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[Wazzerphuk]

Oh yeah thanks guys wait until I've bought an alternative 10-stopper before solving stock issues. Cunts.

 

[old.user4556]

I've gotten lazy with my grad filters, I don't use them unless I need to slow the shutter speed down for something (water blur etc) as I get much more natural looking results by blending two images together or since I got the NEX-7 I expose for the brightest area (usually the sky) and then push the shadows in post since it's effectively noiseless.

Here's an example. I exposed for the sky, captured all the detail and pushed the bottom end by about four stops. The end results is very much as my eye saw it.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Yeah I've always wondered why people obsessed over grad filters when there's so many effective ways to exposure blend.

 

[old.user4556]

Probably a combination of needing the software to blend, a lack of skills on how to do it and that users of film would probably still need to do it unless they scanned their negatives. Sometimes a blend brings it's own problems when you have things in movement that cross the centre point of the blend. In my image above, it would be blatant where you would blend two images with a clean piece of sky. If you've got trees, bushes, waves, water etc. in the way then it's more of a faff.

 

[milou]

I still use grads on occasion but I'm moving towards blends. I'm always using the 0.9 ND though.

 

[old.user4556]

Just Scotland tbfh. Took this yesterday.

 

[TdC]

smashing stuff Gbacon!

I took this of my friend in a random pub yesterday. 3200ISO, with the 25mm. Really loving the OM-D

 

[milou]

One Phottix Aion wireless shutter release on its way to sunny Southampton: http://www.techradar.com/news/photo...era-remote-shutter-releases-1046267?artc_pg=4

 

[old.user4556]

Another couple of panoramic shots. I fucking love this NEX.

 

[Exioce]

Got a few aurora shots last night.
Canon 10-22mm at 10mm, f3.5m ISO3200, 30secs.

 

[old.user4556]

That's awesome! Where abouts is that from? I'm too far south / it wasn't strong enough for me to get streaks like that.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

What a bastard. Shooting at night all the way in the sticks and someone still walks in front of your lens.

 

[old.user4556]

It's John Terry.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Did the aurora win something? What did I miss?

 

[old.user4556]

Perfect photograph. He had to be in it.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

True. I even like the grey cloud. Mmm, grey.

 

[old.user4556]

Speaking of aurora, it's picking up again......

http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/Europe.html

 

[Wazzerphuk]

STOP IT YOU COCKTEASE

 

[Exioce]

Not that far from you, Loch Venachar.
Was hard to believe the colours on display on the LCD after each shot, each one showing different colours and patterns.
I actually cooled the colours in the first pic by about 500K, trying to make it look more believable and sombre. Here's another one showing what the camera was actually picking up:

 

[TdC]

wow, cracking stuff Exioce!

 

[old.user4556]

Epic.

I'm quite a bit further south with added light pollution though , damn Grangemouth.

 

[milou]

Sony RX1 pre-production: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/...g-with-the-sony-rx1-amazing-high-iso-samples/

 

[TdC]

I'm refusing to have anything to do with the RX1 until they release the RX1s with changable lenses

 

[milou]

It does look wonderful especially with that EVF: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx1/

Pre-order: http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-sony-cyber-shot-rx1-black-digital-camera/p1532752 but at that price, I agree that changeable lenses would be needed.

DPReview quote: At $599 for the optical viewfinder, $179 for the lens hood and $249 for the thumb grip the mark-up on these items appears to be rather excessive.

 

[old.user4556]

The images out of that little RX1 are sublime, and for £2500 so they should be. I'm with teeds though, I've got no interest in a fixed lens solution. As soon as they make an interchangeable lens version and Metabones make an EF to "NEX 9" converter for all your luscious full-frame EF glass, watch everyone jump at the chance. I know first hand the beauty of top notch Canon glass on a Sony body - a match made in heaven.

Interesting that Petapixel have run a story about Canon's sensor quality lagging behind, even on their own bodies.

 

[milou]

I know you use it as such but I wouldn't look to a compact system to use my full frame lenses on the basis that I might as well use the camera body too. I appreciate that a smaller sensor will naturally utilise the sweet spot of such lenses. A 'total package' (for want of a better expression) is desirable - lightweight body and lenses. Any news of NEX7 lenses?

 

[old.user4556]

Steve Huff reviews RX1. Interesting comments on image quality.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tSmV39bNuK4#
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[ECA]

Gopro announced the hero 3.

120fps@720p,
60fps@1080p
30fps@2.7k
15fps@4k

Built in wifi.

 

[ECA]

Going to be some seriously SEXY slowmo shots on that.

Also the white edition is just a gopro 2 with wifi built in, the silver and black @ the actual upgrades.
They also record at much higher bitrates ( 35mbs on silver 45mbs on black - vs 14mb on the white - same as the hero2 ).

I'd imagine the guys recording documentary footage will be fapping at getting 2.7k@30fps pretty hard though.

 

[TdC]

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