OK - here is my setup, mix of old and new.. Canon T71 EFS 18-135mm EF 50mm EF 20-105mm (Wife dropped it while trying to juggle the twin boys when young.. works but drags a little (and super heavy) EF 35mm Sigma 70-300mm Frankly, I’ve always wanted to get into photography.. but its more of a start/stop thing. I.e. I start doing it, then get involved in something else (bright shiny object issue)..
I got the camera data by looking at your image in Photoshop. It doesn't always work on photos from the internet, but it did on yours.
EXIF data FTW..... Sure beats the days when I carried a note pad to write exposure info down when I shot film.
Would some old 'brownie' type shots taken back in the late '60s be of any help in what and what not to do with a camera around sports car gatherings? Temporary duty in Key West introduced me into the world of driving thru the local sports car club, EVSCC, thru solo and rally (I acquired a Curta back then and when I left, sold it to a guy for around 25 or 30 bucks. Look one up on ebay now.) including a trip up to Sebring.
I sold all my rally equipment maybe 15 years ago. Two Curta's two Halda's with one complete set of gears & a Speed-pilot. Sure wish I'd have hung onto that stuff.
Being a relative noob at photography, I am curious of what experienced photographers thought of polarizing filters. I have one and use it regularly but then my photos are ones of opportunity, meaning I end up taking photos at all times of day to record what I may be doing rather than planning photos around ideal daytime lighting.
I don't use one. And, since I mostly shoot cars, I have little reason to use one. They are a challenge on three-dimensuonal shiny objects. You get one surface to look good, and another one looks bad. I find that between carefully positioning a car and a bit of photoshop, I can get better results. Polarizers are, I believe, more useful for landscape and nature photography. I rarely do that kind of photography, so I'll let somebody else handle that topic. CD
Land/cityscape is mostly what I do, mostly night photography. They really help with reflections on water and they bring out the blue of the sky and details in clouds. I tipicly leave it on my camera, for the most part if I just have it with me for taking spur of the moment shots it usually helps. If I am going out with intent then that changes every thing.
I always have one in the camera bag. It's not used all the time, but on occasion it does the trick. For you folks buying & using filters make sure to buy high quality ones. No sense using a nice sharp lens & then slapping a piece of cheap glass on it. Unless you want to lose sharpness.
That is the down side. And just so I can contribute and hopefully help by showing an example, here's some photos I took after getting mine. Without filter: Filter rotated to filter the glare on side windows. Filter rotated to filter the glare from the windshield and hood. Or reposition ones self if moving the car isn't possible. I'd love to know how you use photoshop to remove the glare but I suspect that would be a larger topic for another thread.
Thats pretty interesting - thanks for taking the different shots. I haven’t used a polarized filter in some time and when I did it was for landscape. Never thought about it from a car perspective (I.e. rotating filter for different effects)..
B + W is what I own for the few filters I own. I've heard things... my pro camera dealer mentioned something to a customer that I overheard that was negative about them. I was busy with something else, and didn't ask any questions. That was no help, was it? Sorry. But, it is worth some research before buying any. CD
No......not very.......but it did make me laugh. I was waiting fo what it was you over heard. I guess I will never know. Good point about the research.
I buy a lot of stuff from them, but my big camera and lens purchases come from my local dealer, Competitive Camera in Dallas. If I am buying a 6-grand camera or 2-grand lens, I like having a local dealer I can depend on if I have a problem. I know CC will cover my a$$ if something goes wrong and I have a shoot in the morning. The owner at CC knows who I am when I call, and can name every piece of camera equipment I've bought from him. He knows what I shoot for a living, and can tell me if something is right for me or not. Getting a good local camera dealer is a lot like getting a good local shop to work on your car. It may not be ideal for every purchase, but for the major stuff, if you build a relationship with a local business, you are going to sleep better after writing the check. I also don't pay sales tax in Texas on Camera equipment, since I am a professional with a Texas Tax ID, so there is no price advantage from B&H. I mostly buy accessories and other cheap stuff I want shipped to my house for convenience from B&H.