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ansel autisms posted:Just enjoy yourself man Yeah this is basically how I feel when I'm on a trip doing "touristy" things. Like I'm never going to take a better photo of Disneyworld fireworks or castles or whatever else they have in their PR materials. So why bother? I focus more on taking photos of my family doing fun things, and for that I just need a small camera that takes good enough photos that I can keep with me.
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Alright, the question sounded pretty stupid even as I was typing it, thanks for the wakeup call. I'll just stuff the RX100 in my jorts and I'll be good to go.
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Dec 12, 2014 21:27
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Geektox posted:Alright, the question sounded pretty stupid even as I was typing it, thanks for the wakeup call. I'll just stuff the RX100 in my jorts and I'll be good to go. The xt1 would be fine too, just don't bring a plethora of glass with you. poo poo be heavy after hours of schlepping it around in a dole whip and turkey leg coma. Are you going to be able to leave this stuff with someone else on the bigger rides? I wouldn't bring any camera with me on stuff like rock & rollercoaster/everest/tower of terror.
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Dec 12, 2014 21:31
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Bring the XT-1 and a single wideish fast prime, I'd say. X100 isn't really an exited kids running around kind of camera.
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Dec 12, 2014 21:38
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Went to Disney California Adventure recently and the X100S worked well enough there. I forgot about the lovely battery and shittier battery meter, though, so I had to finish the night with my phone. Album link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/khyrre/sets/72157649114300199/
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Geektox posted:Hey thanks, I appreciate that. It was in my Canadian nature to apologize. The good news is that pretty much every ride I can think of has a sizable container big enough to fit like an average sized photo bag, a diaper bag, or a large women's purse. There was one ride that didn't but I can't remember which one it was and I think it was lame anyway. Not sure how big your tripod is but if you are carrying your tripod on rides I suspect you will have problems. The bad news is that halfway around the Epcot circle on day 3 of 12 hour days lugging a D7000, a 10-24, a 35 1.8G, and an SB600 I felt like the bag was going to loving crush my shoulder and leave me huddled on the ground, dying. If my friend hadn't held the bag for me for the rest of that day I may not have made it here to post this warning for you. It really comes down to what kind of trip you are taking. Are you either by yourself or with people who will have no problem accommodating you if you want to stop for ten minutes to line up some tripod assisted night time shot with the tripod you either took a special midday trip back to the hotel to get or lugged awkwardly around all day? Will they be cool with camping out 30min to an hour ahead of time for a good viewing spot for fireworks shots? If the answers to those questions are no then give up the dream and take snapshots of those scenes. There are plenty of neat things to take pictures of in Disney that are not traditional landscapey shots. The parades are well lit enough that your X-T1 and one of your baller fuji primes will take very nice photos. The RX100 would be ok too but the fuji would be great. Depending on where you stand for the night time parades there will be streetlights on that you can take advantage of for photographing the performers. Imo take either your X-T1 w/ one lens (maaaaybe 2) or your RX100. I liked having the SB600 and it made some of my night time pictures into keepers but it is almost certainly not worth the weight.
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Dec 12, 2014 21:58
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Geektox posted:Hey thanks, I appreciate that. It was in my Canadian nature to apologize. Olympus XA or Stylus Epic and Portra 400 
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Dec 13, 2014 00:29
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How does film handle x-ray scanners?
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BANME.sh posted:How does film handle x-ray scanners? Unexposed low ISO film is generally fine, but you can ask the TSA to hand check the film instead of going through a scanner. Spedman posted:Olympus XA or Stylus Epic and Portra 400 That's actually not a bad idea, but I can't find any local stores with Portra in stock. Wonder if there's any photo shops down in Florida. Alternatively, any places in  with Portra and relatively fast delivery?That's good advice. I'll also have a rental car so if by the end of the night I'm not too tuckered out I could also leave my night-time stuff in the trunk and grab it. Geektox fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Dec 13, 2014 |
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Dec 13, 2014 00:52
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Geektox posted:Unexposed low ISO film is generally fine, but you can ask the TSA to hand check the film instead of going through a scanner. Just be aware it's usually a tram ride or really long hike back to your car unless you're there first thing in the AM. And at Magic kingdom it's a monorail or ferry ride back to even where you can get the tram back to your car. -been to Disney world a lot guy
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Dec 13, 2014 01:32
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BANME.sh posted:How does film handle x-ray scanners? I've never had a problem sticking film both exposed and unexposed through x-ray scanners dozens of times on a holiday, Portra 400 and Instax. I even put Instax in my checked luggage and it was fine.
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Dec 13, 2014 01:51
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ansel autisms posted:Just get moderately stoned and enjoy yourself man
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Dec 13, 2014 03:04
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Yeah if you look through Flickr for people who have really nice Disney shots like fireworks and read the comments you'll find out that the best shots belong to people who are located in Florida and frequently visit for the sole purpose of taking pictures. It's difficult to make serious photo taking at Disney a part of a family vacation. Like you kind of need to location scout and lug gear both of which are tough (but not impossible) to do while you are wandering around enjoying yourself.
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Dec 13, 2014 05:58
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When and how do you guys use exposure compensation?
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Dren posted:Yeah if you look through Flickr for people who have really nice Disney shots like fireworks and read the comments you'll find out that the best shots belong to people who are located in Florida and frequently visit for the sole purpose of taking pictures. It's difficult to make serious photo taking at Disney a part of a family vacation. Like you kind of need to location scout and lug gear both of which are tough (but not impossible) to do while you are wandering around enjoying yourself. Yup - if it's not someplace you go often, you want to cram in as much as humanly possible in the time you have, not wait 2 hours patiently to reserve the -perfect- spot for fireworks or parade photos. And if you're there with a small child, your plans don't mean poo poo.
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I don't because I always use manual exposure, but I guess it can help if you're using one of the priority modes and know that the camera will not accurately expose the scene without intervention (like a subject against a very harshly backlit background).
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Google Butt posted:When and how do you guys use exposure compensation? Whenever you either want to (for effect) or need to (because the camera meter is being fooled by the scene) The meter is looking at the whole scene and saying "make this average to a middle gray tone exposure" - which is fine if your scene is a perfect mix of tones. If it's predominantly white or really light tones (ice rink, snow, etc) it's going to underexpose it like crazy, because it wants to make that giant field of snow into gray. So you +EC. If it's predominantly dark tones/black (pavement, a whole bunch of groomsmen standing on a dark carpet in tuxes) it's going to overexpose it to make the black into gray. So you -EC
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1st AD posted:I don't because I always use manual exposure, but I guess it can help if you're using one of the priority modes and know that the camera will not accurately expose the scene without intervention (like a subject against a very harshly backlit background). You forgot the  in your post. Google Butt posted:When and how do you guys use exposure compensation? I use it a lot with things like snowy scenes, or in very dark environments with spot lighting when I'm too lazy to switch to spot metering.
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Dec 13, 2014 06:29
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Also do people still need EC on something like a mirrorless system? I figure you get pretty accurate exposure information in your EVF and can open up or stop down as needed.
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Yeah, I just asked because I got my a7ii and saw the dial there. I've never used it in the past with my 7d, must because I too, shoot mostly in manual mode.
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1st AD posted:Also do people still need EC on something like a mirrorless system? I figure you get pretty accurate exposure information in your EVF and can open up or stop down as needed. Of course you still need it, it's not about exposure information, it's about getting a priority mode to better adapt to how you want a scene to be shot. Full manual control is cool and all, but I still shoot mostly in aperture priority even though I have enough dials to work full manual without too much trouble.
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Google Butt posted:Yeah, I just asked because I got my a7ii and saw the dial there. I've never used it in the past with my 7d, must because I too, shoot mostly in manual mode. 
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1st AD posted:Also do people still need EC on something like a mirrorless system? I figure you get pretty accurate exposure information in your EVF and can open up or stop down as needed. Yup, I use aperture priority on my Fujis because the EC dial is right there and easy to adjust if I want the scene darker or lighter. For me it's faster than manually adjusting exposure.
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Where is the limit for ISO as far as what makes a good picture? I've been trying to take fast shutter pictures in a low-light environment, so the only way I've been able to do it with the equipment I have is to crank up the ISO. Basically, I recently got a decent camera and I'm completely new to this, and I've been trying to take pictures of my dog.
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Dec 13, 2014 23:35
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It depends on your camera and what you're using the picture for. I tend to not go over 3200, though 6400 is usable on my camera with care.
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Elliotw2 posted:It depends on your camera and what you're using the picture for. I tend to not go over 3200, though 6400 is usable on my camera with care. It's a Canon t5i. Main reason I have to crank the ISO is that I only have the stock 18-55mm lens, so the aperture only goes so far. I've been shooting in full manual so I can start to learn how all the settings work, and our dog happens to be easy subject matter. The lighting is such that I can't get any decent pictures of him at anything less than 800, and even then he has to be basically sitting still...which is a tall order. Even at 800, I can't set the shutter speed any slower than 1/30 or he'll be a blurry ball of fur.
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t5i's new enough that 1600 or so should be workable, and that'll let you bump up the shutter speed a decent bit more. If you do a lot of low light shooting, consider getting the Canon f/1.8 50mm used for really cheap. You can also use the flash, but remember to stop down and back up a bit unless you want an overexposed dog.
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You can shoot at higher ISO s and get more acceptable results if you switch to black and white. Generally , we seem to accept a noisy b&w image more than we accept a similarly noisy colour one.
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Dec 14, 2014 00:24
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What is a good picture?
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ansel autisms posted:What is a good picture? What is art?
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Art isn't made over 800 ISO.
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But what if you have an A7s and your base ISO is 3200
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ansel autisms posted:Art isn't made over 800 ISO. It's only art if it's on 400 film pushed to 25600.
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ansel autisms posted:Art isn't made over 800 ISO. *clears throat*  untitled-16.jpg by polysynthesism, on Flickr
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art is also never made in square crops, noob
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Geektox posted:art is also never made in square crops, noob poo poo! Time to throw away 60% of my cameras! deaders posted:also you can't make art at night Ouch, right into the raison d'etre.
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Dec 14, 2014 02:43
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Cross posting here I want to be better at Lightroom. Is there a good website/video series/book that would help me with file management tricks and some light photo editing?
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deaders posted:also you can't make art
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Just admit it, you can't make art.
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