General Photography

Devill said:
Yes you can spend that 115 pound on a lens for you old friend devill, And ofcourse I will help out, ill pay the postage fees.
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Dude, I love my camera buddies, but not quite that much :)

This month is quite a stretch already - I moved house (had to pay an enormous deposit plus rent in advance) and did a few other necessary things that cost lots, so I'm not really in a position to buy glass. Otherwise I would have bought the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM already.
 
koffiejunkie said:
Dude, I love my camera buddies, but not quite that much :)

This month is quite a stretch already - I moved house (had to pay an enormous deposit plus rent in advance) and did a few other necessary things that cost lots, so I'm not really in a position to buy glass. Otherwise I would have bought the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM already.
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Lol, sorry to hear about your own credit crunch :(
 
Oh, don't forget me when one of you gets into the mood of giving gifts okay....hehe
 
When I use Photoshop for my downloaded images from my camera, I noticed that it says 8bit. It's supposed to be 14bit. Why is this?
 
Angelica said:
Here are 3 that are not bugs at least. The first two were taken close to where I live and the last one was at Kleinmond. I climbed a mountain just to take the pictures.
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Lovely shots :)

As BigAl-SA mentioned you've got a little dust there - might want to give the sensor a quick clean if it gets any worse.
koffiejunkie said:
Not really - I'm looking at portraiture. I think I might skip it and just stick to what I have. It makes little sense to drop £115 on the kit lens if I'm going to spend several hundred on the same range soon anyway.
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Which kit lens? The one used above by Angelica was (I think) the non-IS version.

The 50mm f/1.8 makes a fantastic portrait lens on a crop btw.
 
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stix said:
I recall an option to save it as a 16 bit tif. Let me see if i can find it and will revert.
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I used Adobe Camera Raw to directly save the file after I edited it. Should I have opened it in Photoshop afterward and then save it in there rather?
 
mercurial said:
I used Adobe Camera Raw to directly save the file after I edited it. Should I have opened it in Photoshop afterward and then save it in there rather?
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When ACR opens click on the hyperlink under the photo to open the workflow options.
 
mercurial said:
I used Adobe Camera Raw to directly save the file after I edited it. Should I have opened it in Photoshop afterward and then save it in there rather?
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Not one to dictate workflow - especially since i use Lightroom. But if i recall correctly you should be able to move into Photoshop without having to save/export the image first and then save it once in the PS environment. I also recall in the develop tab in camera raw there was an option to set it to 16 bit
 
bwana said:
Lovely shots :)

As BigAl-SA mentioned you've got a little dust there - might want to give the sensor a quick clean if it gets any worse.
Which kit lens? The one used above by Angelica was (I think) the non-IS version.

The 50mm f/1.8 makes a fantastic portrait lens on a crop btw.
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I know it must be a bit dusty, the problem is I don't get to the city that often and is afraid of cleaning it myself.
 
Angelica said:
I know it must be a bit dusty, the problem is I don't get to the city that often and is afraid of cleaning it myself.
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I was pretty hesitant myself the first time but I figured as long as I was careful . . . :)

Anyway, I just bought a small paint brush - washed and dried it - and gave it a blast of compressed air just before I used it (apparently this gives the bristles a static charge to hold the dust?). A couple passes in each direction with a blast of air (on the brush and away from the camera!) in between and dust-busted. :)

Saved myself a r300 cleaning charge on each of my 400Ds.

Disclaimer: Of course you do this all at your own risk!
 
stix said:
Not one to dictate workflow - especially since i use Lightroom. But if i recall correctly you should be able to move into Photoshop without having to save/export the image first and then save it once in the PS environment. I also recall in the develop tab in camera raw there was an option to set it to 16 bit
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I know, but once I touch up the RAW files, I see no need to do any additional Photoshop magic :)

That hyperlink at the bottom that bwana mentioned, worked. It's now 16bit. Thanks all.
 
mercurial said:
I deleted the RAW lol. My question is - if I save it to .TIFF, is it not 14bit anymore?
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stix said:
:eek:

That is your digital negative of sorts?
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Must agree with stix about :eek:

I always keep the RAW - as the RAW processors improve, you can always rework the conversion. And if you've converted to 8-bit, the extra 6-bits are lost. And if you've thrown the RAW file away, those 6-bits are gone too.

Assuming you're using DPP to do the conversion, the File Convert dialog has a File format drop down menu which allows you to choose the format you want.
 
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