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Re: [MOC] Baja Unlimited Class Truck
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 01:42:50 GMT
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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:53:41 GMT, "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote:
> > Nice truck. And the photos are excellent. I am very impressed by the
> > photography. What did you use to take the pictures?
> >
> > They are very clear and well lit.(1) And the out of focus background is great.
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> Olympus DL500, one of the early 1024x768 cameras. It's an incredible battery
> hog, but has a really good optical zoom, macro, and fill flash capability.
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> The trick is to get down to the level of the model, and then ZOOM in on it.
> This reduces the depth of field, which blurs the background. It's a
> standard technique in portrait photography.
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> Also remember to add flash to fill in the shadows from sunlight. I always
> get wied looks when I use a flash in broad daylight, but it DOES help
> even out the shadows.
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> Digital photography is really neat, I haven't used a roll of "real" film in
> two years now. The 60K images are 800x600 with 75% jpeg compression. At
> high res, the 1024x768 images are ~500K in size!
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> Thanks for the feedback!
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> Cheers,
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> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
Thanks for the info, Ralph. I do have an Apple Quicktake 150, but the output
of it sucks. (Moral: don't be an early adopter of technology)
One of these days, I will get a good digital camera.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Olympus DL500, one of the early 1024x768 cameras. It's an incredible battery hog, but has a really good optical zoom, macro, and fill flash capability. The trick is to get down to the level of the model, and then ZOOM in on it. This reduces (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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