Recent content by amp88

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed them :)

You're welcome :) They were taken from the top of the Strathaven war memorial monument hill, looking out towards the sunset in the direction of Darvel. I think this Google maps link should be in the right direction. Here's a panorama from the same spot which was taken a short time before the...

I was hoping to shoot some post-sunset shots in the snow last night, but I ended up catching something a little bit different. I think this was a front of freezing fog moving in. I was really surprised at how quickly it came in. I also recorded a few short videos, but due to the light level...

I went along to my local fireworks and bonfire night at the weekend hoping to shoot some video. Unfortunately there was heavy wind and rain for the whole night, so I had to use my Rain Sleeve to try and protect the camera. I always find it a bit fiddly to use the controls when the sleeve is on...

Wow. I just had a quick play about with this last night but it seems incredibly powerful and worked wonders even with the default settings. Thanks :thumbs:

Hi, thanks for your suggestion. Sorry it's taken this long to reply. I had a go with the Photomerge option, but as you pointed out I don't think it's worth the time it would take to get a few hundred images together (I'd intended doing 240 images for 10 seconds of video at 24fps). Thanks...

Hi, all. Last weekend I took a series of images for a timelapse, but in my haste to get things set up and erect my tent I forgot to switch from AF to MF before starting my captures. This was, obviously, a very silly thing to do (hopefully I'll never do it again!). Due to this, a high number of...

This particular instance sounds like a perfect opportunity to rent an additional lens (or 2) for the trip. Although, obviously, you still need to consider whether it's physically worth carrying heavier glass for the trip you could probably rent a great lens for the 2 weeks for something in the...

A few more relevant sections from the full text (direct link to PDF) of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, with my emphasis: Note: I realise the OP specifically wasn't taking "detailed photographs" of houses or other buildings, but included this passage anyway for more information. It's...

Done. Good luck with the research :)

You might want to check out the documentary Visions of Light. Though it deals in colour as well as black & white, I'd still recommend it.

I'd also suggest that you use it a few times before you actually go to a rink so that you know how to quickly turn it on and off and to adjust the settings. That way you'll have more confidence when you're at the event and you'll be less likely to make a mistake. Congrats :thumbs:

If you're unsure which is the best level of exposure compensation to use you could try shooting a few test frames with AEB (auto exposure bracketing) enabled. That way you could get, for example, one frame 'correctly' exposed, one a half stop over-exposed and another a full stop over-exposed. Of...

Also try Scan and Aria. Most of them will offer similar prices, but occasionally you'll find one that's £5 or so cheaper.

I'd still recommend going for a SATA3 drive, even if your motherboard is SATA2. You won't be able to get the absolute top performance (particularly sequential) from it, but you'll still benefit from higher performance in random read/write (which is the main area where SSDs trounce HDDs) and...