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And most of these shots are long exposure shots, not in-camera HDR. Are you sure you know what the difference is?
 
rashkae2 said:
And most of these shots are long exposure shots, not in-camera HDR. Are you sure you know what the difference is?
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How about you tame the arrogant tone in your post? I posted the link as it was posted by the site owner on alphamount forum who claimed to be using incamera HDR with A550. Do you have a problem with the post and link?
 
Thanks for the link. These are incredible. It looks like they are using long exposures along with the HDR which is a very cool idea. That must be how they get the ghosting effect. This camera continues to impress at least one a700 owner...me.
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Zeiss taste...Beercan budget!
 
Very cool idea...that one didn't dawn on me. I used a lot of HDR mode on my last trip, but mostly for handheld faster shutter stuff to get better dynamic range in challenging shadow situations. I settled in on +-1.5 as my favorite setting - more than that is a bit extreme in many cases, and less than that doesn't look all that different than what DRO mode can do. With a lot of experimentation, I ran into a few cases where I used the HDR with moving subjects and got some minor ghosting - the ability to merge and align the photos is great, but it can only freeze so much movement before some ghosting is inevitable.

I will have to try using it in conjunction with slow shutter too, just to try it out and see how it looks.

Thanks for the link.

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Justin
galleries: http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
 
zackiedawg said:
Very cool idea...that one didn't dawn on me. I used a lot of HDR mode on my last trip, but mostly for handheld faster shutter stuff to get better dynamic range in challenging shadow situations. I settled in on +-1.5 as my favorite setting - more than that is a bit extreme in many cases, and less than that doesn't look all that different than what DRO mode can do. With a lot of experimentation, I ran into a few cases where I used the HDR with moving subjects and got some minor ghosting - the ability to merge and align the photos is great, but it can only freeze so much movement before some ghosting is inevitable.

I will have to try using it in conjunction with slow shutter too, just to try it out and see how it looks.

Thanks for the link.

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Justin
galleries: http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
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I would love to see what you come up with. I wish I had a 550 to try out. I don't know if this is what he is doing, but check out this image:

http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=179091&View=Results&Rows=4

I made it with one long exposure. I used a flash to light up the cat. My guess is that with the ghost on the bridge he might have done something similar since the image of the man walking is not blurred. With a weaker flash my cat could have looked like a ghost, but in this case if the HDR was done with a long enough exposure he is likely only in one frame which would further explain the ghost image. However he did it, I love it.

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Zeiss taste...Beercan budget!
 
Very interesting application of in-camera HDR. It would be nice to know this came about by accident or the user worked out in advance that such shots might be possible.

I am always fascinated when something can be achieved which the originator of an application didn't anticipate.
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Keith-C
 
He is I and I am him ... anyway, enough of the Snoop references. I'm Chris aka cwachtel.com ... these are my in-camera HDR shots. Just to clear up some confusion -- the gallery that it's linked to is all in-camera HDR. So while I appreciate someone trying to differentiate my long-exposure shots with my in-camera HDR shots, I ask, What you can't do both? Why not? Give it a try, you might like it.

Yes, I shoot mostly long exposures and figured why not try it out in HDR mode -- variety being the spice of life and all that. I liked the results and thought I'd share. If someone wants to say it can't be done, that's fine, to each their own. I'm having fun finding out what can be done.

If anyone wants to know specifics of what goes into this, let me know. It's pretty easy. You just need to be comfortable with long exposures :P
 
I would just like to say very nice shots. Nice composure, and subject mater. The shots do look like HDR shots to me, I do not think a regular long exp shot would look quite the same.
Gene
 
Actually, once you read the actual forum thread (link that here instead of just the gallery would have helped...) it's HDR + long exposure.

So my apologies.
 
I quite like the shots.

Some technical details would be appreciated.

Regards,
Mike
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I'd prefer my DSLR without video, thank you.
 
Thanks, Gene. I appreciate the feedback! I have been experimenting with shooting long exposures in RAW versus the in-camera HDR. There are subtles differences in each, obviously, so it's just a matter of seeing which works best in the situation I'm in. But overall I do like the auto HDR in that it is subtle and not overpowering like a lot of post-processed photos I see these days.

Chris
 
Thanks Mike. I will be adding technical details to the bottom of each image this weekend (it's supposed to rain so after I experiement with rain HDR and probably fail, I'll post the details).

Chris
 
I didn't really think about this until now...I used the HDR mode quite a few times over the past two weeks, and it always rips off a clear triple shutter sound with every shot. So I was assuming 3 shots were taken. But I've seen a few here mention 2 shots only.

Can anyone else with the 550 confirm if their camera sounds like it's taking 3 frames instead of 2...and if indeed the HDR mode only does stack two frames...what is that third shutter trigger for?

Or is mine special, and shoots 3 frames while noone else's does? ;)

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Justin
galleries: http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
 
I want this for the a900!! Firmware update NOW!!! ;-)

Really, really nice pics though. Especially like the nighttime in the park shots.

I really would like to try this, but I can't really justify another camera right now...
--JD
 
I just tested it out and it's actually 4 clicks -- shutter open, shutter close, shutter open, shutter close. Try it on an exposure over a second and you can tell.

If yours takes 3 shots, don't tell anyone and enjoy!!

Chris
 
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