What are your Photography Quirks or Habits?

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Am I the only one with a few strange habits? For example...

  • When editing in Lightroom I never have a value at 13 (+ or -)
  • I only like 'proper' ISO like 200, 400, 800 etc... None of this 320 or 640 stuff
  • Same with aperture, while I will use 2.2 or 3.2, I never use anything smaller than 3.2 other than 4, 5.6, 8 (like 6.3 or 4.5)
  • Never go slower than 1/60
Anyone else...
 
I started with a film camera which is what I think has made me like you in terms of aperture and ISO. I can't think off the top of my head of any others but I'm sure, when other people join in, there will be lots I agree with :lol:
 
cambsno said:
  • I only like 'proper' ISO like 200, 400, 800 etc... None of this 320 or 640 stuff
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I do that too - something about the intermediate ISOs just being exposure compensation ?

Never going slower than 1/60 is a bit odd though :thinking:

I'm a sucker for always extending my thickest tripods legs
 
dinners said:
I do that too - something about the intermediate ISOs just being exposure compensation ?

Never going slower than 1/60 is a bit odd though :thinking:

I'm a sucker for always extending my thickest tripods legs
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Thats what i heard about ISO too.

Tend to have people in my pics 95% of the time, hence shutter, any slower and i get subject blur.
 
cambsno said:
Thats what i heard about ISO too.

Tend to have people in my pics 95% of the time, hence shutter, any slower and i get subject blur.
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Fair enough - I'm birds 1/400 ish as a rule and landscapes with a tripod - shutter speed as long as I can go without food lol.

People tend to just be snaps for me but with shortish IS lenses with no great expectations so I'll go a bit slower than that
 
I have to correct the rotation of almost every picture I take because I cock my head very slightly to one side. My clarinet teacher used to tell me off for the same thing at school too, so I guess it's just one of those weird things...
 
cambsno said:
  • Same with aperture, while I will use 2.2 or 3.2, I never use anything smaller than 3.2 other than 4, 5.6, 8 (like 6.3 or 4.
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Isn't there lenses that have an aperture of f4.5 though? That's not 'made up' like the ISO.

I do only stick to normal ISO increments though, for the reasons mentioned.
 
CharlotteM said:
I have to correct the rotation of almost every picture I take because I cock my head very slightly to one side. My clarinet teacher used to tell me off for the same thing at school too, so I guess it's just one of those weird things...
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Nice to know it's not just me, I've tried almost everything to improve my technique.

Is it incurable Charlotte?

Darren

PS, love the stuff on your website.
 
CharlotteM said:
I have to correct the rotation of almost every picture I take because I cock my head very slightly to one side. My clarinet teacher used to tell me off for the same thing at school too, so I guess it's just one of those weird things...
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This happens with almost every photo I take...I even brought up the grid to try and align things, but it made things worse! How I managed that, I don't know! BUT I have also tried to make sure my head is not at an angle and just can't work out what I am doing wrong! :lol:
 
Daryl said:
I shoot with both eyes open.
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Yes, me too! I learnt to do that while shooting water polo. If you don't keep one eye on the action then you're liable to get hit by the ball!
 
I virtually always shoot AV , and I nearly always (unless inside) use the shade setting on the WB even in full sun - this goes back to Andy Rouse advising me that it was like using a warm up filter.
 
pchidell said:
As a video shooter, I do exactly the opposite. Apparently 160-multiple ISOs produce less noise (here)...
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Correct!! Certainly on Canon stuff this is the case. Less noise at 640 than at 400.
 
I always use full manual.
 
I hold my camera On The Huh, hence my avatar name. One of the reasons why I like plenty on MP's so I can straighten and crop.
 
I used to be really OCD about my long exposures they had to finish on a zero, so 30/40/50 etc I was cured of that when I got my 5D3 as it dosn't have second counter other than on the top LCD which at night would mean either a torch or touching the camera to illuminate the LCD neither of which I'm planning on doing :lol:
 
The 50mm lens on my RB67 lives at f22 and never changes for landscapes.
Another foible of mine is that as soon as I've finished using it for a few seconds, I turn my 5D off, it's become muscle memory and I keep trying to stop myself from doing it as 50% of the time I put the camera up to my face and realise it's turned off :(
 
Its an East Anglian saying from mainly Suffolk and Norfolk meaning not straight basically.

Cheers Heather, I like a laugh but I'm not P***ed (yet! ;))
 
You got me!
 
I usually do the ISO thing too. I also when shooting with a long lens after taking a shot I point the lens up them bring the camera down to avoid hitting people even if no one is there (used to using it in busy environments.)
 
I try not to use any other focus point other than the centre one, I also only like full ISO values, ive never taken a custom white balance reading, and I always take ALL of my kit out with me :)
 
I always have to put the lens cap on perfectly straight with the Nikon logo reading the right way up!
 
Everything I shoot always has the same shade preset white balance. I only ever change WB in PP if I'm shooting people indoors under artificial light (very rare).

I carry a tripod everywhere but rarely ever set it up.

I refuse to shoot in Shutter Priority mode. I view it as a tool of Satan. I refused to use a Konica SLR because it only had this mode.

When developing stuff, I will only use whole minute increments for B&W. I begrudgingly accept the need for a strict 3 minutes 15 seconds for C41 though.

I only use the extreme ends of zoom lenses and foot zoom, unless I'm restricted and I have to resort to actual zooming.
 
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Tunbridge said:
I always have to put the lens cap on perfectly straight with the Nikon logo reading the right way up!
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:plus1:

....and everything has to be in the right place in my bag, even if they are the same size! :rolleyes:
 
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