Photography and Cameras

[JessicaTam]

Well I jumped today. A couple of months to be across it before the big trip.

 

[VPS]

Well I jumped today. A couple of months to be across it before the big trip.

It did take me a while to work out what this meant - a bit slow today - but looking forward to seeing the photos

 

[Renato1]

Started a photography course this morning. I’ve always relied on auto settings so now I’m actually trying to work out the true camera capabilities. Not sure if my point and shoot camera is going to cut it with everyone else’s dslr’s but their size makes me want to keep mine simple. Now I’m heavily into Aperture and shutter priority, ISO and raw images. Seems the only thing my camera lacks is a long focal range (only up to 18 from memory, maybe 8) but my shutter speed is extreme. So I can take photos of very fast things but will lack clarity in focus of long range items. My jury is still undecided on the latter though.

The course will lead to a certificate or diploma but I’ll need to use film for that as it involves use of the dark room.

Anyone tried out CameraSim? It’s a great way to see the effect of all the settings.

And I have started a journal for my homework.

Well, I know you'll have fun experimenting with all the settings.

If you are into arty effects, or shooting sports activities, or performances, or birds etc, the different settings will definitely come in handy.

And if shooting something important for which you are being paid, or someone is relying on you to deliver something good, you will want to shoot Jpeg plus RAW, in case the Jpeg image stuffs up, you will then be able to recover something decent from RAW. Though generally speaking, I find shooting RAW painful afterwards.

But for mundane shooting - friends, sites while overseas - I find that Program Mode, where I limit the ISO range on the AUTO setting, is pretty much good enough for 95% of shooting situations.

To me, the most important thing in a camera is the fill flash during daylight shooting, for when pictures of subject people would otherwise come out too dark against the background. This is never a probem for a DSLR or a bigger bridge camera. But most point-and-shoots are pretty hopeless. I wound up buying the then top of the range Nikon P7000 and later the Nikon P7700, which were hefty point-and-shoots with small sensors, but which had decent flash for effective daylight use. I've no idea what current high-end point-and-shoots have decent fill flash. Despite having eight or nine DSLRs, nowadays I more often than not use those more convenient Nikons, especially when travelling.
Regards,
Renato

 

[coriander]

.... <snip>... moderately fancy digital SLR camera, MUCH more expensive than mine; at the end of the trip we swapped images so we could both get the "best' shot (we were, after all, standing next to each other at most places). I can honestly say that I didn't choose any of their images over mine that were of the same thing.

I usually carry a Nikon D7200 with 18-200mm lens and 10-24mm lens...... and a Sony RX100mk4. The Sony is embarrassingly good even when images are blown up. Then again my Samsung S8 phone surprises me with its accurate exposure, sharpness and colour balance. I took 4000 photos on my recent trip - should do a trip report but Mrs C and I don't stay in 5* hotels nor eat at Michelin restaurants so probably not "up to AFF standards".

(PS. My carry-on this trip weighed 11kg - just cameras, lenses, laptop, chargers, CPAP machine - hard to casually make it look light.)

 

[love_the_life]

I......

(PS. My carry-on this trip weighed 11kg - just cameras, lenses, laptop, chargers, CPAP machine - hard to casually make it look light.)

As you nonchalantly boarded the plane

 

[Spongbob]

My camera for years has been a pocket Sony DSC HX 90V and its predecessor and I've produced A3 'photobooks' including many A3 sized images (eg cover) quite acceptably from it. I usually just point and shoot on auto mode.

I went on a trip to Russia with a friend who had a moderately fancy digital SLR camera, MUCH more expensive than mine; at the end of the trip we swapped images so we could both get the "best' shot (we were, after all, standing next to each other at most places). I can honestly say that I didn't choose any of their images over mine that were of the same thing.

This is good to know. I purchased a Sony DSC HX 90V last week for my overseas trip in November. So thanks for the information.

 

[Ric]

I have the latest Panasonic ultra zoom released a couple of months ago. I think the lecturer was surprised by the features and control - the only limitation being the aperture limitation which as pointed out isn’t such an issue. Has a Leica lens and probably the best lens in the class. The only thing I can’t do is add filters to the lens plus attach the sun shade thing. Or change lens obviously..

May I ask which model is this? Like others have stated, my DSLR is getting too heavy and coughbersome to be lugging around for a whole trip.

(PS. My carry-on this trip weighed 11kg - just cameras, lenses, laptop, chargers, CPAP machine - hard to casually make it look light.)

coriander, you can buy these tags and attach it on your CPAP case. Though I suppose it is meant for USA but I have not had any problems as an extra carry on over my travels to other countries.

 

[Pushka]

May I ask which model is this? Like others have stated, my DSLR is getting too heavy and coughbersome to be lugging around for a whole trip.

Power Zoom: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100/TZ100 Review
This is it - released last year and the usual places sometimes have it on sale. There is a slightly smaller model plus a much earlier model that has a little less functionality but overall same product

 

[Ric]

Power Zoom: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100/TZ100 Review
This is it - released last year and the usual places sometimes have it on sale. There is a slightly smaller model plus a much earlier model that has a little less functionality but overall same product
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Pushka, Many thanks!!

 

[RooFlyer]

I took 4000 photos on my recent trip - should do a trip report but Mrs C and I don't stay in 5* hotels nor eat at Michelin restaurants so probably not "up to AFF standards".

Whoa! You don't get off that easily . Most travellers aren't in those categories, so TRs which are non-'luxury' are highly sought after, and useful to many others.

Get ye to the keyboard and upload, upload, upload!

 

[RooFlyer]

This is good to know. I purchased a Sony DSC HX 90V last week for my overseas trip in November. So thanks for the information.

Just watch it in humidity. JohnM had his 'freeze' in some tropical locale but it came back to like when he got home.

 

[love_the_life]

Just watch it in humidity. JohnM had his 'freeze' in some tropical locale but it came back to like when he got home.

Yes, I had a camera freeze in Cairns one December. Unfortunately I was supposed to be taking photos of a graduation ceremony held outside

 

[TheRealTMA]

I usually carry a Nikon D7200 with 18-200mm lens and 10-24mm lens...... and a Sony RX100mk4. The Sony is embarrassingly good even when images are blown up. Then again my Samsung S8 phone surprises me with its accurate exposure, sharpness and colour balance. I took 4000 photos on my recent trip - should do a trip report but Mrs C and I don't stay in 5* hotels nor eat at Michelin restaurants so probably not "up to AFF standards"...

Come on Bru! Fed us plankton instead of chups then! It's the photo that counts. I don't think you can get out of it that easily!

 

[Cossie]

Totally agree with Coriander here, I don't take photos of food I'm about to eat, (why does anyone bother doing that, I guess digital film is cheap?) therefore it's not worthy of a TR on here, according to some.

 

[Steady]

Totally agree with Coriander here, I don't take photos of food I'm about to eat, (why does anyone bother doing that, I guess digital film is cheap?) therefore it's not worthy of a TR on here, according to some.

An interesting assessment of TR's on AFF, little more then photos of food?

 

[Pushka]

All TR’s are great - some focus on one aspect they enjoy and that could be food sights, planes, people etc. Reckon there is space for them all on here.

 

[love_the_life]

For some posters on here, that is my opinion, of course your results may vary.............

There are some people for whom food is a really important reason to travel - taste new things, experience new restaurants. It makes sense that their TRs are heavy on the food pics. Others like to post about the hotels, others about the sights. It doesn't matter to me what the emphasis is, I like to read any TR. Some give me ideas about places to visit, some require a level of fitness beyond me (so I can live vicariously), some are to locations I may not particularly keen to travel to and others are out of my league. I doesn't matter - they all have a place here.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Totally agree with Coriander here, I don't take photos of food I'm about to eat, (why does anyone bother doing that, I guess digital film is cheap?) therefore it's not worthy of a TR on here, according to some.

Your going to have go a long way to better my toe selfie!

 

[VPS]

Your going to have go a long way to better my toe selfie!

I must push for an alternative button - choices - yeah right, you gotta be joking, or whatever!!

 

[VPS]

I usually carry a Nikon D7200 with 18-200mm lens and 10-24mm lens...... and a Sony RX100mk4. The Sony is embarrassingly good even when images are blown up. Then again my Samsung S8 phone surprises me with its accurate exposure, sharpness and colour balance. I took 4000 photos on my recent trip - should do a trip report but Mrs C and I don't stay in 5* hotels nor eat at Michelin restaurants so probably not "up to AFF standards".

(PS. My carry-on this trip weighed 11kg - just cameras, lenses, laptop, chargers, CPAP machine - hard to casually make it look light.)

I NEVER stay in 5 star hotels and rarely eat in Michelin star restaurants (in fact the last best meal I had was in France where three courses and 500ml of wine cost me about $A15) - I enjoy almost all TR especially places that I'm unlikely to go to for various reasons and if you don't like bits you can skip over it. If you can be bothered we're interested and I really like photography and I enjoy other's photographs