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by FBM » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:56 am
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I have been noticing a blue cast on your pictures for a long while, FBM. Since long before you took the camera to bits. There is always a look about them like a TV where the red gun's playing up - the red areas look magenta. I put it down to you converting the pics to other formats, or messing around with them in photoshop or something, so I never mentioned it before.
No shit?
I gotta get to the bottom of this...
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:59 am
FBM wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I have been noticing a blue cast on your pictures for a long while, FBM. Since long before you took the camera to bits. There is always a look about them like a TV where the red gun's playing up - the red areas look magenta. I put it down to you converting the pics to other formats, or messing around with them in photoshop or something, so I never mentioned it before.
No shit?
I gotta get to the bottom of this...
Or maybe Korea just looks like that.
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by FBM » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:03 am
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:FBM wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I have been noticing a blue cast on your pictures for a long while, FBM. Since long before you took the camera to bits. There is always a look about them like a TV where the red gun's playing up - the red areas look magenta. I put it down to you converting the pics to other formats, or messing around with them in photoshop or something, so I never mentioned it before.
No shit?
I gotta get to the bottom of this...
Or maybe Korea just looks like that.
Well, on the Korean flag, the yin-yang symbol is red and blue instead of black and white. The red is on top (N. Korea) and blue is on bottom...
I just took a couple more test shots...hang on while I resize...And CJ, I'm checking on the White Balance...
Edit: Test...
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by Feck » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:08 am
Colour cast ? check the White balance settings on your camera ,If you are Pshopping your pictures and they look ok to you then maybe
your monitor needs adjusting ?
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by FBM » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:13 am
Checked the White Balance. It was set for bright and sunny day conditions. That would have been set thusly before the monsoon season.
Switched it to AUTO. I've got enough daylight left. Let's see what happens...
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by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:22 am
CJ wrote:Cwazy Cat Lady wrote:CJ, can you think of an entirely different crop that also 'works'? (for fun?)
I had a think about that and I cant really do any better than those already there.
How about a riding crop?
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by SnowLeopard » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:04 am
No a UV or skylight filter is compulsory to protect the front element of your expensive lens, not a waste of money at all.
Not compulsory.
I used to agree with you. Now I disagree and agree with the camp that I have insurance and why would you want to put a "cheap" bit of glass in front of my £1,100 lens, Kinda defeats the purpose of buying an expensive bit of lens.
I used to have UV filters on my 100-400 L and my 17-85. Long since gone to ebay.
In the begining there was nothing. Which then exploded.
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by FBM » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:08 am
SnowLeopard wrote:No a UV or skylight filter is compulsory to protect the front element of your expensive lens, not a waste of money at all.
Not compulsory.
I used to agree with you. Now I disagree and agree with the camp that I have insurance and why would you want to put a "cheap" bit of glass in front of my £1,100 lens, Kinda defeats the purpose of buying an expensive bit of lens.
I've read that opinion before and it's kinda hard to argue with. I'm going to do some testing (if it ever stops raining) with and without the UV filter and then zoom in and see if there's any difference at the pixel level.
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by CJ » Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:14 pm
SnowLeopard wrote:No a UV or skylight filter is compulsory to protect the front element of your expensive lens, not a waste of money at all.
Not compulsory.
I used to agree with you. Now I disagree and agree with the camp that I have insurance and why would you want to put a "cheap" bit of glass in front of my £1,100 lens, Kinda defeats the purpose of buying an expensive bit of lens.
I used to have UV filters on my 100-400 L and my 17-85. Long since gone to ebay.
Fair point. I might try some test shots.
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by BrettA » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:57 am
SnowLeopard wrote:No a UV or skylight filter is compulsory to protect the front element of your expensive lens, not a waste of money at all.
Not compulsory. < Cut >
And sometimes not even available - neither my 300 f/2.8 nor my 14-24 f/2.8 can even take a filter at the front element.
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by aznxscorpion517 » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:52 am
BrettA wrote:SnowLeopard wrote:No a UV or skylight filter is compulsory to protect the front element of your expensive lens, not a waste of money at all.
Not compulsory. < Cut >
And sometimes not even available - neither my 300 f/2.8 nor my 14-24 f/2.8 can even take a filter at the front element.
Why is that? That seems weird. Keep in mind that there are various filter sizes out there depending on the filter thread diameter of each lens you own.
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by aznxscorpion517 » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:54 am
This is great! A photography thread! I love photography. I have a lot of pictures, which I posted back at RD.net. Photography is not my profession but a very important hobby. I haven't had much opportunities for photos lately but I wouldn't mind answering questions either if help was needed.
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by FBM » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:04 am
aznxscorpion517 wrote:This is great! A photography thread! I love photography. I have a lot of pictures, which I posted back at RD.net. Photography is not my profession but a very important hobby. I haven't had much opportunities for photos lately but I wouldn't mind answering questions either if help was needed.
Great! I've got one question that been burning in my mind for quite some time: Why do most of my pictures suck ass?
(I know the answer, really. It's because I don't really know wtf I'm doing.
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Anyway, check out the Gallery and please contribute.
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by Clinton Huxley » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:14 am
I've recently got a DSLR and am hoping to absorb wisdom from this thread....
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by FBM » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:22 am
Clinton Huxley wrote:I've recently got a DSLR and am hoping to absorb wisdom from this thread....
Yeah, good luck with that.
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