Ever so slightly OCD! How About You?

WingTsun said:
OK, just to put this back on track :D
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Back on track? You may want to check the title of your post.

Maybe try "I am shallow and overly concerned with minor irrelevant details about how my camera looks, how about you?"

Clearly I am playing my aspergers card here with a direct and blunt response that shows no empathy :)
 
PJ S said:
It's only brighter from the light table it's sat on, the lens cap modification is still dark.
I would recommend you adjust the brightness level on your monitor, or better still, calibrate it.
If you look at the histogram for both brighter versions, you'll see they are skewed either towards all highlights or predominantly shadow.

Here's a quick tweak in Aperture.

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Hmm.. I'm on a 27" Cinema Screen which is calibrated. I do tend to keep the brightness up full most of the time, though.
 
WingTsun said:
Sounds more like you're hung over and miserable.
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Nope, just messing around.

Seriously though, the title of the thread is not good and what you have has nothing to do with autism.
 
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WingTsun said:
Hmm.. I'm on a 27" Cinema Screen which is calibrated. I do tend to keep the brightness up full most of the time, though.
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There's the problem - I'm on a 21.5" iMac with brightness at level 3 (and i1'd as well) and it is far from dim!
Knock your brightness way down, then re-calibrate at that level, that should fix the underexposed look when doing adjustments by eye.
As said above, to help, not to criticise or anything negative, the histograms tell the true story of how whichever camera you used, didn't have its histogram feature enabled or made use of.
Maybe that is as a result of also having the rear LCD and/or EVF brightness set too high as well.

Like a Plasma TV ISF'd, your automatic reaction will be that it looks too dark, but once you allow your eyes to become accustomed, you'll realise all the detail is there, and more.
Even a change of regular settings from Dynamic to Movie/Cinema will demonstrate the same thing, and if you revert to the Dynamic mode, you'll wonder how the hell you ever managed to watch it like that.
 
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Yes, very bright - and that is on my screen where I tend to have the brightness set very low.
 
WingTsun said:
Bright, yes?
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If you're editing in a brightly lit room, then knock down the light level (110 lux) and adjust monitor brightness to something a bit easier on the eyes.
I'd suggest 3-4 on the brightness, then give yourself a couple of days to acclimatise to the new level.
 
That lens cap looks really tacky in my opion, I'd try and loose it :)

ps. my score is 7
 
WingTsun said:
Hey, you can't buy taste nor class. :D
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Lol exactly, guess that is why they don't sell it :)
 
bailout said:
I think it is the little case to keep your spare films in that completes the look ;)
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LOL! I love that, too. It's actually designed to keep a spare SD card and two spare X100 batteries. There are even little tabs inside that allow you to pull the batteries or cards out with consumate ease! :D Luigi knows what he's doing when it comes to making cool cases!
 
WingTsun said:
I think that was rather unfair given the disclaimer in the first post and in linked to article but hey, ho.
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The fact you felt you needed a disclaimer shows you didn't think it was appropriate. Who you're wife works with isn't all that relevant and if anything should have made you not put it.

But like I said, I don't take offence, people hear autism and see rainman. The reality is more people have austism that you think, most are undiagnosed and struggle with things that many find simple. I am one of those people, I have autism, I struggle with things everyday and it has taken me a life time to learn to cope with it.
 
maninsuitcase said:
The fact you felt you needed a disclaimer shows you didn't think it was appropriate. Who you're wife works with isn't all that relevant and if anything should have made you not put it.

But like I said, I don't take offence, people hear autism and see rainman. The reality is more people have austism that you think, most are undiagnosed and struggle with things that many find simple. I am one of those people, I have autism, I struggle with things everyday and it has taken me a life time to learn to cope with it.
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Its hotly disputed whether Albert Einstein really said this but i like it all the same.

"Everybody is a Genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid"
 
maninsuitcase said:
The fact you felt you needed a disclaimer shows you didn't think it was appropriate. Who you're wife works with isn't all that relevant and if anything should have made you not put it.

But like I said, I don't take offence, people hear autism and see rainman. The reality is more people have austism that you think, most are undiagnosed and struggle with things that many find simple. I am one of those people, I have autism, I struggle with things everyday and it has taken me a life time to learn to cope with it.
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Well, if it's maybe going to cause offence then it's best changed, which it now is.
 
Also, personal bug-bear...

OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
You only have it if it causes you any distress/anxiety. Liking things lined up is not OCD. Having panic attacks when they're not is.
If you just like things neat, that's just being neat.

It's almost the equivalent of saying "I'm a little bit Alzheimers-y" when what you mean is "I'm a bit forgetful sometimes"
 
Durbs said:
Also, personal bug-bear...

OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
You only have it if it causes you any distress/anxiety. Liking things lined up is not OCD. Having panic attacks when they're not is.
If you just like things neat, that's just being neat.

It's almost the equivalent of saying "I'm a little bit Alzheimers-y" when what you mean is "I'm a bit forgetful sometimes"
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"The phrase obsessive–compulsive has become part of the English lexicon, and is often used in an informal or caricatured manner to describe someone who is excessively meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed, or otherwise fixated."

Yes, the "D" stands for "disorder" but most and many just use the term "OCD" to mean exactly the above. We can all choose to take offence at whatever we like. Or we can choose not to, especially when it's clearly not been written to cause offence.
 
Behaviour is a better term than Disorder for those who can be relaxed when in a cluttered/messy environment.
 
I didn't take offence - just saying that the change from autism to OCD wasn't much of an improvement ;)
 
Durbs said:
I didn't take offence - just saying that the change from autism to OCD wasn't much of an improvement ;)
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How about; Chavs instead :devil:
 
You are digging a hole for yourself WingTsun. I had a go at a title for you earlier which remains to be a better description of the 'issue' here. I have have made it less harsh for you.

"I am interested in how my camera looks to a level that others would find trivial, how about you?"

This is playing on your own weaknesses which may be a safer place to be than ridiculing mental disorders.
 
Durbs said:
Also, personal bug-bear...

OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
You only have it if it causes you any distress/anxiety. Liking things lined up is not OCD. Having panic attacks when they're not is.
If you just like things neat, that's just being neat.

It's almost the equivalent of saying "I'm a little bit Alzheimers-y" when what you mean is "I'm a bit forgetful sometimes"
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Well said Paul. I have suffered from OCD most of my adult life (about 30 years), and I can assure everyone that it does make your life hell, and doesn't do much for your loved ones either.
I am not having a go at anyone about this, I just wanted to make clear that it is a serious debilitating illness, and it is hard enough trying to live with OCD, let alone defend yourself to those who trivialise this illness.
Sorry to hijack your thread WingTsun, and although I haven't taken offence, I just wanted to dispel any myths about OCD as just being "excessively meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed, or otherwise fixated", which some may take as the definition from one of your previous responses!
 
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