Post by olroy2044 on Apr 26, 2013 12:40:43 GMT -5
Sorry it has taken so long to reply to Trul's question, but I will try.
This one was easy. Jack seemed mesmerized by the camera, and stood still as a statue. I think he was watching his reflection in the lens.
When they are moving around, I rely on old film techniques. I stop down, (usually to around f8) set the ISO to 400 or so, and shoot in aperture priority. This will generally give me a high enough shutter speed to help eliminate motion blur. I pick a spot where I can focus accurately, and wait for the animal to move to that spot (or distance) and rely on depth of field (and luck
) to do the rest.
Now that the learning curve with my DSLR is flattening a little, I find my old film habits coming to the fore again. Match the ISO (film speed) to the subject at hand, plan the shot, then execute. I rarely bracket, now that I am getting familiar with the quirks of individual lenses. My M42 adapter is chipped, so that helps with the focusing, but my K-mount is a simple unchipped ring. The Canon finder is bright enough that I usually can focus fairly well. I have a split image screen, but have not installed it yet. My hands are still a little shaky from medication, so that will have to wait!
Roy
How do you get those dog pictures, manual focusing and animals must be a hard combination?
This one was easy. Jack seemed mesmerized by the camera, and stood still as a statue. I think he was watching his reflection in the lens.
When they are moving around, I rely on old film techniques. I stop down, (usually to around f8) set the ISO to 400 or so, and shoot in aperture priority. This will generally give me a high enough shutter speed to help eliminate motion blur. I pick a spot where I can focus accurately, and wait for the animal to move to that spot (or distance) and rely on depth of field (and luck
) to do the rest.Now that the learning curve with my DSLR is flattening a little, I find my old film habits coming to the fore again. Match the ISO (film speed) to the subject at hand, plan the shot, then execute. I rarely bracket, now that I am getting familiar with the quirks of individual lenses. My M42 adapter is chipped, so that helps with the focusing, but my K-mount is a simple unchipped ring. The Canon finder is bright enough that I usually can focus fairly well. I have a split image screen, but have not installed it yet. My hands are still a little shaky from medication, so that will have to wait!
Roy
Here is the only decent picture of our dog.
