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Thanks for the clarification George.The top one in the shot is a Hurricane and the lower one in the shot is a Spitfire. The easiest way to tell from this angle of shot is by the shape of the wings, the Spitfire wings have more of an oval shape if that makes sense. From the side angle you can tell by the shape of the cockpit.
George.
Anyone got any tips for fill in flash settings using the built in flash on my G80?
Trying to balance it a bit better.
It either seems to have no effect, or the background/image is over exposed.
I've tried the flash output setting in the menu but no real joy.
I've tried both av and tv.
Anyone had any joy with fill flash?
I've used fill flash before when I had my D7000 and a separate flash gun and had good results, but that was a while ago.
Not equipment related but which magazines, if any, do you guys buy monthly - obviously with a bias towards MFT. (Assuming there are some)
Cheers
Chris
Anyone got any tips for fill in flash settings using the built in flash on my G80?
Trying to balance it a bit better.
It either seems to have no effect, or the background/image is over exposed.
I've tried the flash output setting in the menu but no real joy.
I've tried both av and tv.
Anyone had any joy with fill flash?
I've used fill flash before when I had my D7000 and a separate flash gun and had good results, but that was a while ago.
Have a look on e.bay there’s a couple on there between £20 to £30 and one for a buy it now at a tenner.
And no Keith definetly not that ,LOL
Totally wrong Keith ,the one you posted which I also have btw is a flash diffuser which as you say just spreads the light ,the rogue safari however is a flash multiplier extender which has a fresnel magnifier built in ,not a diffuser .it really does work along the lines of a “ better Beamer “ if you have heard of them ,totally forgot I had it will be ideal for woodland birds ,it also comes with two hot shoe adaptors ,the 5mm one works on my g80 just found them and tried them both out
yep thats the one ,works a treat to LOL anyway just been playing silly buggers in photoshop with the previous image .something to do while waiting for my tea .
beware the hun in the sun by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
couldn't step back or I would have had the other migs nose cone up me jacksee ,dont think I need to worry about it going places though so like mc.arthur I shall returnI like the flare tbh, maybe a little smaller - pity the shot is so 'tight' though
Alan the lens flare has been added in photoshop I can move it anywhere in the picture . Normally doing birds I don’t have to do much pp so I thought I would have a mess aroundI too like the flare. I sometimes take shots specifically provoking flare.
With the graduations in the sky it'd could be difficult to clone out but if it's possible I'd probably keep two versions, with and without.
hmmm not sure which way to go ,got the g80 with a 12-60 and 100-400 at the moment and a few bob spare ,do I get a couple more lenses for the camera or just get another body to stick the 12-60 on .just been offered a mint G6 for £199 ??
We're looking to pick up a camera for use at work, mainly for videos but will also be used to take product photos. My research has pointed me towards Panasonic, Sony or Canon for video, with Panasonic seemingly getting the best reviews in this field. We have a budget of between £300-350. Any user recommendations for any particular model? Been looking at the G6 or GX7 but it seems they've been around a few years. Does it hold up well these days and is it likely the best that budget can buy? Cheers!
Cool.cheers Simon just ordered a b.n.i.b 45-150 from e-global central ,couldn't turn it down a t £109
That’s why I just went for the 45-150 see above post ,stick the 12-60 in my pocket and every walkabout situation should be coveredCool.
I've got the G80 with the 12-60, 100-400 and the sigma 60mm art.
I dont use the art as the 12-60 is a great lens.
I would like a more of a walk about lens with longer reach though, so I've been thinking about a 14-140.
We're looking to pick up a camera for use at work, mainly for videos but will also be used to take product photos. My research has pointed me towards Panasonic, Sony or Canon for video, with Panasonic seemingly getting the best reviews in this field. We have a budget of between £300-350. Any user recommendations for any particular model? Been looking at the G6 or GX7 but it seems they've been around a few years. Does it hold up well these days and is it likely the best that budget can buy? Cheers!
I have also looked into this over the last couple of days ,hovering over investing a bit of spare cash into either a older body as back up or buying lenses . the lenses won mtf is changing rapidly and a bit of research shows that its worth spending that bit extra to get the latest ,but a budget of £300-350 to be fair isn't going to get you the best results and in fact with any camera at that price range could well turn you off the idea of photography entirely
I can't comment on the G6 but I had a GX7 and currently have the GX80 and GX9 and I struggle to see any difference at all in the image quality these cameras give. Ditto with the G7 I owned. That would seem to make the GX7 a bit of a bargain on the used market but to be honest I'd only recommend the older shutter shock affected cameras like the GX7/GX8 to people who know exactly what the potential issues are and are going into this fully informed and with their eyes open.
Other than that I've been impressed with the GX80 and there do seem to be good deals cropping up regularly for these. The only negative thing I can say about this camera is that the EVF is relatively poor by todays standards. Other than that it's very possibly the best all round camera I've owned (not as good image quality as my Sony A7 and not as good for legacy lens use but much faster in operation, smaller and stealthier) as would the GX7 be if it wasn't for the potential dreaded shutter shock issue which prevented me from using lenses I wanted to use in some situations I wanted to use them.
I have also looked into this over the last couple of days ,hovering over investing a bit of spare cash into either a older body as back up or buying lenses . the lenses won mtf is changing rapidly and a bit of research shows that its worth spending that bit extra to get the latest ,but a budget of £300-350 to be fair isn't going to get you the best results and in fact with any camera at that price range could well turn you off the idea of photography entirely
Wowza. I'm a bit surprised at that Jeff... looking at used kit £300-350 will easily get you a later model MFT body including the GX80 which will give you image quality to rival and perhaps exceed what you could get from a FF body just a short time ago. Going back to the Canon 300D which was the first digital camera I was happy with, that camera is capable of excellent results (unless you boost the shadows...) yet it'll be absolutely trounced by the latter MFT cameras in that £300 sort of price range and lets not even get into comparing what £300 gets you today to what was possible in the days we all used 35mm film. Even my TZ100 seems like something the aliens brought to earth compared to that experience and I do think that anyone who'd be put off the idea of photography by the image capturing ability and quality of output you can get for £300 and even £300 including a lens must be very exacting, have very specific needs or need to brush up on their technique and we've all met people who couldn't be helped even by an unlimited budget.
PS.
I'm not claiming to be a great photographer but my pictures (which I've been taking for over 40 years so you can imagine what I used back then) are usually correctly exposed and in focus which is a doddle these days and I do think that even basic kit today is easily good enough until you get into areas where the more exotic and expensive kit is really the deciding factor regardless of the skill of the person pressing the button. For example your bird shots could only really be taken with more expensive kit but for many other things something like a Pany G1 and a kit lens will probably cost you under £100 and yet from ISO 100 to 1600 give you A3 pictures that'll trounce anything I could get from a 35mm film SLR and a similar "kit" lens, I've done the comparisons at A3
o.k Alan fair comment ,I suppose its just that I tend to look at near top of the range stuff ,and like to keep up to date .but fair do's the budget range for the o.p is out there just needs seeking out
I have also looked into this over the last couple of days ,hovering over investing a bit of spare cash into either a older body as back up or buying lenses . the lenses won mtf is changing rapidly and a bit of research shows that its worth spending that bit extra to get the latest ,but a budget of £300-350 to be fair isn't going to get you the best results and in fact with any camera at that price range could well turn you off the idea of photography entirely
We're looking to pick up a camera for use at work, mainly for videos but will also be used to take product photos. My research has pointed me towards Panasonic, Sony or Canon for video, with Panasonic seemingly getting the best reviews in this field. We have a budget of between £300-350. Any user recommendations for any particular model? Been looking at the G6 or GX7 but it seems they've been around a few years. Does it hold up well these days and is it likely the best that budget can buy? Cheers!