Not quite camera birthday

[ewx]

I've had my camera nearly a year. It's had two significant events in its life a week or so early, though.

Firstly, it's rolled over the picture number: I've now take more than 10,000 pictures. I've only kept a fraction of those, though.

Secondly I'd noticed on some recent pictures a black blob in a consistent place. A quick experiment showed that it was independent of lens (though one of the lenses I tested with did need a clean anyway). So, it was time for the dreaded sensor cleaning. This was less painful than I expected and, crucially, appears to have actually worked.

Comments

[deadpidge.livejournal.com]

Jus wanna say your foties are fab.

[new-brunette.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Can you track an improvement to your images? Is there a step change whenever you get new kit?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I think something's clicked in the last month or two. I'm much more impressed with my close-ups (there are some fantastic ones from way back, but now I expect a much higher hit rate). The twin flash really helps so yes, in that case, kit has made an improvement.

My vvery recent portraits seem (to me) a cut above earlier efforts, and although they happen to be associated with the 85mm lens, I think I'd attribute the improvement to more thoughtful use of metering as much if not more than to the new lens. These indoor candids inherently have a low hit rate, it's an even more opportunistic endeavour than the bughunting, but I think I have a better understanding of what makes for good results now.

In general I expect equipment to open possibilities, but for the quality to come from endless practice.

[baljemmett.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I obviously need to start taking my cameras out for some more exercise! I've had mine over a year (bought the EOS at the tail end of April) and it's in the mid 6,000s I think, not accounting for a several-thousand-frame jump when my brother used the card from his Ixus briefly...

I really need to take the film camera out for a spin sometime too; whilst playing with it at the weekend it felt a bit stiffer than usual. Mind you, the relatively huge viewfinder compared to the EOS was a rather pleasant surprise; shame I can't read the exposure information any longer. *sigh*

[Out of context quotes will be punished by severe frowning. You Have Been Warned!]

[edith-the-hutt.livejournal.com]

I've had mine three years or so and only done 8,000 or so. I'm obviously not keen enough.

Although I do tend to keep all my photos.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I do have something of a shoot first, ask questions later approach. But, well, "film's cheap" l-)

[edith-the-hutt.livejournal.com]

I think it's more that you take your camera out a lot more, I hardly touched mine last year and I'm taking it out less and less. I'm not sure why exactly.

[davefish.livejournal.com]

It is amazing how quickly you can get through shutter presses, isn't it. This has also reminded me that I have to have a go at cleaning the camera, taking it off to a stinky festival and changing lenses lots results in a lot of accumulated muck.