So last weekend I went to, you guessed it, Hoover Dam and The Grand Canyon. It was a pretty cool trip, albeit long. So I brought you guys a present, some pictures! Exciting isn’t it? Use them as wallpapers, stocks (non-commercial), and much more. I don’t really mind. Just give credit where it’s due. Also multi/big screen owners and big project lovers don’t fret. Their taken at 7mp (3264 x 2176) so you won’t be left out in the rain. I’m sure you’ll find one perfect for you. There is 100+ pictures in all its glory. imagine uploading 100+ pictures at 7mp. It took over a nice long 2 hour. So where can I get these picture extravaganza? Here of course!
Also I’ve taken the liberty to play with photoshop, and use my own stock. I know they aren’t that great. I sorta gave up after my computer started lagging like mad. Opening a 7mp picture on a 512 ram ( I know I should upgrade) and editing in photoshop is deadly. But here goes nothing.
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I know it’s a bit late, but I finally got around to uploading my pictures of the lunar eclipse. They aren’t the best by any means but hey, here’s what I did with my simple point and shoot camera with 5x zoom and 8.1 megapixels.
As you can see the pictures turned out very noisy (well, if you look at the full size), so I found this awesome free image noise reduction software (get Noiseware Community Edition). I’ve only ran one for comparison and, it seem to work well.
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There’s not much to say this week, so I’m going to keep it short and sweet. It’s time like this, that this Wordpress theme comes in handy. (This, that this, funny isn’t it. No? maybe its just me writting this at 11:35PM). I know this is old news, but it’s new to me. I some how missed the note that said that SBC DSL subscriber get a free flickr PRO account (9 actually, if you use sub accounts). So in case you haven’t taken advantage of it like me.
At first I was worried that switching will mean that I would have to make a new flickr account, which means losing all my pictures. Thankfully, flickr has a transfer account page (another feature I never knew). With a few simple clicks, I was done transferring. Perfect for the season. Unlimited uploading, here I come. (Yes I really took advantage of it by uploading 6 “6mb” picture. What’s it? It’s set as private for now)
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This is the one where Jon finds a new feature in an old camera.
A couple weeks ago, I was traveling at night and there was this amazing sky above me. I had to take a picture of it. Sadly, my new camera wasn’t there with me. I only had my ol’ Sony DSC-p7. Because it was dark, and there is no way the flash would help and it didn’t have shutter priority I thought that taking the shot was impossible. Boy was I wrong (about it not having shutter priority, the actual picture of the sky didn’t turn out very well).
After shuffling through the camera’s menus system I found a mode which I never used before. It was called “SCN” I have no idea what that stands for but in it, there is a “night mode” which you can manipulate to get a kind of “shutter priority”mode.
So how is this done? All I had to do was switch to this night mode; cover the lens with my hand or anything to trick the camera into thinking that the situation was dark. Then press the “shoot button” half way so that the camera sets its settings. Uncover the lens, and shoot away. The camera should be shooting in a slower shutter speed depending on how much you covered the lens.
In 5 easy bullet points
- switch to night mode.
- cover the lens.
- press the “shoot button” halfway.
- uncover the lens.
- shoot.
Good luck and have fun!
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About 5 years ago I met you my dear old friend. We had many fun and sad times these past few years. I feel that our time together is now over. I am sorry to say but after all those days where you couldn’t come through for me have finally pushed me to the end. I am sorry dear friend, but I must get my new camera…
Hmmm… Writing a message to an old camera… How nerdy can it be? Well now that is off my chest, its time to talk about my new best friend, I mean camera. The Samsung s850. Yes it is not as fanciful as a Sony or a Canon, but it is as strong as those big ol’ DSLR. Well not really but still, its feature is tough to beat for its price. Since we’re talking about price, I might as well mention that this 8.1MP beauty is only around $180? Or in my case only $159 at B&H photo. But they say mega pixels isn’t everything; I believe that is true. That’s why I chose this bad boy. Like those big ol’ DSLR this camera can do Shutter and Aperture priorities
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