Novemeber 2008 Photo Thread!

[siddr20]

40d for sure slim!!

I love my 40d.. best thing i have bought

[siddr20]

Do you guys think this is too dark?

[mad082]

oh and the 400d doesn't have IS as far as i can tell. unless it is part of the lense, because there is nothing in the manual about it.

[siddr20]

The lens has a button where you can switch IS on and off.

Unless you dont have the IS version of your stock kit lens..

18-55mm comes both in IS and non IS versions..

Edited November 26, 2008 by siddr20

[siddr20]

[mad082]

yeah we don't have the IS version.

[siddr20]

Thats ok..

IS - just means Image Stabilizer.

Comes in handy sometimes

Im actually selling mine for 125 bucks. With hoya UV filter which cost me 40 bucks.

Let me know if you are keen

Well im leaving for europe this friday so gotta tell me quick hahah

Only bought it start of the year!!

[Links]

Links like that second one - what's the colour version like?

Sorry mate, only just saw that, the colour wasn't quite as good - I tend to find the B/W has alot more depth..

Sidd, great photos.. I should get out there with the tripod..

[siddr20]

Thanks links.. You are right the b/w gives it a more dramatic feel to it!!

I think the lighting on this came out good

one more

Edited November 26, 2008 by siddr20

[mad082]

ok, so i took the camera out last night and had a play around.

ISO 100, f8, 30 seconds

ISO 100, f4, 10 seconds

ISO 800, f4, 5 seconds

ISO 1600, f4, 5 seconds

ISO 200, f4, 30 seconds

ISO 400, f4, 30 seconds

ISO 100, f8, 86 seconds!!!!!!!

ISO 100, f5, 39 seconds

so while f8 might be good in the city under a bridge that is really well lit, unless i plan on using 2 to 3 minute exposures, using a lower apeture works better.

also i told the missus about how you said people on the forums said that f8 was the sweet spot for shooting at night, and said that every lense has an 'ideal' apeture setting that isn't always the lowest or highest setting the lense can do, and she said that just because it is the 'sweet spot' as you say, doesn't mean that it will take the best picture at that setting in every situation. and she also made a comment about the fact that you were told that on a forum, and then proceeded to make a rather amusing comparison to how just because everyone on this forum says that if you wind a stock r33 turbo up to 15psi you won't make any more power, that this is actually the case.

*waits for some idiot (who has never tried it, and doesn't know anyone who has tried it and is just going off the info given by 100 other people who have also never tried it) to say that a stock r33 turbo won't make any more power at 15psi than it will at 12psi to prove her point.

LOL

[ZENNON]

ISO 100, f8, 86 seconds!!!!!!!

you call that long exposure? lol - THIS is long exposure!

http://www.astronomie.be/hambsch/namibia06...6-4933_640m.jpg

[ZENNON]

ISO 100, f8, 30 seconds

yeah so that would be a good photo but you'd have to leave the lens open ALOT longer

in your case - (if your not that fussy about quality and dont wanna sit around for half an hour taking one photo) just use auto ISO and your set

ISO is basically just how sensitive the camera's sensor is to the light - so yeah - dont let us tell you want you cant/should do

[Sl!m]

you call that long exposure? lol - THIS is long exposure!

http://www.astronomie.be/hambsch/namibia06...6-4933_640m.jpg

That's insane! how long was that? I am at work and can't check the exif.

[ZENNON]

haha yeah pretty crazy hey - Exposure time : 640 min (5min individual images)

(http://www.astronomie.be/hambsch/namibia06/startrails1.htm)

edit:

so yeah not really just one long exposure obviously - lots of 5mins ones put together but still cool

if you have time the GIF referenced at the top of that page is pretty cool

[Xmetal]

You'd damage the sensor in the camera if you did 640mins straight off the bat. CMOS sensors generate heat when they're exposed for long periods of time: side effects are 'dead' or 'hot' pixels on the sensor which can't be fixed unless you replace the sensor.