Scirocco? Nope. GTi? Nope. . . . . . I am converted.

[bobotheclown]

Nope, all images taken by digital SLR cameras will write this infor to files. Interesting to see how people took the photos.

[Horney]

The Jetta is a Golf with a boot.

Save the picture down, open it in Photoshop and go to FILE - FILE INFO - CAMERA DATA 1

This shows you all the information you need about how the picture was taken and what camera/lens/aperture/shutter speed/ISO...

Canon 40D
12mm focul length
Shutter speed 1.250th sec
f/8
ISO 100
Aperture priority

To get the correect exposure on the sky he may have used a graduated neutral density filter or used the IMAGE - ADJUSTMENTS - SHADOW/HIGHLIGHTS function in Photoshop CS2/CS3.

Pictures are very well composed.

I think it's more likely he shot it in RAW and then used several different layers of the shot with different exposures and combined them as the range in that shot is out of scope for most image sensors. I don't think he used a ND grad either as the low lights in the foreground are correctly exposed as well as the sky.

As you say though, great composition and the data shows he used a lens that is reasonably wide on a 40D

Nick

[08micsta]

Here we are. I found the thread again:

canon 40d....50mm 1.4, 17-85mm is usm, 10-20 hsm.

Horney or anybody? Whats that all mean?

He said he used Photoshop to tweak the contrast and saturation...

[Horney]

canon 40d the camera....50mm 1.4 Nice fast Prime (non zoom) lens often called the nifty fifty, 17-85mm is usm Standard 40d Kit lens with image stabalistion (IS) and Ultrasonic motor (USM) for fast and quite focus, 10-20 hsm wide angle zoon lens but don't know what HSM is he made the last shot with this one .

Nick

[bobotheclown]

The Jetta is a Golf with a boot.

Save the picture down, open it in Photoshop and go to FILE - FILE INFO - CAMERA DATA 1

This shows you all the information you need about how the picture was taken and what camera/lens/aperture/shutter speed/ISO...

Canon 40D
12mm focul length
Shutter speed 1.250th sec
f/8
ISO 100
Aperture priority

To get the correect exposure on the sky he may have used a graduated neutral density filter or used the IMAGE - ADJUSTMENTS - SHADOW/HIGHLIGHTS function in Photoshop CS2/CS3.

Pictures are very well composed.

I think it's more likely he shot it in RAW and then used several different layers of the shot with different exposures and combined them as the range in that shot is out of scope for most image sensors. I don't think he used a ND grad either as the low lights in the foreground are correctly exposed as well as the sky.

As you say though, great composition and the data shows he used a lens that is reasonably wide on a 40D

Nick

Ahhh High Dynamic Range or HDR is a function introduced in CS2 where you set the camera up on a tripod and take 3 or more pictures of varying exposures (sky, foreground, middleground...etc) and then let Photoshop merge them into a HDR image. This solves a lot of panoramic/landscape pictures that have lots of shadows in the foreground and bright sky. Normal photos would either have:

1) Sky percfectly exposed and the foreground underexposed or
2) The foreground perfectly exposed but the sky overexposed or burnt out

HDR images resolves this age old problem.

[08micsta]

There is more to photography then I thought... I just point and shoot. 

Can any camera take a HD shot?

[bobotheclown]

canon 40d the camera....50mm 1.4 Nice fast Prime (non zoom) lens often called the nifty fifty, 17-85mm is usm Standard 40d Kit lens with image stabalistion (IS) and Ultrasonic motor (USM) for fast and quite focus, 10-20 hsm wide angle zoon lens but don't know what HSM is he made the last shot with this one .

Nick

HSM is not a canon name, i thinks its Sigma's version of canon's USM motor technology.

[Horney]

canon 40d the camera....50mm 1.4 Nice fast Prime (non zoom) lens often called the nifty fifty, 17-85mm is usm Standard 40d Kit lens with image stabalistion (IS) and Ultrasonic motor (USM) for fast and quite focus, 10-20 hsm wide angle zoon lens but don't know what HSM is he made the last shot with this one .

Nick

HSM is not a canon name, i thinks its Sigma's version of canon's USM motor technology.

AH right that makes sense as I recognised it but couldn't think waht it was. I've got a couple of sigma lenses but they're all the old noisey variety.

Nick

[bobotheclown]

There is more to photography then I thought... I just point and shoot. 

Can any camera take a HD shot?

Yes, as long as you have manual control over shutter speed and aperture. Manual controls in other words. Very few compact cameras have this function (Leica compact cameras have full manual control AFAIK).

So if you have a digital SLR and a tripod then yes, if you have a compact point and shoot then probably no.

[bobotheclown]

There is more to photography then I thought... I just point and shoot. 

Can any camera take a HD shot?

It's easier to cheat it in photoshop or buy a graduated Neutral Density Filter (that screws onto the frotn of your lens) to have your sky and landscape exposed perfectly.