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From: John McWilliams on 26 Jun 2010 19:33 Jane Galt wrote: > Gilford Brimly <gilfordbrimly(a)spamless.com> wrote : > >> With the SD4000's f/2.0 lens and back-lit sensor, I checked out some >> reviews online. It seems to be a pretty decent performer in such a small >> package. It sounds like a perfect pocket-camera for your needs. Even the >> ISO3200 images I've seen online look useful if you applied a little Fourier >> transform to them to tighten up the softness a bit. (Using utilities like >> "Focus Magic"; freeware UnShake <http://www.zen147963.zen.co.uk/> (slow >> java programming but very functional for tightening focus and for fixing >> camera shake); the RL Deconvolution tool now built into RAWTherapee's >> donation-ware (found under sharpening method options); or the overpriced >> and less capable Optipix's "Refocus" plugin.) > > Hmm, thanks. > > I missed what could have been an amazing shot this week. > > I was driving near downtown Denver on Colfax, in front of the Auraria Campus > and as I was stopping for a light, the person with me said that she saw a > couple of guys fighting to the left of me, across the street. As I turned, it > could have been an amazing shot, the guy who lost was walking across the > street towards us in the crosswalk, and the guy who beat him was standing > there staring like a bully at him, with fists clenched. The guy who lost had > his shirt stretched down to his waist in front and blood all over it. It > would have been a powerful photo, but I was driving and had JUST stopped at > the light and didn't have the time to grab a camera from my purse, start it > up, lower the car window and snap it. See?? If you had a DSLR around your neck, you would have gotten the shot. -- john mcwilliams
From: John McWilliams on 26 Jun 2010 19:36 Jane Galt wrote: > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote : > >> Jane Galt wrote: >>> FYI, for the few friendlies here, I decided to order the SD4000IS. >>> >>> But this group is too infested with communist types to have a viable >>> discussion about photo topics. >>> >> heh, communist types. >> > > If the shoe fits, dont deny it. We have a couple of persistent pests, incorrectly called trolls, an occasional real troll wanders by, but by and large even old Joe McC wouldn't have bothered. -- john mcwilliams
From: Jane Galt on 26 Jun 2010 20:40 John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote : > Jane Galt wrote: >> Gilford Brimly <gilfordbrimly(a)spamless.com> wrote : >> >>> With the SD4000's f/2.0 lens and back-lit sensor, I checked out some >>> reviews online. It seems to be a pretty decent performer in such a >>> small package. It sounds like a perfect pocket-camera for your needs. >>> Even the ISO3200 images I've seen online look useful if you applied a >>> little Fourier transform to them to tighten up the softness a bit. >>> (Using utilities like "Focus Magic"; freeware UnShake >>> <http://www.zen147963.zen.co.uk/> (slow java programming but very >>> functional for tightening focus and for fixing camera shake); the RL >>> Deconvolution tool now built into RAWTherapee's donation-ware (found >>> under sharpening method options); or the overpriced and less capable >>> Optipix's "Refocus" plugin.) >> >> Hmm, thanks. >> >> I missed what could have been an amazing shot this week. >> >> I was driving near downtown Denver on Colfax, in front of the Auraria >> Campus and as I was stopping for a light, the person with me said that >> she saw a couple of guys fighting to the left of me, across the street. >> As I turned, it could have been an amazing shot, the guy who lost was >> walking across the street towards us in the crosswalk, and the guy who >> beat him was standing there staring like a bully at him, with fists >> clenched. The guy who lost had his shirt stretched down to his waist in >> front and blood all over it. It would have been a powerful photo, but I >> was driving and had JUST stopped at the light and didn't have the time >> to grab a camera from my purse, start it up, lower the car window and >> snap it. > > See?? If you had a DSLR around your neck, you would have gotten the > shot. > LOL Not that it would interfere with my paid work or anything. -- - Jane Galt
From: Paul Heslop on 27 Jun 2010 03:44 Jane Galt wrote: > > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote : > > > Jane Galt wrote: > >> > >> FYI, for the few friendlies here, I decided to order the SD4000IS. > >> > >> But this group is too infested with communist types to have a viable > >> discussion about photo topics. > >> > > heh, communist types. > > > > If the shoe fits, dont deny it. > Communist types? um, what does that have to do with cameras? -- Paul (we break easy) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
From: DanP on 27 Jun 2010 08:15
On Jun 26, 5:28 pm, Jane Galt <Jan...(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: > FYI, for the few friendlies here, I decided to order the SD4000IS. > > But this group is too infested with communist types to have a viable > discussion about photo topics. > > -- > - Jane Galt By your logic Pablo Picasso work is all rubbish. In case you wonder, my vote always went to the right parties. DanP |