I forgot to mention the a2000is is effectively a step back- manual modes removed, reshaped case that's harder to hold well... sad.
going to be out of touch for a while longer
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goodgotd
Memberwell, oughta at least show i'm still sucking wind- just got my a720is back from canon, and the problem I wanted fixed- they missed. (custom white balance quit working) I'll wait a while and send it back in, but for now, here's a few of the test photos I've taken. Might as well find any other weaknesses before going through that again.
all tiny wildflowers, 3/16" or smaller, so no way to ID 'em.
a tiny purple flower that pops up after lawns have been mowed.
another purple/blue that pops up at random.
a tiny orange blossom, tends to like semi-shaded and damp areas around the edge of gardens.
this is a pic-in-pic to show the scale on these little devils. they like it *hot* and dry, some kind of burr- they die off overnight and open new blooms about 11am-1pm the next day.
Posted 15 years ago # -
goodgotd
Memberwell, there's only 2 official accessory lenses for this camera, plus the adapter tube- .7x wide and 1.4x tele. The CHDK software is harder to keep track of the options on if you use more than the basics.... but it's worth it! I do need to cobble up a ring light for macros in low light.
aftermarket the tube is aluminum, rather than plastic, and there's a filter kit that often goes into the package deal- neutral density, polarizer, etc. still usually the same 2 lenses, as the camera's firmware has those 2 programmed in for focus profiles.
Office Depot (out here, anyway) has the Powershot SX110is on sale today and tomorrow for 219 clams.
10x optical zoom rather than 6x, the same 10mm macro, no accessory attachment ring around the lens. (although it's at least 50% larger diameter. gotta gather lots more light) 9mp up from 8, image stabilized lens, still runs on a pair of AA batteries.
Trades the optical viewfinder for a 3" LCD with double the pixels, and CHDK already has it in beta support.
a refurb A720is runs about the same, usually with an 8 gig card. add a bit, get a 3 year warranty. both amazing do-most-everything cameras, as long as you don't need fast flash cycle times.
Posted 15 years ago # -
goodgotd
MemberI'm working on getting some mobility aids to let me get around a lot better, but here are some photos I've managed to get while out on doctor's appointments, etc.
a dual level bank of bushes at a bank
this sure looks like a frosted variety of mint
a grass framed spiky orange blossom
a counter-rotating lawn sprinkler
an oblique shot of a spiderweb
enjoy- there are a few more in the album, but how to get there, I dunno.
Posted 15 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruHi Goody, nice to see you around. Love the spider images. I hope you don't mind - I've used one of them to brighten up my desktop :)
Keep the images coming.
I really could do with resurrecting my photo hobby. I used to spend a lot of time planning my images. I'd only just converted to digital a year before my accident and was just starting to get used to photoshops when the accident occured. I was doing touch up's and slide repair work for friends as well as building up a catalogue of cloud and various texture pictures to use a stock for touching up photos. Then the accident knocked me off doing such things and now I can barely use photoshops - forgotten virtually all that I'd learnt. :(
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Hi, goody, thanks for the pics. I too have stolen the wet spider. That photo is great.
It's good that you still have the ability to take pictures. You know I loved this hobby too, but mostly my hands are too shaky to take clear shots, then even photoshop can't do very much - LOL
Take care and more pics !
grayPosted 15 years ago # -
goodgotd
Memberloxalot, that in a nutshell is why I only look at real stabilized cameras- and the smallish light ones like the powershots. (no sense drooling for thousand-dollar ones that wouldn't get carried- or busted up.)
I wobble all over the place and with decent light still get pretty clean images- even at 1/10 second exposure times, really.
granted those spider shots *were* faster than that, but the dry web was whipping back and forth in the wind, and that oblique shot was 1/60 @ 200 iso with flash, and so was this, the best focus I got on that spider. out of 12 shots.
tricky, since as you can see at the top I was working pointed down into some shade to avoid the really nasty sun glare farther back.
the wet spider was in full sun, 1/320- cropped out of this picture- freehand, shaking, and nearly doing a header into the plants.
on the other hand, this shot of maggy, the harris' dog- was indoors, zoomed in from across the room, 1/15 second at 200 iso with no flash, handheld- and still came out well.
I'm gonna test-fire an sx110 one of these days to see if they've improved the IS- or if the larger lens helps by gathering more light. I'm really curious.
as for using the images- have fun, I like that they are being enjoyed.
Posted 15 years ago # -
goodgotd
Memberoh- the latest photoshop I have is 6.0, and it hasn't been used in years.
all these shots are cropped with xnview, no enhancements. :) the shots with arrows and text I've used the editor/draw setup in faststone capture 5.3 to add.
and as for bandit (aka bumble), yep, huge- but you would never have thought it when he was a kitten, able to walk under the doors in this '74 mobile home. good thing he's got a laid-back personality.
also a correction to the aftermarket lenses- it's 2.2x common (up to 10x if you look) telephoto and .45x wide angle, and who knows on the macro lens!
Posted 15 years ago # -
goodgotd
MemberWell, things are looking a little up- I got told 'not until it gets worse' on the C2-3 disc bulge, but I got a prescription for a rollator and a shower/tub bench so I don't get beat up falling taking a shower and I can start walking around town again exercising and taking pix without getting roadrash from face-planting on the asphalt.
Got them ordered day before yesterday, the insurance approval should be done by middle of next week.
took a bit of looking to find a rollator that wouldn't crush my throat if I fell forward on it *and* could handle more than my present weight (271 pounds), but I finally found the HybridLX Rollator Transport Chair from Lumex (graham-field) that's rated at 300 pounds, has a soft seatback and even folds widthwise to negotiate skinny spots indoors. Dana-Douglas makes better- the Nexus series- but none are rated at more than 250 pounds. darnit.
This is unlike most rollators, which fold fore-and-aft and have an unhinged tubing bar at *just* the wrong place for a forward fall. an example of how most are built is the Nova 4202C (Nova Cruiser Deluxe Classic Rollator) and that chunk of tubing would hurt even with the foam.
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