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Whiteapple

Whiteapple

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Yakamoto said:
I always hear of people Exposing for the sky and the Ground...
How do you do it?
Camera model: NIKON D40
Date/Time: 2006:12:31 14:50:59
Flash used: No
Focal length: 19.0mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
Exposure time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
Aperture: f/22.0
ISO equiv.: 400
Exposure bias: -0.33
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: center weight
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I myself would be more worried about the noise that you have amongst the trees on your picture, rather than the exposition.

For your question, I personnaly usually check around the picture I want to take by pointing the "centre" at different elements to check disparity in exposure. I use center/weighted metering. I just wave the centre around the frame I want, and then re-frame, adjusting the shutter speed generally.

Hope that helps. I'm sure you will get more useful advice, but that was just my ".02$"
 
Whiteapple

Whiteapple

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My Cat. Geneva, Switzerland. Dec. 29th, 2006.



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Camera: Canon EOS 30D
ISO: 640
Focal Length: 105mm
Shutter/Aperture: 1/25 @ f4.5
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 "Type I"
 
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BigMäc

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Camera: Canon EOS 30D
ISO: 1600
Shutter/Aperture: 1/60 @ f1.2
Lens: EF 50 mm f1.2L
 
Texas04

Texas04

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Jul 2, 2005
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This is a picture I took at the Butterfly Museum, I went with the family and I thought this was a nice panoramic shot. About 4 or 5 pictures total.


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File date : 12-31-06
Camera model: Kodak 5MP Easy Share Camera
Flash used : No
 
Kashchei

Kashchei

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Apr 26, 2002
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Meat Space
I apologize if this post is inappropriate, but I know you are the experts on this subject. I have an old Minolta with 28, 50 and 150 mm lenses. I also have filters and a flash. The only things I dislike about my setup are the cost of film/development and the delay between taking the picture and seeing the results. If I were to buy a digital replacement for my current setup, can you make recommendations for me? I know next to nothing about digital cameras, but I do know that the mm lengths for lenses seem different and the models I've looked at seem not to have a manual shutter speed (for nightime photos). Any and all recommendations will be greatly appreciated--you'll be helping me with my new year's resolution of getting back into photography.

P.S. You can respond privately if you like--I really don't wish to hijack this thread
 
840quadra

840quadra

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Detroit Michigan @ NAIAS 2006

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File date :2006:01:08 12:27:12
Camera model :Canon PowerShot Pro1
Flash used :No
Focal length :7.8mm (35mm equivalent: 32mm)
CCD width :8.81mm
Exposure time :0.020 s (1/50)
Aperture :f/2.4

Getting ready to work at this event again, well the 2007 version, however I hope to use my 30d this time around ;) .
 
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Kashchei said:
I apologize if this post is inappropriate, but I know you are the experts on this subject. I have an old Minolta with 28, 50 and 150 mm lenses. I also have filters and a flash. The only things I dislike about my setup are the cost of film/development and the delay between taking the picture and seeing the results. If I were to buy a digital replacement for my current setup, can you make recommendations for me? I know next to nothing about digital cameras, but I do know that the mm lengths for lenses seem different and the models I've looked at seem not to have a manual shutter speed (for nightime photos). Any and all recommendations will be greatly appreciated--you'll be helping me with my new year's resolution of getting back into photography.

P.S. You can respond privately if you like--I really don't wish to hijack this thread
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If you want to keep your lenses, your "option" is the Sony Alpha 100.
 
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Yakamoto

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Oct 14, 2006
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Planet Earth
Ok, here's mine for today. Taken at the zoo.
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NIKON D40
Date/Time: 2007:01:01 12:49:23
Focal length: 50.0mm
Exposure time: 0.125 s (1/8)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv.: 1250

Oh yeah, Thanks Whiteapple.
 
srf4real

srf4real

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Jul 25, 2006
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Another from St. Augustine... think I should have cropped out that tree on the left since I didn't bother to get the whole tree in the shot.:eek:

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Lumix fz50
 
840quadra

840quadra

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Twin Cities Minnesota
Over Achiever said:
o: How did you know it was automatic! =)

I need to stop playing with the VW flip-key...
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I am a VW guy, and run a European car related site (in my sig).


Your MFA display (the red display in the center) looks like it has a bar directly under the outside temp (middle bottom) which normally has PRND4321. That only exists on cars with an automatic :)

The manuals display a couple more lines of information in it's place :)
 
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