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Technical Support / Re: Urgent Help Requested:Photos for my website

« on: April 24, 2013, 09:32:04 AM »

Hello all,and thanks for your time.i will be grateful if you help me with tis serious problem.
i have con 6 d and 17-40mm lens.
i take my carpets photos with this camera and happy with the results but only problem is the image size is too large like 10 mb in jpeg format.i always shoot jpeg and raw.
now 10 mb jpeg is too big for my website photos.my competitor www.carpetvista.com has almost same pixels but their size is maximum 400 kb .please vist that site and see it.
my questions are as follows,
1 what size should i put in my canon 6d .L M or S ?
what i think is that i can shoot L but later can reduce the size .am i right ?L size giving me jpeg size 10 mb maximum.
Please please help me sort out my problem as my job is at stake .
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards

Adjust your image size in the camera for JPEG: probably S2 or S3
Save all the processing for when you need to do so on the RAW image.

thanks very much for the info.
My images look great when i take photos in Raw in L size.My concern is if i take S size ,will my images show less detail even before post processing?
thanks

They will show a lot less detail even before post processing...

do your processing then resize the image to the size you require it. it could not be more simple. it's fine in large raw.

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Technical Support / Re: Corrupt CF Card

« on: April 23, 2013, 08:35:40 PM »

can you still read the photos on your camera? if so, just use the usb from there and don't plug your CF card directly into the computer, use the canon software to download them

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Technical Support / Re: Urgent Help Requested:Photos for my website

« on: April 23, 2013, 08:33:19 PM »

Is it acceptable to just "facepalm"?

If your "job" is at stake shouldn't you know how to do your actual job?

Take your images at whatever size you like. Large Raw will do...

open your image in photoshop, process the raw to your liking and then open it. post process anything that needs post processing. I usually find that the levels need a bit of play, maybe the curves if you're that way inclined and any airbrushing/sharpening/high-pass etc...

save the original, then image > image size > 72dpi and whatever physical size you want it to appear on your web page. measure it in pixels/cm/mm/picas... whatever then when you get the option in save as... save the quality as 10/11/12, it really doesn't matter after that.

Here I am, drunk on a tuesday night at 01:32am and I probably have to do that about 1000 times tomorrow... don't tell my boss.

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Portrait / Re: Gig Photography

« on: April 22, 2013, 12:50:36 PM »

awwwwwww, no one wants to join in my gig photography thread 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 60d or t5i, your help?

« on: April 21, 2013, 08:41:11 AM »

60D all the way. Better control, much more fun to use than a XXXD / Rebel, which are just annoying and put you off ever using it properly in full manual mode. get that and a 28mm 1.8 while you're at it.

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Portrait / Re: Gig Photography

« on: April 21, 2013, 08:36:21 AM »

Just checked out you guys pictures, good work everyone!

I've always thought it'd be great to have a proper website dedicated to band photography. Like so people can sign up, have an account and upload their band pictures. Then people could search for bands/venues/dates and all that shizzle. photographers could sell their work (or give it away for free), bands have easy access to images of themselves and people could order prints and posters of specific shots. who do I get in touch with to get that sorted? I'm no web designer...

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Portrait / Re: Gig Photography

« on: April 21, 2013, 08:27:00 AM »

I started with a 500D about 3 years ago. that and the kit 18-55 got me some of my favourite pictures, so yeah it's not about the gear. It's nice that in a small venue you can often get away with a bit of flash, especially if you know the bands or you've chatted to them before hand. If they know they're getting a free bunch of photos they're not going to be too pissed at you for shoving a camera in their faces to get good shots.

also, here's a point... when people have been shooting my bands, it's never bothered me if they've used flash. I don't think I've ever actually noticed. but then having seen flashes going off all day every day for the best part of 15 years, I don't really see them at all now. weird.

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Portrait / Gig Photography

« on: April 19, 2013, 11:18:50 AM »

I've been on here for a while but I've not seen much about gig photography. I love to shoot gigs but as I'm not a pro on the circuit I find it very difficult to get photo-pit passes. I play in a small punk band so I always shoot the other bands we play with but it's mainly limited to small venues with no stage. anyways, I'm always interested in how people shoot, their techniques and how they handle their cameras in different (often difficult) situations...

sometimes I take photos between the songs...

Here's one from the other night to start the ball rolling:

Band: The Front Bottoms
Venue: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (small room)
Camera: Canon 5Diii
Lens: 28mm 1.8 / 50mm 1.4
1600 iso
f2
1/125

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Reviews / Re: 7D2 or 5D3?

« on: April 12, 2013, 08:38:10 AM »

As a 7Dii doesn't exist then it shouldn't come into the equation.

Does your 50D do the job? = don't need a new camera

Do you need a new camera right now? = 7D for extra 400iso points or 5D for the grandure as they both exist.

Do you want to wait for the newest bestest crop sensor from canon? = wait to see what the 7Dii has to offer

I'd buy a 2nd hand 7D body in your position though and wait for the future to come at its own pace.

(I did plunge for the 5Diii when I had a 7D though mainly for shallower DoF and higher ISO when working in-doors)

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Reviews / Re: My full street photography kit and why my 5dmk3 is perfect for street shooting.

« on: March 28, 2013, 05:45:14 AM »

5Diii + 50mm 1.4 is the most perfect combo for street I've ever owned. I've been thinking about getting a 35mm but very undecided.

If you think the 5Diii is too heavy, you need to work out a little more, especially on your arms and shoulders...

If you think people get angry when being shot with a camera like the 5Diii then you probably need to work on your rapport a little. Maybe a smile, maybe a motion, maybe a couple of words or a conversation? You might even make new friends. Especially with chicks and older folk. The people that you most likely want to shoot are exhibitionists most of the time anyway, are they not?

Not sure if that was directed at me but I agree I dont find the camera heavy.
I highly recommend the 35 f2 - basically its as light as a feather and 'good enough' for what we need to do.

Nope, not at you... to the 2 groups of people that think the 5Diii is too heavy and that try and hide the fact they're going around taking photos of people.

I'll also throw in the people that complain about the new bottom of the range cameras that get released not being as good as £2000 cameras

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Reviews / Re: My full street photography kit and why my 5dmk3 is perfect for street shooting.

« on: March 27, 2013, 08:02:30 AM »

5Diii + 50mm 1.4 is the most perfect combo for street I've ever owned. I've been thinking about getting a 35mm but very undecided.

If you think the 5Diii is too heavy, you need to work out a little more, especially on your arms and shoulders...

If you think people get angry when being shot with a camera like the 5Diii then you probably need to work on your rapport a little. Maybe a smile, maybe a motion, maybe a couple of words or a conversation? You might even make new friends. Especially with chicks and older folk. The people that you most likely want to shoot are exhibitionists most of the time anyway, are they not?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Studio shoot, 5D MarkII or MarkIII

« on: March 26, 2013, 06:32:42 AM »

if it's product and you do quite a bit in post anyway then there's been no significant change in quality since the 1DsIII and the 5DII. I still use the 1DsIII for static stuff (only tethered) and the 5DIII for models (un-tethered). as long as your lighting and manual focussing is up to par and you know how to use DOF appropriately it doesn't matter what you're using.

On a side note: I hate using the 1Dsiii outside of the studio. I hate using the 5Diii tethered for product. 1st world problems, eh?

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Landscape / Re: How Would You Edit This Landscape Photo?

« on: March 08, 2013, 10:43:20 AM »

Death Vally, all looming, imposing and inhospitable...

good pic

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Software & Accessories / Bellows for tilt shift

« on: March 05, 2013, 08:36:41 AM »

Back in the good old days of film and 5x4 photography, on Cambo and Sinar cameras you used to be able to tilt the planes of both the back and lens either side of the bellows extension thus correcting verticals.

I've had a look on amazon but I'm unable as yet to come across a bellows extender that tilts, it's all for macro photography. Does anyone use this method for tilt-shift or has anyone been able to locate such an item?

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EOS Bodies / Re: What about a more versatile sensor dimensions?

« on: March 04, 2013, 07:02:24 PM »

Hasselblad?