Re: HT's Photo Sharing Thread - Chapter 4
I love your shot of the SBS, Pomai. All my shots of it are boring stuck-in-Pearl-Harbor ones. I like how you focused on the surfers, with the SBS far in the background.
Exactly! You can't take the shot if: 1) you're not there, 2) you don't have a camera with you.
Compact point-n-shoot cameras are great. A wide range of focal lengths in a small package, without the hassle of changing lenses (28mm-560mm on the Canon SX10). You can also get decent up close macro shots. If your camera can do at least 1 frame per second of continuous shooting (by holding down the button), you can capture many candid moments. My daughter's face goes through 3 different emotions within 5 seconds. When she starts talking, I just hold down the button.
Even if you have a DSLR, a PnS makes a great scouting camera. See something mildly interesting during a lunch break stroll? Take a shot. Take a bunch. Experiment with different focal lengths and compositions (the angle you take the shot, which objects you decide to include in the picture, and their location relative to each other). When you get home, most of the pictures will be so-so, but some will be really cool. Later you can go back with your DSLR and try to recapture the scene (hopefully).
But yeah, a DSLR with a decent lense is nice. It's easy to get caught up in the bleeding edge hype, but you can get very good results with an entry level DSLR and affordable lenses. The performnce is more than enough for pictures displayed over the Internet.
I love your shot of the SBS, Pomai. All my shots of it are boring stuck-in-Pearl-Harbor ones. I like how you focused on the surfers, with the SBS far in the background.
Originally posted by Pomai
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Compact point-n-shoot cameras are great. A wide range of focal lengths in a small package, without the hassle of changing lenses (28mm-560mm on the Canon SX10). You can also get decent up close macro shots. If your camera can do at least 1 frame per second of continuous shooting (by holding down the button), you can capture many candid moments. My daughter's face goes through 3 different emotions within 5 seconds. When she starts talking, I just hold down the button.
If only I had a DSLR, this shot would be so much less noisy, more vivid and crisp.
But yeah, a DSLR with a decent lense is nice. It's easy to get caught up in the bleeding edge hype, but you can get very good results with an entry level DSLR and affordable lenses. The performnce is more than enough for pictures displayed over the Internet.
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