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Re: Curious iPhone shot

bertpalmer — 2010-09-02T11:02:50-07:00

inancy - that specific Lartigue photograph of the car is certainly one of my most favourite of all time.

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Re: Podcast 257 : Making a Gallery Wrap

bertpalmer — 2010-09-02T09:55:40-07:00

I always like the videos and as I'm partial to a bit of DIY this one was particularly interesting!

I had no idea you could do this yourself - your results look REALLY REALLY good - you must be very proud.

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Re: Canon 24-105mm lens won't focus any more - advice needed!

bertpalmer — 2010-09-02T05:28:59-07:00

Thanks for the update. It's interesting to know that this lens has a general fault.

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Re: 365 Project Week 1

bertpalmer — 2010-09-02T04:01:30-07:00

Good work!

My 365 project has just lowered itself to taking iPhone shots everyday because I realyl can't be bothered. I just want to say I've done it!

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Re: New Canon toys

N.S.W. — 2010-09-02T03:38:50-07:00

I'm always grateful for your insightful comments Martin but jeez you'd think if Canon were serious about a 100-400 upgrade something would have been at least mooted during the flood of recent announcements. What is clear is that a high pixel pitch sensor is destined for the 1DsMk IV. If you need medium format just for the pixels then that will change. I've never photographed with medium format gear but I understand there is more to it than resolution.
Cheers
Graham

Statistics : Posted by N.S.W. • on 2010-August-26(Thu) 8:31PM • Replies 16 • Views 379

Re: Canon R&D

N.S.W. — 2010-09-02T03:15:21-07:00

Guys, I believe it will change the way we see things in the future for unless CF card write speeds increase dramatically there will be enough time to have a cup of tea between each image we download. Thus leaving plenty of time to sit and ponder the world!
However, things are changing quickly and while not now seemingly as revolutionary as the telescope or the microscope it will genuinely change the way we see things. Who knows Martin, maybe we can manipulate a liquid sound interface to improve our refractive technology or, at least, enhance that currently available with glass. It is an exciting time and it is likely we will live long enough to see it.
cheers
Graham

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Re: August 2010 Assignment - Glass of Water

Pixelated — 2010-09-02T01:29:42-07:00

I'm putting off voting for a bit. I need to have some time to view the entries and I don't have much of that at the moment... I can see by the standard of entries (again), that it will take more than 5 minutes! Great work everyone!

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Re: Lens Correction in LR3

Pixelated — 2010-09-02T01:26:17-07:00

I'm happy with the new upgrade. I have better lens correction for my lenses... All in all I have to say I'm extremely happy with LR3.

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Re: EXIF Data

Jesse Davis — 2010-09-01T23:01:51-07:00

but why would you hide the EXIF? So we can't vote based on a system/manufacturer bias? or... ah the copyright, but that is in IPC

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Re: Canon 300mm f2.8 IQ

Martin — 2010-09-01T20:41:58-07:00

I would say that if you are having problems with the 300mm F2.8 wide open, it will be either a focusing error, camera shake, or the 7D sensor having too small pixels. With the shutter speed you mention, we can perhaps rule out camera shake. It would probably be the 7D. There are a lot of pixels on that sensor for a crop factor camera.

As Steve says though, you really need to do some more controlled tests before you get too worried about this, but I doubt very much that there is anything wrong with your 300/2.8. You're probably just being over-critical because you heard about the Version II coming out. If you are just looking for reason to upgrade, just do it. It's your money.

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Re: What software would you teach a beginner?

bksecret — 2010-09-01T16:25:06-07:00

Same issue in our camera club. Well-healed amateurs will buy whatever the big boys are using.
Most however use PS Elements, PS Express, Picasa, Gimp, Picnik & Paintshop Pro.

Lightroom is a great teaching tool, but many cannot get passed the sticker price.

Because of this I mostly teach fundamentals that work across all types of software.
When we do touch on teaching specifics, it is almost always LR or PS since the club owns them and they are standard fair.

-Landon

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Re: You'll want this

brazilnuts — 2010-09-01T08:38:51-07:00

Gremlich wrote:The smallest dSLR in the world!!!

This kind of goes along the vein of the lens coffee mugs that have become so popular.

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Sept 2010 Assignment - Change

Martin — 2010-08-31T21:41:09-07:00

I am just entering a time of huge change, that I will be discussing in the Podcast in the coming weeks, but for now, I thought we could set the stage with an assignment on the theme of "Change" for September 2010.

This is open to interpretation, but your image should portray change in some way. Maybe showing the old and the new that replaced it, or something in the middle of a change etc. Use your imagination and have fun with it.

This assignment is the fourth month of the current six month competition, from June to November 2010, sponsored once again byWebSpy , the Internet Monitoring, Analysis & Reporting Specialists. Details of the prizes are inthis post...

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Re: Lightroom 3 is in the Pipe!

bksecret — 2010-08-31T18:03:53-07:00

Hmmph, I was sure someone here bought an array of 100 of them for some bullet-time exposures.

-Landon

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Buying a Leica S2

m_goldberg — 2010-08-31T17:37:56-07:00

I'm starting a new topic because we were getting way off topic in the LR 3 thread.

I wondered if one could actually find a used Leica S2 for sale. I googled on it and found two on eBay. One of the eBay items looked like a bargain: S2 body with 70mm f/2.5 Summarit for only US$23000. That's like getting a US$4500 lens for free.

There didn't seem to be any from US camera dealers.

As for Dennis' 9 x 9 pano array: Dennis, which lens did you buy nine of?

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Re: iPhone OS 4.0

Gremlich — 2010-08-31T17:27:30-07:00

This is the only way the iPhone could get anybetter

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Sep297 — 2010-08-31T10:30:41-07:00

Fabian,

If you look in flickr for the welsh harp reservoir it will show you what to expect - I think the name of the place changed only recently to Brent. I would look at it more for action shots of people on the water rather than as a landscape - I don't remember it being that picturesque last time I was there 10 years ago!

Hope this helps

Cheers

Stuart

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Re: New Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS

N.S.W. — 2010-08-31T03:03:33-07:00

It would seem that there is plenty of second hand Canon glass about to flood the market. Great news for those not at the cutting edge or who don't regularly produce large prints.
cheers
Graham

Statistics : Posted by N.S.W. • on 2010-August-27(Fri) 4:52AM • Replies 9 • Views 216

Re: Spam on Member gallery?

Martin — 2010-08-30T23:22:38-07:00

Zapped them. Thanks Michael.

The best way to report spam is to use the little speech bubble button above the images in the gallery, to report the issue to the admins. This way we all get an email, so we can act quicker.

Reporting here is fine too of course, but it may take more time for us to see the post.

Either way, thanks for letting us know.

Statistics : Posted by Martin • on 2010-August-20(Fri) 5:41PM • Replies 6 • Views 107

Re: Recommend your favourite iPad apps...

nutello — 2010-08-30T15:07:07-07:00

bertpalmer wrote:Dragon Dictation for the iPad is phenomenal!

Is it? I tried it out and was extremely disappointed with the recognition rate. I'm much faster at typing on the soft keyboard than in correcting Dragon Dictation's errors. Perhaps the English version works better than the German one?

One app that I like is Portfolio to go. It allows you to download your and your contacts Flickr portfolios, so you can view them even if your Internet connection is slow, not existing or expensive (abroad). Another interesting app is Wikihood which allows you to read Wikipedia articles of sites near your current location.

Uzu is being downloaded. Looking forward to trying it out.

Cheers,
Fabian

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Re: Great website with phantastic shots

dennisbrennan — 2010-08-28T07:49:35-07:00

Thanks Martin!

Cheers,

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Re: Camera Invention: Attachment for Camera Flash

ShutterbugL — 2010-08-28T06:12:51-07:00

That's a cool device. I would love to see how this eventually gets to market.

I agree with the others that flexibility of the arms would be important. Both arms need to be able to go 360 degrees around the lens so that one can shoot with the camera in portrait orientation and not be limited by where the lights will end up.

More important though is the quality of light coming out of the front ends. The size of the output at the ends seem rather small. That may become a hard light relative to the small macro subject and may cause harsh shadows and hotspots on shiny subjects (such as insect compound eyes and carapace). The size of the outputs would ideally need to be a lot larger and well diffused for good light quality I think.

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Re: First Infant Shoot

chrisblank — 2010-08-28T04:51:26-07:00

Thanks for all the comments. #1 was shot on a mirror and using a black piece of fleece almost all the way around the setup to kill reflections of anything other than the baby. I did not do any color correcting on the skin as this was a quick edit for ordering, when the client orders I usually go back and just touch up the ones they order to save time. I make the client aware of this.

Again thanks for the comments and criticism. This is how we grow. I will have to say I this was my first shoot in my new studio(garage) space and I am looking forward to many more.

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Re: Life cycle study

Wicked_Dark — 2010-08-27T06:44:30-07:00

I forgot all about this thread. Over the last few months there have been a lot of changes and some of the flowers even set fruit!

"http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature/Life-cycle-Lily-of-the-Valley/11682351_2NVLX#983547810_TXWxY" onclick="this.target='_blank';" rel="nofollow" = Gallery Link with more shots.

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Re: Screen Protectors for iPad

Rick — 2010-08-25T22:04:31-07:00

On more then one occasion, I have found my iPad snuggled up in the middle of the night next to my Droid and to think they both don't use protection....I need to have a talk with them!

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Re: Stylus for iPad

Marisa — 2010-08-25T21:55:37-07:00

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/06/rim-files-patent-combining-resistive-and-capacitive-touch-screen-capability-into-one /

By combining both resistive and capacitive touch screen module into a single device, users will be able to get the best out of it. Firstly, users can enjoy the simple touch with fast response without the need of having any stylus. Besides, they will able to use the stylus for more accurate touch whenever necessary especially on a tiny screen. However, don’t expect it to be cheap since the existing technology with capacitive touch screen is still far more expensive as compared to resistive touch technology. And this hybrid technology could mean even higher cost which would contribute to the whole product BOM (Bill of Material) cost and eventually be reflected into final retail price.

Here's a link to the concept of sensitive pen-pressure stylushttp://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/01/18/apple-innovative-patent-on-capacitve-touch-stylus/...

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Re: video camera

Martin — 2010-08-25T21:05:08-07:00

Guys, thanks for your answers here, but I deleted the posting user and post. They had loads of spam URLs in the signature.

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