S6500fd owners - share your pixs here

[Clockunder]

some other pics up for my beijing trip......

金丝猴 at beijing zoo again.....sweet talking?

lazy panda....wasted my 5rmb to view a bunch of sleeping pandas......

c&c are greatly appreciated....thanks!
will post more photos soon......going to great wall and forbidden city next week....

The 2 pictures above are a bit soft because the shutter speeds were too slow.

For the 金丝猴 , the focal length was 42.6mm (which should be about 192mm field of view in 35mm format) but the shutter speed was at 1/30 @ISO 100. Normally for handheld shots, try to use a shutter speed faster than 1/focal length to avoid handshake blur (result may vary for different people). So in this case, should have used ISO 200 and get the shutter speed @1/60. (Looks like you have already used the largest aperture already).

For the lazy panda, I guess there is little you can do since it's already at ISO 1600 but the shutter speed is still only 1/4. So a tripod is needed and hope that the Panda doesn't move.

Are you on a long tour of China or you are stationed there now?

 

[Clockunder]

Thanks buddy! Will give these places a try.
I have compared the various cameras currently available in the market and S6500 meets my needs best. I hope I can still get it.

The latest range are rather disappointing - although Fujifilm added the much needed optical image stabilizer but they stop using the superCCD found in F30/F31/S6500, which is really Fujifilm's main competitive edge in this overcrowded market.

I think the replacement model for S6500fd and S9600 will still be using Super CCD.

What I want for the next Fujifilm prosumer camera is a longer lens (over 89mm) which gives 400mm field of view on a 1/1.7" Super CCD sensor), a faster 3 fps continous shooting mode and less jpeg noise reduction artifacts at higher ISOs.

But then, it's just a wishful thinking since a lens with 28-400mm field of view on 35mm format equivalent on 1/1.7" sensor is difficult and could be too costly.

 

[jiaklormee]

The 2 pictures above are a bit soft because the shutter speeds were too slow.

For the 金丝猴 , the focal length was 42.6mm (which should be about 192mm field of view in 35mm format) but the shutter speed was at 1/30 @ISO 100. Normally for handheld shots, try to use a shutter speed faster than 1/focal length to avoid handshake blur (result may vary for different people). So in this case, should have used ISO 200 and get the shutter speed @1/60. (Looks like you have already used the largest aperture already).

For the lazy panda, I guess there is little you can do since it's already at ISO 1600 but the shutter speed is still only 1/4. So a tripod is needed and hope that the Panda doesn't move.

Are you on a long tour of China or you are stationed there now?

Yup....stationed there till mid-dec.....thanks for the advice buddy! will take note!

 

[sall_lukas]

I think the replacement model for S6500fd and S9600 will still be using Super CCD.

What I want for the next Fujifilm prosumer camera is a longer lens (over 89mm) which gives 400mm field of view on a 1/1.7" Super CCD sensor), a faster 3 fps continous shooting mode and less jpeg noise reduction artifacts at higher ISOs.

But then, it's just a wishful thinking since a lens with 28-400mm field of view on 35mm format equivalent on 1/1.7" sensor is difficult and could be too costly.

I really hope Fujifilm will release successors to S6500fd and S9600 using the SuperCCD sensor - of course hoping they are not trying to squeeze too many mp into that sensor at the same time.

Actually doing 28-400mm field of view on 1/1.7" sensor is possible. You look at Panasonic FZ18, it's doing 28-504mm field of view and the sensor they use is 1/2.5", which is even smaller. Of course that Panasonic sensor is "legendary" for its poor PQ

 

[jiaklormee]

The 2 pictures above are a bit soft because the shutter speeds were too slow.

For the 金丝猴 , the focal length was 42.6mm (which should be about 192mm field of view in 35mm format) but the shutter speed was at 1/30 @ISO 100. Normally for handheld shots, try to use a shutter speed faster than 1/focal length to avoid handshake blur (result may vary for different people). So in this case, should have used ISO 200 and get the shutter speed @1/60. (Looks like you have already used the largest aperture already).

For the lazy panda, I guess there is little you can do since it's already at ISO 1600 but the shutter speed is still only 1/4. So a tripod is needed and hope that the Panda doesn't move.

Are you on a long tour of China or you are stationed there now?

another thing i noticed is that the glass panels at the zoo are hopelessly dirty.....it does affect the pictures, does it?

 

[liionel]

yeah it will! haha.

does anyone have any good noise removal programs to intro for 6500fd?

 

[vincecarlo]

Super Imports Night (sneak peek)

Hankook 'race' driver at the D BOX simulator

GT3 RS (check out the roll cage)

Subaru Impreza S-GT @ SONAX booth

Ford GT

Hummer

rest of pix here
http://forums.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=324805

 

[Yoh]

Two of the shots taken during the trip to SBG.

 

[liionel]

Two of the shots taken during the trip to SBG.

mm, flower macros. i like the colors, any pp work done?

 

[Yoh]

mm, flower macros. i like the colors, any pp work done?

Make little adjustment to the colours though the ones shown ain't much different from the original ones. :bsmilie:

Another two more shots:

 

[sall_lukas]

yeah it will! haha.

does anyone have any good noise removal programs to intro for 6500fd?

Neat image should work.

 

[vincecarlo]

Super Import Nights series

http://forums.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=325092

 

[jiaklormee]

first attempt at sunset shots......comments would be greatly appreciated!

sunset over summer palace....
image is noisy due to the ISO noise....somehow shot it at iso800:embrass:

 

[vincecarlo]

first attempt at sunset shots......comments would be greatly appreciated!

sunset over summer palace....
image is noisy due to the ISO noise....somehow shot it at iso800:embrass:

Nice, where is this?

Use a tripod to get lower shutter & ISO

If you had moved a little to the right so the sun and the tree are slightly apart, also I would have preferred the sun to be 1/3 fron the top of the frame; maybe the same shot taken 1 min later would have worked for me

 

[jiaklormee]

Nice, where is this?

Use a tripod to get lower shutter & ISO

If you had moved a little to the right so the sun and the tree are slightly apart, also I would have preferred the sun to be 1/3 fron the top of the frame; maybe the same shot taken 1 min later would have worked for me

it's the summer palace at beijing....

sad to say, time was not in my favour that time..... so i took only one shot....a hasty one...

 

[Clockunder]

first attempt at sunset shots......comments would be greatly appreciated!

sunset over summer palace....
image is noisy due to the ISO noise....somehow shot it at iso800:embrass:

Colour is nice.

Exposure looks good despite using ISO 800 which I thought the sun would be more or less blown out white even when the shutter speed is at max. 1/2000 and aperture completely stopped down. I guess it must be quite hazy in Beijing?

Composition wise, it's too heavily weighted on the left side as the tree and foreground silhouette touch the left edge of the frame. For better composition, try to avoid subjects getting cut off by the edge of the frame. Move left or right to move the relative positions of things within the frame for a more balance composition. Think yourself as a painter instead of a photographer and then compose (arrange) the elements in the scene before you. (A painter usually won't draw a tree cut off by the edge of the frame).

Getting a subject with interesting outline for silhouette in the foreground would make the picure more interesting. For e.g. a man/woman's (side/back) profile standing there looking towards the lake or sun would add interests to the picture.

A photographer usually needs to take time to look and move around to get a better composition and hence, get a nice stunning picture. He may even have to wait a while for the setting Sun to be in the wanted position within the frame.

Take your time and slowly.

Also make sure the horizon (indicated by water line) is almost perfectly horizontal.

 

[vincecarlo]

Think yourself as a painter instead of a photographer and then compose (arrange) the elements in the scene before you.

I like this statement

Many photographers these days lack composition, rely too much on PP (esp cropping). A picture shot right needs no PP (maybe just little sharpening)

 

[jiaklormee]

yeah its very hazy in beijing....especially during winters......

andthanks for the comments....especially useful for a newbie like me learning the ropes of photography....

will post up some more pics when i have the time....if you pros don't mind:embrass:...

 

[Clockunder]

Went Chek Jawa yesterday (24 Nov) since it's low tide between 4-7pm these few days.

Rented a bicycle at $8 from the Jetty area but should have taken the bus at $2x2 way = $4 instead because I only ended up riding the bicycle to and fro Chek Jawa and the journey had very steep up hill routes.

Anyway, only saw a few creatures and ended up taking mostly landscape pictures (which I seldom take as I mostly take pictures during events). Chek Jawa at very low tide is definitely more scenic than during higher tide.

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[Clockunder]

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