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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 12:05:54
Message: <4a48e662$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> It means there is a mirror in there.

Fair enough. One has to wonder why there's still a mirror in there. :-)

My Sony lets the light hit the sensor, then puts the display in the 
eyepiece. You don't have to screw around with a whole bunch of internal 
mechanics, waiting for the mirror to get out of the way, trying to draw 
fancy stuff on the viewfinder without having to do things screwy. :-) No 
left-overs from mechanical days. Plus, you can do IR.

I'm still not sure how the thing autofocuses without interrupting the light. 
I can only guess it's using a half-silvered mirror, and hence the 
prohibition against linear polarizers.

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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 13:54:13
Message: <4a48ffc5@news.povray.org>
Am Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:05:50 -0700 schrieb Darren New:

> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>> It means there is a mirror in there.
> 
> Fair enough. One has to wonder why there's still a mirror in there. :-)

You'll never get the same resolution with a monitor ;). For me for this 
reason live view doesn't make much sense with a DSLR - although I have to 
admit that beeing able to shoot movies with different lenses with the 
Nikon D90 (and some Canon models) is very cool.


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 14:01:26
Message: <op.uwascn2k7bxctx@e6600>
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:05:50 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>> It means there is a mirror in there.
>
> Fair enough. One has to wonder why there's still a mirror in there. :-)
>
> My Sony lets the light hit the sensor, then puts the display in the  
> eyepiece.

Your D90 can do this too, though the image is displayed on the back LCD  
instead of in the viewfinder.



> You don't have to screw around with a whole bunch of internal mechanics,  
> waiting for the mirror to get out of the way, trying to draw fancy stuff  
> on the viewfinder without having to do things screwy. :-) No left-overs  
> from mechanical days.

The main drawbacks of not having a mirror are that you cannot have a  
through-the-lens optical viewfinder or phase-detect autofocus.



> I'm still not sure how the thing autofocuses without interrupting the  
> light. I can only guess it's using a half-silvered mirror, and hence the  
> prohibition against linear polarizers.

Actually, there are two mirrors. The big one is indeed semi-transparent.  
Most of the light is reflected up towards the viewfinder and exposure  
meter, and the rest goes to the smaller mirror which reflects the light  
down towards the autofocus sensor. Linear polarisers can mess with  
exposure because they can alter the proportion of light that reaches the  
exposure sensor.



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FE


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 14:33:42
Message: <4a490906$1@news.povray.org>
Florian Pesth wrote:
> You'll never get the same resolution with a monitor ;).

True. But then I can zoom in on bits while I'm lining up the shot to see if 
it's in focus and such. My eyes aren't good enough to see that difference 
anyway.

And, of course, if they splurged on an LCD with the same resolution as the 
image sensor, it would be a bogus reason. (Of course, it would be silly to 
do that.)

> For me for this 
> reason live view doesn't make much sense with a DSLR 

It would make a lot more sense if the LCD swiveled. I can't count the number 
of pics I took with my Sony by holding it over the heads of the crowd.

> - although I have to 
> admit that beeing able to shoot movies with different lenses with the 
> Nikon D90 (and some Canon models) is very cool.

Yep. Altho I find I don't watch the movies nearly as often as I watch the 
photos, I *have* figured out how to get the D90 movies to play over the XBox 
on the big-screen HDTV.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   border of the State of Mind.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 14:39:33
Message: <4a490a65$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Your D90 can do this too, though the image is displayed on the back LCD 
> instead of in the viewfinder.

Yeah. The Sony I have does both, which is nice when it's bright out. And (as 
I said) you can tip the LCD on the Sony so you can shoot from other angles.

> The main drawbacks of not having a mirror are that you cannot have a 
> through-the-lens optical viewfinder or phase-detect autofocus.

Sure. I'm just not sure what the benefit of an optical viewfinder is over an 
LCD viewfinder.  The Sony seems to do a better job of autofocus, but then 
I've had years to play with it and learn its quirks, so maybe phase-detect 
is a better method.

> Actually, there are two mirrors. The big one is indeed semi-transparent. 
> Most of the light is reflected up towards the viewfinder and exposure 
> meter, and the rest goes to the smaller mirror which reflects the light 
> down towards the autofocus sensor. Linear polarisers can mess with 
> exposure because they can alter the proportion of light that reaches the 
> exposure sensor.

More precisely, they'll screw up your half-silvered mirrors' reflections. 
The linear polarizer is exactly messing with reflections off transparent 
surfaces (i.e., prisms), which is exactly why you wear them when fishing or 
driving in a car with glass windows that have reflections in them otherwise.

I didn't find the circular polarizer to have any noticable effect on my 
photos, tho.

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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 15:04:50
Message: <op.uwavab2e7bxctx@e6600>
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:39:33 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> The main drawbacks of not having a mirror are that you cannot have a  
>> through-the-lens optical viewfinder or phase-detect autofocus.
>
> Sure. I'm just not sure what the benefit of an optical viewfinder is  
> over an LCD viewfinder.

Resolution, colour fidelity, response time.



> The Sony seems to do a better job of autofocus, but then I've had years  
> to play with it and learn its quirks, so maybe phase-detect is a better  
> method.

Phase-detect is generally faster, often much faster. Contrast-detect  
autofocus, if implemented well, can be more accurate.
Also, contrast detect AF requires having the sensor powered up.



> I didn't find the circular polarizer to have any noticable effect on my  
> photos, tho.

If you are aiming for the "deep-blue sky" look, you will want to point the  
lens (with polariser) 90° away from the sun. Of course, you also need to  
turn the polariser to match.

If you just want to see the polariser in action, look at an LCD through it  
while slowly turning it.



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FE


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 16:31:56
Message: <4a4924bc$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> Oddly, the way the strap is connected to the Nikon, the camera tends to
> hang at a 45-degree angle with any lens more than a couple inches long,
> leaving the bottom edge to dig into your chest if you let it hang. I
> guess it's hard to fix it, at least without putting (say) swivel mounts
> for the straps or something.
> 

That is something I have to agree on, but I've learned how to carry the
camera so that that doesn't bother. To be more precise, Nikon is more
ergonomic _for me_ than Canon, everyone has theier own style to shoot,
therefore it ain't The Only Truth :).

-Aero


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 16:36:13
Message: <4a4925bd$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>> It means there is a mirror in there.
> 
> Fair enough. One has to wonder why there's still a mirror in there. :-)
> 
> My Sony lets the light hit the sensor, then puts the display in the
> eyepiece. You don't have to screw around with a whole bunch of internal
> mechanics, waiting for the mirror to get out of the way, trying to draw
> fancy stuff on the viewfinder without having to do things screwy. :-) No
> left-overs from mechanical days. Plus, you can do IR.

It's possible that I just haven't seen the right one, but every single
LCD-viewfinder I've seen has seriously lagged behind the real world,
hence not getting even near optical viewfinder.

-Aero


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 17:23:39
Message: <4a4930db$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Resolution, colour fidelity, response time.

OK.  Resolution on my sony is already better than I can see, and I'm not 

going to get faster fidelity or response time out of the camera than it's
 
giving me on the viewfinder. :-)

> Phase-detect is generally faster, often much faster. 

That I noticed, just playing with the live view. Contrast-detect is prett
y 
quick on the sony, assuming that's what it's using.

>> I didn't find the circular polarizer to have any noticable effect on 
>> my photos, tho.
> 
> If you are aiming for the "deep-blue sky" look, you will want to point 

> the lens (with polariser) 90° away from the sun. Of course, you al
so 
> need to turn the polariser to match.

It's a circular polarizer? I'm pretty sure reflections are linearly 
polarized, than that's usually when I want a particular polarizer.

> If you just want to see the polariser in action, look at an LCD through
 
> it while slowly turning it.

I'll give that a go.

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   border of the State of Mind.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 17:25:16
Message: <4a49313c$1@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> It's possible that I just haven't seen the right one, but every single
> LCD-viewfinder I've seen has seriously lagged behind the real world,

My Sony lags one picture behind, basically. If you're in the dark and it's 
going to take a 1/2 second exposure to get the picture, it lags half a 
second. But you see how bright it's going to be (assuming you're not using 
the flash and assuming you're not *way* out of line, like into the >2s 
exposures), and if things are moving so fast the viewfinder can't keep up, 
chances are the rest of the camera won't keep up either. :-)

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 17:29:26
Message: <4a493236$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Eero Ahonen wrote:
>> It's possible that I just haven't seen the right one, but every single
>> LCD-viewfinder I've seen has seriously lagged behind the real world,
> 
> My Sony lags one picture behind, basically. 


Plus, of course, if you're in the dark, you can line up the shot with 
infrared before you take the shot with the flash. :-) Or without the flash, 
for that matter.

Definite benefits either way, I suppose.

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   border of the State of Mind.


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 17:43:30
Message: <4a493582$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> My Sony lags one picture behind, basically. If you're in the dark and
> it's going to take a 1/2 second exposure to get the picture, it lags
> half a second. But you see how bright it's going to be (assuming you're
> not using the flash and assuming you're not *way* out of line, like into
> the >2s exposures), and if things are moving so fast the viewfinder
> can't keep up, chances are the rest of the camera won't keep up
either. :-)
>

It doubles the delay - when you're aiming for the shot you'll need to
stop for a moment to see what you're shooting. Maybe it's me and my
habit to make fast turns etc, but I've found it annoingly disturbing.

> 
> Plus, of course, if you're in the dark, you can line up the shot with
> infrared before you take the shot with the flash. :-) Or without the
> flash, for that matter.

Yes, that's a benefit. But missing that on D90 (does it miss that?) it's
because of software, not because of existence of the optical viewfinder.
As you know, with D90 you can shoot video and AFAIK you see the video on
the LCD at the same time, which proves that it's technically perfectly
possible to turn the mirror, catch the light to the sensor and show it
on screen. Nothing (except filtering optics) prevents from using the IR.
Also nothing (except price) prevents from making the LCD turnable so
that you could use it as a viewfinder while shooting over crowd.

> Definite benefits either way, I suppose.
> 

Yep, except nothing stops camera makers from implementing the SLR LCD to
work as a viewfinder and getting those benefits. They just haven't done
it, at least not yet.

-Aero


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 17:52:46
Message: <op.uwa217xw7bxctx@e6600>
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:23:39 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Phase-detect is generally faster, often much faster.
>
> That I noticed, just playing with the live view. Contrast-detect is  
> pretty quick on the sony, assuming that's what it's using.

It is, but the large depth of field (because of the much smaller sensor)  
means that the AF need not be as accurate. The smaller camera also has  
much smaller pieces of glass to move when focusing.



>>> I didn't find the circular polarizer to have any noticable effect on  
>>> my photos, tho.
>>  If you are aiming for the "deep-blue sky" look, you will want to point  
>> the lens (with polariser) 90° away from the sun. Of course, you also  
>> need to turn the polariser to match.
>
> It's a circular polarizer? I'm pretty sure reflections are linearly  
> polarized, than that's usually when I want a particular polarizer.

That is not what "circular polariser" means. A CPL is basically just a  
regular linear polariser with a quarter-wave plate on the inside surface.  
The effect on the resulting image is the same.



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FE


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:02:04
Message: <op.uwa3hq1l7bxctx@e6600>
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:35:34 +0200, Eero Ahonen  
<aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> Yep, except nothing stops camera makers from implementing the SLR LCD to
> work as a viewfinder and getting those benefits. They just haven't done
> it, at least not yet.

They have. It is called "Live view" and is pretty much standard on recent  
SLRs.

Another feature that has been standard for years (with both SLRs and  
smaller cameras) is that you can hook up the camera to a computer and use  
the computer screen as a viewfinder and/or review screen.



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FE


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:28:55
Message: <4a494027@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> It is, but the large depth of field (because of the much smaller sensor) 
> means that the AF need not be as accurate.

True. The sensor is both smaller and has fewer pixels on the sony.

> The smaller camera also has 
> much smaller pieces of glass to move when focusing.

It's not *that* much smaller. I'm not talking about a point-and-shoot here 
as such. :-)

> That is not what "circular polariser" means. A CPL is basically just a 
> regular linear polariser with a quarter-wave plate on the inside 
> surface. The effect on the resulting image is the same.

Oh! Well, I thought it selected out the circularly polarized light, but a 
quick wikipedia check explains it. Very cool.  I'll definitely try it again. 
I had tried it before and not gotten a noticable result, but I must have 
messed it up.

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:33:07
Message: <4a494123$1@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> It doubles the delay - when you're aiming for the shot you'll need to
> stop for a moment to see what you're shooting.

If the lens is big enough, the delay becomes trivial. I don't notice a 1/10" 
delay, myself, and almost all my daytime shots are faster than that. YMMV.

It certainly takes longer to focus than to get the image from the lens to 
the LCD. :-)

>> Plus, of course, if you're in the dark, you can line up the shot with
>> infrared before you take the shot with the flash. :-) Or without the
>> flash, for that matter.
> 
> Yes, that's a benefit. But missing that on D90 (does it miss that?)

As far as I know, yes.

>  it's because of software, not because of existence of the optical viewfinder.

Well, no, it's because the D90 doesn't have an infrared filter that drops 
down over the lens when you say "use infrared." :-)

If you had an optical filter and you're trying to line things up with 
infrared, you *eye* would have to be seeing the infrared.

> As you know, with D90 you can shoot video and AFAIK you see the video on
> the LCD at the same time, which proves that it's technically perfectly
> possible to turn the mirror, catch the light to the sensor and show it
> on screen. Nothing (except filtering optics) prevents from using the IR.

Sure.  I was just discussing some of the benefits of LCD viewfinder over 
optical viewfinder.

> Also nothing (except price) prevents from making the LCD turnable so
> that you could use it as a viewfinder while shooting over crowd.

Indeed.

>> Definite benefits either way, I suppose.
> 
> Yep, except nothing stops camera makers from implementing the SLR LCD to
> work as a viewfinder and getting those benefits. They just haven't done
> it, at least not yet.

Sure they have. That's exactly what I'm talking about hte Sony F707 doing, 
aren't I?  That's basically just what the Sony does, except it has an LCD in 
the back and another behind the viewfinder.

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:34:19
Message: <4a49416b$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Another feature that has been standard for years (with both SLRs and 
> smaller cameras) is that you can hook up the camera to a computer and 
> use the computer screen as a viewfinder and/or review screen.

See webcam timershot:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Works good, altho I haven't tried it with the D90 yet.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:49:55
Message: <4a494513$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> 
> They have. It is called "Live view" and is pretty much standard on
> recent SLRs.

Also for IR? And the tilting LCD AFAIK is still unseen on SLR.

> Another feature that has been standard for years (with both SLRs and
> smaller cameras) is that you can hook up the camera to a computer and
> use the computer screen as a viewfinder and/or review screen.

Yes, but laptop is a bit.. problematic on crowd :).

-Aero


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:57:21
Message: <4a4946d1$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> It certainly takes longer to focus than to get the image from the lens
> to the LCD. :-)

You clearly use AF :-).

>>  it's because of software, not because of existence of the optical
>> viewfinder.
> 
> Well, no, it's because the D90 doesn't have an infrared filter that
> drops down over the lens when you say "use infrared." :-)

Is that actually needed? I think the image could be manipulated
automatically by the software when you say "use infrared".

> If you had an optical filter and you're trying to line things up with
> infrared, you *eye* would have to be seeing the infrared.

Ehm... What's a filter dropping in front of the lens if not optical? :-)
Yes, if you want to see the IR at the optical viewfinder, you surely
need to see IR. But IMO it should be able to be done by the software (at
least well enough for lining up the image - you don't actually need a
HQ-image for that, at least at dark when you're using exposure times of
multiple seconds anyway).

> Sure.  I was just discussing some of the benefits of LCD viewfinder over
> optical viewfinder.

You were also wondering why SLR still needs the R :-).

>> Yep, except nothing stops camera makers from implementing the SLR LCD to
>> work as a viewfinder and getting those benefits. They just haven't done
>> it, at least not yet.
> 
> Sure they have. That's exactly what I'm talking about hte Sony F707
> doing, aren't I?  That's basically just what the Sony does, except it
> has an LCD in the back and another behind the viewfinder.
> 

F707 is a SLR? I thought it's a pocket camera (no, I didn't check) or a
"half-SLR (SL?)"

-Aero


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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 18:58:15
Message: <op.uwa53dew7bxctx@e6600>
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:42:01 +0200, Eero Ahonen  
<aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
>> They have. It is called "Live view" and is pretty much standard on
>> recent SLRs.
>
> Also for IR?

That is a matter of optics and filtering. Most cameras have an IR-blocking  
filter mounted over the sensor.



> And the tilting LCD AFAIK is still unseen on SLR.

Not unseen, just uncommon.



> Yes, but laptop is a bit.. problematic on crowd :).

http://laptop.istheshit.net



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FE


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 21:07:11
Message: <4a49653f$1@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> That is a matter of optics and filtering. Most cameras have an 
> IR-blocking filter mounted over the sensor.

Yes. But you have to also block the optical wavelengths, so it's not 
something you can install and have work. You actually have to change things 
inside the camera. (Or, on a SLR, I guess you could get a specifically IR 
lens or something.)

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 29 Jun 2009 21:12:44
Message: <4a49668c$1@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Is that actually needed? I think the image could be manipulated
> automatically by the software when you say "use infrared".

I would have thought they wouldn't put in moving parts and extra filters if 
it wasn't actually needed. For one thing, you have to block the visible 
light from getting to the sensor, yes?

>> If you had an optical filter and you're trying to line things up with
>> infrared, you *eye* would have to be seeing the infrared.
> 
> Ehm... What's a filter dropping in front of the lens if not optical? :-)
> Yes, if you want to see the IR at the optical viewfinder, you surely
> need to see IR.

That's my point. If you're not looking at an LCD, but instead you're looking 
out the lens, you won't be able to see the IR that you're photographing.

> But IMO it should be able to be done by the software (at
> least well enough for lining up the image - you don't actually need a
> HQ-image for that, at least at dark when you're using exposure times of
> multiple seconds anyway).

With the Sony, you can either take the picture in IR (which is quick, 
espeically if you put on an IR flash), or you can line up the photo using IR 
and then take a flash photo. I don't think it takes that long an exposure, 
as I have a movie camera that will also film in IR that I can point out the 
window at night and catch wildlife.

>> Sure.  I was just discussing some of the benefits of LCD viewfinder over
>> optical viewfinder.
> 
> You were also wondering why SLR still needs the R :-).

Yes.

> F707 is a SLR? I thought it's a pocket camera (no, I didn't check) or a
> "half-SLR (SL?)"

It has a decent lens. 67mm or something. White balance, manual 
focus/aperature/exposure, flash shoe, etc etc. Basically most of the 
features of an SLR except for changing the lens and actually being an SLR. 
Very robust, too. I've been using it for years, and the first thing to wear 
out was the springs where you push the memory chips in and such.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscf707/

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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 30 Jun 2009 08:27:13
Message: <4a4a04a1$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> I would have thought they wouldn't put in moving parts and extra filters
> if it wasn't actually needed. 

That certainly sounds true. OTOH eg. I have a cheap video camera module,
which shows infrared visibly on the screen it's connected to (not too
clear, though). And you know Sony's Nightshot -feature on videocameras?
If there are moving parts for it to work, they certainly are really
quiet - I've used the feature couple of times, never heard anything from
the camera.

> For one thing, you have to block the
> visible light from getting to the sensor, yes?

I dunno, the sensor can pick up the whole visible spectrum and I believe
the software can just pick eg. blue colors from there. Why would IR be
diffent? I'm sure blocking the visible light enhances the quality of
photos, I was thinking aligning the photo.

> That's my point. If you're not looking at an LCD, but instead you're
> looking out the lens, you won't be able to see the IR that you're
> photographing.

Yes. Somehow I guided to thinking that having the optical vf doesn't
prevent you having the LCD vf.

> With the Sony, you can either take the picture in IR (which is quick,
> espeically if you put on an IR flash), or you can line up the photo
> using IR and then take a flash photo. I don't think it takes that long
> an exposure, as I have a movie camera that will also film in IR that I
> can point out the window at night and catch wildlife.

Ah yes, I got stuck with aligning the image, not shooting IR. Yes, I'm
fairly certain that blocking the visible light enhances the quality of
IR-photo.


> It has a decent lens. 67mm or something. White balance, manual
> focus/aperature/exposure, flash shoe, etc etc. Basically most of the
> features of an SLR except for changing the lens and actually being an
> SLR. Very robust, too. I've been using it for years, and the first thing
> to wear out was the springs where you push the memory chips in and such.
> 
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscf707/
> 

Yes, half-SLR=SL. Seems that the biggest fault is unchangeable optics.

-Aero


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 30 Jun 2009 12:08:19
Message: <4a4a3873$1@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> And you know Sony's Nightshot -feature on videocameras?

That's a good point; you're right. I wonder how they're working it.

> I dunno, the sensor can pick up the whole visible spectrum and I believe
> the software can just pick eg. blue colors from there. Why would IR be
> diffent?

Dunno. The same reason red and blue and green get different pixels. 
Otherwise you'd wind up with white. Maybe the video camera just doesn't 
filter out IR when normally photographing? I dunno.

> Yes. Somehow I guided to thinking that having the optical vf doesn't
> prevent you having the LCD vf.

I think you can't have both at once, no. :-)

> Ah yes, I got stuck with aligning the image, not shooting IR. Yes, I'm
> fairly certain that blocking the visible light enhances the quality of
> IR-photo.

It has both modes. Basically, take the IR picture, or take a flash picture. 
I've used both, but neither frequently of course.

> Yes, half-SLR=SL. Seems that the biggest fault is unchangeable optics.

Basically, yes. For vacation photos instead of pro photos, it works nicely. 
The bottom isn't quite flat, which makes it a little annoying to try to take 
impromptu tripod pictures, but otherwise it's really nice.

Well, we have a couple of trips coming up. I can put up pictures with the 
Sony, the D90, and scanned from the Nikon N60 film camera we used to use, if 
people want to compare.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 30 Jun 2009 14:29:26
Message: <4a4a5986$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> Dunno. The same reason red and blue and green get different pixels.
> Otherwise you'd wind up with white. Maybe the video camera just doesn't
> filter out IR when normally photographing? I dunno.

Possibly. My head doesn't work right now, I'm too exhausted to think :-).

> I think you can't have both at once, no. :-)

On that I think we agree :-).

> It has both modes. Basically, take the IR picture, or take a flash
> picture. I've used both, but neither frequently of course.

I figured that out, yes. I ment that the IR-part for aligning the photo
doesn't need to be HQ, but when shooting IR-photo, it at least certainly
pumps the quality up, compared to software filtering (if it even works:).

> Well, we have a couple of trips coming up. I can put up pictures with
> the Sony, the D90, and scanned from the Nikon N60 film camera we used to
> use, if people want to compare.

Naah, at least I don't need them, but out of curiosity, if you could
deliver one IR-shot from Sony to be seen, I'd appreciate.

-Aero


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Nikon D90
Date: 30 Jun 2009 15:12:49
Message: <4a4a63b1$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> I will say, it seems to take pretty darn nice pictures. :-)

I will have to try this...

http://zuzutop.com/2009/06/bursting-soap-bubbles-amazing-pictures/

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.


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