FZriends Thread (FZ18 & FZ28 users and ex-users group - part II)
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coolzephyr
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Hi Chikubang, (and everyone else! it's been looong since i posted something, but i never stopped viewing and following the forum)
Regarding those photos you took with the FZ18, did you use any external lens?
As much as i like taking photos with my FZ18, i still find the pictures noisy even when I use the right ISO and shutter speed. I see this problem surfacing even more when I take photos indoors..
what shld i do? will it help if i buy lenses like the telecon and wide angle?
Regarding those photos you took with the FZ18, did you use any external lens?
As much as i like taking photos with my FZ18, i still find the pictures noisy even when I use the right ISO and shutter speed. I see this problem surfacing even more when I take photos indoors..
what shld i do? will it help if i buy lenses like the telecon and wide angle?
The reason for noisy pics is because of the small sensor fz18 is using.
For daylight photography, fz18 can do the job pretty well. But it kinda sucks during night because as in increase ur iso, ur pics will turn out to be extremely noisy.
One downfall of fz18 is that it has no hotshoe to attach external flash.
I didnt attach any external lens for the pics I have taken. I pp the photos though.
Because the lens size for fz18 is like 49mm, I bought an adapter to increase the size to 67mm. So that i can play abit with tianya filters.
But if u opt for noiseless pics, fz18 will disappoint you.
For daylight photography, fz18 can do the job pretty well. But it kinda sucks during night because as in increase ur iso, ur pics will turn out to be extremely noisy.
One downfall of fz18 is that it has no hotshoe to attach external flash.
I didnt attach any external lens for the pics I have taken. I pp the photos though.
Because the lens size for fz18 is like 49mm, I bought an adapter to increase the size to 67mm. So that i can play abit with tianya filters.
But if u opt for noiseless pics, fz18 will disappoint you.
coolzephyr
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hmm, what do tianya filters do?
skyguy
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tianya filter i think is the square shape type of filter... usually for gradient effect i think...
as for the picture quality, filter doesn't improve the quality, it just add in effect...
i do notice the noise by FZ18 too, but i live with it...outdoor shot should not be a problem... the problem come when we are indoor, be it day or night... to solve this, one is to use flash, which i hate to use... the other is to use longer shutter speed... long shutter speed does help to lower the noise as i was experimenting it... but the problem is, when we take photo of human, they won't stop there long enough for us to take the photo and our hand would not be able to hold so long to stablize it.
so if u wanna have better pic quality, filter will not help, photoshop it~!
coolzephyr
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haha thank you skyguy. you have answered every single question that's hovering around my head =p :bsmilie:
i agree with you. most indoor shots i take are either pics of people or my dog, but they just won't freeze.. so yup..i guess i'll have to use the flash.. just that i really don't like the flash too esp on my dog! totally changes his fur colour and its not good for his eyes. but like what you said, outdoor shots are great =p
If his fur color changes, that means you're not white balancing properly during the shot =P!
And you should flash outdoors too actually
Flash is an awesome tool once you learn how to use it ^^.
wow stunning shot of the church! Somehow I gave up on HDRs, they never reach this quality =( The flare coming in on the left is very effective.
Anyway, you might want to try this again, its a really good shot worth redoing.
1) take a few more exposures using manual instead of AEB, the light coming thru the windows seems a little too burned out, maybe have some nice blue skies coming in?
2) might wanna put it dead center, there appears to be more of the right side of the church than the left. Theres also a very slight tilt.
Otherwise, you have a pic that you should print and hang on the wall. =)
Anyway, you might want to try this again, its a really good shot worth redoing.
1) take a few more exposures using manual instead of AEB, the light coming thru the windows seems a little too burned out, maybe have some nice blue skies coming in?
2) might wanna put it dead center
, there appears to be more of the right side of the church than the left. Theres also a very slight tilt.Otherwise, you have a pic that you should print and hang on the wall. =)
navlem
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Yeah I know its tilted, was placed on a parapet though, i didn't have a tripod that day..
The parapet seemed straight too -_-"
wow stunning shot of the church! Somehow I gave up on HDRs, they never reach this quality =( The flare coming in on the left is very effective.
Anyway, you might want to try this again, its a really good shot worth redoing.
1) take a few more exposures using manual instead of AEB, the light coming thru the windows seems a little too burned out, maybe have some nice blue skies coming in?
2) might wanna put it dead center
Otherwise, you have a pic that you should print and hang on the wall. =)
Thanks for the comments. I redid it a little. Straightened and recropped. I played with the tone mapping again and was able to squeeze a bit more details out.
Is this better?
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