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Closeups with D3400 - having great difficulty !!
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<blockquote data-quote="MoreCowbell" data-source="post: 821272" data-attributes="member: 47352"><p>Excelent comments <em>BF Hammer</em> and <em>Needa</em>, including your triangle analogy and explanation of ISO. I will look at that link <em>Needa</em> - thanks.</p><p></p><p>As to "filling the frame", it seems like there are 2 ways to do it:</p><p><strong>1. </strong>zoom in enough w/ any focal length setting to fill the frame.</p><p><strong>2.</strong> Don't come in so close and, in<em> postprocessing</em>, crop the image to fill the frame.</p><p></p><p>I have been doing (preferring) #1.</p><p></p><p>The reason the Red-whiskered clamyweed blossom makes a good subject (imho) is that it presents a lot of fine detail, which I was <strong>finally</strong> (with great help on this thread) able to capture with my 18/55 lens.</p><p></p><p>Regarding ISO, it seems that <em>Clovishound </em>was arguing to go into settings and permanently set as a lower value (e.g., 100) whereas <em>BF Hammer</em> argued to leave as Auto. Maybe I have the wrong impression here ...</p><p></p><p>As to <em>BF Hammer</em>'s question:</p><p>I just went out in good morning sunlight, set the camera in A-priority mode, and attempted a focus with full zoom to 55mm. Before I snapped the picture, I ramped up the F-stop to 22 (using the knurled wheel) and let her rip. The camera chose 1/800s exposure and in "auto ISO mode", chose ISO 3200. The camera was hand-held and even with that high ISO value, I got no blur.</p><p></p><p>As I said before, in the final analysis, I find that the Macro mode for this camera yields reasonably good photos for such subjects but this last one in A-priority mode is (in my mind) acceptable - and way better than what I was getting when I started this thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoreCowbell, post: 821272, member: 47352"] Excelent comments [I]BF Hammer[/I] and [I]Needa[/I], including your triangle analogy and explanation of ISO. I will look at that link [I]Needa[/I] - thanks. As to "filling the frame", it seems like there are 2 ways to do it: [B]1. [/B]zoom in enough w/ any focal length setting to fill the frame. [B]2.[/B] Don't come in so close and, in[I] postprocessing[/I], crop the image to fill the frame. I have been doing (preferring) #1. The reason the Red-whiskered clamyweed blossom makes a good subject (imho) is that it presents a lot of fine detail, which I was [B]finally[/B] (with great help on this thread) able to capture with my 18/55 lens. Regarding ISO, it seems that [I]Clovishound [/I]was arguing to go into settings and permanently set as a lower value (e.g., 100) whereas [I]BF Hammer[/I] argued to leave as Auto. Maybe I have the wrong impression here ... As to [I]BF Hammer[/I]'s question: I just went out in good morning sunlight, set the camera in A-priority mode, and attempted a focus with full zoom to 55mm. Before I snapped the picture, I ramped up the F-stop to 22 (using the knurled wheel) and let her rip. The camera chose 1/800s exposure and in "auto ISO mode", chose ISO 3200. The camera was hand-held and even with that high ISO value, I got no blur. As I said before, in the final analysis, I find that the Macro mode for this camera yields reasonably good photos for such subjects but this last one in A-priority mode is (in my mind) acceptable - and way better than what I was getting when I started this thread. [/QUOTE]
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