Just wanted to make a quicky post about filming fireworks.
The Samsung SC-MX20 is not really built to film fireworks. I tried last night using the cnite setting on 1/15, but that sets the exposure way too high.
If you try to manually set the exposure, you might have better luck, but the shutter speed is still going to be too high. Once you set the cnite, you can't change any other settings. Bummer.
Try it. Experiment. Let me know what you get. I hope to paste mine in sometime today.
Chủ Nhật, 4 tháng 7, 2010
Thứ Sáu, 2 tháng 7, 2010
Depth of Field Effect, can it be done?
You've seen the use of depth of field all over the place. It's kind of an artsy way of presenting something on film. More accurately, it mimics the way your eyes work when you focus on something. What you are focused on is clear, while everything else kind of blurs. This is especially noticeable if you look at something close, like the steering wheel of your car, then something far away, like a truck a half mile ahead. You get the idea.
Here's a definition and an example.
http://en.mimi.hu/photography/depth-of-field.html
Now the question is, can you get that effect with the Samsung SC-MX20? Since this is just a standard definition point and shoot camera, how much can you get away with?
Below is a sample I shot at the park. I played with the manual focus to see what could be done.
The problem with the manual focus is that is isn't really manual. It moves at the pace the camera lets it. But you can see, you can kind of, sort of get the depth of field effect if you play with it enough.
All I did was go into the menu, scroll over to the Focus option (kind of looks like this: [ ]) then chose manual. Now you can use the left and right controls to change the focus. If you push the center button, it lock in your focus and you have to go back into the menu to unlock the controls again. Then just set up your shot and push record. Use the controls to change the center of focus while you shoot.
It's not movie camera quality, but it is kind of a nice effect. There are limits with the Samsung SC-MX20, but with some experimentation and imagination, you might be able to get around them.
Here's a definition and an example.
http://en.mimi.hu/photography/depth-of-field.html
Now the question is, can you get that effect with the Samsung SC-MX20? Since this is just a standard definition point and shoot camera, how much can you get away with?
Below is a sample I shot at the park. I played with the manual focus to see what could be done.
The problem with the manual focus is that is isn't really manual. It moves at the pace the camera lets it. But you can see, you can kind of, sort of get the depth of field effect if you play with it enough.
All I did was go into the menu, scroll over to the Focus option (kind of looks like this: [ ]) then chose manual. Now you can use the left and right controls to change the focus. If you push the center button, it lock in your focus and you have to go back into the menu to unlock the controls again. Then just set up your shot and push record. Use the controls to change the center of focus while you shoot.
It's not movie camera quality, but it is kind of a nice effect. There are limits with the Samsung SC-MX20, but with some experimentation and imagination, you might be able to get around them.
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