June 27, 201213 yr I have been looking for a Konica Wai-Wai ultrawide angle disposeable camera for a few months. It has an 18mm, full frame, plastic lens. But 18mm!!! I want to take the lens out and put it in my Leica. I Just got an email from someone who found a stash of them in their freezer... So excited. http://moominsean.bl...wai.html http://www.toycamera...konica-wai-wai/ http://www.lomograph...sposable-camera I bought 2. One to keep stock, one to hack up. I'm really sorry to hear that John. It totally sucks and shows it can happen to anyone. +1 As for me, I had been toying with the idea of full frame and I will still grab a D700 for the right price, but I also realize that the D7000 is still so much more advanced than my own skills that I need to get the hang of it first. I will save and buy some FX glass as a next step. I shot my son's baseball game in the bright sun the other day. Not easy. But I was much better about freezing the action as I had enough light to work with fast shutter speeds while keeping the ISO reasonable. Exposure was all over the place, so I need to figure that out, but at least the relationship between speed, light, shutter speed, ISO is starting to come together. Bright sunlight is surprisingly hard. What do you mean "exposure was all over the place"? The biggest advantage I see with FF sensors today is with ultrawideangle lenses. If your not interested in stuff wider than ~24mm (about 16mm on crop) I don't think it matters that much. APS-c sensors still get plenty of Bokeh when you shoot that way.
June 27, 201213 yr What do you mean "exposure was all over the place"? I would guess it is the same problem I have had in bright light when trying to catch things fast. The usual setting of centre-weighted metering doesn't quite get the hint of what you want, thus you get beautifully detailed sunny skies with dark foreground. My solution is to use centre spot metering on desired target, exposure lock, then re-frame - it blows out the highlights in the sky, but gives me what I want. If anybody has a better technique, I'd love to hear it. * Anybody have any experience with tough compact cameras? I am eyeing off the new Olympus TG-1 as a small carry around for holiday, kayaking, snowy days, etc. when the dSLR is too risky or heavy. Edited June 27, 201213 yr by Beefy
June 27, 201213 yr I would guess it is the same problem I have had in bright light when trying to catch things fast. The usual setting of centre-weighted metering doesn't quite get the hint of what you want, thus you get beautifully detailed sunny skies with dark foreground. My solution is to use centre spot metering on desired target, exposure lock, then re-frame - it blows out the highlights in the sky, but gives me what I want. If anybody has a better technique, I'd love to hear it. Thanks, this describes my problem exactly.
June 27, 201213 yr I would guess it is the same problem I have had in bright light when trying to catch things fast. The usual setting of centre-weighted metering doesn't quite get the hint of what you want, thus you get beautifully detailed sunny skies with dark foreground. My solution is to use centre spot metering on desired target, exposure lock, then re-frame - it blows out the highlights in the sky, but gives me what I want. If anybody has a better technique, I'd love to hear it. Thanks, this describes my problem exactly. I personally lean towards Matrix metering. Its much better at guessing what you want. After that, dial in some exposure compensation to get the people where you want them. Nobody agrees with me, but loosing the sky to blank whiteness isnt that big of a sin. Certainly not as bad as underexposed people in people pictures. Edited June 27, 201213 yr by nikongod
June 27, 201213 yr I'm to the point where I use me-metering most of the time. I find I'm generally better at knowing the exposure I want in most conditions than the camera is.
June 28, 201213 yr I shot my son's baseball game in the bright sun the other day. Not easy. But I was much better about freezing the action as I had enough light to work with fast shutter speeds while keeping the ISO reasonable. Exposure was all over the place, so I need to figure that out, but at least the relationship between speed, light, shutter speed, ISO is starting to come together. I haven't used Nikons much but when I played with the d90, I always remapped the Fn button (the one on the front of the camera) to do spot metering. That way I could choose on the spot which one to use. To use matrix, use your camera as normal. To use spot, hold down the Fn button while depressing the shutter release. When you're shooting directly into the sunlight it's always best to use spot metering. This is honestly my favorite feature of Nikons that Canons lack. Edit: Also, if you're shooting into sunlight and your subject is in range of your flash (check the guide number of the flash), don't hesitate to use fill flash. Edit again: If some guy says, "Hey, your flash is on, buddy." I always reply, "Oh yeah.. I don't know how to turn it off." Edited June 28, 201213 yr by falkon
June 30, 201213 yr Could use your help gang. I was using the Nikon 35 1.8 today and I do not like the images I was getting. No matter what I did, I got hazy images. And it doesn't appear to be happening with the 18-200 vr. An example appears below. What would be an explanation for this. Certainly poor skill and technique are at work, but I usually get at least non-hazy images with the 35 1.8. Any input would be appreciated.
July 1, 201213 yr Looks like haziness is due to flare from the window directly facing the lens top right. If the window was shaded or photo taken from the opposite direction, it shouldn't be hazy any more.
July 1, 201213 yr Thanks Jon, but I was getting it in all contexts. I'll try to upload another example.
July 1, 201213 yr Grease on the lenses? Any of the lens coatings deteriorated? It looks more like haze a la Hamilton than overexposure
July 2, 201213 yr Looks like haziness is due to flare from the window directly facing the lens top right. If the window was shaded or photo taken from the opposite direction, it shouldn't be hazy any more. Thanks Jon. I cleaned the lens and it looks better now. The only consistent haziness seems to be due to the flare you described above. Man little monkey has grown up fast. It goes too fast.
July 2, 201213 yr It goes too fast. I saw a mother on TV describe it as "The days are long but the years are short" I think that's about right. My little guy turns 9 months today.
July 2, 201213 yr I saw a mother on TV describe it as "The days are long but the years are short" I think that's about right. My little guy turns 9 months today. I like that quote. Sums it up nicely.
July 2, 201213 yr Had a chance to do a bit of serious shooting for the first time in a while yesterday, here's one that I ended up liking:
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