can i get some non-political thoughts as to whaat might be the problem with a Dslr i have?
i let my friend borrow the original rebel, canon 300d
it took great shots with the F1.8 50mm and more recently a sigma 28-300
in the last week, the camera seems to have lost its ability to take sharp photos even with the 50mm at 1.8 nothing is very sharp its all blurry and almost jittery
trying to figure out what could POSSIBLY be the problem.
JU, my mini soft boxes have a square piece that velcro's around the flash where it sticks in to the soft box to keep light from escaping out the back. I guess I thought they all had it...
Atl, could it have been dropped? The only other thing I can think of and this is a bit of a long shot is that the contacts between the camera and lens and not clean although usually you get an error message like err99 or something like that.
You might try taking a clean pencil eraser and gently cleaning the contacts on the body that match to the lens
Atl, yes, I meant the body/lens contact points. If those are ok and the camera hasn't been dropped the only other thing I can think might help is to take both batteries out of the camera to do a total reboot.
JU, those triggers look cool. Let us know how they work out.
Rather than bog down everyone with the 15,000 or so images I shot last week - i t might be fun to go over to the Mustang thread and see what the other guys did too! https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/600984/111
for a taste - "The Great Dobransky" (Joe) flew his newly restored 1946 Piper to a Grand Championship award at EAA - while they were spit polishing her up after the 12 hour trip from Dallas, I decided elbow grease wasn't my best contribution... so I shot a pict for posterity.
I had tons of fun - it was out of this world fun. I only held and looked through the 800 on Wednesday and Thursday. Didn't get to shoot it until Saturday and I used it all afternoon.
Its not unlike the 600 but a bit lighter and a little quicker to focus. Harder to keep moving objects centered in the frame - as if the 600 wasn't hard enough. Especially after waving it around overhead for three or four hours. Its a bear! But the image quality is unmatched, Jim says its going to be his new favorite airshow lens. If he hadn't been shooting video - i doubt i could have pried it out of his hands on Saturday. Its that good.
You do have to be careful about it focusing on atmosphere instead of the subject though - it is that sensitive. You catch it focusing in and out - not hunting - but fixing itself on heat waves between you and the subject.
I shot all day with the 1Ds Mark III and I don't know if i got one keeper. I alternated between my Mark III and the 1Ds - when i would fill up a card (which happens quickly with the large file size) or the buffer that is also due to file size, i would just put the 1Ds down and pick up the Mark III. But so far - nothing jumps out at me as being really great. Jim loves it and gets great results - but he too wants the next version to have a bigger buffer and faster shutter.
Personally for me - the 1D Mark III is more camera than I need. Its more camera than a lot of people need. ... and apparently more camera than Rob Galbraith can use as well.
oh yea - that shot of trip-1 is done with the 17-40... i really like it and think I'll keep it in the arsenal.
I know one of the guys at PPR - he was my drum teacher years ago. He's a nice guy - they're nice people there if you ask the right questions.
As far as Thrashers games go, you're gonna be hard pressed to get access to an actual game to shoot. Generally only legitimate press people get access for stuff like that - so your best bet is to prepare a portfolio (youth hockey, college hockey, maybe go shoot Thrashers' practices at the Ice Forum) and pitch it to a local paper. You'll be in competition with everyone who wants to shoot sports. I'm not saying don't do it - shooting a major sporting event is a thrilling and exhilarating experience. Good luck!
there are ways to gain access - but if we told you, we'd have to kill you...
Colin is right - shoot youth stuff and build a portfolio that you can present to a news or sports publication - maybe they will let you shoot for them. There are holes in the glass for photographers around the ring - all of them are taken. You have to earn your way in.
Whomever recommended the Scott Kelby book called 7-Point System for Photoshop, thanks! I just got it and it's fantastic. It's the perfect book for learning some really good PS editing that will stick in your brain. Often I was finding that I would forget what step I did first or which ones I needed to do in what order. This book teaches a good process you can follow for most photos. Awesome!
that was probably me - i've been recommending it to everyone since Kelby led the seminar in Dallas last February. It has helped my workflow so much -i can say it makes the difference between laboring over it and having fun. Plus the steps work for PS3 OR Lightroom! Way cool
