Pictures from LX3 for technical discussion - part II

[spEechLeZ]

Queen's tower from Imperial College, vibrant setting. A mode, F3.5 (max zoom), 1/30 shutter, auto ISO 125. No other pp. Camera pushed against right ledge of open window.

Queen's tower again. Slight contrast adjustment. A mode, F2.0, 1/25 shutter, auto ISO 200.

Dynamic B&W, no pp. A mode, F/3.2, 1/6 shutter, auto ISO 200.

I think its again amazing how the LX3 can achieve such hand-holdable shutter speeds given poor (dusk) lighting.

 

[spEechLeZ]

Royal Albert Hall, London. No pp. A mode, f/2.5 coz of zoom, shutter 1/3.2, ISO 200. -1 EV. Did the -EV make the shot better? Shot handheld with camera pressed against left ledge of an open window.

Shot this at -1 EV, otherwise couldn't shoot handheld, so post processed to up the brightness of shadows. A mode, f/2.0, shutter 1/8, ISO 400.

Royal Albert Hall, London. No pp. A mode, F/2.6 coz of zoom, shutter 1/3.2, ISO 200, no EV compensation.
Wonder why the sky blue changed so much between the different shots though, white balance issue? Comments welcome

 

[John Teoh]

nice shots... how to get there?

Check this post

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4930783&postcount=17

 

[xtemujin]

Batam Indonesia with LX3.

Finger maths race for the whole of Batam in the year 2009.

Bandoeng Resto, Kampong Sunda. A restaurant that serves Sundanese food.

Baju kebayas at DC Mall.

 

[Cyriss]

My plants pearling for the first time!
Really like the manual focus of the camera!

 

[Clown]

hi all, please refrain from posting snaps and non-technical images.

 

[LatinLatio]

hi all, please refrain from posting snaps and non-technical images.

U mean we cannot post pix unless we put the setting of the pix?
When has tis site start to stop ppl from posting snap shot?
Sorry think ppl post snap shot cos to gain & learn from comment from more expert here as most of us r newbie .

 

[SpNik]

Nice one bro...I'm having problems with my macro shots....most of the time no focused, any tips?

Remember to switch to Macro AF and erm maybe u can try spot metering instead of center weight. not sure if it works for you. I used 1-area focusing+center weight and i should in aperture mode.

 

[Clown]

U mean we cannot post pix unless we put the setting of the pix?
When has tis site start to stop ppl from posting snap shot?
Sorry think ppl post snap shot cos to gain & learn from comment from more expert here as most of us r newbie .

that can be achieved fully with our range of photo galleries provided for that purpose.

 

[roygoh]

Taken in Dongguan China from my hotel room through a double pane glass window. The sun was rising on the right side of the frame.

Important technical information about this shot:

Aperture priority mode - f/5.0
Manual focus set to infinity
Spot metering - metered around the hill top in the background just above the tall building with pointed roofs, used LCD as guide to make sure the hills in the background are not washed out.
Used black jacket I have to block the glass window from showing reflections from inside the room.
No further post processing except resizing.

Here are a numbr of 100% crops from the picture above:

 

[roygoh]

Here's another shot using the same setting as mt previous post, but metered slightly lower into the hills to bring out more of the buildings:

Another one taken a bit earlier:

For this shot I metered the sun, and then pulled the levels slightly in photoshop to bring out the buildings in teh foreground.

 

[alvinpaul]

Just want to share some of my wife's pictures using LX3

#1 Along East Coast Road, Singapore

#2 Esplanade Outdoor Theater

#3 Esplanade: View From Above

 

[spEechLeZ]

Taken in Dongguan China from my hotel room through a double pane glass window. The sun was rising on the right side of the frame.
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Aperture priority mode - f/5.0
Manual focus set to infinity
Spot metering - metered around the hill top in the background just above the tall building with pointed roofs, used LCD as guide to make sure the hills in the background are not washed out.
Used black jacket I have to block the glass window from showing reflections from inside the room.
No further post processing except resizing.
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I like the first one more! Metering the hills/sky area makes the hills more dramatic and does bring out more detail in the nice orange sky I think Good idea with the jacket! Will try that next time I'm in a building. Did you press the camera all the way against the window? Or I guess since u MF to infinity there wasn't a need to?

 

[spEechLeZ]

Just want to share some of my wife's pictures using LX3
#1 Along East Coast Road, Singapore
#2 Esplanade Outdoor Theater
#3 Esplanade: View From Above

Great shots! Is the vignetting done during post processing?

 

[alvinpaul]

Thanks! The vignetting was done in Lightroom

 

[gibberi3h]

Taken in Dongguan China from my hotel room through a double pane glass window. The sun was rising on the right side of the frame.

Did you mount a lens protector if you pushed the lens all the way against the window?

 

[roygoh]

I like the first one more! Metering the hills/sky area makes the hills more dramatic and does bring out more detail in the nice orange sky I think Good idea with the jacket! Will try that next time I'm in a building. Did you press the camera all the way against the window? Or I guess since u MF to infinity there wasn't a need to?

Did you mount a lens protector if you pushed the lens all the way against the window?

Thanks!

For the jacket, I wore it like a hood, so there is almost no reflection on the window.

With the help of the jacket, I did not have to press the camera lens right against the window glass...but I still try to keep it as close as possible without the lens or the LC-1 lens cap petals touching the glass.

 

[alvinpaul]

Last shot of the day:

 

[andrewtansj]

for larger image click here

 

[sebastiansong]

The colors on the LX3 coupled with good lighting is great.
Though it is a compact it is a wonderful device for shooting street and candids.
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