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Mar 19, 2024 01:20:50   #
Ysarex wrote:
I already responded to this but I had an opportunity and went ahead and snapped an example for you. The answer is yes, absolutely. See the photo below.

So I grabbed some odd items, put them on the couch and took a snap with my Z7. The raw file is a perfect exposure. My definition of a perfect exposure is an exposure that fully utilizes the recording capacity of the sensor. With that exposure I have the best possible SNR and the best possible data to work with. Note the upper right corner inset. You see a raw histogram with exposure stats and EXIF data. To get a perfect exposure I place the diffuse highlight in the scene at the sensor clipping threshold and click. Note the exposure stats column in the yellow circle. The red channel is not at clipping, the blue channel is not at clipping and the green channel has just made it there with less than 1% clipped. I have the green channel just barely touching the sensor saturation threshold. You can't expose with that kind of precision using a DSLR and I'll never go back to one. I can do what I did here with any subject in any lighting condition every time. NOTE the EXIF data and the EC value used. I set the camera to expose +2.3 stops above the meter reading. Using a DSLR how would you have known to do that with precision and certainty knowing the raw file exposure was perfect when you clicked the shutter release?
I already responded to this but I had an opportuni... (show quote)


Somehow photographers have coped. For years and years, seems like forever, but we coped and some still do.
But I don't spend much time photographing cushions. (just kidding)
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Mar 19, 2024 01:16:34   #
jcboy3 wrote:
If you look through an optical viewfinder, you will see what is out there. What you won't see is what the image you take will look like. Mirrorless cameras show you what you will get when you take the picture. I watch many DSLR shooters take pictures and then try to look at the image on the LCD to see what they got. With mirrorless, I see in the viewfinder what I'm taking, and what I took, and I can enlarge it and inspect it and not have to shade my eyes in the bright sunlight.


How did you cope I wonder, while waiting for someone to invent your mirrorless camera.
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Mar 18, 2024 17:17:58   #
Gourmand wrote:
With high speed sports or nature photography, when the subject is moving towards or away from you a mirrorless camera will focus continuously until the image is recorded. A DSLR stops focusing as soon as the mirror begins its trip, and before the image is recorded. Not a big deal in a static setting, but if you're behind the goal that fraction of a second between the time when the focusing stops and the image is captured is the difference between a sharp image and a slightly soft one. The keeper rate in these cases goes WAY up with mirrorless cameras.
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Makes one wonder how come there were so many award winning fantastic sports pictures made before mirrorless.
Maybe photographers had to be skillful, masters of their art.
Not so much required today with technology taking the place of human ability.
One day maybe the photographer will just need a finger to push the button...
Thinking of driverless cars
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Mar 18, 2024 15:25:46   #
All the technical so called 'advancements' are interesting but no one has mentioned the output.
I consider the actual photo that a camera produces the most important factor.
I enjoy many of the advantages of a little Panasonic LX100II, mainly its convenience and pretty good pics it can produce, but for some reason the real pleasure I now get from making pictures is from using the less 'convenient' Nikon D750.
Mirrorless is just the latest step in the evolution of cameras. Doesnt mean everyone is going to, or should adopt it and become an evangelist.
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Mar 17, 2024 16:13:20   #
LovetheMts wrote:
very, very nice. Looks even better on download with the black page background - shows off the small white margin that frames the picture. Would make a great addition to any wall - especially in the kitchen! Thanks for posting


Tricky shot to get right
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Mar 17, 2024 01:12:08   #
Mac wrote:
I started this thread to help anyone who might want to try Manual Mode but was hesitant to start. You have muddied the waters with all your gobbledygook and have detoured the thread from its intended purpose. You called my post BS, but in my opinion everything you have posted in this thread is nothing more than pure BS. You have done a disservice to everyone who wants to learn or try something new. You have been combative and disrespectful in you posts. I think your only interest in this thread is to demonstrate that you know something, not to help anyone.
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'I think your only interest in this thread is to demonstrate that you know something, not to help anyone.'
Yep.
Like many, initially, interesting photography subjects raised on UHH, this quickly deteriorated from a discussion into an competition, argument.
Sort of like watching children in a playground arguing that their dad is smarter than his dad, so Im smarter than you.
Entertaining tho.
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Mar 16, 2024 19:28:18   #
R.G. wrote:
I hope it all goes well for you.


Much appreciated. Thank you.
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Mar 16, 2024 17:06:53   #
R.G. wrote:
Thank you Tony. I'm sure New Zealand has its charms too.


O yes it does. And I used to enjoy it, pretty much to the full. Hunting, tramping and fishing the streams. And the photography. My envy stems from two rather dodgy hips (osteoarthritis) and my inability to get out in the bush like I used to do. One hip has just been replaced (4 weeks ago) and is healing nicely. The left one, subject to no problems with the right one, will be replaced in about 6 weeks, fingers crossed.
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Mar 16, 2024 17:02:36   #
Ysarex wrote:
From the article: "The main reason to shoot in manual mode is that it gives you a lot of control. Far more than the automatic modes on your camera (like aperture, priority, or shutter speed priority or automatic mode)... If you come to grips with manual mode, you will probably shoot in no other mode and, in terms of technical knowledge, be in the elite few photographers who really know the mechanics of their craft."

That's BS.

And after that shovel full of BS comes shovels full of misinformation: "ISO refers to the light sensitivity of the camera sensor. The higher, the ISO, the more sensitive it is to light and hence the brighter your images. Higher ISO, however, also causes digital noise in your images..."
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Why do these discussions always end up in so many arguing there is only 'their' way to do something? Providing a google or Youtube reference that supports their argument.
How about just explaining the advantages of their method, and maybe the disadvantages and leaving it at that. No shouting in bold type etc.
Must admit its entertaining and perhaps a view into the various psyche at play but this is meant to be a photography forum.
At the end of the day, each to his or her own and I get the impression each will go on with what they do, regardless of any 'advice' tendered here.
My preference is Manual mode 80% of the time. Then a priority mode for the other 20%, depending on the subject.
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Mar 16, 2024 15:39:05   #
R.G. wrote:
100% natural channel for a stream in Torridon, Scotland.
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Beautiful scene, lovely picture. (said with just a touch of envy )
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Mar 15, 2024 17:50:10   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
I can read it fine, no worries.

Some here are just too ready to criticize everything, except what they post themselves . LOL

Cheers and best to you.


And it's the same ones every time. I think those comments speak more about the person writing them than they do about the subject.

As for the 'posters' subject. No problem here reading it, albeit with a bit of a squint. Nicely written and an appealing photo.
Hope your series of books are successful and wish I had the patience to adopt your approach to documenting some of my pics at the time I took them.
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Mar 12, 2024 14:56:29   #
I'm using a 10 year old 24-120 f4 on my D750. I'm the second owner and it was the only lens used on the D750 for the first 24,000 clicks and the lens has no creep. Can't comment of course if the Z version performs the same.
I also had the 18-200 many years ago but returned it due to the 'creep' under warranty. The replacement they gave me was okay for about a year then it too developed an aversion to gravity.
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Mar 5, 2024 14:17:48   #
pmorin wrote:
I’ve found Australia to be not only a land immersed in cultural diversity but also it has some beautiful vista’s and some interesting geological sites that tend to inspire me. I’m adding a link to google maps for those who may be interested in the location.

https://maps.google.com/?q=Red%20Rock,


Interesting that the link actually goes to a site about 5 kms from where we live here in New Zealand. Zooming in I found its the Red Rock Cafe. Havent been there but will check it out. The cafe I mean.
Nice photo by the way.
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Feb 26, 2024 16:51:35   #
allan catt wrote:
Next year the British Goverment are allowing Gas &Electricity company’s to charge every household in the Uk £16 to cover the debt of non payment by people who have not paid their utility bills,surely it’s the responsibility of the utility co.to rec**pe the debt not pass it on to the rest of the country,they are making millions of pounds a year let them take it out of their profit.


Not uncommon in business, you just dont hear about it. Most businesses make an allowance for bad debts when setting the price of their product. Maybe the Gas and Electric Company havent been doing that but are now forced to do so by the shareholders.
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Feb 26, 2024 16:47:55   #
User ID wrote:
Spot metering in an AE mode can very easily cause such results unless used "responsibly".


I'm a relatively new user with a D750 and came across this problem 'quite a bit'. Matrix metering is the most likely remedy. What might also work is increasing the focus point to the largest available, up from the default 12. This is linked thru some tricky software to the area of spot exposure metering, increasing the area of the exposure meter a little.
Look in the instruction handbook for further details or perhaps a quick Google.
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