New Camera - Tractor Shot
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Re: New Camera - Truck Shot
My poor truck is forced to sit outside since we bought the tractor. There is actually a lesson in this photo...
Several years ago we added a den on to our house (to the left in the next photo). Did all the work ourselves including the excavating. Rented a Bobcat with backhoe attachment. All went just fine until I decided to haul away some of the spoils. I used the Bobcat to load my truck. Imagine the scenerio... bucket full of earth, ever-so-slight grade down to my truck, slowing as I eased up to dump. Just the right combination to tip that machine right into the side of my truck /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif It crushed the entire bed side and the tailgate like it wasn't even there. After I got through swearing and banging my head against every wall I could find, I used the Bobcat to push the bed side back into place. Also got the tailgate to work, though it looks pretty crummy. Maybe one year I'll fix it, in the meantime it's a great work truck /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
My poor truck is forced to sit outside since we bought the tractor. There is actually a lesson in this photo...
Several years ago we added a den on to our house (to the left in the next photo). Did all the work ourselves including the excavating. Rented a Bobcat with backhoe attachment. All went just fine until I decided to haul away some of the spoils. I used the Bobcat to load my truck. Imagine the scenerio... bucket full of earth, ever-so-slight grade down to my truck, slowing as I eased up to dump. Just the right combination to tip that machine right into the side of my truck /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif It crushed the entire bed side and the tailgate like it wasn't even there. After I got through swearing and banging my head against every wall I could find, I used the Bobcat to push the bed side back into place. Also got the tailgate to work, though it looks pretty crummy. Maybe one year I'll fix it, in the meantime it's a great work truck /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
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RobS
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Re: New Camera - House Shot
Here's our current house and yes, that's snow. Not much, but it is pretty. If anyone is interested in living in the lake effect snow region of Northern Indiana, this house will be for sale sometime this spring/summer when we move to our rural home/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Here's our current house and yes, that's snow. Not much, but it is pretty. If anyone is interested in living in the lake effect snow region of Northern Indiana, this house will be for sale sometime this spring/summer when we move to our rural home/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
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Rob,
I as look out the window by your Craftmans tool chest /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif looks like you have more snow than I.
Looks like you got a good setup for storing also working on your JD and attachments.
I as look out the window by your Craftmans tool chest /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif looks like you have more snow than I.
Looks like you got a good setup for storing also working on your JD and attachments.
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RobS
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Re: New Camera - Close Up of Tiltmeter
OK, last of my "test" shots. I wanted to see what the zoom does so here's a close up of my tiltmeter mounted to the hood of my tractor. I'm not thrilled with this mount but the FEL grill guard vibrated too much.
We need either more snow or no snow. Not much to keep the tractor busy with this little bit /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
OK, last of my "test" shots. I wanted to see what the zoom does so here's a close up of my tiltmeter mounted to the hood of my tractor. I'm not thrilled with this mount but the FEL grill guard vibrated too much.
We need either more snow or no snow. Not much to keep the tractor busy with this little bit /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
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Rob
That looks like one of my first pictures with a digital camera. Took it with the door open. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif Which gave me a very dark tractor. I usually complain about the ones with <font color=green>JD</font color=green> tractors in them, that there is too much <font color=green>green</font color=green>. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif But with yours there's too much black. But with the digital camera you can go out and take another picture and repost it. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif I take as many as 10 different pictures before I find the one that looks good. This is the one feature I like best about digital cameras. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
That looks like one of my first pictures with a digital camera. Took it with the door open. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif Which gave me a very dark tractor. I usually complain about the ones with <font color=green>JD</font color=green> tractors in them, that there is too much <font color=green>green</font color=green>. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif But with yours there's too much black. But with the digital camera you can go out and take another picture and repost it. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif I take as many as 10 different pictures before I find the one that looks good. This is the one feature I like best about digital cameras. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
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<font color=blue>...I take as many as 10 different pictures before I find the one that looks good. This is the one feature I like best about digital cameras...</font color=blue>
Consider it an unlimited supply of Free film and developing for the life of the camera... /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Also try using "just" the optical zoom on the your camera first Rob... if you notice using the digital zoom... shows all those "jaggedness" on the curved/diagonal items, like hoses, etc.
Consider it an unlimited supply of Free film and developing for the life of the camera... /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Also try using "just" the optical zoom on the your camera first Rob... if you notice using the digital zoom... shows all those "jaggedness" on the curved/diagonal items, like hoses, etc.
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<font color=blue>Which gave me a very dark tractor.</font color=blue>
My camera has a spot metering option which I use almost all the time. This allows me to focus on the primary subject of the photo and take the light readings from that. The alternative, which is usually the default, is the camera will use the entire scene being photographed for setting the speed and the f stop. When there's a bright light source, e.g., a back lit subject, this can result in dark pictures.
My camera has a spot metering option which I use almost all the time. This allows me to focus on the primary subject of the photo and take the light readings from that. The alternative, which is usually the default, is the camera will use the entire scene being photographed for setting the speed and the f stop. When there's a bright light source, e.g., a back lit subject, this can result in dark pictures.
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Thanks for the tips guys, I'm still getting used to this camera. It does have spot metering, but I'm not sure yet where it "looks". Also have found the flash to be useless beyond about 8 feet.
It is fun to take the pictures and delete the bad ones though /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
It is fun to take the pictures and delete the bad ones though /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
MikePA
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<font color=blue>I'm not sure yet where it "looks".</font color=blue>
There should be two brackets { } in the center of the viewfinder/LCD. Whatever is between the 2 brackets is where the camera looks to compute f stop and shutter speed when in spot metering mode. When not in spot metering mode, the camera use an average of everything in the viewfinder/LCD. Using an overall average when there's a very bright, or very dark, spot is what causes a problem.
There should be two brackets { } in the center of the viewfinder/LCD. Whatever is between the 2 brackets is where the camera looks to compute f stop and shutter speed when in spot metering mode. When not in spot metering mode, the camera use an average of everything in the viewfinder/LCD. Using an overall average when there's a very bright, or very dark, spot is what causes a problem.
