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Pro 1 - Day 2 (Better Pics)

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Thanks for your reply.

In fact I view it in different monitors. I will check again at home with my LCD monitor tonight.
I read some of the poeple in STF complained about the same proble with the F828.
BTW, would you mind if I download and print some of your picture to verify?
thanks.
 
we waiting day 3 :)

good marco good

-as
Marco Nero said:
Starting to push the Pro 1 a little more to see where it compares
to other cameras I've handled. It's VERY much like a G3 in so many
ways. I have 14 new pictures posted just now... that I took this
afternoon with the Pro 1. Not all of the pictures I took today
were a success although the "hit-miss ratio" in Auto Mode is
exactly the same as with the Canon Powershot s400.

Tomorrow morning I get to put the Pro 1 to the ultimate test at the
Medieval Faire. Hopefully I have learned to use it properly and
have familliarised myself with the settings sufficiently
beforehand. Some nice results today.

The Sandisk 1GB Ultra II gives me about 288 pictures at
largest/least compressed Jpeg size and a full battery should give
me about 400 shots or slightly less without much flash use and
excessive LCD screen time.

Here's the new pics if anyone wants to take a look. I haven't got
time to write many details to accompany the pictures and the EXIF
info doesn't translate with Photoshop 5.5... sorry.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design/poweshot_pro1

Regards,
--
Marco Nero.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design
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OvinceZ said:
I reread the instruction book and you press the MF button and KEEP
HOLDING IT while turning the focussing ring. If you let it go the
camera switches back to program mode. After you have focussed using
the manual focus you can press SET and the camera will focus closer
around the point you had. The inner screen will magnify the image
while using the MF if you turn on that option in the menu.
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Is this the behavior only in P mode? I remember similar instructions for the G3, yet my camera doesn't require holding the MF button down while manually focusing - just a tap will do.
 
Viewing these great Day 2 photos caused a postive turning point in my atitude towards this camera! I'm almost sold.
Ahti Stellberg said:
good marco good

-as
Marco Nero said:
Starting to push the Pro 1 a little more to see where it compares
to other cameras I've handled. It's VERY much like a G3 in so many
ways. I have 14 new pictures posted just now... that I took this
afternoon with the Pro 1. Not all of the pictures I took today
were a success although the "hit-miss ratio" in Auto Mode is
exactly the same as with the Canon Powershot s400.

Tomorrow morning I get to put the Pro 1 to the ultimate test at the
Medieval Faire. Hopefully I have learned to use it properly and
have familliarised myself with the settings sufficiently
beforehand. Some nice results today.

The Sandisk 1GB Ultra II gives me about 288 pictures at
largest/least compressed Jpeg size and a full battery should give
me about 400 shots or slightly less without much flash use and
excessive LCD screen time.

Here's the new pics if anyone wants to take a look. I haven't got
time to write many details to accompany the pictures and the EXIF
info doesn't translate with Photoshop 5.5... sorry.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design/poweshot_pro1

Regards,
--
Marco Nero.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design
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Hello all.

Would like to introduce myself. I only joined the forum a few days now. I have learnt so much here so far.

I to own the Powershot Pro1, I purchased mine last Monday. So far I have to agree with Marco. I think this is a excelent camera. I have taken some great shots with it so far, but like Marco I am still learning & getting use to the controls. This afternoon I will be trying out some slow panning shots at a bicycle race, I am keen to see how this camera performs at action events.
 
Phillipda said:
Hello all.

Would like to introduce myself. I only joined the forum a few days
now. I have learnt so much here so far.

I to own the Powershot Pro1, I purchased mine last Monday. So far I
have to agree with Marco. I think this is a excelent camera. I have
taken some great shots with it so far, but like Marco I am still
learning & getting use to the controls. This afternoon I will be
trying out some slow panning shots at a bicycle race, I am keen to
see how this camera performs at action events.
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--

The inability to precisely control the stopping point during zooming has been mentioned on another thread.

Question: Will zoom stop instantly when the shutter release is partially depressed?

Curious Gary
 
GWS2 said:
Phillipda said:
Hello all.

Would like to introduce myself. I only joined the forum a few days
now. I have learnt so much here so far.

I to own the Powershot Pro1, I purchased mine last Monday. So far I
have to agree with Marco. I think this is a excelent camera. I have
taken some great shots with it so far, but like Marco I am still
learning & getting use to the controls. This afternoon I will be
trying out some slow panning shots at a bicycle race, I am keen to
see how this camera performs at action events.
Click to expand...
--
The inability to precisely control the stopping point during
zooming has been mentioned on another thread.

Question: Will zoom stop instantly when the shutter release is
partially depressed?

Curious Gary
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Hi Gary,

I think you might of misunderstood me about panning. What I meant is photographing a bike going past with a slow shutter speed & follow the movement of the bike as it goes pass me. Therefore hopefully the subject will have reasonable sharpness & the backgound will be out of focus. It is a great way of putting some life back into a normal photo with everything in sharpness. I don't know if I can put a link to a site I have with a perfect example of this method, the results that can be achieved. It does take some practise to master. Go to this site & take a look at the two Rodeo shots of mine I used the panning method on those shots. by the way the first 2 photos of the flower are taken with my Pro 1 camera, the first one is a Macro.
 
Phillipda said:
GWS2 said:
Phillipda said:
Hello all.

Would like to introduce myself. I only joined the forum a few days
now. I have learnt so much here so far.

I to own the Powershot Pro1, I purchased mine last Monday. So far I
have to agree with Marco. I think this is a excelent camera. I have
taken some great shots with it so far, but like Marco I am still
learning & getting use to the controls. This afternoon I will be
trying out some slow panning shots at a bicycle race, I am keen to
see how this camera performs at action events.
Click to expand...
--
The inability to precisely control the stopping point during
zooming has been mentioned on another thread.

Question: Will zoom stop instantly when the shutter release is
partially depressed?

Curious Gary
Click to expand...
Hi Gary,
I think you might of misunderstood me about panning. What I meant
is photographing a bike going past with a slow shutter speed &
follow the movement of the bike as it goes pass me. Therefore
hopefully the subject will have reasonable sharpness & the
backgound will be out of focus. It is a great way of putting some
life back into a normal photo with everything in sharpness. I don't
know if I can put a link to a site I have with a perfect example of
this method, the results that can be achieved. It does take some
practise to master. Go to this site & take a look at the two Rodeo
shots of mine I used the panning method on those shots. by the way
the first 2 photos of the flower are taken with my Pro 1 camera,
the first one is a Macro.
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Sorry I forgot to include the link to my Photos.
http://www.wetcanvas.com/RefLib/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=21263
 
Hello.

I took some photos at a bicycle race this afternoon with my new Powershot Pro 1. I wanted to see how it performed with action events.

It took me about 10 minutes to get use to the controls, but once I got use to them I got some great shots I believe, there is a link to the photos I took today at the bottom of this message, Now I had to compress these photos a fair amount so the quality is not there, the original have much less noise. infact I am flat out noticing any noise in the originals, I have also included the exif notes on each photos.

Am I happy with this camera for action events? Yes I am. I did find the freezing of the viewfinder or LCD a little tricky to get use to, but you can still get good results as you can see. It's all in the correct technique you need to follow the bike with a smooth action & good timing. Nearly all the photos I taken today where well framed, there was a few that I totaly missed the bike, but I get that with my SLR as well.

I tried both manual focus & Auto focus, I think I preffer the auto focus it actually performed very well. as long as you have the camera in the right spot the auto focusing works great. It just takes practise to follow the bike with no image in the view finder. I have been taken photos with this method for many years now.
 
Sorry silly me, I forgot the link to the photos again.

When you click on the thumbnail of each photo be sure to open it up full size the reduded image size does not look very good. very noisy. That has nothing to do with the camera.
http://www.wetcanvas.com/RefLib/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=21263
Phillipda said:
Hello.
I took some photos at a bicycle race this afternoon with my new
Powershot Pro 1. I wanted to see how it performed with action
events.
It took me about 10 minutes to get use to the controls, but once I
got use to them I got some great shots I believe, there is a link
to the photos I took today at the bottom of this message, Now I had
to compress these photos a fair amount so the quality is not there,
the original have much less noise. infact I am flat out noticing
any noise in the originals, I have also included the exif notes on
each photos.

Am I happy with this camera for action events? Yes I am. I did
find the freezing of the viewfinder or LCD a little tricky to get
use to, but you can still get good results as you can see. It's all
in the correct technique you need to follow the bike with a smooth
action & good timing. Nearly all the photos I taken today where
well framed, there was a few that I totaly missed the bike, but I
get that with my SLR as well.

I tried both manual focus & Auto focus, I think I preffer the auto
focus it actually performed very well. as long as you have the
camera in the right spot the auto focusing works great. It just
takes practise to follow the bike with no image in the view finder.
I have been taken photos with this method for many years now.
Click to expand...
 
Phillipda said:
Phillipda said:
Hello.
I took some photos at a bicycle race this afternoon with my new
Powershot Pro 1. I wanted to see how it performed with action
events.
It took me about 10 minutes to get use to the controls, but once I
got use to them I got some great shots I believe, there is a link
to the photos I took today at the bottom of this message, Now I had
to compress these photos a fair amount so the quality is not there,
the original have much less noise. infact I am flat out noticing
any noise in the originals, I have also included the exif notes on
each photos.

Am I happy with this camera for action events? Yes I am. I did
find the freezing of the viewfinder or LCD a little tricky to get
use to, but you can still get good results as you can see. It's all
in the correct technique you need to follow the bike with a smooth
action & good timing. Nearly all the photos I taken today where
well framed, there was a few that I totaly missed the bike, but I
get that with my SLR as well.

I tried both manual focus & Auto focus, I think I preffer the auto
focus it actually performed very well. as long as you have the
camera in the right spot the auto focusing works great. It just
takes practise to follow the bike with no image in the view finder.
I have been taken photos with this method for many years now.
Click to expand...
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Marco Nero wrote:
No time to focus and the moving vehicle and lowlight (it was after
Marco Nero said:
sundown) meant that the pic isn't clear. I couldn't look at the
LCD either as I was doing 110kph and driving with the other hand.
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With respect, that's not exactly rhe smartest thing to do.

People have died because of stupid drivers making phone calls while driving fast. Fiddling about with a digital camera while driving one handed must increase the danger to others exponentially. Not good. Not clever.
 
According to a thread a few days ago, the pro 1 sucks....

When I look at the pics of Marco Nero I wonder why the Pro 1 gets some bad critics, they look just fine! I don't want to argue about composition but pic quality is much better as the results of the thread mentioned above.

Marco Nero, I look forward to see more of those, especially low light shots.

keep posting,

grtz,
Marco Nero said:
Starting to push the Pro 1 a little more to see where it compares
to other cameras I've handled. It's VERY much like a G3 in so many
ways. I have 14 new pictures posted just now... that I took this
afternoon with the Pro 1. Not all of the pictures I took today
were a success although the "hit-miss ratio" in Auto Mode is
exactly the same as with the Canon Powershot s400.

Tomorrow morning I get to put the Pro 1 to the ultimate test at the
Medieval Faire. Hopefully I have learned to use it properly and
have familliarised myself with the settings sufficiently
beforehand. Some nice results today.

The Sandisk 1GB Ultra II gives me about 288 pictures at
largest/least compressed Jpeg size and a full battery should give
me about 400 shots or slightly less without much flash use and
excessive LCD screen time.

Here's the new pics if anyone wants to take a look. I haven't got
time to write many details to accompany the pictures and the EXIF
info doesn't translate with Photoshop 5.5... sorry.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design/poweshot_pro1

Regards,
--
Marco Nero.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design
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--
Danny
 
tantebes said:
According to a thread a few days ago, the pro 1 sucks....
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Yeah! Not so sure I agree with that critic any more! I took some ULTRA Macros and Regular Macros today... let's see how they fare. Eh?
tantebes said:
When I look at the pics of Marco Nero I wonder why the Pro 1 gets
some bad critics, they look just fine! I don't want to argue about
composition but pic quality is much better as the results of the
thread mentioned above.
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Folks, I just got in from the day at the Medieval Re-enactment. I am sunburnt BADLY (my wife is worse due to her period costume) and have had 2 and a half hours sleep last night and drove 200km today... totally wasted here. Need coffee or a sugar free Red Bull.
tantebes said:
Marco Nero, I look forward to see more of those, especially low
light shots.
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Thanks you . Low-light shots still to come.... They sound so easy it that shouldn't be a concern. In just a little while (an hour or so), I am going to be posting some amazing actions shots taken with the Pro 1 just hours ago at a Jousting Tournament, Some Ultra Macro shots in lowlight!!!! (and hand held). Some lowlight zooms at sundown. Also, some portrait mode shots in different extrenal light.... and some REALLY sweet examples of what this baby can do.

Can't download all my pics yet until the battery recharges. As a result, I can tell you this... I got about three hundred pictures today using the EVF (!). Now as any regular reader hear would know by now: I hate EVF. A lot. BUT today, I was in bright sunlight allday long and had to take my chances with the EVF for almost the entire day. It works and it seems to work quite well.

Using a Sandisk 1GB Ultra II Compact Flash card, I took over three hundred pictures as full size and finest resolution JPEG format. The BAD thing is that sometime during the day, i screwed up and reset the filse size and propped the resolution slightly from the Super Fine Setting - which was detected and later corrected. Will need to see how much this has affected things.

New Techniques:

I tried some faster shutter speeds with the P Mode. 1/1000 to 1/1250 sec was used in a few shots. Tracking an approaching charging horse with an EVF and an LCD in it that switched off briefly whilst the target was approaching rapidly required a unique technique to bypass. I aimed the camera at the area where I expected the target to be when I took the photograph and half depressed the shutter to lock the focus on something near this area. Then, still keeping the focus locked, I would quickly track one of the charging knights as he approached my "target zone" and fired the camera when I felt it was appropriate. With very good success (judging by the yet to be downloaded images on the LCD)!

I practiced this technique yesterday with the bikers in the park. (see Pro 1 biker pic). I'm sure someone's tried the Marco Manouver before with another type of camera but I've had some sincere success with it today and yesterday knowing that the camera would be hard pressed to compete with a DSLR in such action shots. I'll let you decide.

Hang in there. Battery is half charged. Want to prolong the number of full-recharges (300 apparently) so I am fully charging the camera battery right now. It's about 75% charged.

Will start a new thread in a moment as I think some of these pics are going to kick some Pro 1 knockers and trigger a flood or responses or at least debate in favour of the Pro 1. also.... I LOVE the ULTRA Macro mode!

Am going to take a little while to download the 300 pics @ 8GB each. (Arrrgh!)

Might just pick a few out to get the ball rolling.

Regards,

--
Marco Nero.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design
 
Tell me can't you's access my photos with out signing on the site? If so I think that stinks, I will have to upload the photos onto my own website if this is the case. Let me know if anyone else cannot access my photos?
 
I can view the thumbnail page but when clicking on an image it says "you must be registered to view.."

Olga
 
Ok. Thanks for letting me know Olga.

I will upload the photos to my personal website. give me an hour or so I should have them up by than. I need to sort out some flash on my site first.
Olga Johnson said:
I can view the thumbnail page but when clicking on an image it says
"you must be registered to view.."

Olga
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tantebes said:
According to a thread a few days ago, the pro 1 sucks....
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Do you believe a thread's subject without reading the messages that accompany it?

Had you read the messages in that thread you would have found out that (amongst other things) the poster was comparing the zoom to a dSLR's zoom and made comments that he had difficulty focusing in daylight. As to the former, that is no surprise but as to the latter, please tell me if you can believe that the Pro 1 has difficulty focusing in daylight. Would we not have heard that from reviewers and users alike?

Olga
 
Hi Marco,

thanks for taking the time to post pics. It's alway interesting to see how a camera performs in the hands of people other than reviewers or company samples.

I do some shooting semi-professionally and I'm looking at the Pro 1 as a tide me over until some of the fancier DSLR's prices re-enter the atmosphere.

I'd be very keen to see how the Pro 1 handles long exposures at night of city lights etc. If you get a chance to prop it up on the tripod and shot a scene for 10 plus seconds, I'd be very interested to see how it performs. I'm sure others would too.

--
Cheers

Andrew McGregor

My site: http://www.englishclubonline.net/melbournegallery.htm
 
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