THE CBF THREAD

[Ditchy]

Like iso, aperture, focus and all that jazz.
Generally I'll take a couple long exposure and being digital check ya photos and adjust accordingly.
Longer exposures arent my thing i usually use my flash gun to freeze my object then expose for about 15seconds.
But In terms of photography I'm barely crawling yet so I have heaps to learn haha like i said YouTube is amazing.

[Ditchy]

i think i may just get one after christmas, $4 of ebay why wouldn't I (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Remote-Shutter-R ... 2552wt_905, any reasons not to get this one)

Why buy a remote just use a 2second shutter delay.
I bought one of eBay and it never worked genuine nikon one cost me $40
... Might just need battery's though haha

[robbo911]

cap there is a trick to nailing the exposures in bulb mode. Set your aperture to a decent value for depth of field (7.1 is where a lot of lenses are their sharpest), whack it on av, set the iso to 1600 and take a reading of the shutter speed required for a good exposure. Then set mode to bulb or manual or however your camera does it, set that aperture, change the iso back to 100, multiply the shutter speed that you recorded before by 16 and there you have it a decent exposure. Rough guide but with such lengthy exposures there is usually little light so nothing is going to blow the highlights too much but again depends on subject matter. Also ditchy with a remote you can lock the shutter in place with bulb exposure whereas 2 second timer youll have to hold your shutter button down the whole time, irritating and will lead to some blur. i have one of the ebay ones and theyr mad, but i want to get a remote timer so if i was you i would get the remote timer as your first one, way more creative freedom you can dial in how long you want the exposure (like 30 mins) so that you dont have to have a separate timer and stop after the elapsed time.

[captain_awesome]

thanks for all that rob, will have to try it once i get the remote, i'll copy what you said into a word doc so that i've got it there when i need it and dont have to go searching through the forum

[Comptee]

what I was doing to fluke it how I did, was going to 30" in manual, going off the meter in that, and doing it like that, now I have the meter, I just shoot around f/5-f/11 with my exposures for as long as I can, now I have a remote, I'll be leaving it on for ages can't wait to play with it!

[captain_awesome]

I'm looking at getting 2 ND filters (one 52mm and one 67mm) and was wondering what brand to get and also what would be the most versatile (looking at either a ND4 or ND8)

[Ditchy]

Go to hoyafiler.com and cokin.com
They are filter sites that the teacher on my course put me onto they have HEAPS of filters ..too much to be honest i get lost which one is what haha.

[captain_awesome]

as reading some threads on the mamuri filters, and they seem good by all accounts, half the price of hoya and the quality is the same. Bidding on a genuine RS80N3 on ebay, only slightly used, so that and the 2 filters (i'm going one 52mm ND8 [for the 50mm 1.8, got it today ] and one 67mm ND8 [for the 70-200 f/4])

[creevy]

Wattsy - Knights by Creevy, on Flickr

Wattsy in a cornery at Knights, dime a dozen

[Boogs]

^^^ Sick shot.

[Comptee]

Just orderded my Sigma 50mm f/1.4

[Boogs]

A few from a couple of weeks ago...





In my backyard


Nobbies, Phillip Island

[Comptee]

first wave setup looks hell fun.

that second one does it hold big swell?

[Boogs]

first wave setup looks hell fun.

that second one does it hold big swell?

The first one is right near Seal Rocks & Nobbies. Lots of Seals and lots of Great Whites.

The second wave needs a really big wrapping swell... Very sharky spot also.

[captain_awesome]

M'bah pit by Joel Larwood, on Flickr


IMG_0049 by Joel Larwood, on Flickr


M'bah empty by Joel Larwood, on Flickr