Thank you John, it's a new camera and I'm just pointing and shooting at the moment, but it's capable of much more - I must find time to download and read the handbook. It's a Fujifilm Finepix S4500.
The walk was, as you say, very tranquil - I found a dry patch of tree roots by the side of the river and sat there for a while, with the sun on my face listening to the sounds of the riverbank - bliss
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just been showing H the wildlife ones, Fidget he needs a lie down after seeing close up of Croc / Gaitor ? Thankfully not any around here. Do you have any snake ones, he's even more worried about them
We live in a fantastic spot - a few minutes from international art galleries, good theatres, superb restaurants and music venues in one direction, and in the other a short walk over the hill to the oak woods and marshes, and the lowest rainfall too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Enjoy your new camera, my previous one was a Fuji S4500 and many of the shots I have posted here were taken with it. You'll be able to have fun with macro & super macro settings.
The Fuji cameras are very good, definition seems to be a bit better than others with similar spec. This is because Fuji developed a system where they can increase the apparent definition of the ccd (the chip that records the picture detail) by a factor of 2 making a 5mp camera something equivalent to a 10mp.
Having used Zeiss Contax RTS 2 for a few years with Zeiss Tessar and Planar lenses and conventional film I decided to change to digital and dismantled my darkroom where I processed all my own pictures, which on reflection was a bad move at the time as digital hadn't progressed suficiently by then!
My first ever digital camera was a Fuji 4900 and I was very pleased with it - except for one failing in those early days - when the shutter button was pressed the reaction was so slow you felt like going away and making a cup of tea while the camera decided when it was going to take the picture.
That's interesting to know, John. I too come from a generation where we developed our own film & printed our own prints...I remember once being the proud owner of, first an Agfa, then a Gnome enlarger.
I think my first camera was an Ensign- Ful Vue Super, that was when I was about 15 years old.
Maybe digital cameras have spoiled the art of photography to some extent, being able to take hundreds of shots & being able to delete those that don't reach expectations.
From a cost point of view, we had to take more care over composition and choice of film speed......or am I just getting old??
I studied photography as part of my art school training but back then we were using non-digital SLR cameras, and as you say developing and printing our own prints.
I think that the benefits of digital photography are huge - if I had to buy film and process and print each photograph, would I be able to learn about my new camera in the way that I am at the moment - it would cost me a fortune!
However, I used to love the tactility of processing film myself, and the smell of the chemicals etc and the thrill of going into the dark room, never quite knowing what you were going to be able to produce
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Nice pics Dove, very tranquil.
Thank you John, it's a new camera and I'm just pointing and shooting at the moment, but it's capable of much more - I must find time to download and read the handbook. It's a Fujifilm Finepix S4500.
The walk was, as you say, very tranquil - I found a dry patch of tree roots by the side of the river and sat there for a while, with the sun on my face listening to the sounds of the riverbank - bliss
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely pictures Dove - what a peaceful walk - idyllic.
More lovely pictures.
Just been showing H the wildlife ones, Fidget he needs a lie down after seeing close up of Croc / Gaitor ? Thankfully not any around here. Do you have any snake ones, he's even more worried about them
We live in a fantastic spot - a few minutes from international art galleries, good theatres, superb restaurants and music venues in one direction, and in the other a short walk over the hill to the oak woods and marshes, and the lowest rainfall too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Very nice, Dove...just like being along with you.
Enjoy your new camera, my previous one was a Fuji S4500 and many of the shots I have posted here were taken with it. You'll be able to have fun with macro & super macro settings.
PS. Took this with my Fuji S4500:
The Fuji cameras are very good, definition seems to be a bit better than others with similar spec. This is because Fuji developed a system where they can increase the apparent definition of the ccd (the chip that records the picture detail) by a factor of 2 making a 5mp camera something equivalent to a 10mp.
Having used Zeiss Contax RTS 2 for a few years with Zeiss Tessar and Planar lenses and conventional film I decided to change to digital and dismantled my darkroom where I processed all my own pictures, which on reflection was a bad move at the time as digital hadn't progressed suficiently by then!
My first ever digital camera was a Fuji 4900 and I was very pleased with it - except for one failing in those early days - when the shutter button was pressed the reaction was so slow you felt like going away and making a cup of tea while the camera decided when it was going to take the picture.
That's interesting to know, John. I too come from a generation where we developed our own film & printed our own prints...I remember once being the proud owner of, first an Agfa, then a Gnome enlarger.
I think my first camera was an Ensign- Ful Vue Super, that was when I was about 15 years old.
Maybe digital cameras have spoiled the art of photography to some extent, being able to take hundreds of shots & being able to delete those that don't reach expectations.
From a cost point of view, we had to take more care over composition and choice of film speed......or am I just getting old??
I studied photography as part of my art school training but back then we were using non-digital SLR cameras, and as you say developing and printing our own prints.
I think that the benefits of digital photography are huge - if I had to buy film and process and print each photograph, would I be able to learn about my new camera in the way that I am at the moment - it would cost me a fortune!
However, I used to love the tactility of processing film myself, and the smell of the chemicals etc and the thrill of going into the dark room, never quite knowing what you were going to be able to produce
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.