John Bennett
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Allen.
I love filters as they allow you get shots without having to make difficult choices with, regards to blowing skies. The other option is HDR. Though both have their place for me personally HDR is something I have fun with, if Im trying to be “serious” (get it right in camera) I employ my filters.Depending on the CP you use, there will be varying amounts of light loss. That light loss is across the board. An ND will do the same, it reduces the light hitting the sensor evenly. However, a Graduated ND reduces light in a gradient. This allows you to “balance” the ambient in the foreground/background or if the gnd isn’t strong enough it reduces the difference and allows corrections in post that are more sublte than a heavy handed correction.
I frequently use GNDs in combination with CPs and will at times use
A GND
A ND
A CPThis shot was taken shortly after we launched, the sun was had just crested the horizon maybe 15 mins earlier. I had 3 problems to overcome to get it. Earlier I mentioned needing to “see” something and then I work out how to get what I’m seeing and overcome any obsticles
First priority was exposing for the reflection of the clouds on the water, that was my primary objective, my vision if you will. Doing that
Jeff stepping up to a dslr IMO shouldn’t be about doing better as there are PnS option that take great images, capable of quite alot. Ive images published including 2 page spreads taken with my PnS. It should be about wanting to learn and grow with photography.
If you want to learn and grow then yes a dslr might be what you want. If you don’t want to spend hours,weeks,years learning than I might give more weight to a good PnS.
Don’t mistake what I’m saying by thinking that by learn I men it’s hard, it’s not hard to get going, it’s just that theres enough to learn to last you a lifetime.
Year 1 the basics
year 2 landscape
year 3 macro
year 4 artificial/studio lighting
year 5 long lens/wildlife
year 6 portraits
and on and on and on.I love it, I figure one day I’ll leave this world and still not have learned near as much as I might have liked about different syles/genres/techniques, etc
Thats the power of DSLRs imo..they open the door to photogrpahy in ways PnSs cant, despite both taking great pictures.
The opposite should be true :). Trying to guage what your filter is doing while wearing polarised glasses in nigh on impossible. I never, ever shoot with my glasses when I have a CP on unless I simply dont care what the CP is doing and dont want to remove it. Ask anyone that fishes with me. The moment I grab my camera, the glasses come off.
The problem your experiencing *could* be due to your angle relative to the postion of the sun. Not sure how to word this but here goes.
There are times/angles when it won’t seem as though your CP is having any effect at all. Conversely, it will have the strongest effect when your 90 degrees to the sun.Easy way to find that is shape your hand like a gun. Your index finger pointing in the direction your lens would be, and your thumb points at the sun. Or simply place the sun over your right or left shoulder.Think sidelight. Most CPs have a indicating dot on them. If you want the strongest filtration spin the CP such that the dot is facing the light source. So if the suns at the “wrong” angle your CP will have marginal effect.
I’m not sure I can articulate how or when I “blow” highlights intentionally. Sometimes it’s not so much an artistic choice as it is choosing the lessor of two evils. Others Im perfectly ok with blowing and do it, even though I don’t have to.
Rules are meant to be broken.
For me its more about when seeing something in front me…and I say I want to photograph that..Next step is “how”…Which lens or focal length, what DoF, what composition, what obstacles if any do I need to account for/overcome. Sometimes the image works, sometimes it doesnt. Long winded way of saying without the “something” in front of me I dont know how to answer the question.I will say if Im faced with a sky I have to blow or don’t like because its flat I compose
OMFG Neal that was hiliarious.
I think a few more weeks and we’ll know better how “bad” or not things will get. News coming out of Japan is not looking good on the whole albeit there are good signs to.
Brett I’m seriously sold on it.
-10 before wind chill.
All I had on was
200 icebreaker merino base (thanks for the info on these)
The OC traverse core T for mid
My Merril primaloft jacket (you can just see it peeking out at waist)
And the OC 90% pant, jetstream jacket
and I was seriously good to go.One thing I have noticed is when sitting still for great lengths (say 30mins)
What Don said with regards to blown highlights. Sometimes you have to make difficult choices. While you want to push to the right, you dont want to blow the highlights as a general rule.
Bryan.
800mm
ISO 1,600
f7.1
1/1250thseeing as how everyone likes the falling snow I also have this one
Colin the 70-300 is capable. All lenses have their limits, just with some the limits are fewer. The “lack” of sharpness can be any number of things from optics, to camera settings, cropping if you are, to practise in software editting.
That said with wildlife and simliar you do want to think about getting a lens thats designed for it. The 70-300 is sort of an all purpose lens designed for mass consumption. Its a good place to start and get your feet wet, but people who really want to do some wildlife stuff will upgrade from. There are all kinds of options for almost every budget.
Nor do I know/wonder if people are fretting about it Will.
That said I think theres a very good chance they might. Right now retailers on this side of the pond are selling inventory, that will start to dry up. The question is, how badly is Japans infrastructure damaged, if not production facilities, suppliers and so on and how long will it take to get back online, up to speed? The Auto motive sector is a real concern.
If its “really” bad, it knee caps what little recovery is occuring in NA, as various plants/dealership/suppliers/manufactorers here stop getting shipments/business and start closing production lines, temporary layoffs here etc.I *had* thoughts of a sale/purchase this year. If it doesn’t happen I’m not going to sweat it. ie Im not worried whether prices spike or not. If theres one thing to take from all of this, its how to put our own lives into perspective.
This like many other topics are simply off shoot discussions of world events
just some related tid bits from various news services at my disposal
~Reuters – Asia-focused hedge fund Central Asset Investments (CAI) has cut its entire exposure to Japan, including stakes in blue-chip companies such as Canon Inc and Toyota Motor Corp , its chief executive said on Friday
~March 18, 2011
Canon has been forced to temporarily suspend its operations in Japan following the devastating earthquake that hit last week. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photographic equipment, many commercial photographers from Leeds to Los Angeles have all relied on Canon cameras at some point in their professional lives. The Canon factories which closed are based in northern Japan – an area which has been hardest hit by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.
A statement from Canon released on Friday said:
“‘Canon can confirm that the Canon Inc headquarters and the Canon Group Subsidiary locations in Japan did not suffer major damage to any buildings or factories as a result of today’s earthquake and tsunami.
~TOKYO, March 14, 2011—In response to the damage sustained by the Canon Group due to the major earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, Canon Inc. has established an Earthquake Disaster Recovery Task Force (Task Force Chief: Chairman & CEO Fujio Mitarai; Task Force Assistant Chief: President & COO Tsuneji Uchida; Executive Director: Executive Vice President and CFO Toshizo Tanaka) and begun taking related measures.
The Task Force today issued the following instructions toward the promotion of swift response measures.
1. The prompt review and drafting of comprehensive recovery plans, spanning development, production and sales operations, for relevant operating sites, primarily by persons in charge of each business (chief executives/group executives). The Company’s headquarter divisions will provide full support for this effort.
2. With regard to Canon Inc. operation sites and Canon Group companies for which production operations may be suspended for one month or more, the Company will also consider making use of alternate sites that were not damaged by the earthquake as a means of continuing production.
Below is an overview of the latest impact of the earthquake on Canon operations in Japan as of 15:00 JST on Monday, March 14, 2011.
While the level of damage differs at each Canon Inc. operation site and Canon Group company located in northern Honshu (the area hardest hit by the earthquake), beginning today, the Company is earnestly taking action to realize the earliest possible start of operations. At this time, however, concrete schedules for when production may resume have yet to be determined.
As for Canon plants and Group companies in the western half of Honshu, while operations resumed as usual today (Monday, March 14), the Company is now working to ascertain whether or not there will be any impact on production at each location.
With regard to the Japanese government’s requests for cooperation in conserving electricity, in addition to the energy-saving measures Canon promotes as a matter of course, the Company has also called on its employees to make every effort to conserve electricity in their homes.~MF Global – Japan Morning News Roundup
2011-03-16 03:29:45.226 GMT**FUKUSHIMA – It was reported that radiation was leaked out of a crack in the core of reactor No. 4 causing radiation level to spike to 11.93 millisieverts momentarially (9 AM Tuesday, 15th) aftewhich by 3.30 the radiation level dropped to 0.5964 millisievrerts. Between 9 AM ~ 5 PM the level of radiation in the Kanto and Tokyo metropolitian areas averaged 10 times that of normal levels yet its thought that this will pose no health risk. The Japanese self defense force sprayed water infused with Boric Acid from a helicopter to continue to cool reactor No. 4. Tempertaures are aparently still rising in the spent-fuel pools of No. 5 and No. 6 reactors since the cooling system is still not functioning.
Apparently a new fire has just broke out in Dai-Ichi reactor number this morning.I doubt it Neal. They may not be out of stock, my bet is they aren’t and rather they are pulling bigger ticket item off the shelves ahead of short falls in meeting “demand”.
Most of the “bigger” stuff is special order and in limited quantity to begin with. Higher priced items where theres usually at least some in store, the only thing the stores can do today is pull them.
In the next month or 3 the price on that lens could ( my guess is will) go through the roof. If you owned BH would you sell your stock today knowing you probably wont be able to replace it a month and further ….when you might need to pay a boat load more for what *might* be avialable.?
I wouldnt.
My guess based on a number of things is prices are going through the roof.
1) Various govts (Canada for sure, I beleive the US and others) are today intentionally *selling* the yen to depress its value. A higher yen makes it tougher to the Japanese to export, which in turn hurts the economy, which in turn will make it tougher to recover/rebuild.
2) No idea how Canon/Nikon facilities fared, have to assume there is damage, if not to major manufactoring plants..satelities and infrastructure
3) Loss of personel
Have to imagine alot of workers will need to be replaced, some might be key engineers, management etc.4) Shipping. I doubt epxorters will be making their usual quoata’s anytime soon. Existing inventory. Even if undamaged, with the threat of radiation spreading, they could lose more. So even the things that are here today and on the shelves today….once they are sold………how long before in sufficeient quantity are available again?
supply/demand.
No supply and high demand =????Long story short.
I dont think the real scope of it is going to be known/felt for months.
In the meantime Im not expecting them to get their new products to market on schedule..In Canons case their new super teles etc ( Ive been eyeballing the 200-400). Even *if* by some miracle stuff ships somewhat on time Im expecting prices to soar. Everything from parts to people is/could/should be in high demand and getting those things is going to be a whole lot harder.I was toying with the idea of selling my 500mm possibly in the late fall to buy the 200-400, best estimates for that were 7g. If I was selling now or in the short term I can tell you my asking price would be alot higher….alot..for the simple reason that I doubt I could replace it anytime soon or for what the price of X (what ever I getting) *was*.
