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| bio | website | jonrista.com |
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| location | Denver, CO | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 10 months |
| seen | 7 hours ago | |
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I am a relatively new photographer, having been at if for only a few years. I chose Canon gear when I finally took the plunge into DSLR. I am an avid hobbyist now, and love everything about photography, from the gear, to the science, to the art. I spent years reading about the technology and photography theory, so I am very well versed in the technical aspects of photography. My artistic skills are moderate, but improving. You can see my work @ the following sites:
My interests lie primarily in nature photography:
- Birds
- Songbird Setups
- Shore Birds & Waders
- Raptors
- All others
- Astrophotography
- Moon
- Wide Field
- Deep Sky
- Landscapes
- Wildlife
- Floral Macro
- Insect Macro
- Abstract
I currently use the following gear:
- Cameras
- Canon EOS 7D
- Canon EOS 450D (Rebel XSi)
- Lenses
- EF 16-35 f/2.8 USM L Wide
- EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
- EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
- EF 100-400mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM L Zoom
- EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II (Periodic rentals)
- EF 500mm f/4 L IS II (Periodic rentals)
- EF 600mm f/4 L IS II (Periodic rentals)
- Canon EF 1.4x TC III
- Canon EF 2x TC III
- Kenko 1.4x Teleplus Pro 300 DGX
- Filters
- Lee Foundation Kit (x2) + Tandem Adapter
- Lee .3/.6 ND
- Lee .3/.6/.9 Soft Grad ND
- Lee .3/.6/.9 Hard Grad ND
- Lee CPL
- Tripod
- Gitzo Systematic GT3532LS 3S. Series 3 Tripod
- Jobu Pro 2 Gimbal
- Gitzo Mountaineer GT0541 4S. Series.0 Tripod
- Gitzo GH1780QR Series.1 Mag. Center Ball Head
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Jul 29 |
answered | What photo-sharing websites expose camera serial numbers? |
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Jul 29 |
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What is flash duration? It should be noted that there is a slight difference in freezing motion with flash vs. with shutter. Your example is excellent, however you might want to note that while the flash will freeze the water drops for the moment they are lit, you'll also get a sense of their motion for the rest of the duration the shutter is open (or the inverse if your using back-curtain flash sync.) |
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Jul 29 |
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What is sync speed? @Gangsta: I understand your point now. However, terminology was off a bit. The question is titled "Flash Sync Speed...", but asked starting with "What exactly is flash sync speed". I think both questions will be indexed by search engines equally enough, but I'll leave this one as is. |
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Jul 29 |
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What is sync speed? @Gangsta: Is the current wording "What exactly is flash sync speed" not sufficient? |
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Jul 28 |
answered | Where can I find reviews of and tools for comparing cameras? |
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Jul 28 |
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What is sync speed? Posible duplicate of: photo.stackexchange.com/questions/836/… |
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Jul 28 |
answered | Why do we talk about focal-length when frame sizes are different? |
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Jul 28 |
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Why is a DSLR better than a P&S? @Matthew: Yeah, some PS cams have higher MP counts than DSLR's. The important difference is not really the MP count but the size of each photosite. Smaller and more densely packed photosites result in noisier images. PS cameras have extremely small sensors, and most of the time tend to have really high noise. A large full-frame sensor with the same MP count as a PS will look worlds better due to the lower density and larger photosites. |
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Jul 28 |
answered | What is the best way to synchronize Adobe Lightroom databases between two computers? |
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Jul 27 |
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Loss of detail in high key areas? Do you have any example images you could post that you think are losing highlight data? |
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Jul 27 |
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Where can I find reviews of lenses? +1 for The Digital Picture. It should be noted that he has started doing Nikon reviews now as well, so it is no longer just for Canon (although there is definitely more canon stuff there.) |
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Jul 27 |
answered | Are there any mobile applications that calculate sunrise/sunset based on location? |
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Jul 27 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jul 27 |
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How much “noise” is acceptable in a photograph? @Reid: HA, I totally wish. I would love to have an H4D-60. ;P |
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Jul 26 |
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What technique and camera settings should I use to capture lightning strikes? @Frederik: I wasn't so much concerned about shake as I was about the extra time to flip up the mirror. My Canon 450D has an annoyingly slow shutter flip up time, and when I've tried to take shots of lightning, I've either missed the shot, or did not get a decent shot, because the mirror flipped up every exposure. However, I never thought of using mirror lockup and continuous shooting together...that might solve the problem. |
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Jul 26 |
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What technique and camera settings should I use to capture lightning strikes? A quick question about continuous shooting mode...if you use a mirror lockup setting, does shooting in continuous mode leave the mirror up so long as the shutter button is locked down? Or does the mirror flip every exposure? |
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Jul 26 |
accepted | How much “noise” is acceptable in a photograph? |
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Jul 26 |
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How much “noise” is acceptable in a photograph? I've mostly been evaluating my more recent prints, more so than the on-screen photos. For 99% of my prints, ISO 400 or less is great, and ISO 800 is not too bad, although clear blue sky and lots of green do tend to show up pretty grainy on smoother/glossier papers. The problem is pretty much non-existent on some of the more fine-art type papers I've tried recently, however. Based on all the great answers I've received, I'm boiling this all down to me being the overly picky perfectionist first-born, and leaving it at that. ;P |
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Jul 26 |
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How much “noise” is acceptable in a photograph? Thanks for the insight. Part of the issue might be my f/4 100-400mm lens, although it does have @ 3-stop IS. Its not fast, but not really slow either. The aperture doesn't give me much leeway to overexpose and drown out noise, however. I have a nice Gitzo tripod and ball head. A Canon 5DII would probably help a lot in the area of noise, but its beyond my budget for now. |
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Jul 26 |
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Are there reasons to use colour filters with digital cameras? With RAW, many edits are non-destructive. For example, shifting the histogram. That is a processing activity applied to the RAW data when it is visualized...it shifts the visual representation, but does not change the base information. RAW is raw, it doesn't change. Same goes for things like saturation, contrast, white balance. These are all non-destructive edits as they simply change the interpretation of the data, not the actual data itself. |
