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Old 06-04-2011, 03:02 PM
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you can turn off tap to click. im guessing whenever i used a mac its been turned off.
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Old 06-04-2011, 03:11 PM
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also just to let you know the ENTIRE trackpad is a physical button. you can press down on it.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
well im guessing youve never been a PJ before.. so
no i havent. but, do you honestly think the person they hire to do this is gonna go in there sweating balls all antsy and nervous? you're taking photos of the President giving a speech. you take photos of the President giving the speech.
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.... im not talking about antsy and nervous.

im just saying that every news company and whoever will have high expectations of you.



nvm forget i said anything.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
the trackpad on the macs are WAAAAY better then any other trackpad/button combo.

im guessing you're just doing it wrong, your second finger does alot of commands since it is multi-touch. gotta watch where its hanging when you use the trackpads on macs.
no way. I like having independent controls. gives me way more control. I dont like being able to accidentally press something.
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you can turn off tap to click. im guessing whenever i used a mac its been turned off.
well thats good. i would do that.
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also just to let you know the ENTIRE trackpad is a physical button. you can press down on it.
yeah, thats the big problem I have it. at least if it felt GOOD to press, I could get used to it and like it - but the press feel.. ugh. it reminds me of the Blackberry that had the full screen as a button - some product that was a total bomb in the PDA world. again, I like having separate buttons. gives me discrete control.

obv there are many people using these trackpads successfully.

just my opinion.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
.... im not talking about antsy and nervous.

im just saying that every news company and whoever will have high expectations of you.



nvm forget i said anything.
oh. when you said "stressed out" i pictured a bad wedding coordinator or something. forget I said anything too.
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I remember when these were few and far between (like 1 or 2 available) and pricey.

http://s.dealextreme.com/search/lens+cup
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it does take some learning, but i love it.

btw you can use two fingers to scroll in webpages, no need to point the curser to the scroll bars.

3 fingers for forward and back in browsing. etc.

alot can be just done with your fingers.
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Originally Posted by srika
I remember when these were few and far between (like 1 or 2 available) and pricey.

http://s.dealextreme.com/search/lens+cup
yea i saw your post on FB, ive been wanting one since the winter olympics.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
it does take some learning, but i love it.

btw you can use two fingers to scroll in webpages, no need to point the curser to the scroll bars.

3 fingers for forward and back in browsing. etc.

alot can be just done with your fingers.
it does sound like there's a good level of -ness on my part because I don't know those commands. but, I thought Macs were supposed to be "easy" to use, for anyone.
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ooh they have the 100mm macro as a cup too now.
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ooo they have the 24-70mm...
Old 06-07-2011, 10:19 AM
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I had a weird series of dreams last night... at one point I was at a store or a museum or something with a girlfriend and we saw a sculpture, it was organic in nature and consisted of 3 columns, was about 30 feet tall, it was pretty cool, i wanted to buy it. I looked at the details for it and the artist name said "jupitersolo".
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Quick, I need advice! Its my last day in town, I'm going home to California for 3 weeks and I still have a ton of errands I gotta run. But this girl that I have been trying to get together for a portrait session with finally texted me today and wantes to know if we could meet up. She saw this picture:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/...276a3341_b.jpg

...and was like "OMG! I want a shot like that but with me in it!". But that is HDR with 3 long exposures. I know I can do something similar with LR3 with one exposure, but I need advice on sunset shots. I know I'll need a flash but any advice would be great.

The sunset here is late right now, like around 9pm
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all you need is a steady tripod and a shutter release (or use the timer) - do your HDR exposures, and then pop the girl in, and do a flash shot of her. then do your HDR merge and paste the photo with her over the HDR image, and erase all around her. or, the opposite. problem solved! Will be doing this on Sunday for a shoot, btw. its a restaurant that used to be a bank, there is a big ass vault and circular steel thick ass door in there and lockboxes and all those goodies. I am excited.
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Originally Posted by srika
all you need is a steady tripod and a shutter release (or use the timer) - do your HDR exposures, and then pop the girl in, and do a flash shot of her. then do your HDR merge and paste the photo with her over the HDR image, and erase all around her. or, the opposite. problem solved! Will be doing this on Sunday for a shoot, btw. its a restaurant that used to be a bank, there is a big ass vault and circular steel thick ass door in there and lockboxes and all those goodies. I am excited.
What do you mean "pop the girl in"? Suppose I normally do 3 exposures for my HDR, then do a 4th one with her in it and flash? Then process all 4 pics in Photomatix?
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No I mean you do your HDR exposures as a separate series, then you put the girl into the scene and expose a separate shot only for her. Set the flash and exposure for her, and don't worry about the surroundings. Go home and generate your HDR image (without the girl in it) - and then bring the image into PS (or whatever program you use) and then copy and paste the pic with the girl in it over the HDR and erase everything from the girl's pic except the girl, leaving the HDR layer as the background, and just the girl as the new layer's contents. Hope that makes sense.
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I may be wrong, but once you have your 3 shots for HDR, take a shot of her with whatever exposure you want for her (flash probably) just make sure not to move the camera setting up for the portrait and then once you have your three HDR completed in Photomatix, bring it into PS and add the shot of her as a layer mask. Then paint to reveal just what you want to show on top of the HDR.
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Dammit Srika has much better kung fu than I do...
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<------doesn't have PS and doesn't know how to use it
Old 06-07-2011, 07:24 PM
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Well then you're fucked.
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I was afraid of that. I think you can also do it in the free Gimp....
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just wrapped up a 5 hour shoot w a fitness model. it was supposed to be 2 hrs, we kinda lost track of time. and for a good reason, bcuz it was going well. have some good 'content' coming soon.
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<------doesn't have PS and doesn't know how to use it
or, you can take the shots as prescribed, and then send me the RAW files and let me do it for you.
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or, you can take the shots as prescribed, and then send me the RAW files and let me do it for you.
I didn't have time to do the HDR/bracketing shots anyways...

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s'alright, I think you did OK!
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Yeah that turned out pretty good. She looks like she's trying too hard though... maybe ask her to relax a little next time.
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Originally Posted by stogie1020
Dammit Srika has much better kung fu than I do...
what you mean, we said pretty much the same thing. I just used more words. advantage = you.
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I think I will be at mRAW frequently on that beast... something I do with 7D for regular events these days as well.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/ind...ic,1010.0.html
32MP? Where am I gonna put all these images into? I just went to Rome for 6 days and I've taken over 64 GB of images! I guess I will need two new 3TB hard disks along with this 5DIII (one for original and one for backup).

I don't mind if Canon will keep it at around 24-27 MP range. I would like to see the noise performance of the current 5DII at ISO 3200 at, say, 6400 or 12800 of the new 5DIII.
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I agree, I would *really* like them to quit creeping up the size of the files. It's out of control and unnecessary. I'm not printing billboards.
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Creeping?? They are making increases in double digits of the percentage of the previous model.
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Creeping as they put out new models, not necessarily within the same line. My 7D puts out 25-30+MP.
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Originally Posted by wndrlst
Creeping as they put out new models, not necessarily within the same line. My 7D puts out 25-30+MP.
is that a firmware hack or something? mine only does 18MP...

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Omg. Ignore me. I'm talking MB..file size to store, not MP. It's been a really, really long night/day.
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you don't have to 'splain!!! i'm just come on you know that.
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nice price, $189

Tiffen 77mm Variable Neutral Density ND Filter - 2 to 8 Stop Light Control

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you don't have to 'splain!!! i'm just come on you know that.
Oh, I do! Just laughing at myself. I've slept about 3 hours of the last 48. Good thing I don't have to be coherent today!
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Oh, I do! Just laughing at myself. I've slept about 3 hours of the last 48. Good thing I don't have to be coherent today!
today going better I hope?

I found this a useful read:

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great news for iphone/ipad people....

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1106/11060710appleios.asp

Apple adds photographic features for iOS5

Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:54 GMT

Apple has announced details of the forthcoming versions of its iOS operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. With these devices ranking among the most used on popular photo-sharing sites, it comes as no surprise that several new features in iOS5 are specifically aimed at photographers. These including additional camera features for the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad2, such as the ability to overlay thirds gridlines, and wireless syncing of photographs between iOS devices using Apple's new iCloud service.

New photography features in iOS 5:

Camera app (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad 2)
  • Volume up button (iPhone 4) can now be used as shutter release
  • Pinch-to-zoom in image capture mode (not just review)
  • Exposure and AF lock possible with single tap
  • New grid lines (rule of thirds) overlay
  • Camera app now available from lock screen
Photos app (all iPhones/iPod Touches/iPads)
  • New crop, rotate, remove red-eye and auto-enhance tools added
  • Organize photos into albums from within Photos app
  • Automatically sync photos between devices using iOS 5 using iCloud
Full details and compatibility of these and other new functions can be found at www.apple.com


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