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May 28 |
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How to record the viewfinder while shooting? I performed the experiment using an Olympus XZ-1 on the viewfinder of a Canon 50D. The Olympus could get an understandable image but it was not wide enough to cover the full viewfinder's image plus the exposure meter and the outer indicators. Also tried with a cell phone's camera, but it had an even narrower angle of view. |
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Apr 10 |
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How to record the viewfinder while shooting? Believe me I'm definitely goint to try this at home and come back to show my results! |
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Apr 10 |
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Why don't most cameras store filenames based on date and time? The Brand Olympus has a simple system: it usually starts its names with a 'P' or '_'(don't remember what means but it's related to colorspace), then a digit for the month: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C, two digits for the day and four other digits for correlative. Thus, file PC083651 was shot on December 8th. It is indeed VERY useful and at least I have never had a problem. It's only odd if you shot during Dec 31 midnight, because "older" file suddenly gets on top of the alphabetically ordered list. Maybe they have a patent and it keeps the rest from doing it. |
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Mar 7 |
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Program to remove thin strip from inner part of image This particular task is actually performable even in Windows' Paint. It has selection and move tools. |
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Jan 23 |
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How do I fix a dog's wrong colored eyes in flash photos? Giving a twist to your idea: A flashgun that has slave mode (the kind that "detects" the firing of any other flash) can be triggered without a transmitter, you just have to use a small cardboard or small mirror to redirect camera's flash towards the flashgun. This trick is extremely helpful if your camera does not have a hotshoe, like a P&S for example. |
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Jan 23 |
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How do I fix a dog's wrong colored eyes in flash photos? It doesn't work because of the logic of the feature. In Humans it works because camera's beam or pre-flash causes our natural reflexes to contract the pupil, hence reducing the efect of flash reflection. Animals have different sensitivities to light and different pupil sizes/shapes. A camera's red eye reduction may not be strong enough to stimulate an animal's pupil contraction reflex. I have seen that cats are barely anoyed at night if I suddenly turn on a car's headlamp in front of them, they can easily stare at it, while I can't, until afer a while... |
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Dec 8 |
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Is it possible to obtain portraits free of charge in exchange for letting the photograper use the photos for his/her book? Interesting concept. A short explanation on this site plus the reference to the external source would have made such a better answer. |
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Dec 8 |
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Is it possible to obtain portraits free of charge in exchange for letting the photograper use the photos for his/her book? Even though the question as it is now is a bit difficult to read and understand properly, It has led me to a concept I did not now before, so I think it is a good question in that aspect. The downvoters should have stated why they didn't like the question. Agreed the question needs to be edited. |
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Oct 9 |
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How to capture fog movement? Are you sure the only thing moving in your pictures is the fog? What do you want to achieve? droplet trails? |
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Oct 4 |
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Why does my memory only sometimes show my images? AS you mention an iPad: IOS and its relatives have a funny way of deleting files, they are not deleted but moved to a "hidden" directory, but other devices just recognize those as valid files, so they don't display the expected free space. If you have a windows computer, configure it to show hidden files and you'll be able to see all the card's contents. Make a safe copy and then format the card either on that computer or in your camera. Every time you "empty" your card with mac's software, format it in your camera. |
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Oct 3 |
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How can I make my own film scanner using a DSLR camera? I have tried some of these. Computer monitor is bad idea if you put the film too close to the screen, pixels will show up, and at macro setigns, they are pretty big. Flash on the other hand, can be WAY too bright if used directly. For both you'll need light modifiers (difusers or reducers, depending wich one you use) |
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Oct 2 |
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White balance adjustment using gray card I can't answer for the gray card part, but I frequently shot in forests. Personally, I use one of camera's presets acording to what the sky is: Sunlight, Overcast (Or Shade in some situations, like way after the sunset of before sunrise) My preferred is Sunlight(5300-5500k). Also, set low contrast (0 or -1 in a camera that allows -2 to +2) and saturation up (in 0 or +1) These settings work best for me, as they give me "neutral" looking images that I can easily adjust in post. I think that records correctly the color casts, so I can compensate adequately after the fact. |
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Sep 27 |
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Is this a reflection in my photo? Definitely, it is an aircraft. I have made such shots intentionally and that ir the precise result. The same would happen with a long exposure of a moving car that is using it's turn signals! ;) |
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Sep 21 |
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Using flash with Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority gives me a white image - why? I suggest to metter a scene with your camera with the flash off (detached) and note the values calculated by the camera. Repeat wit the flash activated. Do the values change? If not, then your camera is somehow unaware that there will be flash lighting the scene. |
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Sep 21 |
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Using flash with Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority gives me a white image - why? Some Body/Flash combinations do not work so well together. I have never had a camera that correctly compensates flash usage with semi automatic modes, I've always had to trick the camera into what I want. Maybe this is your case too. |
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Sep 17 |
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Which cameras have built-in HDR? I've just read that the Olympus XZ-2 has HDR mode too. It's a compact camera. |
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Sep 12 |
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How can I get a good HDR image from a single RAW file? +1 for revealing the detail it alrady is in the single image. I was recently experimenting to rescue an image of a person under a tree's shadow with a bright sky behind her. I tried both, Photoshop's HDR, And curve editor in Canon Photo Pro. I like the Canon version much more than the HDR version because it had better saturation, more natural color and avoided the halos. |
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Aug 22 |
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Can I attach more filters to a full frame lens on a cropped body without vignetting than with a cropped lens? Do a simple test: Unscrew your filter from the lens, hand hold it while looking through the viewfinder and start slowly pulling it afar from lens until you start to "see" the filter's ring in the corners of the image, go bak just a little and note how far the filter is from the lens. That distance is what you have to fill up with stacked filters to get vignetting. To overcome non-100% viewfinders, use Live view instead, or shoot sample pics. |
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Aug 21 |
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How does a fly-by-wire focusing lens work? I am/was user of Olympus Zuiko, one difference is that with direct coupling you normally get some mechanical feedback, like "feeling" when you reach a focusing range end. Focus By Wire does not "inform" you that, so you spend a little before realizing you are trying to focus on a disctance your lens simply can not achieve. There is also the lack of focusing scales, infinity focus setting indicator or DOF indicator. All of these are useful in diffucult focusing conditions, such as low light, thorugh glass, macro, etc... |
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Aug 21 |
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How does a fly-by-wire focusing lens work? Such lenses are difficult to use with macro extension tubes or macro reverse adaptors. |
