Oh right, thanks, don't think mine does that, might do if I had a cable/remote I guess, can set it to anything up to 30 secs though so will give it a go with some random settings!!
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Can the D50 do that? Such a cool effect!
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Pretty sure the D50 can do it, the 350d certainly can.
I've played with it a few times, it's really easy to do but harder than you think to 'draw' around an object like above. I've tried "painting' a pair of trainers before but that didn't really come out You need a fairly bright torch to make it work too.
Incidently, most of the indoor-marco work I've done is taken in complete darkness, lit by a torch on 30-second exposure If you get it right it can look like natural light, but you it is mostly guess-work.
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How come you can't see the person holding the torch in the photo? Are they not standing in front of the camera waving it around?Comment
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The room is in total darkness so is only picking up the light from the end of the torch and what it is shining on. Due to the long exposure hardly any light hits each surface, and since the 'user' is behind the torch very little light will reach their arm or whatever.Originally posted by dc-arena
Try getting a still-life object and put it on the table, put exposure to 30 seconds and make the room as dark as possible. Try taking different shots shining a torch at different angles and for different lengths - perhaps even getting the end of the torch to 'draw' around the object.
It's a great way of learning how light works
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Thanks for the explanation, sounds like a very effective trick
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The D50 definitely has a bulb setting as I used it to do this: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=91453269&size=lComment
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Indeed it is, I remember doing stuff like that some years ago and it's great fun.Originally posted by PeteJIt's a great way of learning how light works
Took some shots at a friends garden in the middle of the night, exposure was probably in the minutes and using cigarette lighters as our light source, due to the super long exposure the images came out as it they were shot in daylight with these wierd light trails on them!
The colours were very washed out but as PeteJ says it is a good way to learn about light and given long enough even in darkness 100 ASA film would record an image.
Another thing I wasted loads of film on but didn't get much in the way of results was trying to take shots of fast action stuff - on the cheap.
I saw some pics in a book of super fast cameras taking images of say a bullet hitting an apple - that sort of stuff.
Then, I was using a Zenith TTL which had a top shutter speed of 1/500 sec and the fastest of the day was I think 1/2000 on a Pentax ME Super but even that isn't really fast enough to catch fast action but there is a way... by using your flashgun as your shutter speed!
You set your camera up in a dark room put the shutter on bulb or a long exporure, trigger your fast action event and then press the test button on your flashgun at the 'right' moment to capture the action.
I tried capturing water droplets and aerosol sprays in action but with little success.
Your flash fires at something like 1/50,000 sec and should be fast enough to capture some interesting results with perhaps more than a little luck!
I got the tip out of a mag called What Camera Weekly who ran a report on fast action photography, they even had a schematic for a device you could make for a fiver which produced a beam which when broken would fire your flashgun for you - perhaps I should have just made it and saved loads of film
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That's an interesting idea - I have thought about 'freezing' action several times but never given it a try. I'm not talking someone running or whatever, rather extreme actions - I have a book at home that has a series of shots of a bullet being fired into a water balloon; the result is stunning.Comment
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Originally posted by PeanutsFor those thinking of buying a DSLR, the decision making process has just become more difficult as Sony have announced their new Alpha series of cameras.
The A100 will have a 10MP sensor, IS and anti dust built into the body, and will be fully compatible with most of the Konica-Minolta Maxxum lenses.
http://www.dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=3321
I assume they are going after the big two, Canon and Nikon, for the entry level, so price wise it will be up against the 350D and the D50 , but with those kind of specs it should frighten the Canon 30D and Nikon D200.
Indeed the minolta buyout seemed good but those zeis lenses - primes too. Mmmmmmmmmm. If the image is up to spec, this could be a really nice small camera with that 85mm f1.4 the low light perfromance would be mind blowing!Comment
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Press Photographer Of The Year awards: http://www.thepressphotographersyear...tion/results/#
157 amazing photos.
Incredibly thought provoking, and a great place for inspiration
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Those are great - I love loads of them. The Boris Bekker (how's that spelt?) one near the end #131 catches my eye.Comment
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Just done a quick google and found this, rather than use a beam breaker to stop the action it uses audio.Originally posted by PeteJ
I'm sure some of the guys on here would be able to put a rough costing together for it, even offer to build one if the price is right
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Sorry.Originally posted by Agent LA strange spot in the garden yesterday:
Mating Moths
Not a note worthy picture but strange all the same, these guys were monsters
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Originally posted by MagnakaiPress Photographer Of The Year awards: http://www.thepressphotographersyear...tion/results/#
157 amazing photos.
Incredibly thought provoking, and a great place for inspiration
Some of those photographs are very, very powerful images. Incredible stuff.Comment
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