PeeDeeSomebody mentioned doubting the UN.
Didn’t realise it was a joke thread.
Militarily, not one country takes any notice of the UN.
PeeDee…..there is a longer lifeline still connecting to the main support struts when they clamber in.
PeeDeeGood link.
Everybody has an opinion of sharpening techniques.
Mine is: –
Contrast it initially, the 2nd thing I do after removing unwanteds.
At the end of the workflow, I add my sharpening layers. If a portrait or a girly, then I selectively sharpen things that people will look at. Nails, eyes / lashes, jewellery etc. I just use the basic sharpen edges tool for that whilst in megga zoom mode.
Then I add a complete layer copy, select Filter/other/high pass. This correctly removes any artefacts from the anti moire filter in front of the sensor. Select the layer properties to Hard Light or soft light or pin light (To suit….low pixel count will need soft light), then alter the opacity and fill to taste.
Then, I use USM, in several stages of about 20%. Maybe 3 or 4 hits, then step back one as soon as get sparkles. I find several hits with a low % works better than one big 80%er.
As the link states, contrast and levels is a form of sharpening, it’s all to do with how we see the border betwixt light n dark. It’s called acutance.
Curves, I don’t do curves that well, I seem to end up in Andy Warhol territory very quickly.
In the better softwares, one can sharpen within the colours. This is superb, as light focuses at different wavelengths/focal lengths (Hence the invention of the apochromatic lenses way back)
But GA needs a Bridge for the job! If he wants to get as deep into it as we are going, then he needs a DSLR!
PMN. When was the last time you bought a kit lens? I got the 450 from brand new, and the lens is actually the 2nd one as I swapped the camera within 2 days, there was an electronic fault! I have the pictures from lens 1 and lens 2, they are the same “Disapointing” results.
Good for Nikon using Thailand. Better skills of workers than China IMO, and a better economy to be supporting.
PeeDeePeeDee, a few weeks ago I had my freelander re mapped by a firm named Celtic engineering, form Cornwall.
I can’t beleive the difference it has made, BHP standard was 112 now somewhere 150, torque has also improved.Speed, well you wouldn’t believe it.
There are mixed thoughts re it shortens the life of the engine, know anything as to whether it’s true or not.Lincoln .7
On lesser cars it will shorten engine life for sure. OEM’s make their engines to perform within the best capabilities.
The BMW limitation of 155 is crudely based on the fact that Commercial tyres are limited to that. The V12 / V8 lumps will cope with it, unless one get valve bounce and other minor problems which become major at such speeds.
The performance increase will also twist the drive shafts of lesser cars. But I don’t imagine you want to do the fastest 0-60 from the traffic lights!
Or are you a Grey Racer!
PeeDeePeeDee, a few weeks ago I had my freelander re mapped by a firm named Celtic engineering, form Cornwall.
I can’t beleive the difference it has made, BHP standard was 112 now somewhere 150, torque has also improved.Speed, well you wouldn’t believe it.
There are mixed thoughts re it shortens the life of the engine, know anything as to whether it’s true or not.Lincoln .7
On lesser cars it will shorten engine life for sure. OEM’s make their engines to perform within the best capabilities.
The BMW limitation of 155 is crudely based on the fact that Commercial tyres are limited to that. The V12 / V8 lumps will cope with it, unless one get valve bounce and other minor problems which become major at such speeds.
The performance increase will also twist the drive shafts of lesser cars. But I don’t imagine you want to do the fastest 0-60 from the traffic lights!
Or are you a Grey Racer!
PeeDeeIs it dark and closed 24/7 in Penicuik?
Man, you watch a lot of films!
PeeDeeIs it dark and closed 24/7 in Penicuik?
Man, you watch a lot of films!
PeeDeeFar from Duller.
A B-52 on a scramble from Fairford, sends warm feelings down yer legs! Not just the E-flux! I get a twitch when I see that, it gives me Aeroplane Tourettes!
Any modern aerobatic team in purpose built prop jobs. (I prefer these to jets)
Any decent sized aerobatic jet team still worth watching.
Harrier….will and always will be in a special place of it’s own. OK, JSF will be doing similar, but it has no class…it came out of the same jellymould as every other modern fighter.
A380 whispering past at what seems an unfeasibly slow speed.
Anything with vectored thrust, doing hand-brake turns in the air.
Dull? Just different.
I’ve seen the wing-walkers of today shake hands, yes they are in a 5 point harness though. Damn, just not enough death these days!
PeeDeeYeah we’ve all had a thousand hours on photoshop. And there’s still a thousand things I don’t use on it. It’s the sequence of layer building I’m talking about, and how/when and why to lock layers yadda yadda yadda. I don’t do any sfx stuff, it’s not my bag.
With all the perigrinations around them, the following is the basic sequence: –
Crop / Clone / Clever stuff / Crisp / Commit to Cellulose!
“Rubbish”. I am comparing my top lenses (And L series I’ve borrowed) to it. Then it becomes rubbish. I have of course had some fantastic pictures from it, but I’ve had to crop the edges off, not just for composition but to get rid of poor lens artefacts at the edges! It’s a crap lens offered as the entry level all rounder. Probably made in China under licence hence the cheapness of the build.
I don’t have a website, and I only put 500 x 333 on the net anyway. My FlickR account is only used for informal jibba-jabba and does not show or prove my tastes or style in camerawork.
PeeDeeHyper? Koenigsegg
Everyday? BMW E38 L7. V12, 5.5 litres. Limited to 155 but we know one that broke 190mph at the Ring, having been re-mapped. 2.5 ton car at 190 in pure luxury. There’s one for sale for 19k but it’s only really worth 10k these days. Here: – Owner doesn’t even realise it the L7, not just a stretched.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201109380761230
Classic? Hispano Suiza K6
Here: –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hispano_Suiza_K6.jpg
PeeDeeHyper? Koenigsegg
Everyday? BMW E38 L7. V12, 5.5 litres. Limited to 155 but we know one that broke 190mph at the Ring, having been re-mapped. 2.5 ton car at 190 in pure luxury. There’s one for sale for 19k but it’s only really worth 10k these days. Here: – Owner doesn’t even realise it the L7, not just a stretched.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201109380761230
Classic? Hispano Suiza K6
Here: –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hispano_Suiza_K6.jpg
PeeDeeHi ALL, Thanks S.H for the P.M. and all who have missed me, Just to put you in the picture, Nov 15 last year, I had an anuarism in my main aorta, Addenbrooks fixed it, painfull but done Had then to go back recently to have a CT scan to see if the stent has shifted or was leaking blood, everything O.K. however, the CT scan revealed yet another anuarism, which the 1st CT scan missed. So Monday, back into Addenbrooks again, and a second stent put in. They go in through the groins, put a stent into the aorta, and then, as stitches are old hat, use super glue instead, honest, even I was surprised the 1st time Normaly, you are/can be in and out the same day, however, due to me being an old git:D I had to stay an extra day, and got let out early this morning, great to see I have so many friends on the forum. Even G.A. wished me well, got to go now, pass the tissues Ma!! L.O.L (Jim)
Lincoln. 7.
:diablo:“HI Honey I’M home”
Sheesh. This is healthcare on an industrial scale!
I heard they opened you up, and couldn’t find an ounce of work in you!
The Politician in the next bed had an ar5ehole transplant. The ar5ehole rejected him.
To finish on a true story told by Rick Wakeman. He was in hozzy waiting for an operation, there was a knock on his door. A nurse entered, with a bathing trolley. “Morning, time for your pre-op”. She proceeded to pull the sheets back, soaped him up, moved his tackle left/right/up/down whilst shaving all that area. She mopped up and asked “Any questions?”
“Yeah, why did you bother to knock on the door?”
Peedee
Finisham Hospital
Turnham Green
Oooooooooh Matron!
PeeDeeHi ALL, Thanks S.H for the P.M. and all who have missed me, Just to put you in the picture, Nov 15 last year, I had an anuarism in my main aorta, Addenbrooks fixed it, painfull but done Had then to go back recently to have a CT scan to see if the stent has shifted or was leaking blood, everything O.K. however, the CT scan revealed yet another anuarism, which the 1st CT scan missed. So Monday, back into Addenbrooks again, and a second stent put in. They go in through the groins, put a stent into the aorta, and then, as stitches are old hat, use super glue instead, honest, even I was surprised the 1st time Normaly, you are/can be in and out the same day, however, due to me being an old git:D I had to stay an extra day, and got let out early this morning, great to see I have so many friends on the forum. Even G.A. wished me well, got to go now, pass the tissues Ma!! L.O.L (Jim)
Lincoln. 7.
:diablo:“HI Honey I’M home”
Sheesh. This is healthcare on an industrial scale!
I heard they opened you up, and couldn’t find an ounce of work in you!
The Politician in the next bed had an ar5ehole transplant. The ar5ehole rejected him.
To finish on a true story told by Rick Wakeman. He was in hozzy waiting for an operation, there was a knock on his door. A nurse entered, with a bathing trolley. “Morning, time for your pre-op”. She proceeded to pull the sheets back, soaped him up, moved his tackle left/right/up/down whilst shaving all that area. She mopped up and asked “Any questions?”
“Yeah, why did you bother to knock on the door?”
Peedee
Finisham Hospital
Turnham Green
Oooooooooh Matron!
PeeDeePMN. yer preaching to the converted on the Technical merits.
I’ve been taking pictures 40+ years, I know all about the fundamentals of photography and sensor size etc. etc. etc. But lets not turn it into a peeing contest.
As I said, it’s horses for courses. The OP wants farmyard kit to look good. He doesn’t need to zoom in on the PC to count the orange peel effect in the final gloss finish of the paint.
As for my kit lens, it’s the Silver-lined 18-55. Plastic build, weighs about 3 grams. I think the internal glassware may be plastic.
I compare it to the USM IS 70-300 and the 28-200 non-IS USM. The latter is the sharpest, but not by much. When I’m in the mood for total manual and Lightmeter, I stick on my olde worlde Sigma 70-210 Apochromatic. That was from my Contax days, I got a non-electrical mount to fit Canon 450. That was / is an outstandingly sharp lens, all through the range.
All the above wup the a55 off the kit lens. However, as I said, the kit lens is perfect for a walkabout with the kids. I wouldn’t even consider it for a landscape or a portrait, or even a still life.
My workflow is just fine. The Camera is set to neutral all over except for 1/3rd stop under exposure for all my work. Photoshop CS5, which opens up the raw files. I went from CS2+Canon DPP. I occasionally use Lightroom but less now I have CS5. Genuine Fractals for upsizing the carp from my phone camera or rescuing a scan. My sequence of Photoshop workflow is as per the lectures I attended and the same can be found by the “Experts” on Youtube.
The Leica (Under licence) lens on my Panasonic Bridge is tremendously better than the dirty end of the Canon range Kit lens. The Panasonic is able to focus at 15mm from the glass too………..another reason I still use it.
Obviously, when I take the same shot with one of the decent Canon lens’s or the Sigma, they wup the Bridge.
So, to the OP.
DSLR plus a decent prime lens is going to be £600ish. Lets ignore 2nd hand for the example.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38, £175ish. With HD movie mode chucked in.
And, I am convinced that the Bridge will do the job in hand for the OP.
The Bridge(s) are also a one camera option. (Yeah yeah Jack of all trades master of none). No faffing about picking the correct lenses for the job in hand. My kit bag for a photoshoot is about 15kg, maybe more.
“Master of none”. But the OP, and most people taking pictures, do not need to be at the master level. 80% of the master is adequate for the needs of the OP.
PeeDeePMN
Technically, there as zero fault with your postings on the matter.
As I said, horses for courses. If the extra detail is not needed, then why buy it?
And, I would add that the lenses on a Bridge are sometimes significantly better than the stock kit sold with a DSLR. The stock Canon lens on my 450D is rubbish. Rubbish build and rubbish results. However it’s good enough for the family shots.
Like HiFi. I own a fantastic system, bought a while back when my ears worked and I had a room set up just for listening. Now, like most households with kids etc. it’s part of the room. I can no longer have my best armchair set at the perfect centre and the perfect height (Yes, I had it on blocks so my ears were level with the tweeters!). If I were to replace the system today, I wouldn’t get a turntable with a £400 nail on the end, I wouldn’t buy Creek or Naim amps etc.
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