tropicalrips

Have you tried to bounce it off the floor?

u mean hold the flash and point it at the floor?

i think direct flash with the head turn to slightly left or right might also work

"sock mod" N@Z can get a tayler to make the diffuser for u, a sock might absorb too much of the flash, the diffuser i hav seems to be made from the kind of material they use for studio lights

some fruits after dinner

also taken with diffuser

retook the friuts pic cause the pineapple color looked a bit off its a day old...the first pic made it look "fresh"

here are the shots of my dinner taken with diffuser i took a series of with/without for comparison

the camera setting remained unchanged though the sequence, no retouch was done, just conversion to jpeg

the sequence is as follow :

1) direct flash without diffuser

2) bounce flash without diffuser

3) direct flash with diffuser

4) bounce flash with diffuser

shots 2,3,4 looks ok with only minor difference, the first shot with direct flash without diffuser looks under expose, seems like the camera reduce the strength of the flash inorder to reduce the "harshly lit" that u were talking about N@Z

Thanks! Any sample shots of it firing directly on to the subject?

the shots with the white elephants...the last pic in that post (audio mixer) was taken with the diffuser, without it the silver metal would hav over expose

i'll take some shots with direct flash + diffuser

here's what the diffuser looks like, its not somthing i made, bought it from camera shop @ $10 the meterial feels like nylon, i think its the same as what they use for umbrellas

u can see that the back/1 side is black, thats the side with the reflector

with diffuser on the flash, it looks weired but it works

i think the best option would be to use the flash as a remote, this will close the distance.

i hav a diffuser thats made of cloth/fabric type material, it has a reflector inside that stops the flash from escaping to the back when doing bounce, u can slip on the diffuser the other way round and hav less light firing to the front

i think the fabric material lets though more light then the plastic one, but still does its job of diffusing the flash when firing directly at the subject

pic of the Cmoy 2 PCB

has a better finish then the first few prototypes

i think that shops name is Sunlight, they are friendly, can find most of the stuff there.

if u can't find certain items can also look for me in SLS, i hav a few of the items in the shop...can also giv "special" price for the digital multimeter

p.s. i'm not around on mondays

the "elephant shot" in the morning for comparison there's a little lens flare on the top left area (forgot to bring lens hood ) i think for this shot the cir.PL filter would hav come in handy, the sky is a little burnout

auto contrast in Nikon editor

RAW - ISO200 - WB sunlight +1

shot this one for fun

crop out the man walking by my shot using Nikon editor

i also did some macro test with the kit lens, but the result was not very good, need a macro lens for DSLR to hav good macro shots

The faststone viewer is faster & has a similar look & feel to ACDSee 7. On my PC I can see the thumbnails in colour but when viewing full size images it's in monochrome.

i did not hav the color problem on my PC, but i found when i view the RAW files at full screen the color, details and focus were all out, at first i thought it was the pic that i shot, but when i view the same pic in Nikon capture editor, it was ok

with Jpeg everthing was ok even at full screen

QOO, the cir.PL is Vitacon, i don't think the problem is with the filter, maybe just the light conditions of that day, and also me being not familar with camera settings yet. the shots just don't look "alive" this was one of the better shots

shot in Jpeg, large file - fine quality

took this tonight with the slik monopod

shot in RAW shutter speed 1/4 ISO 400 f-stop 4.5

i'll try the same shot tomorrow morning for comparison

i just check today on price of 2GB CF, almost $300 & no ex-stock, only back-to-back order, a 4GB micro drive is about $600++

i hav in my shop a USB drive thats 4GB retail @ $299, i hav open up 1 piece and guess what...its a micro drive!! tried in the D70 but got "CHAR" error on the LCD. its a voltage problem, even after formatting the drive it still won't work, the 4GB microdrive is from Magicstor, it seems there's 2 versions of this drive...a 4.4GB CF-II that has 3.3/5v and the other is 4GB ATA which is 3.3v only

the one from the USB drive is the ATA version which could explain the cheaper price, anyone has any ideas on how to get this 3.3v microdrive to work in a camera?

below is the Magicstor website

magicstor

the new PCB is ready for sale from 3pm tomorrow

price is $10 per PCB, those interested can PM me for details

will post pics of the PCB at a later date

Tropical, U could blur the background if u wanted?

 

Ive yet to try bracketing. Will probably try after my exams in 2 wks time. Will try a whole bunch of stuff as well... Im just counting the days...

actually the higher F-stop and a little zoom at around 35-50mm should giv me a blur background, but there must be enough light

bracketing is quite fun too for AE bkt, u'll need to set to continous shot, the camera takes 3 shots with different exposure.

with AWB bkt, the camera only needs 1 shot, but u'll end up with 3 shots with different white balance

what filters do u guys use on the D70? i hav a circular PL for the kit lens, but the result don't seem as good as my Olympus with cir.PL outdoor shots.

i still stick to a UV filter on the kit lens

A better way to get the shade and the bright HDB in balance is to shoot them in bracketing mode, -1 0 +1 (must use tripod) and then sandwich them in PS So you get all the detail of the bright and the shade.

 

This technique is to extend the native dynamic range of the digicam CCD.

 

But I agree with Jason, your green is good and natural, but not the 'poping out' green as the one in the postcard

thanks for the tips Bram

how often do u guys bring out your tripods?

so far i only used my tripod for macro shot with the C8080 and once for night shots in Clarke Quay

i shoot mostly on the move, on my way to work and on the way back going to try the monopod tomorrow night at Albert Court

i downloaded the Faststone viewer and resizer, both very useful thanks Bram

the viewer is faster then the Nikon software for RAW files

so our fearless leader will be the first to own the "big gun"

the shots look good N@Z, i really like the chrome

in my "green" shot, the HDB was under sunlight while the trees were in the shade, i should hav used a higher F-stop and blur the background

Boring day....

 

Bring up this thread for fun Tropical has moved to D70 club

the D70 club needs more members Bram..."feel the force of D70...don't fight it...become #5 bram..."

i'm finally trying the RAW format

seems to hav more details...or is it just me the teddy shot was taken in jpeg medium size-fine quality

but it did giv me the green that i was looking for

auto contrast in Nikon software, resize in Elements

here's my shot using the SB600 as remote the flash i actually behind me for this shot

makes the pic softer, nice details

no retouch done just resize in Elements

the lounge area is becoming a camera forum

i counted a total of 5 camera treads

i like the silver/black Olympus, its a shame they stop making those, the newer film SLR from Olympus all look like space-ships or laser pistols

Rips - stay away from the FM-10 - made by cosina.

 

GO for either an FM or FM2 (if you are looking for a completely manual/mechanical camera in the Nikon stable). If you buy an FM-2 becareful as there were 2 models made, The earlier one had a 1/200 flash sync speed while the later model has 1/250 flash sync speed.

 

FE2 is also pretty good but is an electronic camera.

ok, thanks Rameish

but the price of the FM-10 is very tempting ($350)

will look for other mechanical cameras, but it seems there's not many around any more

very nice exposure and colors N@Z

what did u use as the backdrop?

i'm waiting for my 50mm 1.8, wanted to get it today but they ran out of stock, hav to wait till friday

also check price for Nikon FM-10, $350 for the kit but no warranty, i think its NOS (new old stock)

Tropical - I have a FE2 body in good condition, if you are interested. Hard times, luxuries must go.

i'm interested pm me the details

actually it is totally different from the movie.

the puppet master incident didnt happen in stand alone complex series and it suppose to happen in a alternate parallel future.

It is much more on political plot rather than just computers becoming aware of their existence and the discovery of 'ghost; or the soul/self conscience/the voice withnin.

looks like i hav to rewatch the original movie

is the year which the 2 stories are based on the same?

i'm also considering going back to film & manual cameras, now looking at the Nikon FM-10 & FE-10

these should be good for practice, will help improve skills when using the more advance D70 when conditions are not as good