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May 29, 2023 09:19:25   #
CHG_CANON wrote:
At this point, skip the software and keep working on your shooting skills, especially your camera set-up. The colors and pose of this image are wonderful. Alas, the soft focus can be traced to your set-up.

Change from AF-S to AF-C and practice tracking subjects with the shutter half-pressed, to continuously engage the AF. Better yet, configure back-button focus (BBF) and use your thumb to hold focus and your index finger to release the shutter, with your thumb actively pressing / holding the assigned BBF.

Next: learn, practice and achieve the finger dexterity to move / position a selected AF point onto the subject's eye, when possible, or at least the face. This image has a centered AF point on the body, not the eye. If 1 AF point to too hard to track the eye of a moving subject, use any of the 'zone' options, such as a 9-AF box or the slightly larger 12-AF box. Get that box over the subject eyes, the camera will do the rest. That 'dexterity' means changing the AF location with the camera held to your eye in a shooting position.

If you're going to be a JPEG shooter, not a post-processor, change from Adobe RGB to sRGB. Otherwise, you have to process every image before sharing, if for nothing more than correcting the colorspace to the online standard.

As a JPEG shooter, customize your Standard picture control. Bump the sharpening to +4.0 or +5.0. Add some saturation, say +0.5 or +1.0. You have clarity at +1.0, consider Contrast at +0.5 to +1.0. Test how these changes impact your images and fine-tune further, if desired.

This result shows you're in the neighborhood of success. Up your game with these setting updates and technique adjustments. Let the camera make you successful and you're justified in skipping the post processing downstream work.

When you become one with your camera, the magic begins.
At this point, skip the software and keep working ... (show quote)


Good counsel CHG. My camera is much less complicated than the myriad of options in LR and Photoshop. And the lure of Lr/Ps led me, at first, to try learning complicated pp instead of learning my camera.

And Ai is no longer on the horizon. It is here, learning, and soon to be integrated into most pp.

Lr and PS are great tools for the professional and those who aspire to use them. For the amateur/hobbyist posting online and saving the memories for family, less complicated options are abundant.
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May 25, 2023 07:44:40   #
Ditto with Shutterfly. My wife has done several for the Grands. Easy peasy.
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Mar 29, 2023 17:29:18   #
Sony Alpha a6400 camera with 8763 actuations (see file number at bottom of last pic)
Sony 18-135mm lens
Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens with hood
New Flashpoint flash for Sony (protective film is still on in picture)
1 Sony battery, 2 Green Extreme xtra batteries with chargers

$1490.00 Buyer pays shipping

Very little use, all items like new except a rub on the metal edge of 18-135mm. All glass is perfect.
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Mar 26, 2023 09:48:31   #
I decided to strike a balance on our trip to DW...cell phone and my fav p&s Sony RX100M7. My cell was perfect for Kodak moments, still shots, and low light.

But for anything moving cell cams don't cut it. So with the RX100's 200mm optical zoom and shutter set @ 250 it was the perfect setup for us.

My wife makes Shutterfly books and we had more than enough great shots and keepers for that.

DW for us was for making memories, not a photo shoot. Have fun!
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Feb 28, 2023 23:21:55   #
I did enjoy Chris Stapleton's national anthem.
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Dec 20, 2022 11:52:20   #
I started my photography with a Nikon D50 and "upgraded" several times staying in the aps-c genre. I've often gone back through my photos over time.

The camera that nailed the best color and focus on a more consistent and quantity basis is still the D50.

Newer was not always better for me
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Nov 26, 2022 18:50:53   #
YouTube TV. $65/month. It does more than the other streamers. Then add the extras you want a la carte. We are college sports fans and miss almost nothing.
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Aug 31, 2022 08:53:37   #
Our Disney trip with the grands, I carried only a Sony RX100M7. I wanted to enjoy the kids and not fight the gear. The camera produced great memories in almost every setting. There were only a couple of times a brighter lens would have helped but it did not outweigh the convenience.

Adult only trip...I would take the gear.
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Aug 16, 2022 07:49:59   #
We have vacationed in the bay area several times. Beautiful city. Nice pics!
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Jul 25, 2022 08:26:13   #
2nd on Flickr.
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Jul 19, 2022 08:39:05   #
If you consider the RF 800mm take a look at a guy on Flickr, Harry Calderbank. He shoots a lot with the lens on the Canon RP and gets amazing results, even using the 1.4 extender. Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143119536@N04. Once there type in the search box at the top "rf 800mm"
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Jun 30, 2022 05:39:30   #
I agree with Dirt Farmer, mesh network. Has worked much better for me than extenders. Mesh overlaps the same strong signal throughout. Extenders can only push whatever signal it receives. If it receives weak, it extends weak.
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Jun 1, 2022 07:49:58   #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson

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Ditto
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May 25, 2022 15:13:58   #
I am interested in a FF camera. Knowing that I shoot mainly family and vacation pics I was looking at the RP and buying IS lens and would like this to be my camera for a long time. Or, from canon users here, would going with the R6 be better long term?
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Apr 8, 2022 14:26:49   #
Complete camera system $1650 plus shipping to your door. Item list, shutter count, picture listed below. DM me if you want further pictures or have questions. Thanks


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