Nighttime Panoramas

bwana said:
But the lab processing your film almost certainly does.
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Of course, but that's their problem :D

bwana said:
I'm glad to be done with film.
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I'm certainly missing having instant access to my pictures, but there is so much that the SLR gives me but the compact doesn't.

bwana said:
You dont seem to be using that G9 much - dont you enjoy it?
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I use it a lot for stuff I don't put on flickr. Happy snaps at the company braai, etc. Since my passport got taken along with the 40D, I haven't travelled at all, and I've been pretty busy at work, so not much time to go out shooting for pleasure.
 
Rouxenator said:
But as a hobby or passion I can understand your thing for film ;) I have many such quirks myself :o
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It's about more than just the hobby/passion. The SLR (even my 30 year old one) can do some things the compact just cannot. Like 30min shutter times, f/2, shallow DOF, not to mention much wider angles and better reach, thanks to the lenses I have for it. 800 ISO looks way better on film than on a P&S, and as basic as my Rebel is, it's flash exposure (probably my biggest complaint with P&S cameras) is far superior.

Oh, and I don't look like a dork when I use my external flash :)
 
koffiejunkie said:
It's about more than just the hobby/passion. The SLR (even my 30 year old one) can do some things the compact just cannot. Like 30min shutter times, f/2, shallow DOF, not to mention much wider angles and better reach, thanks to the lenses I have for it. 800 ISO looks way better on film than on a P&S, and as basic as my Rebel is, it's flash exposure (probably my biggest complaint with P&S cameras) is far superior.

Oh, and I don't look like a dork when I use my external flash :)
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I was actually considering one of those small speedlights for my P&S :)
 
bwana said:
I was actually considering one of those small speedlights for my P&S :)
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I'd be interested to see if the smaller Canon flashes actually work properly in this regard. The G9 has the four pins for TTL, but it doesn't seem to work. Fortunately I know how to use a flash in manual mode.
 
Almost night time . . twilight.
 
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Nice bwana ! The twilight thing looks pretty interesting.

This whole night panoramic thing might actually yield some pretty sweet pics :-) I have been thinking of driving out to my parents farm next to Spier this weekend to do some more long exposure night time panoramas. But maybe I should also attempt the twilight thing.
 
Rouxenator said:
Nice bwana ! The twilight thing looks pretty interesting.
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Thanks.

I wanted to do more than 3 shots but even with the assist function it seemed impossible doing it handheld without reference points . . . and I had takeaways in the car and a hungry crew at home. :)
 
Excellent work chau - were those long exposures or just normal shots that you stitched ?
 
they were long exposures. f22, 25s and ISO 100
 
I want to add a pic. Whats the easiest way of doing this. Im still new to this site, as u can see.
 
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