11

I can't help but underexpose it a stop or so as I think it looks much better :)

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/01/2012 04:05:27 PM · #12

This was posted last year. Looks like they updated it though. Still didn't include my suggestion. >:/

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

02/01/2012 04:46:00 PM · #13

I think they should add sound effects to distract you as you are working

"What do you think of Nikon"

"I`d love to be a photographer, how`d you get into it"

"How many megapixels is that?"

mcaldo

Samsung GX-10

Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7

02/01/2012 05:43:07 PM · #14

Good stuff, I am always wondering when they will come up with some kind of photography videogame based on some 3d engine. The tecnology is there already. Just, what could the measurable objective for the player be? :)
I guess just a sniper/paparazzi 'you got your shot in focus' kind of thing could work..

The app is pretty cool and by far the best I have seen for beginners.
It would be awesome if there was manual focus and perhaps a scene diagram from above, so to experiment with DOF and hyperfocal distance

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

02/01/2012 05:51:46 PM · #15

Originally posted by Simms:

I think they should add sound effects to distract you as you are working

"What do you think of Nikon"

"I`d love to be a photographer, how`d you get into it"

"How many megapixels is that?"

"Those are nice -- you must have a great simulator."

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/01/2012 05:58:50 PM · #16

OK, I've played with it some, and in fact I'm really pretty impressed with the results. The pinwheel blur responds realistically to shutter speed changes. Cool. The resulting exposure seems believable when I intentionally under or over expose. Neat. The program notifies me when I use a shutter speed that is too slow for the movement of the girl in the frame.
The "feedback" is OK, but sometimes cryptic. When I crank the ISO but otherwise get it right, it comments that the shot "is a little grainy" but doesn't tell me why. It would be nice if there was a button to click to receive more detailed feedback, including the problem, the cause, and potential solutions.
Really, though, it's pretty cool. Now if it could only do some landscapes, LOL.

ETA: LOL, it's a Canon. Now where did they find that 18-55mm f/2.8 lens??

Message edited by author 2012-02-01 18:07:01.