Marumi ND4X Neutral Density Filter -- crap!
Jun 19, 2012 14:49:27 #
saycheese wrote:
...on the other hand, you are in ITALY taking pictures with a crappy filter. Italy. It could be much, much worse.Enjoy yourself and fix the pics in pp.
Keep smiling!
Keep smiling!
You can't put back clarity and sharpness unfortunately.
Jun 19, 2012 15:05:10 #
saycheese wrote:
...on the other hand, you are in ITALY taking pictures with a crappy filter. Italy. It could be much, much worse.Enjoy yourself and fix the pics in pp.
Keep smiling!
Keep smiling!
Some folks just can't be statified! I shoot by the Big Daddy Lipscomb Method (how about that name Bounder?). When asked what his secret to success was, B.D.L answered, "I jest grabs me a handful of bodies and peel them off "till I finds the ball". I just grab me a bunch of shots, hell digis, with the correct memory card, will shoot most of the great books, and wonder at the number of good shots I received! PP? That's what a pot is for!
Jun 19, 2012 15:20:06 #
[quote=PIXChuck]
My comment was made in a joking manner. Hence the :lol: thrown in. I don't bitch I just start trouble. :lol: Sometimes it's fun and sometimes people take me way too seriously. Either way a lot of people contribute more info which this is all about. As my ex tells me "Not everybody shares your warped sense of humor." She was one of them. :roll: :thumbup:
pounder35 wrote:
quote=PIXChuck Well at least we aren't BS'ing abo... (show quote)
My comment was made in a joking manner. Hence the :lol: thrown in. I don't bitch I just start trouble. :lol: Sometimes it's fun and sometimes people take me way too seriously. Either way a lot of people contribute more info which this is all about. As my ex tells me "Not everybody shares your warped sense of humor." She was one of them. :roll: :thumbup:
Jun 19, 2012 15:33:28 #
[quote=pounder35]
Think I married her sister! What state on the dark side of the moon are you in? My avitar is cuz I'm in witness protection and no one can find Tomball.
PIXChuck wrote:
quote=pounder35 quote=PIXChuck Well at least we ... (show quote)
Think I married her sister! What state on the dark side of the moon are you in? My avitar is cuz I'm in witness protection and no one can find Tomball.
This was shot without NDF or Sense and no intent on PP
Jun 19, 2012 15:36:22 #
rpavich wrote:
To get a certain effect; in this case; shallow depth of field.
On a sunny day it's so bright even at ISO 100 that if I were to set my camera to f/2.8 I'd be hard pressed to get a usable shutter speed....it would exceed my 1/8000 camera limit.
CAM1017 wrote:
Why do you have specific settings that you want to use on a sunny Day? Do you compare what your metering system wants to do to your ideal settings?
Why do you have specific settings that you want to use on a sunny Day? Do you compare what your metering system wants to do to your ideal settings?
To get a certain effect; in this case; shallow depth of field.
On a sunny day it's so bright even at ISO 100 that if I were to set my camera to f/2.8 I'd be hard pressed to get a usable shutter speed....it would exceed my 1/8000 camera limit.
That's right. I need shallower DOF. Not to much though. When using a wide lens, like 17mm on a sunny day, with a fill flash (limit of 1/250 shutter speed to avoid having to use HSS), then aperture ends up being something like f/8-f/13. With such focal length and aperture, the depth of field is so wide/long/whatever that pictures look as if they were taken with a p&s. Everything is in focus. I need to add just a bit of blur to the background.
Here is a picture with more-or-less shallow DOF. Just enough for the background, but not too much blur. Looks better than when everything is in focus.
Jun 19, 2012 16:23:34 #
[quote=PIXChuck]
:lol: I had witness protection program listed at one time for location but someone started a thread to be more honest on locations so I narrowed it down a bit. :roll: Told you I have a warped sense of humor. I move between central AL. and LA. (lower AL not the left coast). Spend a lot of time in the FL panhandle. When you're in the WPP you have to keep moving! Right? :thumbup: Love the sign!
pounder35 wrote:
quote=PIXChuck quote=pounder35 quote=PIXChuck W... (show quote)
:lol: I had witness protection program listed at one time for location but someone started a thread to be more honest on locations so I narrowed it down a bit. :roll: Told you I have a warped sense of humor. I move between central AL. and LA. (lower AL not the left coast). Spend a lot of time in the FL panhandle. When you're in the WPP you have to keep moving! Right? :thumbup: Love the sign!
Jun 19, 2012 16:32:03 #
KG wrote:
Last night, I decided to try using neutral density... (show quote)
It looks like flare coming off the white hat. Is that filter marked MC?
Jun 19, 2012 16:44:17 #
Several of my older lenses have the "haze" that he experianced. LoL
Jun 19, 2012 17:09:03 #
[quote=pounder35]
>>>CTP: That's why the Area 51 avitar. You oil patch? Reference "Wit/pro" She Who Must Be Obeyed and I have, counting our last repatriation back to TEJAS, moved 11 times. Moving target, aero space industry and later energy kept us moving. Don't worry, Pownder, takes a lot to make me frown---and anyone who loves dawgs, can't be any bad!!!! Pet peeves include people, up to their necks in enjoyment, bitching about it!.....C
PIXChuck wrote:
quote=pounder35 quote=PIXChuck quote=pounder35 ... (show quote)
>>>CTP: That's why the Area 51 avitar. You oil patch? Reference "Wit/pro" She Who Must Be Obeyed and I have, counting our last repatriation back to TEJAS, moved 11 times. Moving target, aero space industry and later energy kept us moving. Don't worry, Pownder, takes a lot to make me frown---and anyone who loves dawgs, can't be any bad!!!! Pet peeves include people, up to their necks in enjoyment, bitching about it!.....C
NSB Lite House From 800' with no ND, PP or whoofle dust. Just straight in out of the camera.
Jun 19, 2012 18:01:13 #
wlgoode wrote:
It looks like flare coming off the white hat. Is that filter marked MC?
Multi-coated? Nope. It has coating on the front but not on the back side.
Jun 19, 2012 20:21:51 #
KG wrote:
Multi-coated? Nope. It has coating on the front but not on the back side.
wlgoode wrote:
It looks like flare coming off the white hat. Is that filter marked MC?
Multi-coated? Nope. It has coating on the front but not on the back side.
That's the problem, you're getting reflections between the filter and the front element probably.
Jun 19, 2012 21:03:59 #
Shooting a wide angle lens wide open is a heavy contributing factor to this problem - I do not care WHAT lens it is or who it was made by !
Jun 19, 2012 21:05:55 #
Another contribting factor is you are not in the center of the frame ! .....
Jun 20, 2012 11:24:25 #
PIXChuck wrote:
NSB Lite House From 800' with no ND, PP or whoofle dust. Just straight in out of the camera. C
NSB Lite House From 800' with no ND, PP or whoofle dust. Just straight in out of the camera. C
"Straight out of the camera" includes post processing both in-camera and with whatever media you use to display; e.g. print or projection. It is only a question of whether you want to take control of it or not. If you displayed what the image sensor recorded we'd only see a bunch of electronic bits...like an unexposed negative from a film camera.
Your camera likely includes controls that would allow you to control some of that such as what size jpeg to compute and what Nikon calls "Picture Controls" which let you set things like saturation, contrast, and sharpening used in creating the jpeg image. You also are somehow selecting a white balance for the camera's computer to use when creating the jpeg.
So it might be better to say something like, "With the post processing choices my camera defaults to".
Jun 20, 2012 11:52:20 #
[quote=PIXChuck]
Where is the lighthouse located? Great shot! What are the buildings around it? Looks like residential. I like lighthouses but not in my back yard. :lol:
pounder35 wrote:
quote=PIXChuck quote=pounder35 quote=PIXChuck ... (show quote)
Where is the lighthouse located? Great shot! What are the buildings around it? Looks like residential. I like lighthouses but not in my back yard. :lol:
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