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Fun with X1D
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Ario Arioldi
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X1D + 3.5/45 First shots
My wife and I travel with an arsenal of rain/snow protection gear including garbage bags (camera protection) and umbrellas. I shot in the Isle of Skye at the tail end of Hugo and that was a real experience and very challenging. I don't worry about shutters since I use the Phase ES exclusively so that eliminates any mechanical issues. I just don't want it to get below 30 degrees..... that's my cold comfort threshold.
I'm waiting until the GFX debuts before/if I pull the trigger on one of two releases. Who knows whats around the corner. Exciting times...
Victor
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mjr
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Victor
Cold weather is not an issue on Lofoten particularly, I was there last week and live a decent drive away, it is substantially warmer than where I live, last week I drove over the border between Sweden and Norway, it was -28c at the top, within 20 mins I was down at sea level and it was +5c, the whole week on Lofoten it was around 0c. The weather systems mean it stays fairly mild, I believe it's the Northernmost ice-free port for this reason, could be wrong though! Driving snow and strong wind can definitely be an issue although I had completely clear skies this time, last year I visited in early March and it was stormy and excellent! I took an XF, IQ260 and Cambo tech cam last year and even though it was very stormy, had no issues with any of the kit.
Enjoy your trip!
Mat
Cold weather is not an issue on Lofoten particularly, I was there last week and live a decent drive away, it is substantially warmer than where I live, last week I drove over the border between Sweden and Norway, it was -28c at the top, within 20 mins I was down at sea level and it was +5c, the whole week on Lofoten it was around 0c. The weather systems mean it stays fairly mild, I believe it's the Northernmost ice-free port for this reason, could be wrong though! Driving snow and strong wind can definitely be an issue although I had completely clear skies this time, last year I visited in early March and it was stormy and excellent! I took an XF, IQ260 and Cambo tech cam last year and even though it was very stormy, had no issues with any of the kit.
Enjoy your trip!
Mat
JoshMerwin
Member
I'm starting to feel little better, so I ran out and was able to do a quick shot (we are not even calling this a portrait) for a mockup for a client before they head out of the country tomorrow am. I just needed a pic of him for a composite to show him when he gets back for ideas for a future shoot. So we shot this in two minutes. It's at 1600 ISO, quickly converted to B+W in Camera Raw. A few observations while shooting this. If you shoot in MF and use the back button got AF, you can use the focus peaking as a guide to see what's in focus after the AF is done, which is very helpful if you don't want to zoom in. I'm not sure how this works in AF modes, don;t know if peaking is completely disabled when it's in AF mode or just when you are actually AF'ing, forgot to try it. Also, shot with off camera flash remotely triggered. Worked well in manual flash mode. I was using the cheap Yongnuo RF603N II transmitter/receiver kit that I use with my panasonic GH4. Only took about 15 pics, but worked perfectly on every shot.
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JoshMerwin
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Thanks, yeah, it does actually loook cool.
Lighting diagram: Nikon sb-800 laying on a shelf on its side. :toocool:
Lighting diagram: Nikon sb-800 laying on a shelf on its side. :toocool:
eleanorbrown
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Domip
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I would like such a bedroom window view !
The views in Brugge are REALLY good!
Godfrey
Well-known member
Like that one a lot, Howard, although I wish you could reframe it just slightly so as not to clip off the very bottom of the fence in the foreground.
G
Thanks, Godfrey. Very useful suggestion. I will check to see how I may have cropped it.
Godfrey
Well-known member
Yes, I think so too.
There are so many ways to capture this scene that are slightly different and give a different effect ... backing up one-two steps and getting the fence more 'into' the scene, moving the camera point up a little and pointing down a little, etc etc.
But this is pleasing and it's your photo ...
I'll stop here.
thx!
G
Yes , thanks, Godfrey. I didn't spend nearly as much time with it as I normally would with an image that I really liked. It generally takes me some time to figure out what I really like. [G] Keith's idea is also an interesting cropping alternative.Yes, I think so too.
There are so many ways to capture this scene that are slightly different and give a different effect ... backing up one-two steps and getting the fence more 'into' the scene, moving the camera point up a little and pointing down a little, etc etc.
But this is pleasing and it's your photo ...
I'll stop here.
thx!
G
I like it as the fence line will start the line but it also cleans up the trees on the horizon. I tend to fret about
partial tree branches entering from the side of a view ... would rather have the tree cropped in the frame ... perhaps 50% ...
rather than branches just appearing from out of it.
Yes a bit OCD I know I know I know ...
Bob