Moonshine
I've been fiddling around with the new camera for awhile now, trying to get some decent moon shots. I figured it was just a matter of hitting on the right settings, but no amount of playing with ISO, shutter, and aperature settings seemed to be doing the trick. I decided to just play with pre-sets - like the night program - and as I was flipping through I hit on the manual setting. To my amazement, the moon suddenly came into perfect focus - no shiny white blob sitting on my screen. I never would have thought it would be something that simple, but I was quite pleased. I was also very startled - it was a good thing the camera was on the tripod, otherwise I likely would have dropped it!
At any rate, here are a few of the pictures. These first three are on a tripod, on the maximum 12X optical zoom, and I've just cropped the pictures - nothing else was done to them. The colour variances are due to different light simulations on the camera. The silver one is just on the regular, natural light setting, the more vivid yellow is a flourescent setting, and the less vivid yellow is the cloudy setting.
(c) Fullmoondolphin 2007
(c) Fullmoondolphin 2007
(c) Fullmoondolphin 2007
This next shot was taken with the digital zoom, which ends up making the total zoom (optical and digital combined) 48X zoom. Now, I normally avoid the digital zoom like the plague, because it's usually horrible. The pictures tend to be either very grainy, or as with most I've seen, very fuzzy and out of focus. I just decided to give it a try when I took the dogs out, and just took a handheld shot with the digital zoom. I was extremely shocked to see it come out so well, I must say.
(c) Fullmoondolphin 2007
I am still blown away by the clarity in those moon shots. I'm thrilled to bits, and am so very happy that I chose this camera.
I did have an issue with my tripod. I have two - a very good one that I got for my 35mm Canon SLR, and a cheap light-weight one that I got for my old digital camera. The good tripod is awesome, but is far too heavy to cart around. So I tried the cheap one the other night, but unfortunately the new camera is too heavy for it, and it just won't hold up. It's very disconcerting to get a shot centred, then watch the subject slide around on the screen while the timer's counting down, because the tripod legs are starting to buckle. So I decided that for my own sanity, and the safety of the camera, I'd best see if I could find a more sturdy tripod that was still light enough to carry around. I think I found one this afternoon, so I shall give it a try a bit later and hope that it holds up.
I took a walk around the neighbourhood on the long weekend, and got a few nice shots. I haven't re-sized many of them yet, but I will be doing that soon and putting them up on the Echoes in Time site. I did get a couple done though, and I quite liked the way they turned out. The first one was with the zoom lens, the second with the Super Macro.
(c) Fullmoondolphin 2007
(c) Fullmoondolphin 2007
That's about it for now. Have a good week, and take care!
At any rate, here are a few of the pictures. These first three are on a tripod, on the maximum 12X optical zoom, and I've just cropped the pictures - nothing else was done to them. The colour variances are due to different light simulations on the camera. The silver one is just on the regular, natural light setting, the more vivid yellow is a flourescent setting, and the less vivid yellow is the cloudy setting.
This next shot was taken with the digital zoom, which ends up making the total zoom (optical and digital combined) 48X zoom. Now, I normally avoid the digital zoom like the plague, because it's usually horrible. The pictures tend to be either very grainy, or as with most I've seen, very fuzzy and out of focus. I just decided to give it a try when I took the dogs out, and just took a handheld shot with the digital zoom. I was extremely shocked to see it come out so well, I must say.
I am still blown away by the clarity in those moon shots. I'm thrilled to bits, and am so very happy that I chose this camera.
I did have an issue with my tripod. I have two - a very good one that I got for my 35mm Canon SLR, and a cheap light-weight one that I got for my old digital camera. The good tripod is awesome, but is far too heavy to cart around. So I tried the cheap one the other night, but unfortunately the new camera is too heavy for it, and it just won't hold up. It's very disconcerting to get a shot centred, then watch the subject slide around on the screen while the timer's counting down, because the tripod legs are starting to buckle. So I decided that for my own sanity, and the safety of the camera, I'd best see if I could find a more sturdy tripod that was still light enough to carry around. I think I found one this afternoon, so I shall give it a try a bit later and hope that it holds up.
I took a walk around the neighbourhood on the long weekend, and got a few nice shots. I haven't re-sized many of them yet, but I will be doing that soon and putting them up on the Echoes in Time site. I did get a couple done though, and I quite liked the way they turned out. The first one was with the zoom lens, the second with the Super Macro.
That's about it for now. Have a good week, and take care!
posted by Fullmoondolphin at 4:17 PM
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