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FISHMANPET posted:Is there some kind of good guide for dummies on using the Auto-ISO on Nikon? I've been doing manual ISO on Aperture priority, and then manually adjusting the ISO until the meter gives me an exposure time I'll be happy with. (Wrote this half a year ago) It helps to think of Auto ISO as a complement to Aperture/Shutter Priority to complete Scott Petersen's (pbuh) Photographic Triangle. Aperture Priority lets the user lock down aperture and ISO by letting shutter speed float as needed to get a correct exposure. Shutter Priority lets the user lock down shutter speed and ISO by letting the aperture float. Auto ISO lets the user lock down aperture and shutter speed, by letting the ISO float. Unfortunately it also tends to over ride the other two modes (shutter priority in particular), because ~Nikon~. For example, when I'm at the dog park shooting some terrier chasing a ball, I know I need a shutter speed of 1/1000s, which usually means I'll need to bump the ISO. I set the minimum speed in Auto ISO to 1/1000, choose the max ISO it'll reach (say 3200), then set the camera to f/5.6 and shoot shoot, knowing the shutter speed won't go below 1/1000. If it's really bright out and that's still too slow for a good exposure even at ISO 100 then the camera will still use 1/1250 or whatever it needs. One nice thing about it on the 3100 is that the camera is allowed to select ISO settings between stops. If it's too dark for ISO 400 the user can only bump up to ISO 800, but the camera can choose ISO 640 if it wants. Now, let's say it's starting to get dark, and you want to ratchet down to 1/250 or so for some close-ups. No problem, go to shutter priority, select 1/250 and... you can't. That's because you selected 1/1000s in Auto ISO and you can't override it without turning it off, because ~Nikon~. It's a fantastic deal for action/sports/dog watching, but its set-and-forget nature can bite you in the rear end when that's exactly what you do.
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# ? Aug 31, 2013 06:18 |
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Here's some unasked-for advice for anyone who has just picked up their first DSLR. First, get ahold of the many-times-aforementioned Understanding Exposure. When you think you've got a handle on the exposure triangle, grab your camera and dive into the menus. - Turn off the beeps. All of them. Nobody else needs to know you've achieved focus confirmation. - Turn off the flash. No, try again - make sure it's actually loving turned off and WILL NOT pop up because the camera thinks its little GN-13 pop-up will be able to correctly expose both the lurking-in-shadows presenter and the big PowerPoint screen from 20 metres away. - Learn what ALL the buttons do. You don't need to know what your program line is, but you do need to know that if you push *that* button a menu full of poo poo you don't care about is going to open up, but if you push *this* button you can change your ISO (which you now understand thanks to Petersen). This post brought to you by that jackass at the back of the room using his weak-rear end pop-up flash and his way-too-dark kit zoom on his clearly new-to-him DSLR all through the opening presentation of the scientific conference I'm at. Kit zooms certainly have their place, but that place is not the back of big dark room without any external flash.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 05:36 |
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ExecuDork posted:Here's some unasked-for advice for anyone who has just picked up their first DSLR. This is all God's honest truth. If you need focus-confirm, set your camera to focus-priority AF, or look for the green dot in the viewfinder. Also bear in mind that your popup flash, firing at Full Retard power levels, is only supposed to work for subjects 10-15 feet away. If that.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 06:21 |
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ExecuDork posted:- Turn off the beeps. All of them. Nobody else needs to know you've achieved focus confirmation. ExecuDork posted:- Turn off the flash. No, try again - make sure it's actually loving turned off and WILL NOT pop up because the camera thinks its little GN-13 pop-up will be able to correctly expose both the lurking-in-shadows presenter and the big PowerPoint screen from 20 metres away.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 15:33 |
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Yeah I do the business card trick fairly often. Blinds me every time though. It's also useful for fill flash if you dial it down a bit.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 16:10 |
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While we're talking about flash, anyone have a recommendation for a good first flash purchase? I have a Canon T3i
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 16:41 |
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Yongnuo YN560-III for manual, or if you really want TTL, a YN468-II. I have a 468 and it's awesome, but I use TTL less and less as time goes on, and off camera manual more and more. My next flash will be a 560. Buy a 560II or III, learn to use manual flash, and use the money you save on a set of cowboystudio triggers to play around with.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 16:55 |
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Spime Wrangler posted:Yongnuo YN560-III for manual, or if you really want TTL, a YN468-II. I have a 468 and it's awesome, but I use TTL less and less as time goes on, and off camera manual more and more. My next flash will be a 560. The Yongnuos are an amazing deal if you don't need TTL. The build quality is surprisingly nice.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 18:08 |
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ExecuDork posted:
Oh man, I had this just yesterday for the first time, the beeping at least. But generally I am horrified that this slide capturing is now becoming a big thing. Every presentation, and every loving new step on a slide. And all the iPads being wielded too. gently caress you all.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 07:27 |
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people who hold up their ipads to take pictures of stuff are the worsttt
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 08:40 |
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Bartleby posted:Oh man, I had this just yesterday for the first time, the beeping at least. But generally I am horrified that this slide capturing is now becoming a big thing. Every presentation, and every loving new step on a slide. And all the iPads being wielded too. gently caress you all. This is getting away from "My first DSLR" territory and into "Tales from the Conference", but yes, absolutely. I don't know why every, or any slide has to be photographed, just pay attention to the drat presentation and if you really want to ponder it later, ask the presenter for a copy of their PowerPoint slides. I've also seen people (thankfully not at this conference) walking around the poster presentations, just photographing every poster regardless of whether or not the author / presenter is standing right there!
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 20:42 |
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404notfound posted:people who hold up their ipads to take pictures of stuff are the worsttt Why wouldn't you take a photo with your iPad if you already had it on you at a conference and were too lazy to ask for the Powerpoint presentation?
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 23:17 |
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404notfound posted:people who hold up their ipads to take pictures of stuff are the worsttt Those are the second worst people in photography, they have been replaced by this new sect of insufferable camera user. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/96793993/hasselnuts-hasselblad-camera-iphone-digitalback-ki
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 23:22 |
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Hahaha, the comparison photos look the same except one has a bunch of vignetting. I mean 35mm adapters worked in the same way so I imagine this will work too, but drat they did a bad job of making a comparison shot.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 23:42 |
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Bartleby posted:Oh man, I had this just yesterday for the first time, the beeping at least. But generally I am horrified that this slide capturing is now becoming a big thing. Every presentation, and every loving new step on a slide. And all the iPads being wielded too. gently caress you all. Ugh, this poo poo drives me nuts as well. Don't most conferences have some sort of no photography policy? All of the meetings I've been to have a confidentiality statement, and a no photography policy.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 00:23 |
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http://peopletakingpictureswithipads.tumblr.com/
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 00:39 |
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It's worth trying once, if only for the whoa factor of having a 10" viewfinder. Only once, though.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 01:02 |
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1st AD posted:Why wouldn't you take a photo with your iPad if you already had it on you at a conference and were too lazy to ask for the Powerpoint presentation? Because you look loving ridiculous taking a picture with a device nearly as large a clipboard.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 05:17 |
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I present at scientific conferences at least once a month. There typically is a policy that excepts an "official" photographer / record keeper / stenographer. My second slide is usually some variation of "pdf version of available upon request." If I see the same person taking repeat photos I don't hesitate to call them out. Public shaming works in some communities. Topical: I bought a D7000 based on this sub's advice but whoops (not camera's fault, a shipping container dropped on my gear pallet) . It got destroyed in transit to a project site and I'll have to get a new one. I only got to use it maybe 20 shots. Insurance claim filed.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 07:19 |
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Today I bought way more camera than I've ever come close to holding (a used Pentax K100D) for a required class. Thanks for this thread, from its first post down through the subsequent replies. The aperture/ISO/shutter speed breakdown in the OP is one of the most clear and concise on the web that I've found all day and just might get me through my first assignment. My only contribution to date is that the link to the K5 (http://www.us.ricoh-imaging.com/dslr/K-5_Black) in the OP is broken. Carlton Banks Teller fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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Carlton Banks Teller posted:Today I bought way more camera than I've ever come close to holding (a used Pentax K100D) for a required class. Thanks for this thread, from its first post down through the subsequent replies. The aperture/ISO/shutter speed breakdown in the OP is one of the most clear and concise on the web that I've found all day and just might get me through my first assignment. Any class that requires a pentax of any kind, is a class worth droppin
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 16:08 |
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Musket posted:Any class that requires a pentax of any kind, is a class worth droppin Yes, there has never been a good photography class ever. *lights k1000 on fire*
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 16:46 |
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Musket posted:Any class that requires a pentax of any kind, is a class worth droppin It's more my budget that requires it, class just requires a DSLR. Lucky for me, I don't know enough about cameras to feel slighted!
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 21:41 |
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Carlton Banks Teller posted:It's more my budget that requires it, class just requires a DSLR. Lucky for me, I don't know enough about cameras to feel slighted! Don't worry, you will
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 23:50 |
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Someone will show up with a 1d.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 00:20 |
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Carlton Banks Teller posted:Today I bought way more camera than I've ever come close to holding (a used Pentax K100D) for a required class. Thanks for this thread, from its first post down through the subsequent replies. The aperture/ISO/shutter speed breakdown in the OP is one of the most clear and concise on the web that I've found all day and just might get me through my first assignment. Congratulations, the K100D is a fine camera that will teach you the basics of photography if you're willing to learn. Musket posted:Any class that requires a pentax of any kind, is a class worth droppin Wild EEPROM posted:Someone will show up with a 1d. EDIT: Why are there so many cat-based avatars?
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 01:35 |
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because cats own, duh
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 01:54 |
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Carlton Banks Teller posted:Today I bought way more camera than I've ever come close to holding (a used Pentax K100D) for a required class. Thanks for this thread, from its first post down through the subsequent replies. The aperture/ISO/shutter speed breakdown in the OP is one of the most clear and concise on the web that I've found all day and just might get me through my first assignment.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 07:48 |
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Wild EEPROM posted:Someone will show up with a 1ds. ftfy
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 15:17 |
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Got understanding exposure and a pentax remote shutter release from Amazon today
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 23:34 |
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This morning there was a beautiful sunrise with the sky being a very rich, deep blue and clouds with very bright reds and oranges. I took several photos of this but none of them captured the blue - it ended up being either a baby blue or dull blue - but not like what I was able to see with my eyes. The reds and oranges kinda flatly came through, but not at the same intensity as visually. Tried a variety of apertures and shutter speeds - small apertures with long shutter speeds looked best to me, also it was best a little overexposed according to my light meter in the camera. What am I missing for capturing colors? I have tried a few sunrise/sunsets the last couple weeks and all of them seem dull in terms of colors. I have read a few sunrise/sunset articles, but they don't seem to suggest anything regarding this - I am doing longer exposures with a tripod and the image is sharp, just dull colors in the full range of aperture-shutter settings. Maybe white balance? I have it set for either sunny or shady.
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# ? Sep 13, 2013 17:38 |
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Redleg posted:This morning there was a beautiful sunrise with the sky being a very rich, deep blue and clouds with very bright reds and oranges. A polarizing filter will help get the deeper blues. Maybe increasing the saturation will help with the reds and oranges (this can be done in post-processing if necessary). Basically, the sensor isn't capable of properly exposing the entire scene. So whatever its focusing on it's trying to depict correctly while over/under exposing the rest of the scene which is where the colors are not showing up correctly to your eyes.
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# ? Sep 13, 2013 17:49 |
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In addition to that, you could also try decreasing the luminance of blue when post-processing to help bring out your skies. This is an article that gave me some good starting points when I first started working with Lightroom, the technique is in the first tip: http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/post-processing/10-quick-and-easy-lightroom-tricks-every-user-should-know/ I still use that technique regularly.
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# ? Sep 13, 2013 17:56 |
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Meter on the sky and set -1 to -2 EV compensation. Comedy "Sunset" scene preset.
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# ? Sep 13, 2013 18:46 |
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Is there any reason not to buy the student version of Lightroom 5 if I am eligible? Any hidden drawbacks?
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# ? Sep 14, 2013 22:42 |
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There's fine print where you can't profit off of anything you make with it I think, but other than that it should be identical to the retail version.
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# ? Sep 14, 2013 22:57 |
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Wario In Real Life posted:There's fine print where you can't profit off of anything you make with it I think, but other than that it should be identical to the retail version. Thanks I figured something like that. Good thing I am to terrible to make anything someone would actually pay for and if I should ever get that good I imagine they will have a new version out.
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# ? Sep 14, 2013 22:59 |
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Wario In Real Life posted:There's fine print where you can't profit off of anything you make with it I think, but other than that it should be identical to the retail version. Man. Coming off of the 30 day trial I was planning on buying the student version, but now I'm feeling like I should drop the extra $50 and just get the full "real" version if that's the case. They really do get their hooks into you with the trial.
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# ? Sep 15, 2013 06:51 |
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Shellman posted:Man. Coming off of the 30 day trial I was planning on buying the student version, but now I'm feeling like I should drop the extra $50 and just get the full "real" version if that's the case. They really do get their hooks into you with the trial. How the hell are they going to enforce that?
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spog posted:How the hell are they going to enforce that? Some people enforce themselves.
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