Comments on: Nice Photography Blog http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog Adam Schabtach's Blog Thu, 17 May 2012 22:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Adam http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2167 Adam Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:58:41 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog#comment-2167 Robert: I'm not sure how much you'd gain trying to do HDR with a 4x5. I mean, isn't the dynamic range of film much greater than that of digital sensors already? Regarding the Omega: I wish I'd spent more time with it than I have, but I haven't had a lot of time for music lately. The quickie summary of my impressions so far is that it sounds gorgeous, it's fairly easy to get around in the user interface, and the manual completely, totally, absolutely sucks. I'd say it's sort of a "boutique" instrument in that the tonal palette of a fixed-architecture analog synth is necessarily narrower than that of a digital synth, but OTOH the sound quality is head and shoulders better than any "virtual analog" synth I've heard. Jeff: I haven't yet tried any HDR. I'm not sure whether my little point-and-shoot Canon can do the bracketed exposure. However, I just found out about a really cool firmware enhancement for Canon cameras (which will be the subject of another blog post) which can do it. I also found out that Photoshop CS2, which I have, has a utility for doing the image merging. So apparently I have the tools on hand; now I just need to find time to try them. (I spent the weekend doing home-handyman stuff and tinkering with an ARM7 protoboard.) I wouldn't think that it would work well under water. Chris tried it and came to the conclusion that his tripod wasn't stable enough for the task. This leads me to suspect that the shifting nature of underwater photography would be an even greater obstacle than a wobbly tripod. Robert: I’m not sure how much you’d gain trying to do HDR with a 4×5. I mean, isn’t the dynamic range of film much greater than that of digital sensors already?
Regarding the Omega: I wish I’d spent more time with it than I have, but I haven’t had a lot of time for music lately. The quickie summary of my impressions so far is that it sounds gorgeous, it’s fairly easy to get around in the user interface, and the manual completely, totally, absolutely sucks. I’d say it’s sort of a “boutique” instrument in that the tonal palette of a fixed-architecture analog synth is necessarily narrower than that of a digital synth, but OTOH the sound quality is head and shoulders better than any “virtual analog” synth I’ve heard.

Jeff: I haven’t yet tried any HDR. I’m not sure whether my little point-and-shoot Canon can do the bracketed exposure. However, I just found out about a really cool firmware enhancement for Canon cameras (which will be the subject of another blog post) which can do it. I also found out that Photoshop CS2, which I have, has a utility for doing the image merging. So apparently I have the tools on hand; now I just need to find time to try them. (I spent the weekend doing home-handyman stuff and tinkering with an ARM7 protoboard.)
I wouldn’t think that it would work well under water. Chris tried it and came to the conclusion that his tripod wasn’t stable enough for the task. This leads me to suspect that the shifting nature of underwater photography would be an even greater obstacle than a wobbly tripod.

]]> By: Jeff Laity http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2166 Jeff Laity Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:11:19 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog#comment-2166 Cool site, thanks for the tip. Have you done any shots like this? I do a lot of underwater photography, I wonder if this technique would work for that. It's hard to keep stationary underwater, let alone convince the fish to do the same. Cool site, thanks for the tip. Have you done any shots like this? I do a lot of underwater photography, I wonder if this technique would work for that. It’s hard to keep stationary underwater, let alone convince the fish to do the same.

]]> By: Robert http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2162 Robert Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:41:16 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2008/07/12/nice-photography-blog#comment-2162 Hey Adam, The HD tutorial was excellent, thank you for the link. I wish I had the time to do this with my 4x5. I know this is unrelated, but curious if you've had and quality time with your Omega 8. Any feedback, likes, dislikes, wish lists, sound quality ...... Thanks again. Robert Hey Adam,
The HD tutorial was excellent, thank you for the link. I wish I had the time to do this with my 4×5.
I know this is unrelated, but curious if you’ve had and quality time with your Omega 8. Any feedback, likes, dislikes, wish lists, sound quality ……
Thanks again.
Robert

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