how to use circular polariser?
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damn stupid of me...
buy liaoz..dunno how to use.. -
screw it on to ur cam, and rotate it until u get the desired effect on ur VF/LCD...
rotate the FILTER.. not the cam.
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alamak...no wonder...i went to rotate the screws on my cam...Originally posted by jOhO:screw it on to ur cam, and rotate it until u get the desired effect on ur VF/LCD...
rotate the FILTER.. not the cam.
no wonder everything fell out...
now i know...
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Got diffferent colour shade.
Just turn to the one u like loh
my fren bought a poloriser yesterday. today she drop and cracked it.
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the words "camera", "equipment" and "drop", should NEVER be in the same sentence....Originally posted by jnifur:Got diffferent colour shade.
Just turn to the one u like loh
my fren bought a poloriser yesterday. today she drop and cracked it.
She damn heartache -
Tell my fren lohOriginally posted by jOhO:the words "camera", "equipment" and "drop", should NEVER be in the same sentence.... 
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cannot leh. i turn and turn until like mad but still cannot get the freaking blue i get.
sian...abit disappointed.
somemore swop with my WA lens. like so troublesome.
sian....oh yah tell u guys 1 thing which i feel damn aaaarrrrgggghhhh.
on day 1 we walked ard in the uni and had abit of orientation then some photo taking.
then after eating some snacks we went out this building and i was wondering where the photographer was. then i turned to talk to a friend of mine and he told me that the guy behind me was holding a camera looking much more powerful than mine, so i turned and saw this DSLR,but i didnt dare to cfrm it was a DSLR , so i said it was a SLR.
then the photographer said " yeap, this is the EOS 1D'
kns...lost all my pride.
then when we were taking the photos, his friend who was with him asked me whether i wanted to pass the cam to him so that he could take 1 for me. but i felt like...arrrrrggghhh...so declined...kns..
i think the lens he was using , looks short lah.
maybe something like 18-55mm ? with lens hood. once i stole a peek at his LCD. the pics were truly DSLR....damn clear....the colour,richness...etc///
sian... -
it's the driver, not the equipment
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hahha u and ur salivating..Originally posted by bismarck:cannot leh. i turn and turn until like mad but still cannot get the freaking blue i get.
sian...abit disappointed.
somemore swop with my WA lens. like so troublesome.
sian....oh yah tell u guys 1 thing which i feel damn aaaarrrrgggghhhh.
on day 1 we walked ard in the uni and had abit of orientation then some photo taking.
then after eating some snacks we went out this building and i was wondering where the photographer was. then i turned to talk to a friend of mine and he told me that the guy behind me was holding a camera looking much more powerful than mine, so i turned and saw this DSLR,but i didnt dare to cfrm it was a DSLR , so i said it was a SLR.
then the photographer said " yeap, this is the EOS 1D'
kns...lost all my pride.
then when we were taking the photos, his friend who was with him asked me whether i wanted to pass the cam to him so that he could take 1 for me. but i felt like...arrrrrggghhh...so declined...kns..
i think the lens he was using , looks short lah.
maybe something like 18-55mm ? with lens hood. once i stole a peek at his LCD. the pics were truly DSLR....damn clear....the colour,richness...etc///
sian...
anyway a 1D is a bit old liow.. if he had the 1Ds which is full frame then ok steady.. there's only 2 full frame dslrs out there now. if u're talking about the 18-55 EF-S lens that comes as a kit with the 300D then it wouldn't fit on the the 1D...
anyway bis buddy, u need to get a very fundamental attitude right. let's reverse the roles, and say u struck lottery and bought yourself a full frame Canon 1Ds and a Nikon D2H as backup, using ONLY L lenses for the canon and AFS f2.8 fixed aperture lenses for the nikon, do u think u could take better pictures?
also, if u really had all those equipment, would u look down on someone, (say me?) becos i only have a cp5700? would u decline to take my camera and help me get a snapshot of my joyous moments in melbourne with some really nice pple?
sometimes we gotta remember photography is not about photos. it's about capturing a moment. a moment that will bring a smile to your face when u open it in ACDSee or when u flip thru the album. the photo could be yellowed with age, but u will still smile in ur old age. at that time, does it matter if u took the photo with a lumix or with a 1Ds, or even a disposible cam from the newsagent?
hope i haven't been too harsh, but if no one tells u this now, u will never be able to take good photos, becos u will never be able to have the best equipment. not becos u won't be able to earn that money, but becos equipment can ALWAYS be bettered, attitude, not necessarily.
OK! enuff of that... now to ur polarizer question.
to get the bluest sky, do a thumbs up with ur hand and point that thumb to the sun. now open and close ur palm with the thumb still pointing to the sun. the area that your fingers "sweep" the sky is the part where it will turn out the bluest. (90 degrees plane from direction of sun) if the sky is cloudy, then go shoot urself or something
now, be careful with the polarizer when using wide angles, becos with WAs u can catch ALOT of sky in ur frame, so there will be some parts of the sky that are REALLY blue, and other parts that are not (as in not part of the "fingers" when u open and close ur palm). this might result in a very unnatural photo becos of a very contrasty sky (very deep blue vs very light blue)
of course some photographers have made use of this effect to their advantage, it depends on what u're after.
also, NEVER use a polariser with flash, firstly u lose 2 stops of light, secondly some of the light will be filtered away.
and if u must stack filters, put the polarizer last, but be careful of vignetting.
eh.. i think that's enuff for polarizers from me for now. to be honest, i can't remember the last time i used mine. prob in australia. in sg, the sky is either too sh[/i]it or too cloudy, i rather not lose my 2 stops of light and get more contrast with photoshop! -
and when in melbourne, be careful when using the thumbs-up sign... there are many ethnic Greeks there... the thumbs-up sign is the same to them as flipping them the bird...
i'm serious...
have a great time there and remember to eat too many souvlakis
Originally posted by jOhO:to get the bluest sky, do a thumbs up with ur hand and point that thumb to the sun. now open and close ur palm with the thumb still pointing to the sun. the area that your fingers "sweep" the sky is the part where it will turn out the bluest. (90 degrees plane from direction of sun) if the sky is cloudy, then go shoot urself or something -
ahah really? i didn't know about that... oh well, just picture it in ur mind then bis!!Originally posted by the Bear:and when in melbourne, be careful when using the thumbs-up sign... there are many ethnic Greeks there... the thumbs-up sign is the same to them as flipping them the bird...
i'm serious...
have a great time there and remember to eat too many souvlakis
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you might also want to take note that your position in relation to the sun also affects the polariser's effectiveness. it's more effective if you are perpendicular to the sunrays. can someone verify this? i read this somewhere before, but can't recall the exact details. e.g. if you are taking pic at noon (when the sun is over your head), the polariser won't have much effect
bismark, don't be too disheartened. practise, practise and practise. don't worry about the equipment as yet, learn how to compose your pictures.. it's like painting, u have to imagine the shots first i started with compact cameras and used them for 10 yrs before i got an SLR.. -
you might also want to take note that your position in relation to the sun also affects the polariser's effectiveness. it's more effective if you are perpendicular to the sunrays. can someone verify this? i read this somewhere before, but can't recall the exact details. e.g. if you are taking pic at noon (when the sun is over your head), the polariser won't have much effect
bismark, don't be too disheartened. practise, practise and practise. don't worry about the equipment as yet, learn how to compose your pictures.. it's like painting, u have to imagine the shots first i started with compact cameras and used them for 10 yrs before i got an SLR.. -
thanks for the tip guys.
but for the polarizer bit i still dont really get the point.
i mean u mean the tip of the thumb or the fingerprint part ? anyway most of the time, the sun isnt in my frame, rather it's behind me or something. once of these days i show u the pics... -
sun on your left or right...
you must face 90 degrees of where the sun is shining fromOriginally posted by bismarck:thanks for the tip guys.
but for the polarizer bit i still dont really get the point.
i mean u mean the tip of the thumb or the fingerprint part ? anyway most of the time, the sun isnt in my frame, rather it's behind me or something. once of these days i show u the pics... -
I guess u are using film cam hor?
A note to remember, if u are shooting on slides and not negative, please remember to take out the UV filter b4 u attach ur polariser.
Otherwise, if u put on both, u get wat is called the vignetting effect. Means, the four corners of ur photo will have this black shadows.
As for the intensity of the blue, I think somestimes experience count. When u shoot more, u will get the hang of it and sooner or later, u will be able to use aga-rations to roughly guess how much to turn. It is all about the photographer's approach and experience. Equipments are jus there for pple to use.
I am using a EOS 300...entry level SLR...but I heck care wat.
Later in the noon still going to shoot at myanmar with a bunch of S2 Pro DSLR pple. But is the most impt is, to enjoy photography. To love the feeling of pressing the shutter button and see the output.
Best of lucks!
I see yah guys n gals in forum next friday then -
i think bis will have his lumix 12x optical zoom thing
which reminds me.. brought my cam to office.. maybe go snap a few shots later -
vignetting occurs regardless of the medium you use.. it occurs when the additional attachments such as filters or lens hood obstructs the lens' field of view
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoOriginally posted by jnifur:I see yah guys n gals in forum next friday then
outing..
i still stuck in melb