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dnd- Thanks! In general, if you just want to freeze such action, anything at or above 1/500 should do. The 1/2500 in this case may well have helped with the bouncing of the camera in the boat, along with the IS. What I do is use aperture prioity, and thus the camera selects the fastest shutter speed for that aperture for the "correct exposure", ( or whatever EV comp is set) This way you can get the depth of field you want with the aperture, check and see that the shutter speed is fast enough, and perhaps raise the ISO if not. On a nice sunny day like I was working with, it was no problem getting the fast shutter speeds....Peter
dndjennings said:
Peter said:
http://www.pbase.com/image/2813597/large
shot from a very bumpy ski boat, 350mm, SHQ, with IS on, of course.
I'm really amazed at the effectiveness of the IS, and with the
camera in general...Peter
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UZI,d40,s110
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I will try the things you mentioned below. Thanks!
The UZI does not have a histogram that I know of, but my E10 does.
don't know how to use it, but it has it!

I just got a polarizer, but I do not like it much...I think it blurrs the photo more and to keep the ring set where you want it for water color is a pain! It is better for still shots, I think. I am new to all this! I only got the first digital camera in Jan of this year!
thanks again
KK
 
Peter69322 said:
same resolution image, (SHQ). I plan to use Genuine Fractals, (a
great add on, I wanted it anyway) and go for 8X10's with this
camera, but so far have only printed some 5x7's, and they were
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Please let us know how you get on with Genuine Fractals and printing 8x10s, and A4? .. I have the "Si" (Stair interpolation) action for Photoshop and it does a great job - I wonder how this compares to G.F ..

I suppose it's too much to ask for a 1.5Mp pic to print at full 1280 (A3) size even WITH G.F ;-)

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Olympus E10, Nikon E950, E900.
 
Adam- Will do. and yeah, I think we can ask GF to double the raw print size, but not more, but I really haven't tested it out yet....Peter
Adam-T said:
Adam-T said:
same resolution image, (SHQ). I plan to use Genuine Fractals, (a
great add on, I wanted it anyway) and go for 8X10's with this
camera, but so far have only printed some 5x7's, and they were
Click to expand...
Please let us know how you get on with Genuine Fractals and
printing 8x10s, and A4? .. I have the "Si" (Stair interpolation)
action for Photoshop and it does a great job - I wonder how this
compares to G.F ..

I suppose it's too much to ask for a 1.5Mp pic to print at full
1280 (A3) size even WITH G.F ;-)

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Olympus E10, Nikon E950, E900.
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thank you for the info.
is there anyway you can e-mail me the pic at full rez in jpeg. I can't get
it to download in a format that Photoshop can read. I would like to print
it out and check out the results
thank you

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Peter said:
hugh swartout said:
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Peter said:
http://www.pbase.com/image/2813597/large
shot from a very bumpy ski boat, 350mm, SHQ, with IS on, of course.
I'm really amazed at the effectiveness of the IS, and with the
camera in general...Peter
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I am on my second e-100rs, my third favorite was the UZI.

If you want some examples of speed sequence I have some for you send me your email. This camera is soo fast. I just took a pic of an electric fan runnings on high speed in dim lighting with flash and it looks perfectly still.

If you want to get the shot, get an e-100rs. Also it doesn't have chromatic aberration problems like other oly's. very bright lens, like UZI.
dndjennings said:
Peter said:
http://www.pbase.com/image/2813597/large
shot from a very bumpy ski boat, 350mm, SHQ, with IS on, of course.
I'm really amazed at the effectiveness of the IS, and with the
camera in general...Peter
Click to expand...
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UZI,d40,s110
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dndjennings said:
Nice pic! I see that the shutter speed is 1/2500. Did you
set that? In good light is that the optimum shutter speed?
I,m just curious because I want one of these cameras. The shutter
speed goes to 1/10000. What's the fastest speed you have shot
with good results--and is this another feature of the camera that
makes it stand out for action photos--or is 1/750 to 1/1000 usually
enough?
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When I do aperture priority with my E-100RS to get minimum DOF on sunny days, the speed gets into the 1/2000 to 1/3000 range. One of the neat things about having such a fast camera.

Phil
 
Phil do you find that a UV filter changes the characteristics of the camera indoors ?
Phil Wheeler said:
dndjennings said:
Nice pic! I see that the shutter speed is 1/2500. Did you
set that? In good light is that the optimum shutter speed?
I,m just curious because I want one of these cameras. The shutter
speed goes to 1/10000. What's the fastest speed you have shot
with good results--and is this another feature of the camera that
makes it stand out for action photos--or is 1/750 to 1/1000 usually
enough?
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When I do aperture priority with my E-100RS to get minimum DOF on
sunny days, the speed gets into the 1/2000 to 1/3000 range. One of
the neat things about having such a fast camera.

Phil
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Actually the "talk" about GF that I've seen says what it really excels at is taking images up to poster sizes, but from source images larger than the E-100's.

GF has been discussed before here in the past. It does a good job, but
as with all things, there's a "cost" to be paid. In this case it is the
"painterly" effect. Here's a comparison I did a ways back comparing a number
of resizing algorithms:

http://www.pbase.com/image/1120887



and a photo of an 8x10 I made from an approximately 1200x800
crop from the Photodisc target image on this page:

http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/custom/

http://www.pbase.com/image/1128860


Peter said:
Adam-T said:
Peter69322 said:
same resolution image, (SHQ). I plan to use Genuine Fractals, (a
great add on, I wanted it anyway) and go for 8X10's with this
camera, but so far have only printed some 5x7's, and they were
Click to expand...
Please let us know how you get on with Genuine Fractals and
printing 8x10s, and A4? .. I have the "Si" (Stair interpolation)
action for Photoshop and it does a great job - I wonder how this
compares to G.F ..

I suppose it's too much to ask for a 1.5Mp pic to print at full
1280 (A3) size even WITH G.F ;-)

--
Olympus E10, Nikon E950, E900.
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Peter, Are you using manual focus or automatic ? If automatic focus - which focus mode ? Also - did you have another lens attached to the

E-100 ?? I've been taking photos of wakeboarding as well... and am really having some problems with clearly focused images. I've been using both my UZI and E-100 w/ a B300 and autofocus. Any tips would be helpful.
I'll post a few photos in a bit... they are the best of the ones I took.

Doreen
 
Doreen- I was in continous autofocus. It's a battery drain but is worth it for the speed. Because the EV goes off between shots, I can't see being able to manual focus fast action. With continous autofocus you can at least pan blindly for those moments and keep the subject close to focus at all times. Also, set the drive for multiple frames so it only focuses/exposes the first of the series. If you set it to redo each one, the camera can't keep up and you'll not stay in focus, (can't blame it at 15FPS). You'll see these options in the menu or check the manual. Unless you have a really long tow rope, you shouldn't need the B300 which will really slow the AF up. I was not even needing full tele on it's built in lens Hope this helps...Peter
Dafogle said:
Peter, Are you using manual focus or automatic ? If automatic
focus - which focus mode ? Also - did you have another lens
attached to the
E-100 ?? I've been taking photos of wakeboarding as well... and am
really having some problems with clearly focused images. I've been
using both my UZI and E-100 w/ a B300 and autofocus. Any tips
would be helpful.
I'll post a few photos in a bit... they are the best of the ones I
took.

Doreen
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Sorry for voicing my opinion so late but I didn't see the thread until now. That's the kind of shot you'd want to blow up to A3 just to see how it looks. I'm curious about what you said about the B-300 slowing down AF. I haven't shot much action so AF speed hasn't been a real concern of mine so far, only AF accuracy. With the large surface area of the B-300 I'd have thought that AF speed was pretty much the same. I don't seem to get any light loss from mine. Are there other factors in play?

Maxven
Peter said:
Dafogle said:
Peter, Are you using manual focus or automatic ? If automatic
focus - which focus mode ? Also - did you have another lens
attached to the
E-100 ?? I've been taking photos of wakeboarding as well... and am
really having some problems with clearly focused images. I've been
using both my UZI and E-100 w/ a B300 and autofocus. Any tips
would be helpful.
I'll post a few photos in a bit... they are the best of the ones I
took.

Doreen
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