Love the s602z SP action mode :)

I was at a Horseshow today, normally i use just manual but was a gust day windy, cloudy and sunny, pretty much of all sorts.. it kept on changing... so i thought i would wing it and use SP mode Action. I was quite impressed with this feature, I might end up using it more often in odd day conditions.

Oh yeah friggen good having the continious shoot feature too.. love my s602z.

Heres a show jumping photo.

That was an excellent shot, we don't get many good horsie posters.

Yep, the 5fps is the BEST mode ever. I even use it for portraits, especially group. Ppl are always moving, blinking, twitching, sneezing, yawning,, so its so easy to fire-off-5 and pick the best 1 or 2.
The 5fps excells in m/cycle action, refer http://www.pbase.com/digsys/

Maybe you do a 5 frame composite of a jump as I did in my gallery? I'd suggest a low angle for more "effect".
JKirk

XG8 said:

XG8 wrote:
I was at a Horseshow today, normally i use just manual but was a
gust day windy, cloudy and sunny, pretty much of all sorts.. it
kept on changing... so i thought i would wing it and use SP mode
Action. I was quite impressed with this feature, I might end up
using it more often in odd day conditions.

Oh yeah friggen good having the continious shoot feature too.. love
my s602z.

Heres a show jumping photo.

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Aye, just glad im not shooting a couple roles of film as i would normally do with the horse stuff.

Whenever theres a horseshow the missus usually turns up on her clydesdale(not shown yet ) , me being part-time strapper, photographer and cook.

I wanted to get lower, unfortunetly this time i was not allowed onto arena.. and there was a fence obstucting my view... heh always next time..

Love those m/cycle 5fps stills.. look awesome... mc person at heart too... RR.

XG8~ Matt

jkirk@oz said:

jkirk@oz said:

XG8 wrote:
I was at a Horseshow today, normally i use just manual but was a
gust day windy, cloudy and sunny, pretty much of all sorts.. it
kept on changing... so i thought i would wing it and use SP mode
Action. I was quite impressed with this feature, I might end up
using it more often in odd day conditions.

Oh yeah friggen good having the continious shoot feature too.. love
my s602z.

Heres a show jumping photo.

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Nice capture.

Morris

XG8 said:

I was at a Horseshow today, normally i use just manual but was a
gust day windy, cloudy and sunny, pretty much of all sorts.. it
kept on changing... so i thought i would wing it and use SP mode
Action. I was quite impressed with this feature, I might end up
using it more often in odd day conditions.

Oh yeah friggen good having the continious shoot feature too.. love
my s602z.

Heres a show jumping photo.

Click to expand...

I'm still trying to figure out all the great features, but one of them is certainly the silence! Not hearing $$$ getting ripped out of the wallet by continuous shooting with my film camera, hoping to get part of an action sequence. My daughters play softball and soccer and while you can set up for predictable action to some extent, you know that many just won't be all that good - but it still costs to develop.

Captain Kirk,

Here's some horsie photos for you!

I bought the 602 primarily for shooting Horse Jumping events and it has not disappointed me!

I get comments such as "they are better than the shots done by the professional" (to be fair, the professional is not a rider and does not know what is the correct pose for a jumping shot)

Could not live w/o the top 5 mode.

Now, I've got a ext. flash, my indoor shots are extremely wonderful.









Picard Out

jkirk@oz said:

jkirk@oz said:

XG8 wrote:
I was at a Horseshow today, normally i use just manual but was a
gust day windy, cloudy and sunny, pretty much of all sorts.. it
kept on changing... so i thought i would wing it and use SP mode
Action. I was quite impressed with this feature, I might end up
using it more often in odd day conditions.

Oh yeah friggen good having the continious shoot feature too.. love
my s602z.

Heres a show jumping photo.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

jkirk@oz said:

jkirk@oz wrote:
Maybe you do a 5 frame composite of a jump as I did in my gallery?

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jkirk and XG8 --

I love the flexibility of the 5fps thing. Even my old 4900 had it! Take a look at a composite shot I did last summer with my venerable 4900 (I got my 602 at the end of the year...).

I just mounted it on photosig:

http://www3.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=788766

best,
shudder

Nice composite..how do you get the shots onto one image? Thanks.

Stan

LOL thats awesome.... gw

shudder said:

shudder said:

jkirk@oz wrote:
Maybe you do a 5 frame composite of a jump as I did in my gallery?

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jkirk and XG8 --

I love the flexibility of the 5fps thing. Even my old 4900 had it!
Take a look at a composite shot I did last summer with my venerable
4900 (I got my 602 at the end of the year...).

I just mounted it on photosig:

http://www3.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=788766

best,
shudder

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--
http://www.pbase.com/xgmatt

Stan said:

Nice composite..how do you get the shots onto one image? Thanks.

Stan

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Yeah was thinking the samething too

http://www.pbase.com/xgmatt

XG8 said:

XG8 said:

Stan wrote:
Nice composite..how do you get the shots onto one image? Thanks.

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XG8 said:

XG8 wrote:
Yeah was thinking the samething too

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I was out riding my mountain bike with my six year old son in tow on his bike when we saw these three yahoos doin' it up on some pitches on the hillside. I got out the 4900 and snapped off some multi-pics of the guys. They were enthralled with the pics in camera, so I ended up doing the comps and sent them out via email to them. These were handheld shots (they happen very quickly and my shutter speed was fast enough to keep things steady -- I'm actually surprised they came out as good as they did!).

The hard part about this comp is that there are overlaps (front wheels and back wheels and feet), so while there are only five pics of Mark, there are actually nine layers in PS. The original image is the first one with Mark on the far left. Thereafter I brought in each successive image, lining up the TREES in each shot (in case I jiggled the cam at all since I did not use a tripod -- remember I was actually straddling a montain bike when I took these!) and then erased everything except just Mark and his bike from each image (using the airbrush as an eraser for the detail work next to him and the bike). As I overlayed the images, it became apparent that where there were overlaps, I was missing info, so I then copied a bit of the info from the layer below, pasted it over the top of the successive layer, then erased where necessary so as not to interfere with teh top layer. That's how I achieved the areas where the tires overlap.

Mark was stoked with the final product. I hope my explanation helps.

best,
shudder

I've heard that direct-linking is being stopped from many photo-hosts, this is the message I get :-(
"We're sorry, but this page is currently unavailable for viewing."
If anything, 5fps will be TOO FAST for Horsies !! ie to get a perfect arc.
JKirk

YY said:

YY wrote:
Captain Kirk,
Here's some horsie photos for you!
I bought the 602 primarily for shooting Horse Jumping events and it
has not disappointed me!
I get comments such as "they are better than the shots done by the
professional" (to be fair, the professional is not a rider and does
not know what is the correct pose for a jumping shot)
Could not live w/o the top 5 mode.
Now, I've got a ext. flash, my indoor shots are extremely wonderful.

Click to expand...

YY said:

Picard Out

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jkirk@oz said:

The 5fps excells in m/cycle action, refer http://www.pbase.com/digsys/

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Your light box is pretty cool : ) You wouldn't happen to have plans for it would you?

Thanks but LOL nope,

Pretty straightfoward to make. Frame is made from something called "speed-frame". 1" Aluminium tube w/ plastic "corners" that are "hit" into place with a rubber mallet. The dimensions were chosen to fit EXACTLY melamine sheets from the local hardware. 2 by 5' double ultra-daylight batons hang from above (adjustable) and 2 by 3' double ultra-daylight batons stand vertically at each end (adjustable). Plus 1 by 100W ultra-daylight globe on a Flexi-arm. Couple Tripods w/ external Flash holder and umbrella mounts. Sheets of reflective, dispersion, black, etc papers and panels.

Product shoots are absolutely easy. The only drawback is the models hate climbing inside Can't please everyone
JKirk

Lucas Tam said:

Lucas Tam wrote:
Your light box is pretty cool : ) You wouldn't happen to have
plans for it would you?

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