email sony, maybe you can can get free stuff again.

 

I've never gotten free stuff from Sony, but was asked once if I'd be interested in testing out stuff... but that ended up not happening


you're thinking about the free $800 lens from Rokinon

 

Yeah, but who knows.

 

They don't care, what they put it in box costs them about one dollar.

 

yeah, einsatz is a flickr and programs the API to spit him informations...

I had been reading about the changes to flickr and I still am a bit fuzzy as to what happened and where/how the increase in contacts is occurring, I just passed 49k. I tried researching it but generally didn't find much. But I did find some information that pointed to a change in the way # of views are counted. It said that now, any time a photo of yours loads anywhere in Flickr, it will register a view. So if its on a contacts page and someone is scrolling through the list of photos, if your photo is there, it counts as a view (which it should). I'm not sure but kind of doubt it is affected by external links and embeds.

 

anyone try the Flickr new experience beta? did they actually make it usable? lol

 

when they first started it, I tried it, but opted out right away. I didn't like it

 

yeah I did that too, I was just wondering if they have added all the things that were missing yet

 

I just tried it again, and when you click on the 3 dots, you can get to the exif info now (couldn't before), but when I clicked on add/remove photos to groups, it gave me this message:

 

That cracks me up. They offer a "new experience" that isn't finished. Dumbasses

 

think I'm finally ready to get a ND filter.

does anyone have any thoughts on fixed vs. variable? I tend to like variable things so I am leaning in that direction..

also any thoughts on these two?



thanks in advance

 

When I was researching on VND filters, some reported an X pattern when set to very long exposure. Make sure to look out for that. I've been wanting to get an ND filter for the longest time. When it comes to fixed ND filters I can't decide for crap on what level I want to get. I have been hesitant on VND filters but I think I'll start giving it a chance.

 

thanks, yeah I did see that. and now reading more on it, I'm again hesitant. and I think I am going to hold off for now. I wanted to do some daytime photos with wide apertures and flash.

 

Do you have any CPL filters?

 

yeah I have a Tiffen 77mm CPL - gonna give that a shot - and another Tiffen 77mm its like a warming filter with some dimming on it

 

Yeah, at least if you have that just in case you are still over-exposed at 1/8000.

 

Wow, some AMAZING images....

http://www.boredpanda.com/must-see-powerful-photos/

 

Some serious stuff man.

 

I tried a vary ND, 2 actually, as I thought it would be good to have the variable flexibility. I sent them both back because the vignetting was ridiculous on them. Now I use solid NDs….no issues at all. I've also stacked an ND with a CPL and still no issue.

 

Ok noooooow I remember why I was so hesitant with the VND.

 

yeah, #2 had me. I could not stop looking at it.

 

thanks for the inputs! think I'm gonna hold off for now.

I also found it annoying that you have to focus before putting the filter on - I mean for people photos, which is what I wanted to use it for, that's gonna be super tough -

 

Pretty powerful stuff...

 

Yea not enough light reaches the AF sensor.

 

Hmmm...how come you would need an ND filter for people photos?

 

so you can shoot wide open or closer to wide open (for bokeh), and not be overexposed (when the condition calls for it, that is...especially when there's still a lot of sun/ambient light)

oftentimes ND filters are used with strobes too
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Here's a good example of ND filter used with a monolight/beauty dish, aperture @f2 (NOT MINE)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyphimester/6463431869/http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyphimester/6463431869/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/sandyphimester/, on Flickr

 

Definitely didn't know it could be used for that. I spent way too much time looking at long exposure photos in the ND forum on POTN then.

 

I hate to admit to this, but I actually never knew this...

obviously, these aren't the same photos, but...


this was spot meter....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/10791708206/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/10791708206/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63271580@N00/, on Flickr

this was multi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/10792568915/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/10792568915/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63271580@N00/, on Flickr

 

had some time with my friend's 70D over the weekend - pretty nice camera - you can hook it up to iphone via app and scroll through your pix on the phone, share, etc. etc. You've heard me asking about options such as this before, well this is the best way to do it. Love the flip touchscreen too.

 

Ken, I took a look and can tell you that the difference you are seeing is not from the metering mode, but from the exposure time. The darker image is 13 sec and the brighter one is 30 sec. Both have relatively similar settings otherwise.

 

well, after I switched to spot metering, the exposure time was decreased (while staying same or near same aperture) for a proper exposure So, I just went with it. I guess keeping the shutter speed the same, would be overexposed. I'll try it again tonight but stopping down the aperture... yet keeping the longer exposure... I'm curious now.

 

it is because the metering that the exposure is different. The spot metering meters for mid tones of the spot. Where as multi takes it for the entire scene.

 

I dunno why but I thought you had done manual exposure on those.

 

that's what I'm thinking

 

I was.... but after switching to spot metering, I had to lower the exposure time

 

Any idea what part of the frame you spot metered on?

 

the red lit part of the stadium (the picture was cropped)

 

quick question regarding CC Photoshop (Creative Cloud), my fiancee and I have the service, and I was just curious, if... suppose I open up a file on MY computer in Photoshop, I save the file, close it (and delete "Recent Files"), can you access that file in another computer later?