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Tricerapowerbottom posted:Sort of along the same lines, but on a smaller scale, I'm interested in taking shots of my Zippo lighter being struck. I'd like to capture the flint and steel sparks, and the development of the combustion of the naphtha or whatever the fluid is off the wick. I'd like to really get a lot of detail of the sparks, smoke, and flame, and would want to take burst shots to capture as much of each lighting as possible, as each one would be unique. Like this?   
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Tricerapowerbottom posted:Sort of along the same lines, but on a smaller scale, I'm interested in taking shots of my Zippo lighter being struck. I'd like to capture the flint and steel sparks, and the development of the combustion of the naphtha or whatever the fluid is off the wick. I'd like to really get a lot of detail of the sparks, smoke, and flame, and would want to take burst shots to capture as much of each lighting as possible, as each one would be unique. Light it from behind or the side
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Whitezombi posted:Like this? Yes! That's amazingly cool... the exif data is confusing though, these were made with a P&S with some sort of custom macro rig on the front, or what? dakana posted:Light it from behind or the side edit: assuming you mean the smoke. I'll see what happens. Tricerapowerbottom fucked around with this message at 23:41 on May 21, 2014 |
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Tricerapowerbottom posted:Yes! That's amazingly cool... the exif data is confusing though, these were made with a P&S with some sort of custom macro rig on the front, or what? I shot these with a PowerShot A620 in macro mode and various timed exposures. Dark, no lights, open the shutter and go to town with the lighter then close the shutter when finished. I was very close to the camera - like 1/2 inch I think. I did this 7 years ago so it is a bit fuzzy. Here is the whole set. https://www.flickr.com/photos/natebol/sets/72157613766025492/ I've been wanting to do something like this on instant film but haven't had a chance yet.
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Those're sick. Thanks for the background info, it gives me a good place to start with mine.
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Anybody know anything about https://www.crowdmedia.co/ ?
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This showed up on one of my photos on flickrquote:Somebody wants to buy your photo via Lobster Marketplace. If you want it to be sold, add #ilobsterit tag and sign up here anyone ever heard of lobster marketplace?
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Dren posted:This showed up on one of my photos on flickr Sounds like a lovely marketing campaign to try to get you to use your images to promote their company.
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Dren posted:anyone ever heard of lobster marketplace? Sounds like a shell corporation.
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William T. Hornaday posted:Sounds like a shell corporation. 
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Lobster Marketing isn't all it's cracked up to be. I think they are just trying to butter you up.
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Whitezombi posted:Lobster Marketing isn't all it's cracked up to be. I think they are just trying to butter you up. holy poo poo
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Stock photography isn't exactly lucrative until you build a huge catalog but if you're feeling the pinch then it probably can't hurt.
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feigning interest posted:Stock photography isn't exactly lucrative until you build a huge catalog but if you're feeling the pinch then it probably can't hurt. for 75% of $1.99 - paypal fees I don't think I care to sign up. There's not even any free cheddar biscuits.
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I don't know which thread is the right place to ask, so I'm just coming here for high visibility. My Pentax K-30 just started having a weird problem. The viewfinder is dark, but will lighten to normal when I take an exposure, the shutter will fire randomly, or the camera just won't turn on sometimes. Focusing also oddly seems to be off. I tried switching out batteries and resetting to factory defaults, but no luck or change in behavior. I was out taking pictures just fine, turned the camera off, took out the SD card, put a different one in, turned it back on and all of a sudden, it started doing this. Any ideas of what's wrong with the camera? Rotten Cookies fucked around with this message at 19:35 on May 25, 2014 |
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Rotten Cookies posted:I don't know which thread is the right place to ask, so I'm just coming here for high visibility. Random guess here, but it may be helpful. My best guess is a messed up firmware. Take the battery out for a very long time to make sure that the computer inside dies. Give it a day or two. Try again.
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Yeah, firmware sounds like the first place to look. Make sure your battery is fully charged, then try to update the firmware. Pentaxforums has a guide and a link here. The part about the battery being fully charged is important - if the battery runs out during a firmware update, apparently the camera gets super-hosed and it's way outside of warranty to revive it.
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Thanks for the responses. I'll leave the battery charging out of the camera for a day and see how that works out after updating to 1.06. If that doesn't work out, I'm wondering if KEH would let me exchange it?
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How old is it? They have a 6mo warranty don't they?
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evil_bunnY posted:How old is it? They have a 6mo warranty don't they? I got it in early February
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I just got offered 200€ to shoot behind-the-scenes still and video for a feature film. Ten days, plus edits, post work, and I have to provide my own gear. At least they were gracious enough to offer me some good experience and networking opportunities!
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So, at most, €2.50/hr? What a loving joke.
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Updating the firmware on my camera didn't work out  But! KEH is letting me exchange the camera, and since they don't have one of like grade in stock, are sending me one that's LN- at no cost. Not that the difference would be noticeable to me, but 
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DanTheFryingPan posted:I just got offered 200€ to shoot behind-the-scenes still and video for a feature film. Ten days, plus edits, post work, and I have to provide my own gear. At least they were gracious enough to offer me some good experience and networking opportunities! 200€ a day, right? And they'll be providing a sound blimp, or paying expenses for the rental of one, right? I get bullshit set photographer offers all the time, one was to shoot on a documentary about a trans Atlantic sailboat trip, I would be paid once the film was picked up for distribution at Sundance or some nonsense. For those not in the know, a sound blimp is like a soundproof diving suit for a camera so that you don't hear the shutter if you're shooting while their camera is running. I know this because a TV producer chewed me out for not having one on an exposure + craft services 'internship' years ago. They cost a pretty penny, too. Joke's on them because I was terrible then. And still am!
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Rotten Cookies posted:But! KEH is letting me exchange the camera, and since they don't have one of like grade in stock, are sending me one that's LN- at no cost. Not that the difference would be noticeable to me, but
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Thank you folks very much for the knowledge. I think these came out great.
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I'm looking into getting a pretty substantial ND filter (at least 3 stops, maybe up to 10). When I bought a circular polarizer, this site, http://www.lenstip.com/115.3-article-Polarizing_filters_test_Test_procedure.html gave the exact kind of data I wanted to see regarding transmission, vignetting, flares, etc. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have performed similar tests for ND filter. Has anyone run across a similar site for this kind of thing?
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single-mode fiber posted:I'm looking into getting a pretty substantial ND filter (at least 3 stops, maybe up to 10). When I bought a circular polarizer, this site, http://www.lenstip.com/115.3-article-Polarizing_filters_test_Test_procedure.html gave the exact kind of data I wanted to see regarding transmission, vignetting, flares, etc. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have performed similar tests for ND filter. Has anyone run across a similar site for this kind of thing? No, but I have one of these and it's baller as gently caress: https://www.schneideroptics.com/ecommerce/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?CID=679&IID=8219
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Technically I don't need a graduated ND filter for landscape shots, if I have Photoshop, AEB and some spare time, right? Or are there specific advantages to such a filter, apart from previewing the result on camera and the ability to deal with moving subjects?
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Combat Pretzel posted:Technically I don't need a graduated ND filter for landscape shots, if I have Photoshop, AEB and some spare time, right? Or are there specific advantages to such a filter, apart from previewing the result on camera and the ability to deal with moving subjects? Probably not, just save you a lot more time later on.
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With a 10 stop screwed on you aint previewing poo poo.
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RangerScum posted:No, but I have one of these and it's baller as gently caress: Yeah, I ended up getting a B+W for the circular polarizer back then; I feel like I probably either want a B+W or possibly the Lee Big Stopper, but I haven't been able to decide yet.
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I got the Hoya NDx400 9 stop filter and I am pretty happy with it. And like others said you will need to focus/compose before you attach the filter. Vignettes a bit at wider angles but not too badly (16mm on FF). Also used it on @10mm on a crop and was a bit worse but not awful for vignetting.
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evil_bunnY posted:With a 10 stop screwed on you aint previewing poo poo. Live view! (Will be very colorful and hilarious looking)
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Amazon glacier isn't available to Canadians. What's my best online backup alternative?
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CarrotFlowers posted:Amazon glacier isn't available to Canadians. What's my best online backup alternative? Yes, it is. Use Arq if you're on a Mac. Or at least Amazon knows I'm quite plainly in Canada and I can use Glacier just fine.
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CarrotFlowers posted:Amazon glacier isn't available to Canadians. What's my best online backup alternative? I back up to an external, which is then backed up to CrashPlan.
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CarrotFlowers posted:Amazon glacier isn't available to Canadians. What's my best online backup alternative? You live in canada so you should have access to actual glaciers
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feigning interest posted:You live in canada so you should have access to actual glaciers Yeah just stick your usb drive in the wall of your summer igloo
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