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by Mini E » Fri May 04, 2018 2:02 pm

Cracking photo mate - congratulations!

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by Vermilion » Sun May 06, 2018 8:26 pm

Yoshimi wrote:I won a National Museum of Scotland photography contest! The theme was "Tiny Nature".


Great pic that, love it.

Here also, is a spring blossom pic i took yesterday...

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by Suffocate Peon » Thu May 31, 2018 7:31 pm

family holiday

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PostRe: Take some amazing photos and post them here
by Dangerblade » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:05 am

Suffocate Peon wrote:family holiday

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by Suffocate Peon » Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:09 pm

:D

I wasn't leading so had no room to wander at all, so was happy with the amount. There are clues ..but it was Singapore, Australia. The one which looks like the T-1000 morphing from a liquid form as he plays God in the Seventh Seal...no one will like it as i did but in the moment i said strawberry float me many times. Because the transformation was so unexpected. The neck, the offset white face, the slight lean, the head cutting the sky at the right point that can't be judged in the moment. Anything that just becomes something else so easily. It's all or nothing. Something dramatic or something ordinary.

Gonna try beaches over the summer over the uk. My Panasonic FZ150 is damaged. It has dust deep inside the sensor, was impressed how the repair guy was able to zoom in to locate it. No way to open it up, has to be sent away for full sensor change. Or buy a 2nd hand one for £70+. Keep thinking when it occurred, it fell off a ledge into some soil and that might have been it. Most bridge cameras don't have a fully articulated lcd screen. I've just got used to using manual focus on the barrel and fixing on the subject while people pass in front of them. Again most have it hidden away or on a dial. The ease and functionality is fantastic.

The FZ150 is very light, the newer Pansonics are nearly doubling in weight with the larger sensor. It's perfect, it's just the noise in low light, i like that i can do the motion blur stuff going down to /20 when in fairly low light but once it goes fully dark it's not doable. Maybe i don't know the settings, in auto is fine at night. Kinda. Maybe look for a night time camera, i dunno.

Trying to gauge other Panasonics, comparisons have it the FZ1500 has 'potential for better low light due to larger pixel area' even with same sized sensor. The FZ200 is from 2012 too, bit bigger, better battery. Would have to spend ages with both to see the differences.

...gone with a fujifilm s1, from 2014 but since discontinued. One on ebay, £160, with bids, and £300 on amazon. Found one on another site for £219. no box, which is maybe worrying. Says excellent condition.

Has iso 12800, much heavier body, but weather resistant. 50x zoom too, up from 24x.

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by Suffocate Peon » Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:16 pm

Does anyone want a Fujifilm S1 bridge camera..after every burst it spends seconds storing the shots to the card. I have the fastest cards. I can't be doing with that.

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by Vermilion » Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:29 pm

I don't think i've had a single camera which hasn't done that.

I think i'll stick with my lovely new Nikon though.

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by Suffocate Peon » Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:36 pm

Vermilion wrote:I don't think i've had a single camera which hasn't done that.

I think i'll stick with my lovely new Nikon though.


Oh really? There was a Nikon p610 on amazon pre owned for £160 that's gone now. Just gonna re buy what i have, wait a few years and see. Annoying because the Panasonic FZ82 would be perfect, 60x zoom, but no articulated screen. I think Sony pushing larger sensor in the bridge camera over increasing zoom meant Panasonic followed. If i wanted that I'd get a DSLR. Speed, zoom, burst, weight, size, low light, are all more important to me. Mine is 6 years old. There is no wait in between bursts. There is a FZ300 with same zoom, bigger, weather resistant, i think better low light but £300. I don't know what the future of the bridge camera is. Might go to a shop again and try out the Nikons, Currys have the exact same ones on display, i think the B700.

Also the FZ200 is very similar to fz150 but until i really try it out and compare i don't know how it is. The shops don't even charge the batteries on their cameras, or put in a card (unless they think people will nick it, unlikely though).

I've had a few cameras now i've taken back. Sony NEX and a Ricoh. Sony just looked cool. Mechanical and loud shutter. The Ricoh overheated. Now The Fujifilm S1. Also its digital zoom doesn't apply for bursts.

There's a few P610's on ebay under auction with days to go...really shouldn't keep doing this. The Fujifilm S1 didn't come with a box, manual..sigh.

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by Vermilion » Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:42 pm

The Nikon B700 is basically my camera but with some extra bells and whistles (rechargable battery instead of AA, twistable screen instead of tilting, bigger zoom - 60x instead of 40x).

My b500 though is the best bridge camera i've ever had, so you should definitely give the 700 a look.

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by Suffocate Peon » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:22 pm

I keep thinking the B500/700 was before the p600/610 but it's the other way around..i wish companies would give their cameras distinctive names like The Exterminator and The Powerful Demon and God Of Light, then I'd never forget any. Trying to gauge the differences and most recent. Been a few with just wifi support, that being the difference. Want to try remote control usage..

Actually just emailed them back, was dalephotography, not an ebay seller at least.

With B500 was there a delay in each burst of shots? I'm gonna go to a shop and try it out. Another thing is manual focus, just being able to lock on. On fz150 it's on the barrel. Another thing with the Fujifilm S1 is in burst mode there was no digital zoom.

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by Vermilion » Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:13 pm

To be honest i've only tested the burst system once so i can't remember if there is or not (there probably is as it seems to be that way on a lot of cameras), the burst function will come into proper use for me when i go to the air show in july.

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by Green Gecko » Wed Jun 06, 2018 4:26 pm

Suffocate Peon wrote:Does anyone want a Fujifilm S1 bridge camera..after every burst it spends seconds storing the shots to the card. I have the fastest cards. I can't be doing with that.

That's down to the speed of the image processor and the embedded memory. If the memory is slow then it doesn't matter how fast the camera can write to the card, you still have a bottleneck.

Only really SLRs are built to deal with that.

Have you tried shooting in RAW? That will bypass any image processing, but the larger file size my result in the same delay. It might be a bit faster. You could also limit the number of bursts in the shot to whatever the memory can store in a given moment.

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by Suffocate Peon » Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:03 pm

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Suffocate Peon wrote:Does anyone want a Fujifilm S1 bridge camera..after every burst it spends seconds storing the shots to the card. I have the fastest cards. I can't be doing with that.

That's down to the speed of the image processor and the embedded memory. If the memory is slow then it doesn't matter how fast the camera can write to the card, you still have a bottleneck.

Only really SLRs are built to deal with that.

Have you tried shooting in RAW? That will bypass any image processing, but the larger file size my result in the same delay. It might be a bit faster. You could also limit the number of bursts in the shot to whatever the memory can store in a given moment.


Thanks, I was gonna try Raw but forgot actually...just tried it..can't access the burst mode using raw. Or fine+raw. :?

In terms of limiting the amount...but I'm pretty reckless. I've emailed them back and they'll do a refund. Just return in 10 days. I've bought my fz150 again through ebay for £100. Quite a few turn up for £65 in auction, some are buy now £100.

There's the fz200 and fz300 which have better aperture, weather resistant. Tried a Nikon B500 today actually, asked to turn it on because it had no battery in. Opens a new box. She checks, sees there's about 4 AA battery sized holes, says she needs to ask her manager whether she can open the new batteries, goes into the back to see if there's any AA batteries around...awkward...i just wanna try the burst to satisfy my curiosity...Then she brings it me and says come to the counter so was trying it without any privacy. The intense privacy of using a camera. I wasn't impressed really. Could only do about 7 shots before needing to delete everything. Couldn't really judge delay. I should have put my memory card in but thought better of it. There wasn't any burst mode that I could see.

It was between the Panasonic or a Nikon bridge for me in 2012 but while the longer zoom on the Nikon was cool, and I liked the grip, i always got the impression that Panasonic took the bridge range more seriously, no RAW in nearly all the Nikon bridge cameras shows that I think. Not that I use Raw. For space reasons. I tried out another Pansonic dslr and it was so rapid. Had dials everywhere. A dial on the shutter button. :o It was like a machine gun. I've never had an issue with that, but it was cool.

I think a fz300 compared to the fz150 would be better macro, slightly better in low light, faster, maybe overall better quality images, i dunno. But much heavier and cost me £300. I've asked on dpreview about the future of Panasonic bridge cameras. I'd like to like sit down with a Panasonic engineer and ask him questions. Go; this is what I want, make it. I don't know if large sensor is all they'll do now, and whether the size and weight cane be reduced. Panasonic have just brought out a cool action camera.



I walked past so many rows of cameras in various large electronic shops last year and earlier this year and never once tried any out. :fp: Or even looked. I browsed everything else but that. Looked at laptops, tablets, hard drive, music speakers, tvs. That's weird isn't it. So satisfied with the fz150 i didn't even consider anything else. They are cool, to hold, to look at, now that i am searching.. but I'm not into the gear like 99% of people into photography are. I think because it's like figuring out where everything is each time..then being annoyed some minor niggle is something large, and that the simplicity is lost.

The B500 and some other Nikons have a button on the barrel that zooms out so you can track your subject, then zooms in again. It's neat but i'd prefer a button to lock on.
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Maybe not looking in shops is because some cameras, or most don't have batteries, and no card, and an old model or one you don't recognize. And not having some frame to compare one with another gives no purpose to it. If i can have every bridge camera ever for a day in a room with a sofa and go through them like; okay, this mode, this option, i can get an idea of the differences.

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by Green Gecko » Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:08 pm

I like compact rangefinder styles because they are simple and good ones you can go full manual. Anything else I just go SLR. I don't care about zoom. I just walk up to gooseberry fool.

My pair is still a LUMIX/Leica LX3 and Nikon D80 with vintage manually focusing Nikkor lenses. And a manfrotto tripod. I don't have a need for anything else. The megapixels are still a total non issue even with high resolution screens. The sensors are fantastic. (The lx3 is still stunning at 200iso and really wide and bright.)

I don't really like bridge cameras, I find them kind of cheesy. The massive zoom just feels like a waste of space, weight and optical sharpness. If I had the money I'd by interested in a micro 4/3rds. Actually I had the opportunity to just literally walk off with a Sony NEX when they were brand new in Kansai international airport (I found it in the toilet), but of course I handed it in.

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by Suffocate Peon » Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:41 pm

Green Gecko wrote:I like compact rangefinder styles because they are simple and good ones you can go full manual. Anything else I just go SLR. I don't care about zoom. I just walk up to gooseberry fool.

My pair is still a LUMIX/Leica LX3 and Nikon D80 with vintage manually focusing Nikkor lenses. And a manfrotto tripod. I don't have a need for anything else. The megapixels are still a total non issue even with high resolution screens. The sensors are fantastic. (The lx3 is still stunning at 200iso and really wide and bright.)

I don't really like bridge cameras, I find them kind of cheesy. The massive zoom just feels like a waste of space, weight and optical sharpness. If I had the money I'd by interested in a micro 4/3rds. Actually I had the opportunity to just literally walk off with a Sony NEX when they were brand new in Kansai international airport (I found it in the toilet), but of course I handed it in.


Depends what you want...I couldn't have got 70% of what I have without a bridge camera because i can't lug around the gear or really afford it, and it wouldn't be fun. I get why they're cheesy. To have the ease to use a zoom is incredible to me. The first time it was such a sensation. Koci Hernandez using his iphone says 'zoom with your feet'. I've got a lot from the hip but zoomed in candid face shots i'm obviously not going to get that way. I was doing focussed photos before 2012, but i mainly see it beginning for me then, and i think doing a lot and being absorbed by it fully is something else. 2012 feels like a lifetime ago. I took it out to the canal and took some shots of swans and couldn't believe the autofocus. A camera is like a superpower. Making pictures from life happening randomly is such a kick.

The LX3 is the predecessor to the LX7? That series? I have the LX7, it's great. It was between that or an Olympus, but chose the LX7 because being Panasonic i knew it. I don't know how many compacts have multiple exposure, but it's buried in the third menu or something on the LX7, used that a lot. Think the Olympus had an articulated screen and i thought, do I really need that. By now i should be able to compose blind by the hip, I don't really want to use my bridge camera and look down. My favourite LX7 moment was a man smoking that I got from straight below. The light was rubbish to do a high contrast but behind him was a glass building. It was just as he lifted the cigarette to his mouth, he's dead central.

I had a NEX5. It looked cool but it had a mechanical shutter. Obviously I didn't search well, or at all. I knew i wanted to be discreet in the street. Sold it on ebay.

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by Suffocate Peon » Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:05 am

oh god i made a thread on dpreview and put up 13 photos. They're saying i should brighten them up and that the underexpose is a gimmick. The response is otherwise positive but then it isn't is it because the reason to darken some and high contrast others couldn't be more obvious. At some point it goes beyond personal taste and you enter the realms of denseness. Class! Can anyone tell me why the photographer might have darkened the image and highlighted the white in contrast to the different tones to increase the unnerving mood and mystery oh god ive given you the answer class dismissed.

Showing people anything anymore is so disappointing it basically at this point is a deep fear i have. I mean i expect nothing else. At this point art to me is like something personal and precious and bringing it up emphasises the disconnection. It'd be like if every conversation with anyone you ever had included them at any point saying 'i'm a tory'. You'd die a little inside multiple times a day wouldn't you?

My photo was cropped. Cropped! They took out the smoker's legs and the row of papers to the left. i mean i just don't even the cigarette is white cigarettes are white tones mood cigarettes are pure white cigarettes are pure white the wall is grey because cigarettes are white the looming face is meant to be shrouded in darkness because it is a looming face and cigarettes are white and the papers are a neat touch that contextualises the photo and adds more degree of tone and cigarettes are white you don't have a white cigarette against a white wall because cigarettes are white the photo is cut into three pieces the man's silhouette cuts it up he's black because the cigarette is strawberry floating white

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by Vermilion » Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:18 am

I understand where you're coming from here, and it is one of the main reasons why i never offer up my still images for serious critique these days.

I used to have a photo thread back on ONM where i posted images because i wanted to share my hobby (not for serious feedback as most were just random pics of interesting things i'd seen), but at one time i found myself being targeted and rubbished by someone so poisonous it pretty much led me to shut the whole thing down.

I take pics because i enjoy it, and when you have someone constantly telling you you're no good, then it pretty much sucks all the fun out of things.

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Suffocate Peon wrote:oh god i made a thread on dpreview and put up 13 photos. They're saying i should brighten them up and that the underexpose is a gimmick. The response is otherwise positive but then it isn't is it because the reason to darken some and high contrast others couldn't be more obvious. At some point it goes beyond personal taste and you enter the realms of denseness. Class! Can anyone tell me why the photographer might have darkened the image and highlighted the white in contrast to the different tones to increase the unnerving mood and mystery oh god ive given you the answer class dismissed.

Showing people anything anymore is so disappointing it basically at this point is a deep fear i have. I mean i expect nothing else. At this point art to me is like something personal and precious and bringing it up emphasises the disconnection. It'd be like if every conversation with anyone you ever had included them at any point saying 'i'm a tory'. You'd die a little inside multiple times a day wouldn't you?

My photo was cropped. Cropped! They took out the smoker's legs and the row of papers to the left. i mean i just don't even the cigarette is white cigarettes are white tones mood cigarettes are pure white cigarettes are pure white the wall is grey because cigarettes are white the looming face is meant to be shrouded in darkness because it is a looming face and cigarettes are white and the papers are a neat touch that contextualises the photo and adds more degree of tone and cigarettes are white you don't have a white cigarette against a white wall because cigarettes are white the photo is cut into three pieces the man's silhouette cuts it up he's black because the cigarette is strawberry floating white

Dude, who gives a strawberry float about those guys. The problem is you forgot who your audience is. Dpreview is a forum for intense tongue waggling about minute differences between minor revisions in the same SLR released over and over again, they are going to attack you on every possible technical front because they have an image in their mind of the perfect image. Which is itself an intense, absurd, total fallacy, so why bother acknowledging any reference to it? It's literally a waste of your time and energy, and theirs.

If what you are producing is art, you're not going to get a critique that is useful to you. You should put it in a gallery, or Instagram, or your own website or whatever and just let people say whatever they want. Stop caring.

I'll repeat that. You're not going to get a critique that is useful to you.

Cropping your photo is a dick move. They're probably upset that your photos are more interesting than a thousand photo of a beach or sunset or bird or whatever boring gooseberry fool. Seriously strawberry float them. Nerds.

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by Vermilion » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:44 pm

Here's one pic i was particularly pleased with recently, it's a pretty basic shot but everything about it just seemed right to me...

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