[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;30898361]i guess that shouldn't be that surprising
[editline]4th July 2011[/editline]
i'm sure more would die if arthur's seat was in glasgow though[/QUOTE]
you know, when i was in edinburgh i was all "this sucks/is boring/everyones a dick" but when i got back to glasgow, and I walked out of Queen St, the scent of piss overwhelmed me and I was really happy how fucking amazing edinburgh is.
A word of advice from experience, guys:
Never ever ever ever ever ever ever [i]ever ever ever EVER[/i] try to clean your camera's innards by yourself. You will do more harm than good. After determining that the specks on my viewfinder were not on the lens I was using, I did some research online and tried cleaning the external bit of the viewfinder, the mirror, and the focus screen. I won't go into details, but in the end, the specks are still there, and while I don't think I damaged any part of my camera, there are now a few more very light/defocused specks (probably on the mirror?) I feel like a terrible idiot (like REALLY bad) and am now incredibly thankful that I didn't actually damage my beautiful piece of equipment that I cannot afford to replace at this point in time.
Moral of the story: If there's shit in your viewfinder, either have a professional clean it, or DEAL WITH IT.
I once blow dusted the mirror part when i changed lenses and some threads got in, works fine right now.
all I think I need to trigger 20 DSLR's at the same time
[img]http://s.hzy.im/0558.jpg[/img]
reminds me of this
[url]http://www.jasongroupp.com/blog/2011/05/guinness-world-recordmost-flashes-used-to-make-a-photograph/[/url]
[img]http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2011/05/worldrecord.jpg[/img]
They set off 300 flashes
[img]http://www.jasongroupp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_0288-950x633.jpg[/img]
Who needs one light when you can like 300
It's a softbox made of flashes.
My life goal now is to make a huge flash sun that can illuminate the dark side of the earth with a single flash.
I'll need a load of AA batteries though.
no man use the D cell ones
There seems to be quite a few speckles on there. I do plan on getting it cleaned when I get home. I can't wait to post what I've shot though.
[editline]6th July 2011[/editline]
I can't shoot at max aperture, that's for sure.
[QUOTE=Edthefirst;30932726]My life goal now is to make a huge flash sun that can illuminate the dark side of the earth with a single flash.
I'll need a load of AA batteries though.[/QUOTE]
I did a quick calculation.
To illuminate half the Earth to the same intensity as the sun, using an array of flashguns 1 meter off the ground, with a light pulse lasting 1/1000 seconds, it would require 360,365,868,000 Joules of energy.
That would equal completely discharging 71,064,064 average alkaline AA batteries, or 7,106,406,400 if you made this sort of realistic and got 1/100th of a discharge per battery so you'd get 100 shots from your flashgun.
more triggerlicious progress!
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhaslehurst/5908363699/][img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5315/5908363699_6593cfde25_z.jpg[/img][/url]
and my 'workbench'
[img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5115/5908362227_72f9ccddb9_z.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;30940058]I did a quick calculation.
To illuminate half the Earth to the same intensity as the sun, using an array of flashguns 1 meter off the ground, with a light pulse lasting 1/1000 seconds, it would require 360,365,868,000 Joules of energy.
That would equal completely discharging 71,064,064 average alkaline AA batteries, or 7,106,406,400 if you made this sort of realistic and got 1/100th of a discharge per battery so you'd get 100 shots from your flashgun.[/QUOTE]
Well I did some digging and found that the Nikon flashes all carry between 50 and 70 joules of charge in the capacitor. Assuming that a 1/1000th of a second is enough to discharge my flash on the brightest settings then the number of flashes lined up 1 meter of the ground would be 7,207,317,360. So almost the same number of batteries needed. Of course if I buy all those flashes I would also need batteries.
That means 7,207,317,360 times 5 batteries since each Sb-600 flash takes 5 batteries. Essentially that's 35 billion AA batteries.
I've been messing around with panoramic stitching, and it's been bothering me for a bit. Here is an example of the stuff i've done. Is it any good? And before you say anything, YES IT IS THE FACEPUNCH STUDIO'S OFFICE.
[QUOTE]
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13038989/garry/1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13038989/garry/2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I've been using [URL="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/"]Microsoft ICE[/URL] for stitching. Does anyone have a better program, or CC on how to get better results?
What were you doing there?
[QUOTE=Johnbooth;30942054]I've been messing around with panoramic stitching, and it's been bothering me for a bit. Here is an example of the stuff i've done. Is it any good? And before you say anything, YES IT IS THE FACEPUNCH STUDIO'S OFFICE.
I've been using [URL="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/"]Microsoft ICE[/URL] for stitching. Does anyone have a better program, or CC on how to get better results?[/QUOTE]
photoshop works well
[QUOTE=cueballv2themax;30942121]photoshop works well[/QUOTE]
What about anything free? Am I able to get good results with something like that?
How about hugin? i use that
[QUOTE=gaboer;30942876]How about hugin? i use that[/QUOTE]
I'll throw the pictures in that I made the previous stitches in and post results.
Do you have any suggestions on how to photograph them better?
[QUOTE=Edthefirst;30941872]Well I did some digging and found that the Nikon flashes all carry between 50 and 70 joules of charge in the capacitor. Assuming that a 1/1000th of a second is enough to discharge my flash on the brightest settings then the number of flashes lined up 1 meter of the ground would be 7,207,317,360. So almost the same number of batteries needed. Of course if I buy all those flashes I would also need batteries.
That means 7,207,317,360 times 5 batteries since each Sb-600 flash takes 5 batteries. Essentially that's 35 billion AA batteries.[/QUOTE]
BUT! Sb-600 flashes use only 4 batteries, unless you have an sb-800 which has the optional 5-battery power pack that wont work, but the sb-800 has a higher guide number meaning that we would need to redo the calculations!
stop
[editline]6th July 2011[/editline]
you guys are making my head hurt :(
is that for the iPhone 4?
[editline]7th July 2011[/editline]
my life is complete
[QUOTE=Johnbooth;30942054]I've been messing around with panoramic stitching, and it's been bothering me for a bit. Here is an example of the stuff i've done. Is it any good? And before you say anything, YES IT IS THE FACEPUNCH STUDIO'S OFFICE.
I've been using [URL="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/"]Microsoft ICE[/URL] for stitching. Does anyone have a better program, or CC on how to get better results?[/QUOTE]
It looks pretty good, actually.
[QUOTE=auli;30968469]It looks pretty good, actually.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Those pics were snapped with an iPhone 4, as I don't have a steady enough tripod for my D40.
[editline]7th July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=gaboer;30942876]How about hugin? i use that[/QUOTE]
I tried using it, but it's really confusing.
I went and finished off that roll I loaded in my Praktica today, hoping it actually turns out. I'm getting it developed at Wal-Mart now, and I ordered a disk, so it'll be a bit pricier of a waste if the film was crap.
[QUOTE=Johnbooth;30942576]What about anything free? Am I able to get good results with something like that?[/QUOTE]
autostitch works quite well
[url]http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/autostitch/autostitch.html[/url]
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;30970812]I went and finished off that roll I loaded in my Praktica today, hoping it actually turns out. I'm getting it developed at Wal-Mart now, and I ordered a disk, so it'll be a bit pricier of a waste if the film was crap.[/QUOTE]
Not really, the cd is their cheapest option. They don't even allow you to just get the negatives back.
[QUOTE=FalseLogic;30973258]Not really, the cd is their cheapest option. They don't even allow you to just get the negatives back.[/QUOTE]
whaaaaat
heading to Cape Canaveral tonight and hopefully shuttle will launch on schedule tomorrow.
I don't have time to rent any fancy super-zooms but ill see what kind of pictures i can bring you guys
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;30972258]autostitch works quite well
[URL]http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/autostitch/autostitch.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
I got virtually an identical output, just with a similar interface. I don't have time to give the app a go, but anyone else who could give it a go would be awesome.
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