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Photography / Re: Next
Last post by Friedland -
Sorry to say, but I don't think this is possile with a mobile.
The "weakness" of a mobile is that there is no way to determine depth-of-field, since the aperture in a mobile lens is fixed.
Otherwise it's as capable as any rudimentary camera.
There are some expansion apps for mobiles that makes them capable to use different kinds of settings, but those are priamerly for setting the shutter speed, do some exposure compensation and setting the white balance
You have to consult the brand of mobile you're using.
Needless to say, it's the different models of Apple who's in the forefront here.

But have a look at this:

13 Smartphone Photography Tips&Tricks

- John -
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Photography / Re: Next
Last post by Nena -
I just wish, I could use any of this for my mobile.
Maybe I can, I really have to go into the settings and see, what is possible --- until I can spoil myself with a new Olympus, after selling the farm  8)
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Photography / Re: Next
Last post by Friedland -
Well, there are a number of settings if you really want to dive into the "belly of the beast".
So if you don't want to go fully automatic, there are a number of modes to choose from.

The most usefull - for me - is the A-mode (aperture priority).
So - you set the aperture to get the depth-of-field as you want and the camera sets the shutter speed accordingly.
Because, as we all know (?), aperture decides the depth-of-field, don't we ?
In case not - now you know.. :)

A smaller (higher number) of aperture gives more depth-of-field.
A larger (lower number) of aperture gives less (more shallow) depth-of-field.

The distribution of depth-of-field is one third in front of the focus point and two thirds behind it.
Always - even with a very shallow depth-of-field.
Becuase that's how optics works.

- John -
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If it matters ... it matters / Re: daz selling obvious AI crap
Last post by Nena -
Easy explained, you won't train AI with AI crap, cause it can only get worse.
Some say, this way, AI will kill itself exactly this way, by training itself with itself, so in he end, the user will get useless crap answers and products and pictures --- well crap on anything.

It's sneaking it's way in at daz, at rosity and anywhere else.
It's just a matter of time, that the stores will become obsolete and the vendors as well.

Get yourself some Champagne and Caviar, sit back and enjoy the show  :))
A Coke and Popcorn will do as well  8)

Btw. if you know people, who would like to join here, you are free to invite them  :)
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If it matters ... it matters / Re: daz selling obvious AI crap
Last post by MKDAWUSS -
One thing I've noticed is AI sneaking its way into DS assets are in-scene graphics and images. Logos and pictures and such. Some of that can be tolerable to a degree, but others just have me going, ".........really?" Like, this picture (not something resembling a painting, BTW) on the wall over here could have been a render, not some poorly-generated AI image.

I did get a slight chuckle the other day over a product that was made using AI - clearly stated, BTW - but refused (for what it's worth) permission for AI to train off it. Make that one make sense.
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Photography / Re: First.
Last post by Friedland -
Yeah, the TG5 is "yesterday" and now replaced by TG7.
And the price of a second hand is close to when I bought it brand new.
The TG7 is quite a lot more expencive, but is it better ?
I doubt that ...

- John -
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Photography / Re: First.
Last post by Nena -
Now I wanna have this cam even more, but I checked, not at amazon and at ebay 600 dollar or approximately NOK 5,593.71
+ $173.64 shipping

Well, it seems, I have one more reason to sell this farm  8)
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Photography / Re: First.
Last post by Friedland -
Added to it - it's a tough little thingy.
You can drop it in straight down in the pavement from around 2 meters.
Without anything added, you can take it down under water to a depth of 15 meters as is.
So it's thoroughly weather sealed. Dustproof, waterproof, sandproof, freezeproof, you name it.
It is built to handle with no care at all.

I had it with me in my pocket when I went to Rome for 15 days.
All I had was that one and two spare batteries - in another pocket.

I took 1600 images with it and made 8 photobooks of that journey.

It also records video in 1080p.
It can do 4K, but I've never tried it.
I don't want to fry the batteries ... :)

... and yes, the old 13x18 cm "travel" cam is made of cherry wood.

- John -