Comments on: Work that CCD!

By: Photocritic blog » Getting the most out of a compact digital

Photocritic blog » Getting the most out of a compact digital — Sun, 07 May 2006 23:00:14 +0000

[...] The man’s got a lot of great points, although for one of them, I don’t quite agree: When your camera is fully zoomed out, it is at wide angle and will cause some distortion in your subject. If you are taking portraits, you definitely will want to step back and zoom in so that your kid, or spouse, does not look like a chipmunk. [...]

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:51:22 +0000

I have stumbled across ‘light field’ a few times, and I am just iching for that tech to make it into one of the dSLRs. It would bring depth of field into control… although I enjoy that aspect of using an SLR.

Cool stuff…

By: Joel Maust

Joel Maust — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:04:46 +0000

Mix HDR photography with “light field” techology and the possibilities are scary.

Check it out on Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69594,00.html?tw=wn_2techhead

By: luke

luke — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:50:52 +0000

Well my T-7 came in the mail and I’m well happy with it. So far. This is really the first full day I’ve had it, so there’s much more experimenting to do. I appreciate the tips you’ve put here Daniel. My camera doesn’t have a WB adjustment (manual) but it does have options for different lighting environments as you have put, so will do that. Also a + is that it can be set to take bracketed pictures (varying exposure lengths) so to pick which one I like best. That’s rather clever. Got my gig card in the mail today as well, so I feel ALLLL set. (c:

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:49:09 +0000

I have been looking at the Canon A610 for a few weeks now and am glad to see you think it is a good one. What do you think about the conversion lens adapter and telephoto lenses that they sell to attach to the A610? I am looking at getting something that has a decent zoom, but maybe 4x optical would be ample in itself.

By: Nathan (brother)

Nathan (brother) — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:14:40 +0000

That’s the one I use from school. I got Carol the A410. It is smaller, but does a lot of the same things with less pixels. Since she’s mostly shooting for web it’s a good match.

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:30:24 +0000

So, did you end up getting the Canon A610? It is a nice one.

By: Nathan (brother)

Nathan (brother) — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:04:40 +0000

I’ve seen leet stuff, but thought it was goofy. I didn’t realize it was a whole world of exclusive language. Now I know.
I have experimented with many of your tips with Carol’s new camera and have found that they do indeed help to improve the photos a lot. White balance made the biggest difference in the images I just took. When the lights are incandescent, the auto WB makes them better, but still pinkish. With custom WB you can really get it right.
On her camera the exposure compensation slider is a good helper too when you have uneven light.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:26:19 +0000

That’s right! I still do! I don’t understand why geeks get such a kick out of confusing the rest of us. I thought communicating was something people were supposed to strive to be better at, not attempt to sabatage

By: daniel

daniel — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:05:15 +0000

Luke, I have been reading MegaTokyo lately and largo is a great 1337 character. I did see your post on Will’s blog, and could read it, while B thought it was giberish (she still does).