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Sep 18, 2014 12:24:31   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
MOSFET - LensRentals has the D5100 thru D5300 bodies to rent. As mentioned by others, you should continue to work on the basics with your current camera. The prices are rather modest for 4-day rentals on the Nikon bodies although I'd look a week minimum to really move a candid camera body thru the paces. Two of your most recent street / night pictures look to be shooting too slow for hand-holding. Increasing the ISO and / or opening the aperture are needed to get a sharper focus where the shutter speed should be 1 'over' the focal-length of the lens such as 1/100, 1/200, etc.

My comment about the moon was related to both the clouds / haze as well as the bright section being over exposed (almost pure white with no detail). A different camera will not pull more detail from an overexposed moon surface.

You mention the T4i,what lenses are you using? Also, if you'll 'store original' when posting example pictures, we can inspect the EXIF data and provide more specific recommendations based on the technical details captured within the digital image.
MOSFET - LensRentals has the D5100 thru D5300 bodi... (show quote)


Hello again CHG_CANON:

My lenses currently are:
1. 18mm-55mm (the standard that comes with the T4i)
2. 18mm-135mm (mid-range telephoto)
3. 55mm-250mm (the big-boy lens)

Thanks for asking / recommending.

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Sep 18, 2014 12:28:05   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
RichardSM wrote:
Using your analogy I would go for the Ford certainly not a Chevy or any General Motors products?


Dear RichardSM:

hehehe... very funny.

MOSFET

Here's a photo of a drawing I made several months ago, in case anyone is interested in its analysis - the technical details of the photograph, that is :)
Here's a photo of a drawing I made several months ...
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Sep 18, 2014 13:54:54   #
RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas
 
MOSFET wrote:
Dear RichardSM:

hehehe... very funny.

MOSFET


I like your artistry very nicely done; I'll bet you could or can create church icons as well.

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Sep 18, 2014 14:07:40   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
RichardSM wrote:
I like your artistry very nicely done; I'll bet you could or can create church icons as well.


Thank you RichardSM: Just one of those moments when I put my pens to paper and out came a picture of an imaginary person whom I called "the Colonel." I don't generally sketch something that vivid, at least not in many, many years, since I was a very young lad of 7 or 8 years of age.

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Sep 18, 2014 14:10:47   #
amehta Loc: Boston
 
MOSFET wrote:
I have been a Rebel 4Ti user now since January 2014 and I must tell you that it still amazes me, even after being a 4-year 'veteran' of photography. Still, I am considering a switch to the Nikon D5200 so that I can take advantage of the 24 megapixels of additional details and all of the other tools the D5200 provides.

I thought about the D7200 (whose release date is yet unknown), but thought, just maybe, I might be getting ahead of myself. Bit by bit, day by day, almost every day of the week, I think I am gradually improving my skills and technique without being a 'professional' photographer. So, starting off yesterday, I set the 4Ti to take pictures from the aperture-oriented focus (AV), and was amazed at some of the photos I was producing. The detail is incredible.
I have been a Rebel 4Ti user now since January 201... (show quote)

If you go from an 18mp to a 24mp sensor, you are getting a 15% increase in linear resolution. If you are making an 8x12" print, now you get the same quality in a 9x14" print. I doubt you will notice any real difference between them.

That said, the D5200 does have some image quality advantages, as measured by DxOMark and reported in the snapsort T4i/D5200 comparison. I find the image quality, dynamic range, and color depth numbers are worth comparing. The other advantage is in the AF system, where the D5200 has 39 focus points allowing for finer selection of spot focus and tracking compared to 9 focus points in the T4i.

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Sep 18, 2014 14:34:58   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
amehta wrote:
If you go from an 18mp to a 24mp sensor, you are getting a 15% increase in linear resolution. If you are making an 8x12" print, now you get the same quality in a 9x14" print. I doubt you will notice any real difference between them.

That said, the D5200 does have some image quality advantages, as measured by DxOMark and reported in the snapsort T4i/D5200 comparison. I find the image quality, dynamic range, and color depth numbers are worth comparing. The other advantage is in the AF system, where the D5200 has 39 focus points allowing for finer selection of spot focus and tracking compared to 9 focus points in the T4i.
If you go from an 18mp to a 24mp sensor, you are g... (show quote)


Thank you A. Mehta for your insightful comments.

I must tell you that between the T3i (which I gave to my sister so that she could enjoy digital photography with a much better camera than the last one I had given her) and the T4i, I felt the T4i definitely covered the details better than the T3i. But as I have declared before, it could be that there are still frontiers to reach with the T4i. But when I heard that the Nikon D5200 has 24 megapixels of resolution (compared with a mere 18 megapixels of resolution from the 4Ti) AND I could also purchase an 18mm-300mm all-in-one lens to go with the D5200 for at least $100 less than the 7D Mark II, well, my interest surged through the roof!

I attach a photograph of the kind of resolution I was seeking through the T3i and T4i that I was looking to obtain and did not reach until yesterday, until after I approached shotmaking through the Aperture-emphasis!

Thanks for your comments and insights.

MOSFET

This may seem ridiculous, but this sort of detail evaded me for so long. Maybe it's because I was focusing on the M, TV and P settings of the T4i and not the AV setting as I have approached of late.
This may seem ridiculous, but this sort of detail ...
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Sep 18, 2014 14:48:02   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
My advice is to not buy another camera..use yours to the fullest, learn about it, and learn about what makes a good image and keep learning.

Gear lust is a dead end road.

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Sep 18, 2014 14:51:41   #
amehta Loc: Boston
 
MOSFET wrote:
Thank you A. Mehta for your insightful comments.

I must tell you that between the T3i (which I gave to my sister so that she could enjoy digital photography with a much better camera than the last one I had given her) and the T4i, I felt the T4i definitely covered the details better than the T3i. But as I have declared before, it could be that there are still frontiers to reach with the T4i. But when I heard that the Nikon D5200 has 24 megapixels of resolution (compared with a mere 18 megapixels of resolution from the 4Ti) AND I could also purchase an 18mm-300mm all-in-one lens to go with the D5200 for at least $100 less than the 7D Mark II, well, my interest surged through the roof!

I attach a photograph of the kind of resolution I was seeking through the T3i and T4i that I was looking to obtain and did not reach until yesterday, until after I approached shotmaking through the Aperture-emphasis!

Thanks for your comments and insights.

MOSFET
Thank you A. Mehta for your insightful comments. b... (show quote)

To make pictures like these work well, I think a bigger factor than T3i vs T4i would be post processing you could do with a raw file. Here you are challenging the dynamic range of the sensor, and the camera jpeg probably does not take advantage of everything the sensor can do with that.

I would suggest shooting raw+jpeg for a while and using Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) to do some simple post-processing.

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Sep 18, 2014 14:56:50   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
amehta wrote:
To make pictures like these work well, I think a bigger factor than T3i vs T4i would be post processing you could do with a raw file. Here you are challenging the dynamic range of the sensor, and the camera jpeg probably does not take advantage of everything the sensor can do with that.

I would suggest shooting raw+jpeg for a while and using Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) to do some simple post-processing.


Thanks Anand. I will give it a try. I also have Photoshop available. Maybe that also would help. :)

MOSFET

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Sep 18, 2014 15:11:21   #
amehta Loc: Boston
 
MOSFET wrote:
Thanks Anand. I will give it a try. I also have Photoshop available. Maybe that also would help. :)

MOSFET

PS would help a lot! :-)

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Sep 18, 2014 15:16:36   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
amehta wrote:
PS would help a lot! :-)


Amehta:

I have to tell you. I'm just touching the surface at Adobe PhotoShop. Most of my photographs have nothing to do with it. One of my artistic friends mentioned that it would be great if I straightened out my photographs before placing it on the website, and this is how I was introduced to PhotoShop. I must admit to you that for all the time that I've spent taking photographs over the past four years, I have very little skill with PhotoShop other than straightening out photographs.

MOSFET

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Sep 18, 2014 16:59:37   #
amehta Loc: Boston
 
MOSFET wrote:
Amehta:

I have to tell you. I'm just touching the surface at Adobe PhotoShop. Most of my photographs have nothing to do with it. One of my artistic friends mentioned that it would be great if I straightened out my photographs before placing it on the website, and this is how I was introduced to PhotoShop. I must admit to you that for all the time that I've spent taking photographs over the past four years, I have very little skill with PhotoShop other than straightening out photographs.

MOSFET
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Photoshop may be more than what you need, and DPP might be a better starting point. As a starting point, you want to concentrate on the exposure settings, especially overall exposure, highlights, and shadows.

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Sep 18, 2014 17:59:10   #
RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas
 
How about a shorter version of photoshop; Have you tried Adobe PS Elements?




MOSFET wrote:
Amehta:

I have to tell you. I'm just touching the surface at Adobe PhotoShop. Most of my photographs have nothing to do with it. One of my artistic friends mentioned that it would be great if I straightened out my photographs before placing it on the website, and this is how I was introduced to PhotoShop. I must admit to you that for all the time that I've spent taking photographs over the past four years, I have very little skill with PhotoShop other than straightening out photographs.

MOSFET
Amehta: br br I have to tell you. I'm just touch... (show quote)

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Sep 18, 2014 18:25:43   #
amehta Loc: Boston
 
RichardSM wrote:
How about a shorter version of photoshop; Have you tried Adobe PS Elements?

Yes, there are a few easier applications which would help him, including PS Elements. DPP has one advantage, for now: it's free. :-)

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Sep 24, 2014 10:44:36   #
MOSFET Loc: Bronx
 
RichardSM wrote:
Using your analogy I would go for the Ford certainly not a Chevy or any General Motors products?


Hello Richard_S_M: Here are three photographs I had taken earlier today. I know, familiar targets, but I think I am slowly making progress, just one day at a time :)

Dave

Some 'pop' from a train.
Some 'pop' from a train....
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Grand Central Terminal has razzle-dazzle.
Grand Central Terminal has razzle-dazzle....
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So does the Helmseley Building :)
So does the Helmseley Building :)...

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