828 slow shutter speed shots handheld

Adrian van Ammers

I passed this wheel and did not bring my tripod. So I opened up until 2.5 and 0.3 sec shutterspeed. ISO 64. I think the 828 passed the test. Yes, a little purple fringing but not disturbing imo.




And a shot while in move. 0.4 sec.

marlof

I like seeing these colorful ferris wheel shots. On the purple fringing: if it involves neon light, it's hard to say where the light ends and the PF begins.

Adrian van Ammers

Hello Marlof

marlof wrote:

I like seeing these colorful ferris wheel shots. On the purple fringing: if it involves neon light, it's hard to say where the light ends and the PF begins.

I thought this thread would die an early dead but no you rescued it with your funny comment Yep, the PF gets an extra dimension here. As you may have noticed I posted these pictures on STF too. May be it's more a Sony subject Thanks and cheers.

marlof

Once in a while I take the time to go through a few pages in this forum, and try to respond to orphaned posts. Everybody who takes the time to post, should get some sort of recognition I think. And I really like your pictures, so I'm no help as to why these generated more comments on STF than in here.

Andy

adrian, you have really good technique - a natural with that camera!

Adrian van Ammers

Andy, believe it or not...

andy wrote:

adrian, you have really good technique - a natural with that camera!

... but I learned most from you. Anyway to be daring and see what comes out of it. Thanks for stopping by, always a pleasure to meet you here :

Adrian van Ammers

marlof wrote:

Once in a while I take the time to go through a few pages in this forum, and try to respond to orphaned posts. Everybody who takes the time to post, should get some sort of recognition I think. And I really like your pictures, so I'm no help as to why these generated more comments on STF than in here.

Yep, I noticed and I do this once a while myself. A good thing to do.

Nikolai

828 handheld
Nice shots..

I ended up gettin more or less consistent non-blurred shots (at least in Wide) upto 0.25 (1/4) sec, I'd say 80%. With 0.3 (1/3) sec definitely above 90%. Still, to do that I usually use some sort of reinforcement - leaning on the tree/post, having elbows solid on the table/parapet, using Andy's "neckstrap+elbows" technique, etc.. That is with Wide. With Tele it needs way more stability.

828 is an awesome camera!
And you (and me:-) are not afraid to use it:-)
Cheers!

Adrian van Ammers

Good comment!

Nikolai wrote:

Nice shots..

I ended up gettin more or less consistent non-blurred shots (at least in Wide) upto 0.25 (1/4) sec, I'd say 80%. With 0.3 (1/3) sec definitely above 90%. Still, to do that I usually use some sort of reinforcement - leaning on the tree/post, having elbows solid on the table/parapet, using Andy's "neckstrap+elbows" technique, etc.. That is with Wide. With Tele it needs way more stability.

828 is an awesome camera!
And you (and me:-) are not afraid to use it:-)
Cheers!

Yes, of course. The wide plays a big role in this kind of shooting. I tried my hand the same night on full tele. No way All blurred shots. Yes, some reinforcement is necessary. But then the 828 surprises many times with nice pictures : Thanks for your comment! It's a good explanation of the technic.

marlof

Not having the mirror slap is a big difference. I can handhold my 828 and my Digilux 1 at much slower speeds than my E-1. Although (since it has a pretty smooth and soft mirror) that one I can handhold longer than my film Minolta X-700.

Adrian van Ammers

One other thing

marlof wrote:

Not having the mirror slap is a big difference. I can handhold my 828 and my Digilux 1 at much slower speeds than my E-1. Although (since it has a pretty smooth and soft mirror) that one I can handhold longer than my film Minolta X-700.

I do not have experience with dslr but this sounds only logical. One other thing I do is pushing the button and wait until the picture is done. Then I remove my finger.

Dee

Pretty

Adrian van Ammers wrote:

One other thing I do is pushing the button and wait until the picture is done. Then I remove my finger.

Like the wheel shots, both of them. PF? .... hard to tell when the wheel lights are purple, wouldn't bother me either.

Yes.... on some shots I keep the shutter pressed until the photo starts being recorded too... don't know if it actually helps, probably doesn't.

I've been doing some "studio" type shooting, and I have the camera on a tripod and use the self timer, best way to get a good photo. I'm sure on the self timer the shutter is not "pressed" that long, but like you I like the idea of keeping the camera still.

I keep forgetting to take the tripod with me! One of these days I'll find one at a thrift store, or real cheap and I'll buy it so I can leave one in the car at all times...

Oh, I have a home-made light tent. I used a folding card table which rests on it's side on my dining room table, and I draped white nylon ripstop material over the legs of the card table -- my shop lights are on either side of the table, and it works just fine! Easy to fold up and put away when I'm not using it too! For tabletop items or smaller, though... not big stuff. Would be big enough for your lollipop packages though...

Dee

Adrian van Ammers

Dee, what about a picture....

Dee wrote:

Like the wheel shots, both of them. PF? .... hard to tell when the wheel lights are purple, wouldn't bother me either.

Yes.... on some shots I keep the shutter pressed until the photo starts being recorded too... don't know if it actually helps, probably doesn't.

I've been doing some "studio" type shooting, and I have the camera on a tripod and use the self timer, best way to get a good photo. I'm sure on the self timer the shutter is not "pressed" that long, but like you I like the idea of keeping the camera still.

I keep forgetting to take the tripod with me! One of these days I'll find one at a thrift store, or real cheap and I'll buy it so I can leave one in the car at all times...

Oh, I have a home-made light tent. I used a folding card table which rests on it's side on my dining room table, and I draped white nylon ripstop material over the legs of the card table -- my shop lights are on either side of the table, and it works just fine! Easy to fold up and put away when I'm not using it too! For tabletop items or smaller, though... not big stuff. Would be big enough for your lollipop packages though...

Dee

of your light tent? I'm curious to see. I'm a visual person : And some pictures of your results??

grimace

Purple Fringing
First, I'd like to say how much I like your ferris wheel shot!! I too shoot with the 828 and love it.

One thing that I've done to limit the amount of purple fringing in my shots (especially night shots) is to change the color setting from "Standard" to "Real".
I just made the change myself and have really noticed a difference.

-Adam

www.adamstravelphotography.com

Adrian van Ammers

Real color mode

grimace wrote:

First, I'd like to say how much I like your ferris wheel shot!! I too shoot with the 828 and love it.

One thing that I've done to limit the amount of purple fringing in my shots (especially night shots) is to change the color setting from "Standard" to "Real".
I just made the change myself and have really noticed a difference.

-Adam

www.adamstravelphotography.com

Yep, I prefered Real CM from the very first day I started to shoot with the 828. Now that I think of it I never even tried the standard mode I know the standard mode of course from the time I shot with the 717. I like those colors too but I like esp the dynamic range of the Real Color Mode. I can say that PF does not bother me. If I want I can remove it so easily. In a way to say the 828 was his time ahead. That's what I like about it. It's a challenging camera. Thanks for the stop and nice comments!