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denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	wanna play with my new toy????? *Attached Image:* grin
Posted 12-Jan-2008 06:41
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Does that thing require batteries? I had just sort of assumed that lenses didn't have any electrical components for some reason, but apparently that assumption was incorrect (judging by all the switches on it)... Any sample photos from it? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 12-Jan-2008 07:20
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	It doesn't require batteries. Two of those switches is for image stabilization (which mine doesn't have since I don't need it), one is a limit switch to tell the lens to focus from either a distance of say 1.5m in front to infinity or from say 3.5m in front to infinity. Helps speed up auto focus. The other is the switch from manual to auto focus. It draws power from the camera battery. Having the image stabilization will draw more power from the battery when it is turned on though. As for samples. Not at the moment. Won't actually be using it till sunday (its still in the box)
Posted 12-Jan-2008 07:40
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	If you put the swtich on infinity, does that mean everything that's at least as far as the minimum focal distance will be in focus? I've seen photos of reptiles that are shots of both the animal and its environment, where both are perfectly focused, and I've been wondering for a while how they did that. For all I know it could be a composite image created on a computer, though. Here are some samples of what I'm talking about: http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/images/cbicinctoresje05.jpg http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=&enlarge=0000+0000+1104+0181 http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=&enlarge=0000+0000+0606+0885 I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 12-Jan-2008 08:18
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Edited by Babelfish Nat what you're talking about is actually handled by the f stop Large aperture (fstop) say 1.2 will blur the background Small aperture say 32 will give dept of field like you linked to in your example. Other things like focal length come into play as well, and blurring the background vs not is a matter of photographic choice. Since you mentioned it, yes something like that can very easily be done in post. Even before the digital age doing two exposures on the same frame of film could achieve the same result. And yes denver, since it's still in the box, why don't you send it over ! Very nice ^_^
Posted 12-Jan-2008 09:56
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	actually, part of the reason they look like composites is the photographer was close to the animal. They actually (the first and third ones especially) look like they were taken with a wide angle lens - which will allow the photographer to get close, and have a wider area and alot more will be in focus. If taken with a telephoto lens, the pictures would look alot more compressed. My bet is they were taken with a wide angle lens.
Posted 12-Jan-2008 20:55
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	and here's the samples : http://lisaduskis.com/ember/new/album/
Posted 14-Jan-2008 06:32
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	Looks pretty schnazzy, Lisa!
Posted 14-Jan-2008 06:51


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