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real world example...

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And a test shot example the camera place asked me to take as examples... (not as indepth as the angled setup mentioned earlier... wish I had a printer at home grrr!). Both done on tripod

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Haha, Mat doesnt own a D3s!?!! Pretty sure he has a D90.

And i have a 50D (soon to be 7D or 1DIII or 5DmkII...SO HARD TO CHOOSE!!! WANT 'EM ALL!).

Barra - That example at 1.4 is WAY too soft. That is a terrible indicator for a test sheet as well.

Go here, print it out. It is recommended to be done at 45 degrees, actually, just follow the instructions. I've used it, seems to work well, but i prefer fine tuning in the real world because different focal lengths at different distances = different adjustment. Got to find that balance. But, as you have a prime, this should work fine!

REMEMBER - 1.4 WILL ALWAYS BE A TINY BIT SOFT. Try stopping down to 1.8 or f/2.

I recommend live view and zoom in to 10x and microadjust from there.

Good luck and post up results.

http://focustestchart.com

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What kind of camera do you have? IF you don't hve a camera with microfocus adjustment, then this chart won't help you.

All the charts on the interwebz are meant for cameras with microadjust.

Basically i dont know the technically terms and nor do i care what they are, but if your lens focuses more in front, you go to your cameras microadjustment menu and you dial in front or back. Which in laymans terms means: Move focus forward or backwards.

I'm sure Zennon on here will have technical terms :thumbsup::D

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Yo. I'm shooting with a D90! I just threw that pic up cos it was one of the first that popped up when i typed nikon in and I was in a hurry :thumbsup:

My wireless flash transmitter/receivers arrived today. Had a quick bash tonight. I'm very impressed with how much they help out :ph34r: Got some el cheapo's to test out. Build quality is pretty shite but they work. I think they're line of sight though. Will do some more testing later. Here's a couple from first night. I might even clean the car soon :ph34r:

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SETUP

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Interior (Needs work, and a clean interior haha)

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I'm ready to do some photo shoots on peoples rides now :ph34r: Gotta build that portfolio!

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Good work, Matboy!

Here's another shot from the day at Linnwood House's Open Day a few weeks back. The day was pretty badly organised, so I was in a bit of an ordinary mood and lost a fair bit of inspiration. Also, seeing as there were quite a lot of people and so many trees around (and I'm still a newb at Photoshop, so cloning them out would take me a fair chunk of time with questionable results), some of the nicer cars on the day could have been better captured if I was in a better frame of mind. Meh.

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Oh, I managed to catch this on the same day, actually! I was walking around with my sister when this little ladybug landed on her hand. I fired off a quick shot, and while I was still looking thru the eyepiece of the camera, I saw it open its wings and fly away - I really wish I'd caught it in the act!

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I think they're cheap knock off of the cactus. look similar. Some china copy called 'iSHOOT'. Wow, let's stick an I in front of everything and make it cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! call me iMatt from now on.

Build quality is quite bad. I'd hate to drop them more than a few times. They'll work til the house is finished and I can get some decent ones, who knows, maybe they're sturdier than they look.

p.s. I love strobes :nyaanyaa:

Nice shot there Nick! the only thing you'd clone out would be the chairs, and you've got some grass next to them. Put the car on a different layer (I'm assuming it already is) if you don't like the clone you can cut that strip of grass, and paste a few of it over the chairs, maybe tranform the one that youd' need to join the 3 or 4 to help it look natural, and over lap them, and rub out the edges of one part to about 1/3rd opacity. Or you could just try cloning, almost the same thing and easier.

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What kind of camera do you have? IF you don't hve a camera with microfocus adjustment, then this chart won't help you.

All the charts on the interwebz are meant for cameras with microadjust.

Basically i dont know the technically terms and nor do i care what they are, but if your lens focuses more in front, you go to your cameras microadjustment menu and you dial in front or back. Which in laymans terms means: Move focus forward or backwards.

I'm sure Zennon on here will have technical terms :nyaanyaa::D

Yeah know what you are talking about but don't know what's its called.

D40 wont have it - my D80 doesn't even have it.

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