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CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH TIFFEN 2X
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| HERE I AM GIVING A PRESENTATION AT A RETAIL STORE OF CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH THE HP 850 CAMERA AND TIFFEN ACCESSORY 2X TELEPHOTO LENS. THE PHOTO OF THE CHILD WAS TAKEN BY ZOOMING IN TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU DESIRE. THIS PHOTO IS AND EXAMPLE OF THE PRINT YOU GET ON THE HP PRINTER ON COMBO MODE. BELOW IS SINGLE VIEW. | ||||||||
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| HERE IS A LARGE SIZE VIEW OF PHOTO. THE HP PRINTER JUST DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF PRINTING THOSE SPECIAL PHOTOS YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND RELATION. OF COURSE IT ALL STARTS WITH A HP CAMERA! JIM BAUDO, JUNE 2003 | ||||||||
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| THIS PHOTO WAS SHOT ON HP 850 ACTION MODE. THIS SETTING I FIND WORKS GREAT OUT IN THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREE AND I WAS USING A ISO 200 AT 326.4 FOCAL LENGTH, THAT'S 8X OPTICAL. WITH THE TIFFEN 2 X LENS MAKING IT 16 X. IT WAS SO DARK IN THE SHADE OF THE TREES THAT THE F STOP WAS 3.1 AND THE SPEED TO GET THE CORRECT EXPOSURE DROPPED BACK TO 1/40 OF A SECOND. HP 850 ACTION CAMERA PRIORITY MODE USUALLY USES A SPEED OF 1/250 OR FASTER. THE 2X TIFFEN LENS COMBINED WITH THE 8X ZOOM GAVE ME A SHORT DEPTH OF FIELD, AS YOU CAN SEE THE TREE BRANCHES IN THE FOREGROUND ARE OUT OF FOCUS AS IS THE BACKGROUND. I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE MY OBJECT JUST EXACTLY AS I WANTED IT. I GOT SO MANY COMMENTS ON THIS PHOTO I JUST HAD TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. I GET GREAT PHOTOS LIKE THIS, EVEN WITH THE SLOW SHUTTER SPEED BECAUSE I USE A ACCESSORY CAMERA HANDLE AVAILABLE FROM TIFFEN. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN WITHOUT FLASH. I USE A CAMERA, FLASH BRACKET, WITH AND ADDITIONAL FLASH MOUNTED AND A FLASH SLAVE FOR THE TRIGGERING THE ACCESSORY FLASH ON A LOT OF MY OUTDOOR PHOTOS. READ MY REVIEW ON CAMERA ACCESSORY HANDLES HERE. MY REVIEW ON CAMERA ACCESSORY FLASHES AND SLAVE UNITS HERE. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS PHOTO. | ||||||||
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QUESTION?
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ANSWER:
I HAVE FOUND THAT THE TIFFEN 2 X WORKS GREAT ON UP TO 7 X OPTICAL.
USE A HIGH SHUTTER SPEED AND I THINK YOU WILL LIKE THE RESULTS,
EVEN ON HAND HELD SHOTS. USE ISO 200. IF
YOU CAN USE A TRIPOD THE ULTIMATE WAY TO GET THE SHARPEST PHOTO IS TO
USE A F STOP LIKE 10 OR 11 AND IT WILL SHARPEN YOUR PHOTO AND
GIVE YOU A GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD. THE SHUTTER SPEED IS VERY SLOW SO I
USE THE SELF TIMER TO TAKE THE SHOT, COMPLETELY ELIMINATING ANY
MOVEMENT.
IT TAKES SOME TIME AND PRACTICE. AS YOU TAKE MORE PHOTOS YOU WILL
PICK UP A KNACK FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO CAPTURE. WHERE YOU NEED TO FOCUS
TO GET THE EFFECT ETC.
I HAVE FOUND THAT I SOMETIMES GET BETTER PHOTOS IF I FOCUS AND WAIT
FOR THE INDICATOR TO TURN GREEN, YOU WILL THEN NOTICE THAT THE WHITE
BALANCE HAS ADJUSTED TO THE CURRENT VIEW, THEN FOCUS AGAIN AND I THING
YOU WILL LIKE THE RESULTS. JIM
7/12/03
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| REVISED COMMENTS 7/30/2003 I HAVE NOW TAKEN 4700 PHOTOS WITH THE HP 850. ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WITH THE TIFFEN 2 X LENS. I NOW FIND THAT BEYOND 5 TO 6 X OPTICAL ZOOM MY PHOTOS SEEM TO VARY IN RESULTS. I SEEM TO GET A LESS DESIRABLE PHOTO IF THE PHOTO HAS A LOT OF WHITE COLOR IN THE AREA I FOCUSED ON. OUTDOOR SHOTS SEEM TO VARY MORE THAN INDOOR SHOTS. I GUESS THAT MY SECRET HAS BEEN TO TAKE MULTIPLE SHOTS IF TIME ALLOWS AND FOCUS ON DIFFERENT AREAS AND EVEN USE DIFFERENT EXPOSURE COMPENSATION. JIM 7/30/2003 | ||||||||
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MOST ALL PHOTOS
WITH HP CAMERA, BY JIM BAUDO. CONTACT US WITH YOUR COMMENTS,
SUGGESTION, QUESTIONS, OR SEND US YOUR REVIEW. |
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