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The ZR700 Looks at Persimmons
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Urbanito
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Lisetta:
Fantastic photos!... But you let me intrigued how can you always improve.
Merry Christmas.
Joao
Fantastic photos!... But you let me intrigued how can you always improve.
Merry Christmas.
Joao
Thanks, John! 
Thanks, Joao!
And, yes, it certainly is a challenge to improve. I'm struggling with spot metering and wishing it could expose separately from the focus! Tracking...continuous...nothing seems to make a difference. Oh well, "living with limitations" is part of every camera out there, one way or another, I guess. :-|
Merry Christmas to you, too, although I know it may still be a -little- bit early! But the malls are already decorated so...maybe not!
Lisetta
Thanks, Joao! And, yes, it certainly is a challenge to improve. I'm struggling with spot metering and wishing it could expose separately from the focus! Tracking...continuous...nothing seems to make a difference. Oh well, "living with limitations" is part of every camera out there, one way or another, I guess. :-|
Merry Christmas to you, too, although I know it may still be a -little- bit early! But the malls are already decorated so...maybe not!
Lisetta
Cyril Catt
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A colourful crop, Lisetta. Thanks for posting. I must find out if they'd suit our climate.
Hi LisettaThanks, John!
And, yes, it certainly is a challenge to improve. I'm struggling with spot metering and wishing it could expose separately from the focus! Tracking...continuous...nothing seems to make a difference. Oh well, "living with limitations" is part of every camera out there, one way or another, I guess. :-|
Merry Christmas to you, too, although I know it may still be a -little- bit early! But the malls are already decorated so...maybe not!
Lisetta
I like your pictures, thanks for sharing.
About those technical limitations... have you tried with AF Area = Multi? If you are lucky, maybe when you expose, the focus area locks in the desired subject or part of the subject. Apart from using Focus Lock (focus and recompose) don't see a better solution. Or maybe using centered metering. Or use HDR, to improve the exposure against the Sun.
José Antonio
Thanks, Sactojim. Yes, Casio's fun and I'd love to try out the ZR850 to see if it is much of an improvement. Price was pretty different when I bought mine, but now they're about the same so that or the 800 would definitely be the one to get (if one were so inclined! )
Yes, thanks for the suggestions. I routinely use BS-HDR and tried PASM, Premium Auto, all the focus and metering choices...nothing seems to help except, I guess, just avoiding that kind of lighting and subject.
Disappointing, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I'm still curious if the ZR850 has fixed this CA problem. (I'm assuming still no AEL or AFL). Now that more people have it here, maybe we'll see that it has, or at least made some big improvement with CA. Hope so, because it's really limiting.
Lisetta
)Hi José Antonio,
Yes, thanks for the suggestions. I routinely use BS-HDR and tried PASM, Premium Auto, all the focus and metering choices...nothing seems to help except, I guess, just avoiding that kind of lighting and subject.
Disappointing, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I'm still curious if the ZR850 has fixed this CA problem. (I'm assuming still no AEL or AFL). Now that more people have it here, maybe we'll see that it has, or at least made some big improvement with CA. Hope so, because it's really limiting.
Lisetta
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Thanks, Cyril. Not quite sure where you are in Australia, but the climate here is sunny and dry most of the year. Persimmon trees are so beautiful in fall and look very "Christmas-y" in winter because they've lost their leaves and the fruit look like big ornaments on a tree. (One problem is if you don't pick them soon enough they fall and squish into quite a mess. Since the tree produces hundreds of fruit, this can mean a lot of work--one way or the other!)
I also like the pomegranate trees in winter--also very pretty in the same way, but the birds get them before they ripen
Nice to have fruit trees in winter, though--and they all get very, very tall--
Lisetta
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Cyril Catt
Veteran Member
We're in Newcastle, about 100 km (60 miles) North of Sydney. Halfway between the Summer (i.e. December/January) rains of Northern Australia, and the Winter (i.e. June/July) rains of the south. So rain or drought at any season. No frosts, though at the southern limit for bananas we get a bunch only about every 10 years
. But fine for citrus - our lime and Valencia had bumper crops this year.
However, too warm for our apple tree, which has never fruited.:-(
Only our Jacaranda sheds leaves. Currently having its bloom blown away by equinoctial storms
That happened to our young coffee bush last year. I saw that it had a marvellous crop one week, went on a 3 day holiday, meaning to pick them on my return. But then found a bare bush and the remains scattered on the ground. :-( This year I'll net it!
Over the last 50 years summer is now definitely a few weeks earlier than it was.
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Nice to have fruit trees in winter, though--and they all get very, very tall--
Lisetta
Cyril
Marty Too
Senior Member
Maybe the Casio dealers can sweeten the deal by sending a few worth each camera shipped to the US. ;-)
Marty Too
Senior Member
With each not worth each. Darn spell check with Swype type keyboard.
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