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Workflow change - Ingestamatic with review PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Pavlinovich   
Friday, 27 January 2012 21:12

Ingesting the thousands of images I make each year (it only increases!) requires some discipline in backups, image conversion and meta tagging before it gets into my catalogue of choice (Lightroom). For the last couple of years I've used Image Inge [ … ]

 
Modification of the Canon 35-80 lens for macro PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Pavlinovich   
Sunday, 27 November 2011 16:55
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I'd read about a macro conversion for the Canon 35-80 lens. I had the USM version and it had been dropped many times so it wasn't the healthiest thing in the world. Neither I nor my son use it so I decided to give the mod a go.

 

Basically all you do is remove the front element of the lens. You [ … ]

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 November 2011 17:14
 
Depth of Field - DOF PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Pavlinovich   
Saturday, 08 October 2011 10:39

When I first acquired my dedicated macro lens I wanted some idea of what it could do. I picked a simple subject which had some depth to it to experiment with the different apertures. The purpose was to learn what the lens could do, how its DOF improved as the aperture opened up and what happened t [ … ]

 
Using your camera - to chimp or not? PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich   
Friday, 07 October 2011 09:57
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I use my digital SLR all the time. I am comfortable with what it can do and with what I can do although I do like to challenge myself with new things.

When out with groups of photographers or when observing a group I sometimes hear people scoff at people who chimp their camera immediately after cre [ … ]

Last Updated on Friday, 07 October 2011 10:55
 
Camera settings - Manual or Auto? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Pavlinovich   
Friday, 07 October 2011 09:49
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Use The Technology

I am a big fan of using the technology that I have in my hand. I mostly shoot in aperture priority (Av) and when I have a specific reason to do so switch to shutter priority (Tv). Generally I let the camera do the rest.

At the 2010PMA Digital Life exhibition there was a presen [ … ]

Last Updated on Friday, 07 October 2011 11:03
 
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