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This is the first trip I took after buying my first digital camera and it was a full frame. Not a Sony, but the infamous Nikon D600 (I was lucky to not have any oil leak issues). Every time I go through my images to make a sample portfolio, print or teach, this image is always there. This was taken in Arashiyama in Kyoto. This gentleman was pulling my wife and I in a rickshaw and was very informative and entertaining.
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I need to go there soon! It looks amazing to see it with my own eyes.
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I'm still looking for mine. Since I'm shooting different genres, it is difficult to narrow them down. I've recently created a number of style presets to tweak and find what I like. But each light leads me in a different direction too. I guess I'm adapting to light, time of the year and subject matter. I'll come back when I'm 95% sure.
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I tried it, not sure what I did or what I'm lacking. It is very tough and I found out I really don't like being around bees (never been stung!). Oh, and I forgot my ISO at 800 from the night before.
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You have a lot of time to experiment. Look for companies that modify sensors for astro photography. They might have an idea where to get them or they might have something in house to help.
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The ND filter will not protect the sensor, it only stops lightwave in 1 dimension (if angled perfectly). The light will lose energy (amplitude) but will maintain the same wavelength. And so will the photons and phonons, those are the culprits that could damage the semiconductor sensor. And semiconductors are sensitive to wavelength. Have you tried stacking the clip-on with the cheap filters?
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App please. It's more realistic to use than a laptop on the bus or train. Also, it give a notification option that can keep members more engaged in the forum.
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Who wouldn't be trigger happy!! These are amazing and I bet the experience is even better.
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You just reminded me that I have to prepare for the Perseids meteor showers. They'll start next week and peak mid August. Photocells shows me we'll have about 83 meteors/hr.
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Share a picture from your favorite place!
LensBrew replied to alpha-jessica-a's topic in Photography
It is very beautiful any time of the year. Make your plans for 2025. They will be hosting the EXPO in Osaka on a newly made artificial island, just for the expo! -
Is there a dedicated pro support website? The only thing I could find is the "Join in" webpage on alpha universe. I'm not sure how I could communicate some technical issues or get some trial equipment.
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AVCHD is a proprietary file format, made by sony and panasonic. Not a lot of devices deal with this file format, after all it not the common "playable" format. This of it as something between a raw file with less data info. I suggest you upload them directly into a computer and use an NLE to process them.
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Share a picture from your favorite place!
LensBrew replied to alpha-jessica-a's topic in Photography
This is Kanazawa Castle. Kanazawa, in Ishikawa prefecture, is my favorite place in my favorite country. These images were taken with iPhone Xs, it was a period where I lost my love for photography.
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What's your preferred time of day to shoot?
LensBrew replied to alpha-jessica-a's topic in Photography
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But that's where the custom settings come in. I have one set up for overcast street photos, another for panning shots and the this for portraits. This leaves me with my manual setting for general work. If we can get more custom settings, that should give us more "presetting" for other kind of shots. With the "green" auto, you might end up with a slow shutter and you want the opposite, or smaller aperture when you need it to be wider.
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What's your preferred time of day to shoot?
LensBrew replied to alpha-jessica-a's topic in Photography
Although I prefer sunrise, I will never say no to a good light.
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I can't wait to see what upgrades they make to the A1, it should be very interesting in terms of hardware. Hopefully some of their engineerings are reading around these forums.
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I'm mainly using the 35mm GM and 135mm GM for now. My 85mm GM is on sabbatical for the next couple of years. I cannot see myself going where than 35mm for portraits. It's just a feeling that I have, 24 and 14 are cool lenses, but they don't give the satisfaction of the 35. The 135mm, now those are some amazing shots. This is all true if I'm working with one person. For groups, I relay on the 24-105mm G, it's great for the craziness of working with too many people.
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I'm down to 2 on album short list: bayphoto and Miller's. The latter was most recommended by wedding and boudoir photographers.
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What's your biggest challenge shooting video on your own?
LensBrew replied to Drew_Geraci's topic in Video
Few days ago Dunna Did It made a video on how to capture video as a 1 person team. He mainly talked about outdoors though. As for indoors, I've seen some adding a large monitor to their setup to view themselves and take test takes to ensure good focus. As for light and composition, that comes with skills and experience, and good quality gear. -
What lens are you wishing Sony would create?
LensBrew replied to CarolineJensen's topic in Photography
I understand. That would be amazing to do in camera, and not buy and carry another piece of gear. I'm skeptic when it comes to the processing part. Sony needs to work harder on elevating the performance of their softwares first though. -
Knowing some code would be helpful with wordpress. I wasn't intrigued much by Divi, although it looked the easiest. I ended up with elementor and I do add my own spin codes. I found the whole process of learning and achieving results, even in coding, satisfying.
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I use bayphoto for large prints, printique for small ones. I haven't decided on albums thought.
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What lens are you wishing Sony would create?
LensBrew replied to CarolineJensen's topic in Photography
But a tilt/shift as sharp as the 24mm GM and very light, will make life easier. It would require few shots to chose from, and save memory while out shooting. The computer will be happier and faster. And it would be a great choice for photographers that don't have focus stacking option in their bodies. -
I do that from time-to-time but I feel there is a key information I'm missing. I believe I need someone familiar with film color grading to explain what each element was done to a scene and why. And I don't mean what emotions to stir, I got that. I also sometimes wish I don't need to go to photoshop to do so, but lightroom is limited. If only capture one would have subject masking as good or better than photoshop. That would be the jackpot for editing.
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