Southport Botanic Gardens

[Guest Yachtsman1]

After a dull start this morning, the sun finally broke through. So we loaded the car & drove to the Botanic Gardens 1/4 mile away. This was our first visit so we wandered around snapping anything & everything. My picture tally, 55 Margaret's 104. I kept 30 odd of mine & these are in this show.

This was a first field test of the new camera Canon SX30 IS.

Mechanics. 15.5MB Mediafire download, 35 slides, 3.46 minutes, aspect ratio 5-4 slide, size fixed. The first music track is a bit ropey, an original recording from Walter Houston from the 40's, I'd paid for it from Amazon so felt I had to use it. Bit of animation, couple of Hitchcock moments. Nothing more to say, other than I may develope it further when I get more material.

Yachtsman1.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5jysa39cvrqb1

[Ken Cox]

ERIC

COLORS GREAT - dusty miller dead on

put it on the 37 " hd tv - full zoom no jaggies evident on your glass frame shots

thanks for manual control

now when are you going to make them wide screen - break down

great collection

ken

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Thanks Ken.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1.

[David Porter]

Hi Eric,

Great colours, sharpness and vibrancy from your SX30IS, you must be well pleased with it. The tempo of the show blends very well with the music and I like the first piece of music. I'm not so sure about the 4 x 3 format although I know it is very difficult to compose photos in a format other than what the camera gives you, that's why most of my shows are in 15:10. Is there Grid you can use for different formats? I look forward to seeing the results of you next visit.

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Thanks Mick. First impressions with the camera are good picture quality, but handling will take some getting used to. Being smaller than my previous D5000, the controls are much closer & it's easy to press things you didn't mean to. However I'm sure the D5000 memory will fade the more I use the SX30 IS.

Re the 5-4 format, as I have stated many times before I'm not an advocate of widescreen and have a 5-4 monitor & a 4-3 projector for public shows, so I will be sticking to 5-4 for the forseeable future, the emoticon says it all for me.

The music was an old time favourite (September Song) & a track which seemed to fit the bill from my archives used previously in one of my epics.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1.

PS Just about to check Margaret's efforts, but again she is a little rusty after a long lay-off.

[Ken Cox]

Mick

guess we cant swing him unless he wins the lottery

ken

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Ken, I can assure you it isn't financial. I have a Sony 16-9 LT bought in 2005 before I'd ever heard of PTE & aspect ratios. I prefer 5-4, looking through a letter box has no appeal, unfortunately I have to tolerate it on my TV. Incidentally, watched a film on TV last week filmed in cinemascope which was letterboxed even more by black bars top & bottom. Last night we watched Hope & Crosby in Road to Rio, recorded earlier this year. The opening sequences were corectly formatted, the they stretched it & switched to widescreen & everyone gained 5 stone in weight, tragic.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1

[David Porter]

Hi Eric,

Yes, personal taste is a major factor but surely the content of your show would also influence the format as well as the camera used. Your wife's D40 would be 15:10 so why not compose in this especially with the Botanic Garden or holiday landscapes and try presenting the show in this. If you are putting it on this Forum then it would make sense to take into account other peoples views on format and mostly a wider format is preferred by most for many shows. This is probably the reason you can't buy 5:4 TVs

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi Mick

I've spoken on this subject many times in the past, to me widescreen is a throwback to cinemascope which TV producers have followed to allow films to be shown easily. I'm afraid you're flogging a dead horse trying to persuade me.

Incidentally, while analysing my pictures against M's I realised I hadn't switched off the IS (image stabilisation) or VR (vibration reduction)on the Nikon, when using the tripod, which was about 50% of my shots. It used to be easy on my old Nikon, just a flick of the switch on the lens. The Canon needs a search through the menu then an option of 3 actions. Suppose that's progress, (another word for cost cutting.) Something else to remember.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1

[Ken Cox]

Eric

over in the colonies standard print printing practice is 4 x 6, 8 x 10 , 11 x 14 16 x 20 etc

a standard paper printing is 8 1/2' x 11" , 11x 14 etc

in the homeland you fellas have different sizes

but in neither place is it a 4/3 format

i could quote more data on this subject but am very tired of the subject

i do know that i get edge to edge picts on my tv when i have my little canon set to W -- i am not worried because my days of making prints are over -am not concerned what i would lose - my camera shop people have advised me of the consequences pro and con -- i have taken picts and proved them correct

you are right and the rest of the world is wrong

different strokes for different folks

even Barry seen the light ---- eventually -- ah ha that is why you are not willing to change

bye bye

ken