Pictures from LX3

[kennmail]

any tampines bros keen to shoot fireworks tom night at marina bay?

 

[new1181]

new1181, what settings were those?

1st shot sure got tripod right? O.O

actually i am new to taking such photo. Just used the i-auto mode. The setting by the camera are i-Night Scenery, 6 sec, F5.0, ISO80.

No tripod was used. i just place the camera on the railing and take the picture. Great camera i must say

 

[jungle_sg]

ok thanks, i am not aware of that cos i work overseas

new year greetings n well wishes. Its been signed by ppl and den released into the river

check the below links for more answers.

Official Site -> http://www.marinabaycountdown.sg/sphere_signi.php

Youtube Vid from Mr Brown's Interview -> http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/12/marina-bay-singapore-countdown-2008-the-lord-of-the-wishing-spheres.html

Launching the Wishing Spheres into the river -> http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/12/marina-bay-singapore-countdown-2008-launching-the-wishing-spheres.html

 

[jungle_sg]

bro where did u take this shot? I dun think from marina barrage right cos LX3 zoom is not that powerful ;p

i went to the barrage but flyer was down. no light.. ahha..

should have bought LX3 earlier coz got free ride on the sg flyer itself earlier this mth and can use it to take marina's nite view... =(

 

[new1181]

bro where did u take this shot? I dun think from marina barrage right cos LX3 zoom is not that powerful ;p

yes, it is at the marina barrage

 

[jungle_sg]

ok thanks, must make a trip during the nite then, went that in the day time last time, just checked the shot i took in the daytime, it is from the marina

yes, it is at the marina barrage

 

[kwayh]

Some photoshoot from LX3.

Newbie here wif photo shooting. Hope some experts can impart more photography skills. :bsmilie:

hi k3vvie,

how do you get this effect? i been trying to select my forcus at corner but somehow it still forcus at the center of pic.

 

[savager]

yup, same aperture mode all the way.... same as with my dslr... Don't usually bother with all the scene modes...

but sometimes when in super rush, i switch on Intelligent scene mode, which surprisingly churns out pretty good results. Especially useful when u ask someone take photo for u, and then they dunno how to focus and just press the shutter hard once. its pretty smart, was testing just now, correctly detects macro mode, night landscape, night portrait, landscapes mode etc.

another thing i set the function button to go to white balance, coz it is something else i quite often change, especially if im indoors.

scene mode can be better than manual sometimes, reason being they compiled settings for all sorts (e.g night portrait shots), then develop stats to see what's the best under such conditions.. that's why manual isn't always better than auto..haha.

hmm, seems like i'm on the right track with the rest of u guys here. at first when i was still fiddling around with the camera, i shot at f2.8, and wonder why are the indoor shots almost similar to my previous PNS.. in fact only the f2.0 makes all the difference (oh yes, iso noise is pretty good also!　 )

one question here - since this is my first time playing with RAWs, i finally can get to play with making HDRs. is it compulsory to use a tripod ( of cos auto bracketing )to take the shots? or just 90+% similar shots will produce the same results?

u switch the white balance regularly? that means u always bring a white card along izit? to me i think it's okay, since it still can be changed in PS.

 

[savager]

actually i am new to taking such photo. Just used the i-auto mode. The setting by the camera are i-Night Scenery, 6 sec, F5.0, ISO80.

No tripod was used. i just place the camera on the railing and take the picture. Great camera i must say

yeah yeah, must put somewhere, confirm not handheld ma :bsmilie:

 

[k3vvie]

hi k3vvie,

how do you get this effect? i been trying to select my forcus at corner but somehow it still forcus at the center of pic.

i use manual focus....

 

[kennmail]

hi k3vvie,

how do you get this effect? i been trying to select my forcus at corner but somehow it still forcus at the center of pic.

hw did he get the reverse bokeh? Issit the focusing pt or mode tt makes e difference? ;p

 

[k3vvie]

hw did he get the reverse bokeh? Issit the focusing pt or mode tt makes e difference? ;p

same angle... manual focus... :sweatsm:

anyways if u do a focus on the object to make it clear... the behind will be blurred.

if your lens is pointing on the object but u increase the focus to infinity, the behind will be clear n object near will be blurred.

at least that's wad i did to get the above pics. oh forgot the mention. the camera case is placed quite near my lens also.

and of coz u must set your f-stop to f2.0, or the lower the number the better. try playing wif the focus. u can get alot of nice effects n pics out of it.

 

[kennmail]

same angle... manual focus... :sweatsm:

anyways if u do a focus on the object to make it clear... the behind will be blurred.

if your lens is pointing on the object but u increase the focus to infinity, the behind will be clear n object near will be blurred.

at least that's wad i did to get the above pics. oh forgot the mention. the camera case is placed quite near my lens also.

and of coz u must set your f-stop to f2.0, or the lower the number the better. try playing wif the focus. u can get alot of nice effects n pics out of it.

thanks alot

 

[k3vvie]

thanks alot

oh y a.. bad thing abt LX3 is that u cannot do a real bokeh wif a far object. try google it and u know y...

if anyone knows how, pls tell me. thanks

 

[kennmail]

oh y a.. bad thing abt LX3 is that u cannot do a real bokeh wif a far object. try google it and u know y...

if anyone knows how, pls tell me. thanks

I tried in the middle of the night at 4plus doing the bokeh and reverse bokeh w manual focusing theory u taught me...previously w autofocus..this cant b achieved unless i do super close up macro mode. If u talking far away bokehs , I doubt LX3 can do it cos it doesnt have far zoom lens like DSLRs or some megazooms thus our distance is v limited :think:

 

[kennmail]

some pictures of a engaged couple to share during xmas, do forgive if I fare badly

 

[J-Chan]

just posted a new thread from my trip to Vietnam..

Vietnam through my LX3

 

[savager]

kennail - did u use face-det? first pic guy's face like not v clear..and looks like iso800?

 

[k3vvie]

I tried in the middle of the night at 4plus doing the bokeh and reverse bokeh w manual focusing theory u taught me...previously w autofocus..this cant b achieved unless i do super close up macro mode. If u talking far away bokehs , I doubt LX3 can do it cos it doesnt have far zoom lens like DSLRs or some megazooms thus our distance is v limited :think:

yup.. can't be done coz of the limited zoom.

 

[Niveus]

Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/100 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire