SLR thread

[TheHamofMam]

Two diffused light sources flanking either side of the artwork at equal distance and angle should do the trick for the most part.

Actually, I'm sure you can find some handy pointers on the interwebs.

[mdt]

Two diffused light sources flanking either side of the artwork at equal distance and angle should do the trick for the most part.

I can probably do that, thanks Mike.

[mdt]

The tripod arrived but the mounting point doesn't have a quick release on it, which is annoying. Serves me right for not doing my research. Heavy, but seems well built.

I've got a swimming meeting tomorrow, in the inside pool at MSAC. Going to try taking pics in manual, but with single point AF, auto ISO, f/2.8 and 1/250 min shutter. Any tips appreciated.

Edit: mixed success yesterday. Got through the day using manual settings only, albeit with auto ISO. The early pics I took at 1/500 were much better than the rest of the pics at 1/1000 or 1/1250. Also, although they looked too bright in the camera, the spot metering was better than the evaluative metering. So, next time--single point AF, auto ISO, f/2.8 and 1/250 to 1/500 shutter, and single spot metering.

[dkr]

Just realised that of the 6 camera bags I've got (and a pelican case for home storage), a grand total of zero suit my requirements for 10 days in Malaysia...

Anyone want to buy a camera bag??

[Timbo_S3]

Ha ha, what? and add it to the four unsuitable ones I have! This is a constant problem

[dkr]

Coming Monday??

[Zorg2]

nice should be a good balance between a compact and SLR...

[dkr]

Doesn't look like there's much manual control tho.. Even the S100 has more manual controls.

[MickyD]

seems to me to be the answer to the question nobody asked....

http://www.canon.com.au/About-Canon/...amera-launched

[craig_m5]

Double posting this here and in the spotted thread - worth a look

Gunther Holtorf's 23-year road tripBack in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa in their Mercedes Benz G Wagon. Now, with more than 800,000km (500,000 miles) on the clock, Gunther is still going.

The German former airline executive has travelled the equivalent of 20 times around the planet in the vehicle - which he calls Otto. He says he has never had a serious breakdown. Recently in Vietnam, Canadian-born photographer David Lemke joined Gunther on one section of his epic journey


BBC

[Zorg2]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/07...review_updated

[Lima]

Should one buy a 7D now or wait for the rumoured 70D in a few weeks?

http://www.canonwatch.com/rumor-eos-...el-full-frame/

[dkr]

Should one buy a 7D now or wait for the rumoured 70D in a few weeks?

http://www.canonwatch.com/rumor-eos-...el-full-frame/

Either way, I'd wait until after Photokina.. Only crazy people buy just before the biggest photo trade show on earth.. It's like buying a Mac 3 weeks out from WWDC..

If the 7D Mk II is announced as an entry level full frame, you might see prices drop on the 7D, but you may also want to go FF..

[dkr]

Photographers who didn't help

[MickyD]

If the 7D Mk II is announced as an entry level full frame, you might see prices drop on the 7D, but you may also want to go FF..

dunno if a 7D upgrade is coming, don't forget there's that major firmware upgrade coming out in a few days time.

[TheHamofMam]

Photographers who didn't help

powerful. thx for sharing...

[dkr]

I've always wondered how photojournalists and war correspondents make decisions on what/what not to photograph and if/how/what they think about after, so I found it insightful..

On a lighter note, and something for Mick, Matt and Liam to drool over...

The CPS store room at the olympics...

If you're wondering why no-one on earth can get a 1Dx 10 months after they were announced [cough]vapourware[/cough], it's because they're all in London sitting on a shelf doing nothing..

[Lima]

I'm sure they wouldn't miss one or two of those things.

[mdt]

As one of the comments noted "The irony of those pics being taken with a ****ty camera phone."

[Timbo_S3]

Is Canon still the exclusive requirement for the Olympics? Used to be the case...no Canon, no entry as a press photographer!

[TheHamofMam]

I don't think they ever did that. Seems crazy.

[dkr]

I don't think it was ever Canon exclusive, but Canon dominated in the days around the 1Dn, as the Nikon D2h was pants.. D3 and high ISO changed all that, especially for indoor sports, and I think it's almost 50:50 these days. Plenty of gold ring love.. (heh..)



There's at least enough Nikon gear for NPS to send a team of this size to support the olympics...

And AFP are doing cool robotic D4 rigs..

[dkr]

[mdt]

[TheHamofMam]

And AFP are doing cool robotic D4 rigs..

Variable shutter speed control, on the fly!

[Lima]

[MickyD]

7D firmware is live:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/suppor...ersAndSoftware

[The Pork Hunt]

Covering the olympics with three iPhones and some binoculars

[mdt]

Amazing, thanks for posting.

[dkr]

Covering the olympics with three iPhones and some binoculars

And from the other end of the spectrum... Shooting with 4x5 large format press camera..



Apparently, it's David Burnett and he's shooting for the IOC museum in Lausanne.

[mdt]

Canon fisheye cutaway

[mdt]

7D firmware is live:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/suppor...ersAndSoftware

Thanks for the reminder, it took some mucking around, but I did it and I'm in the process of updating the 60D too.

[mdt]

That's not a fish eye. THIS is a fish eye:

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/05/08/...-a-nikon-d800/

[dkr]

Worlds fastest man prefers Nikon..

[dkr]

That's not a fish eye. THIS is a fish eye:

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/05/08/...-a-nikon-d800/

That lens doesn't appear on Gray's website anymore (It was advertised in May), so it looks like someone may have bought it and it's out in the wild somewhere..