Life is full of lessons
Mar 10, 2017 07:25:51 #
The Histogram is on the back of the camera for a reason. If you are not interested in using it, then you are not very interested in being a photographer. This should teach you that the camera does not take the picture, the photographer does.
Mar 10, 2017 07:27:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I once made a mistake. It can be disheartening.
I once made a mistake. It can be disheartening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkG4oIPT7tU
Mar 10, 2017 07:29:20 #
cthahn wrote:
The Histogram is on the back of the camera for a reason. If you are not interested in using it, then you are not very interested in being a photographer. This should teach you that the camera does not take the picture, the photographer does.
Ahhh so,Grasshopper! LOL!
It's still early!
Mar 10, 2017 08:03:03 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
mcveed wrote:
Whenever I go out to shoot, before I leave the house, I always just take a picture of anything and then check all the key settings in playback. I usually put my settings back to a standard at the end of a shoot, but just to be sure I didn't forget, I take the test shot at the beginning of any day of shooting.
I do that with my shotgun before I leave the house to go bird hunting. Make's the neighbors real nervous.
Mar 10, 2017 08:31:43 #
DaveO wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkG4oIPT7tU
That's an old one!
Mar 10, 2017 08:47:11 #
wingclui44
Loc: CT USA
Basil wrote:
So I went on a 5 mile hike with my wife this morni... (show quote)
Not really! You were using a 135mm , not 1350mm to shoot a flying bird, you expect you will get a good image of the bird after heavy cropping, unless you are so close to the bird.
Mar 10, 2017 08:53:11 #
Things happen.... I've forgotten memory cards, extra batteries, etc... Lessons learned (or in some cases, relearned)
Mar 10, 2017 10:03:24 #
My biggest "forget" thing is to set exposure back to 0 after moving it to either a minus or plus number. I walked the entire Phoenix zoo wondering why my exposures were so off before I discovered it! Wish there was a way where it would automatically go back to 0 after a few minutes!
Mar 10, 2017 10:13:29 #
DaveO wrote:
Always seems to take a couple hard lessons. I wasn't this dumb though, I just forgot to bring a memory card. 
Always seems to take a couple hard lessons. I wasn't this dumb though, I just forgot to bring a memory card. During my prior shoot I had used F/5.6 but then was checking the lowest setting on my 1.8 50mm. I then proceeded outside and started shootings in aperture thinking it was it was reset at F/5.6. Needless to say my shots were so over exposed that everything looked like pencil drawings
Mar 10, 2017 10:18:26 #
AzPicLady wrote:
My biggest "forget" thing is to set exposure back to 0 after moving it to either a minus or plus number. I walked the entire Phoenix zoo wondering why my exposures were so off before I discovered it! Wish there was a way where it would automatically go back to 0 after a few minutes!
Some cameras auto reset back to zero when the camera is shut off.
Mar 10, 2017 10:37:43 #
rmalarz wrote:
Not knowing what I'm going to be adjusting during a photo session, I always "pre-flight" my camera prior to putting it away afterwards. That way I know the settings will not vary from those with which I like to start. It's a habit that has paid off numerous times.
--Bob
--Bob
I do the same thing after experiences (more than one I'm afraid :) similar to what was described.
Mar 10, 2017 10:42:32 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
SteveR wrote:
Took my ftb to a Michigan football game to get pics of a former h.s. teammate kicking off for Michigan. My Dad's tickets were 45 yard line, 34th row, so I had the perfect spot to get get great shots. Got home....no film in the camera. I've never done that before or since.
OR… you HAD film, but it slipped off of the take-up reel and never advanced.
Mar 10, 2017 10:46:45 #
Too many bells and whistles make our life more and more confusing. Manufacturers are offering incredible features loading up their products - to the brim. This is noticeable especially with the electronics so when we don't have much time to check, a disaster can happen.
I wonder, when the electronic wonder gadgets are going to offer a cup of freshly brewed coffee so when you are in a hurry and press a wrong button by trying to make a call - you can sit down, drink it and perhaps even relax?
Don't we all have these frustrating moments?
I wonder, when the electronic wonder gadgets are going to offer a cup of freshly brewed coffee so when you are in a hurry and press a wrong button by trying to make a call - you can sit down, drink it and perhaps even relax?
Don't we all have these frustrating moments?
Mar 10, 2017 10:50:53 #
Mar 10, 2017 11:08:32 #
DaveO wrote:
Some cameras auto reset back to zero when the camera is shut off.
My 7DII has a setting called Bracketing Auto Cancel that lets you choose whether exposure bracketing is cancelled when you turn off the camera. However, it does not cancel exposure compensation. For example, if I have exposure compensation at +1 and exposure bracketing at (+-) 2, and turn off camera, the bracketing is canceled but the exposure compensation remains at +1
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