Random Rants
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More.Fucking.Snow.
I do love the fact that up here we have four distinct seasons and I'm definitely not a hot climate kind of guy (can't wear jeans or flannels when it's over 20 degrees (celsius) or wear a down jacket if it's less (warmer) than -20 degrees, way too hot for me unless I just stand outside doing nothing at all which I never do).
There's just so much stuff you can't do when there's snow and ice everywhere that I long for right now. And there's been a whole lot of snow this winter.
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I'd take snow over rain, any day. You can stay dry with snow. That's why I had to get out of Seattle. It's such a beautiful city… for two months a year.
For sure. But we have that too
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Big ups to anyone who's shooting fixed-lens SLR outdoors regularly doing WAYW with open apertures around f/3.2 (Finn comes to mind). Crazy hard to nail focus and appears with Canon the only way to do it is with a wireless IR remote. So yeah big ups to you all who manage to nail this, below's as good as I got;
On the positive I understand what's required to solve the problem and can investigate if I wish to continue down the outdoor, prime lens path….
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Not for the 40D I've got it's not, it's around 350-400 for a camera body that's well-aged. There's after market solutions out there (yongnuo RF-602) which don't cost too much. If I'm not shooting with such a low aperture, the focusing issue mitigates itself.
50mm requires a lot of space to shoot (my only prime) (as above)
24/35mm require glass investment +less space +either after market RF or another body.Both options require a tripod to carry about, which I have, but it also requires a greater time investment to get
the shot.If I use my other lenses and use the self-timer I can use basically anywhere and get acceptable results, but lack the bokeh.
The 1st question for me has to be, will I have time and daylight hours to be able to shoot SLR-based WAYWT (office work starts tomorrow).
It's an annoying problem that I can solve very easily by throwing cash at, but may end up solving a problem that I'll encounter a handful of times a year, that at the very least I know how to work around, including manual focus.
So this really does deserve to be a random rant and praise to those who can/do nail the bokeh outdoor shots :).
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Yup, it does, http://www.amazon.com/Yongnuo-Wireless-Trigger-Receiver-Shutter/dp/B0042TYNJ4 is what I had/have tagged currently if it's a problem I want to solve. So whilst it can be worked around after-market for a handful of dollars, is it a problem I'm going to hit enough to make it worth while fixing? (Canon official is ~$600 (http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_157735_-1))
I was/am surprised that the camera focuses at shutter depress as apposed to before taking the photo which just seems logical (to me) in a self-timer mode.
It's the first time I've hit the issue, will see how time & light goes, might be a moot issue until next summer anyhow. Either manual focus for the odd occasion, or keeping clear of the delicious delicious bokeh are 'free' fixes. Any money spent on a camera body that is 5 years old is hard to swallow, vs something I know is future proof for another 5 years, even if greater upfront cost….
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Sometimes in life, we get talked about behind our backs by people who should know better. Maybe if these people brought their issues to us, or chose to discuss them publicly, they would see how wrong they are?
Apologies for being cryptic, not something I want to go into, just feeling the need to rant and this looks like the place
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^ right place, right time buddy…so rant away!
snowy
it's actually pretty easy to do a waywt with a prime lens WITHOUT someone taking the shot or WITHOUT a remote to get the focus right! all I do is…-
turn the camera body sideways so that you don't have to step too far away just to have everything in the frame!
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"mark" the spot where you want to stand by focusing that spot using AF!
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turn camera body as far up so that the marked/focused spot is down at the bottom when looking through the camera (should be the spot where your
bootsBirkies gonna be!) -
switch lens to MF & set timer (10sec.)
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go to said marked point and wait till camera takes the pic(s)
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done
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Anyone experience stuff shipped ems from another country to the US? It was shipped on the 11th. All tracking says is accepted! In the 11th, now it's the 16th! It is supposed to take 4-6 days.. You would think there would be any other tracking update!? It's coming from Thailand
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After 5 years, my faithful old Samsung 50" TV just died (common fault), exactly when I didn't need a £500 bill
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I thought it was meant to be Spring ?
