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12/18/2006 09:00:37 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by crayon:
but on overcast or not-so-sunny days, f8 and 1/125 ISO100 would result in blurry photos, no? People walking in the street will have blurry hands or legs due to subject motion? |
Art thinks a little motion blur in photojournalism can be a good thing. Art also wonders if the Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera even has an f/8 / F8 / f/8 / f8.0 / F/8.0 setting. Art is also not my real name, nor a reflection of my images. |
yes it does! in fact, it is fixed at f8 all the time (the designers of this cam probably read a lot about the "magic f8" in some photography forums too!) |
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12/18/2006 09:27:17 PM · #52 |
Jhonan, re "hyperfocal" Look on top most SLR lenses, and you will see a series of markings, usually right behind the focus ring, with numbers corresponding to the aperture "stops". When the infinity dot on the focus ring is aligned with the number of the chosen aperture, then everything from infinity back to the range reading on the focus ring corresponding to he second mark for the chosen aperture on the lens will be "reasonably" in focus. Notice that the f/ markings at the focus ring get wider apart as the aperture gets smaller. Back before SLR's, that was the way you focused to shoot.
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12/18/2006 10:26:17 PM · #53 |
f/8 challenge suggestion :) Suggested a few months back.
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12/18/2006 10:51:43 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Bear mentioned leaving the focus set to hyperfocal - is that the same as infinity? (Or hang on, is it that spot just before infinity, so that everything from x feet to infinity is in focus...?) |
That's correct :-)
R. |
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12/18/2006 11:06:52 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by jhonan:
Bear mentioned leaving the focus set to hyperfocal - is that the same as infinity? (Or hang on, is it that spot just before infinity, so that everything from x feet to infinity is in focus...?) |
That's correct :-)
R. |
So why don't camera's (mine, anyway) have a button to "Set to HF at current zoom" alongside the Manual Focus button? |
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12/18/2006 11:10:59 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by jhonan:
Bear mentioned leaving the focus set to hyperfocal - is that the same as infinity? (Or hang on, is it that spot just before infinity, so that everything from x feet to infinity is in focus...?) |
That's correct :-)
R. |
So why don't camera's (mine, anyway) have a button to "Set to HF at current zoom" alongside the Manual Focus button? |
Some effectively do (only more so) It's called 'DEP' mode. You say I want this point and this point in focus - what aperture should I use - it picks the aperture and sets the focus.
PITA to use normally, but effectively what you are asking for.
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12/18/2006 11:14:15 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
So why don't camera's (mine, anyway) have a button to "Set to HF at current zoom" alongside the Manual Focus button? |
Isn't that what the "Landscape" mode in many cameras do? |
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12/18/2006 11:28:00 PM · #58 |
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
So why don't camera's (mine, anyway) have a button to "Set to HF at current zoom" alongside the Manual Focus button? |
Isn't that what the "Landscape" mode in many cameras do? |
Could be -- I'll have to check. I've never used most of the "modes" on my camera. |
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12/18/2006 11:47:04 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
Now that would make an interesting challenge... "f/8 @ 1/125". |
Yes it would, wouldn't it? |
I can hear the Nikonians starting to gnash their teeth...
f/8 @ 1/125 @ ISO 100 would the full thing, but you'd need a camera that has an ISO 100 setting :) |
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So really get the Nikonians upset, make the challenge; f/8 1/125 sec and full sensor only ;) |
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12/19/2006 01:07:35 AM · #60 |
| wait I have iso 100 on my d200? |
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12/19/2006 01:42:50 AM · #61 |
Originally posted by petrakka:
wait I have iso 100 on my d200? |
I do too :P
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12/19/2006 03:03:49 AM · #62 |
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
So why don't camera's (mine, anyway) have a button to "Set to HF at current zoom" alongside the Manual Focus button? |
Isn't that what the "Landscape" mode in many cameras do? |
There are different ways to set the HF point, depending on the type of camera and lense you use.
- With "P&S" cameras you can always get the HF point by choosing the "Portrait & Landscape" mode. In this mode, your camera will automatically set to HF.
- With modern auto focus lenses (with no aperture ring) there are two ways to set to HF
1. Turn to manual focus. Focus to infinity and then turn the ring just a little before infinity, or
2. Turn to manual focus. Frame your photo, find something that is about 1/3 up, from the bottom of your frame and focus on it.
From what I've heard and my experience, those are the most reliable ways to set your camera to hyper focal point. |
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12/19/2006 03:09:09 AM · #63 |
Here's a couple online DOF calculators:
//www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
//www.dudak.baka.com/dofcalc.html
If you play with these for a while (I like the first one) you'll get a pretty good feel for what your own lenses will do in DOF-critical situations, and then you can pretty well wing it in the field.
R.
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12/19/2006 03:16:37 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Bear is weird that way; starting a sentence with a lower-case letter looks even worse to his literary sensibilities.
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e e cummings thought the same thing, too.
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12/19/2006 07:31:33 AM · #65 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
So why don't camera's (mine, anyway) have a button to "Set to HF at current zoom" alongside the Manual Focus button? |
Because this isn't an aircraft on auto pilot man! ;-)
If you plan on exploiting hyper focal focus, you best be shooting with manual focus anyway.
Don't expect an "Easy Button" for everything.
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12/19/2006 08:48:30 AM · #66 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
kirbic finds it odd as well; jarring. Almost, well, unbearable. ;-) |
muckpond thinks that capital letters are for people who discriminate. |
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12/19/2006 09:00:07 AM · #67 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by kirbic:
kirbic finds it odd as well; jarring. Almost, well, unbearable. ;-) |
muckpond thinks that capital letters are for people who discriminate. |
ithinkpunctuationdoesthattoothateattheendwasgettingspecialtreatmentwiththeperiodtocozyupto
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12/19/2006 09:09:07 AM · #68 |
If Spazz is now THE Spazz then I want to be THE CANDLE... AND MAYBE I SHOULD KEEP USING CAPS FOR EMPHASIS...
Edit: candlerain forgot about the 3rd person... "If Spazz is now THE Spazz then candlerain wants to be THE CANDLE... AND MAYBE candlerain SHOULD KEEP USING CAPS FOR EMPHASIS..."
Message edited by author 2006-12-19 09:10:46. |
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12/19/2006 09:10:07 AM · #69 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by kirbic:
kirbic finds it odd as well; jarring. Almost, well, unbearable. ;-) |
muckpond thinks that capital letters are for people who discriminate. |
ithinkpunctuationdoesthattoothateattheendwasgettingspecialtreatmentwiththeperiodtocozyupto |
exactlymaybeishouldquitusingpunctuationtoothatwouldreallymakekirbiclovereadingmyposts |
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12/19/2006 09:21:48 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by kirbic:
kirbic finds it odd as well; jarring. Almost, well, unbearable. ;-) |
muckpond thinks that capital letters are for people who discriminate. |
ithinkpunctuationdoesthattoothateattheendwasgettingspecialtreatmentwiththeperiodtocozyupto |
exactlymaybeishouldquitusingpunctuationtoothatwouldreallymakekirbiclovereadingmyposts |
dow.nwIt!hrul'eSidoNt;foLLoWrulEsi:ma.Nart,iStyOUcaNtm'a!kE.mE?
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12/19/2006 09:24:48 AM · #71 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by kirbic:
kirbic finds it odd as well; jarring. Almost, well, unbearable. ;-) |
muckpond thinks that capital letters are for people who discriminate. |
ithinkpunctuationdoesthattoothateattheendwasgettingspecialtreatmentwiththeperiodtocozyupto |
exactlymaybeishouldquitusingpunctuationtoothatwouldreallymakekirbiclovereadingmyposts |
dow.nwIt!hrul'eSidoNt;foLLoWrulEsi:ma.Nart,iStyOUcaNtm'a!kE.mE? |
doch! |
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12/19/2006 10:35:14 AM · #72 |
Originally posted by candlerain:
If Spazz is now THE Spazz then I want to be THE CANDLE... AND MAYBE I SHOULD KEEP USING CAPS FOR EMPHASIS...
Edit: candlerain forgot about the 3rd person... "If Spazz is now THE Spazz then candlerain wants to be THE CANDLE... AND MAYBE candlerain SHOULD KEEP USING CAPS FOR EMPHASIS..." |
The Spaz thinks The Candle should know by now that 'The Spaz' only has one 'z'. |
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12/19/2006 11:14:48 AM · #73 |
| The Spaz should know by now that The Candle stutters! hahahah! |
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12/19/2006 11:28:51 AM · #74 |
Originally posted by candlerain:
The Spaz should know by now that The Candle stutters! hahahah! |
Shouldn't that be "sputters"? |
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