[HDR-photo] Introduction - new member

[Dave Feltenberger]

Ferrell -

Canon has a partial solution to your "one button to switch to HDR" in
the 40D (and the 5D Mark II and maybe the 1Dx series).  The C1-C3
presets can be configured in any way you want on the 40D.  I have them
set roughly as follows:
C1 - +/- 2 EV AEB, 2 second timer, AV mode, ISO 100, etc.
C2 - also AEB, rapid shutter release, AV mode, ISO 100, etc.
C3 is a non-HDR-related AV mode preset

This way, to switch into different "modes" of HDR taking, it's just
turning the preset knob on the top of the camera and maybe fine-tuning
from there (e.g. adjusting the aperture, ISO, etc.).  It's a huge time
saver, especially if you find yourself switching back and forth often.

Dave

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:39 AM, FerrellMC <ferrellmc at comcast.net> wrote:
> A big welcome Luke,
>
> I've done some band shoots lately and I really enjoy the creative process of
> building a theme for their CD's. Your HDR's are very nice and I wondered
> about your preference: single image tone mapping vs. mutiple images to HDR
> with ghost repair later. I tend to do both then blend them.
>
> www.beforethecoffee.com     (probably best to link to flickr from here and
> go to the musician photo set)
>
> for a few other bands:
> http://www.myspace.com/ferrellmccolloughphotos
>
>
> As for camera functions I'd love to see a one button control for HDR
> shooting. I have experienced many situations where I wanted to go from
> shooting HDR image sets back to a single image. The one button control to
> HDR could be set to your specific needs but in most cases a switch to HDR it
> would:
>
> 1. Put the camera in AEB mode (you preset the number and spacing)
> 2. Put the camera in continuous shooting mode
> 3. Switch to A - aperture priority mode
> 4. Switch out of auto mode for white balance
> 5. Switch to manual focus
> 6. turn off on-camera flash if applies
> 7. could even switch to RAW or JPG.
>
> Ferrell McCollough
>
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>
> On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Luke Kaven wrote:
>
>> Hello all!
>>
>> I'm new to the HDR list, and wanted to say hello and introduce myself.
>>  From
>> reading earlier threads, there are some interesting people here and I hope
>> to meet some of you along the way some day.
>>
>> I'm a record producer who is known for a jazz recording label called
>> Smalls
>> Records, and I'm a photographer who mostly concentrates on artist
>> portraits
>> and performances, though I occasionally venture into other subjects.
>>  Though
>> I've taken photographs for many years (with some long breaks), I've
>> recently
>> come to a period of creative rediscovery, brought about in large part by
>> the
>> artistic possibilities afforded by HDR (and in part due to a love affair
>> with a Nikon D3).  I'm a big fan of Photomatix and hope to see the
>> developers succeed in a position of leadership in a growing area.
>>
>> I believe that HDR is in many ways a more encompassing notion of
>> photography
>> than any traditional notion, and that in many ways, I believe that with
>> suitable refinements and advances, it can be at both the center and the
>> forefront.  For one thing, traditional photography can be thought of as
>> just
>> sitting on the scale of dynamic range at the lower end of the scale
>> wherein
>> "LDR" photography is just a more trivial case of HDR photography.  I feel
>> that LDR photography has no special privilege and no claim to being
>> "normal", and, whether you use a 9-stop slice of light, or a 15-stop slice
>> of light, is a matter of choice, but ultimately the same thing.
>>
>> I think that we are going to see more and more techniques for
>> supersampling
>> scenes, perhaps going under different names, but that we are talking about
>> largely the same thing.  We strive to record every part of a scene
>> faithfully regardless of the range of light values, working with the
>> practical limitations of our recording media, and then we try to map those
>> recorded values onto a display surface of our choice, and choose how to
>> render within the range of the display medium.  This is photography of any
>> kind, articulated from this new perspective.
>>
>> For a while now, I've been expecting to see supersampling techniques being
>> incorporated into cameras.  I see that Fuji now has started to do
>> something
>> like that with its dual capture EXR technology.  I think this is just the
>> beginning.  There may be a future in developing cameras that can
>> supersample
>> a scene (using whatever method, including near-instantaneous multiple
>> exposures with a single click) and produce a 32-bit RAW image file, and
>> optionally a tonemapped image.  It can be done now.  I'd like to see the
>> people at Photomatix be in the forefront of that.
>>
>> As someone who uses HDR primarily for portraiture, these kinds of advances
>> would be a big boost to my efforts.  I really think that once the
>> practical
>> aspects of HDR are addressed, it will become usable for the entire range
>> of
>> subjects, and it will be the new normal.
>>
>> I have some questions, but I'll save those for the next note.
>>
>> All the best, Luke
>>
>> Some of my recent works
>> www.smallsrecords.com/art/galleria/gallery-hdr.htm
>>
>> Smalls Records
>> www.smallsrecords.com
>>
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