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This episode of PhotoGeek’s weekly audio podcast was recorded once again in the offices of Big Trousers.
We apologise for some of the comments in last weeks show but then do our best to undo that good intention.
Hosts include Phil Greenwood, Cameron Tandy, Jay Town and James Bellew. Special guest in the studio is Saxophonist Leo Dale.
Cameron has a go at Dj but all in good fun.
Sam Paul and his “work experience” day in the studio with 300 changes of lycra sports wear.
We talk about the worlds biggest lens, 5200mm cannon lens.
Hasselblad offer $8000 to exchange high end DSLR for Hasselblad HD32 purchase.
Nikons Brochure for their next camera, the D700 has been leaked onto the internet.
Tv-predictions, adult film studio use of Red One digital camera.
Dolby Digital 3D To revolutionize cinema.
Black magic card for HDMI input from HD cameras to work station computer as a way to capture uncompressed HD footage.
How to erase data from an iPhone using command line tools. Cameron talks about Mobile Me with 20 Gig of online stage from $119.
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Logitech’s flagship QuickCam vision exclusively for Mac.
Worlds biggest skyscaper and counterweight.
Opening and closing music by Velvedene. We close this week with “Fear your Gods”
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1 There is a function called exposure delay (Config menu d8). When set, when you press the release, the mirror goes up, there is a once second delay and then the shutter fires. i.e. an automatic “timed” Mirror Lock Up (MLU!). REQUEST> Would be great if you could set the time delay of this – or alternatively set a timed release option in the Mirror Lock Up (MLU!) function
2 the Mirror Lock Up (MLU!) function requires one release for mirror lift, a second for shutter release. When shooting a bracket, this sequence needs to be repeat for each shot in the bracket. REQUEST> Why not have it lift the mirror – and while the mirror remains up, take the bracket… A whole lot less fuss and vibration
3 With the Canons, when you use the timer delay, and you have set up bracketing, it takes ALL the shots. REQUEST> Why not an option for this on the D3…
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Yeah, yeah, probably useless to ask. But I FEEL better. And if any of these features ever appear then we can all feel we made a difference. he he.
Loved the show – don’t let listener wowsers put you off your game; keep it loose!
2 substantive comments
..could not resist noting that with a decent 35mm SLR / great lenses, I cannot really see why you need medium format – for landscapes. Stitching photos delivers pixel perfect results, so if you have taken care with exposures, parallax (if an issue) and all the rest of the basics, you really cannot see the difference… (I recognise this is not the case for live models etc..)
…on the “Hate Dynamic Rubbish” debate; I surely sympathise with the negativity on the unsubtle stuff appearing. As you all say, its novelty will date. I would however have countered that there are places where subtle use of HDR enables images otherwise impossible in high contrast environments. I have however changed my mind with the D3. I am able to pull lots of highlight and shadow detail out of the RAW files that in most cases delivers a better outcome than the Photomatix HDR route. So the “way of the future” may just be better sensors… (Not bracketing!)
cheers
Rod in Oz (Melbourne actually)