My First DSLR - Canon 600D

[khurram_aziz]

Even if we find such a proper Umbrella Adapter; it will not be perfect as flashgun has reasonable hight and it will not position perfectly into Umbrella's centre. We need an Adapter that has dual swivel mechanism, one for umrella and one for the cold shoe

[versatilegenious]

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[khurram_aziz]

Got a nice tip from a friend to set exposure in Lightroom!

When setting the Exposure slider press the ALT key in Windows and you will see the black canvas with over exposed pixels; slide the exposure left till those pixels disappears. You can do the same with Blacks slider and here it shows pixels on white canvas.

[enerlevel]

@poster
the above shot focus seems to be a bit out of focus ... the face area is blurry while the tshirt is sharp... i suggest u shoot at f2.2 or 2.5 for a more clear/sharp portrait and then soften it up with lightroom , results will be better.

[khurram_aziz]

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Good stuff; but need a place to setup such things (Wall of Light or even a simple Umrella Setup) One has to fight for space in married life :-#(A):S:-!

@poster
the above shot focus seems to be a bit out of focus ... the face area is blurry while the tshirt is sharp... i suggest u shoot at f2.2 or 2.5 for a more clear/sharp portrait and then soften it up with lightroom , results will be better.

I learned it too and avoid going to wider apertures for portrait...You are right f2.2/2.5 etc are perfect for portraits....it was just a random old untouched RAW file that I used to try the tip only; nothing special.

[enerlevel]

Good stuff; but need a place to setup such things (Wall of Light or even a simple Umrella Setup) One has to fight for space in married life :-#(A):S:-!

I learned it too and avoid going to wider apertures for portrait...You are right f2.2/2.5 etc are perfect for portraits....it was just a random old untouched RAW file that I used to try the tip only; nothing special.

i think with the 600d , u should shoot jpg not raw.... the image quality of jpg on 600d is much better then the raw files.... or atleast thts what i noticed ...... specially at high iso

[qwertypoiu]

i think with the 600d , u should shoot jpg not raw.... the image quality of jpg on 600d is much better then the raw files.... or atleast thts what i noticed ...... specially at high iso

RAW is RAW. but if depends if one does not want to process the picture then shoot in jpg but if process nothing is better then RAW

[khurram_aziz]

i think with the 600d , u should shoot jpg not raw.... the image quality of jpg on 600d is much better then the raw files.... or atleast thts what i noticed ...... specially at high iso

RAW is RAW. but if depends if one does not want to process the picture then shoot in jpg but if process nothing is better then RAW

There is RAW + L as well

@enerlevel is right about better JPEGs than RAW at higher ISOs. I noted that too; it does some kind of Noise Reduction at higher ISOs. Its a Custom Function with three levels and can be disabled as well. One can achive the same with some post processing tool; but its always good to have a JPEG from camera as reference.

[versatilegenious]

@khurram Bro how to achieve bokeh using LR? easy way

[khurram_aziz]

Disclaimer: I am not yet Lightroom expert; I might be wrong

In short; you cannt...but you can play with "Adjustment Brush" and try achieving what you want to. But there are limited functions you can perform with Adjustment Brush. I think Photoshop will be better as it allows to have a different shape of brush and gives more functions. There are pre-built plugins for Photoshop that can be tried. Having said this all; there is no replacement of what lens does.

Seeing your recent posts; I guess you should start considering NEX or Micro Four Thirds compact DSLRs as replacement of your P&S

[khurram_aziz]

Sample:

Abstract - Zoom and Spin! by khurramaziz, on Flickr

How to do it:

//youtu.be/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYL-zRjf4wk

[khurram_aziz]

Sample:

Abstract - Shake by khurramaziz, on Flickr

How to do it:

//youtu.be/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gRs3zWG8pI

[khurram_aziz]

Sample:

How to do it:

//youtu.be/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZjV94FbjRE

[enerlevel]

RAW is RAW. but if depends if one does not want to process the picture then shoot in jpg but if process nothing is better then RAW

well thts where expensive cameras do a better job.... pro cameras are better quality at RAW ... but consumer cameras are better at JPG

[enerlevel]

Disclaimer: I am not yet Lightroom expert; I might be wrong

In short; you cannt...but you can play with "Adjustment Brush" and try achieving what you want to. But there are limited functions you can perform with Adjustment Brush. I think Photoshop will be better as it allows to have a different shape of brush and gives more functions. There are pre-built plugins for Photoshop that can be tried. Having said this all; there is no replacement of what lens does.

Seeing your recent posts; I guess you should start considering NEX or Micro Four Thirds compact DSLRs as replacement of your P&S

bro i think you should use photo shop c5 for portraits.. lightroom doesnt have alot of options which the c5 has for you.... also see if u can buy a cheap pen tablet... pen is very precise and easy as compared to mouse....
i will be getting it next week i think

[versatilegenious]

Disclaimer: I am not yet Lightroom expert; I might be wrong

In short; you cannt...but you can play with "Adjustment Brush" and try achieving what you want to. But there are limited functions you can perform with Adjustment Brush. I think Photoshop will be better as it allows to have a different shape of brush and gives more functions. There are pre-built plugins for Photoshop that can be tried. Having said this all; there is no replacement of what lens does.

Seeing your recent posts; I guess you should start considering NEX or Micro Four Thirds compact DSLRs as replacement of your P&S

Its been like 2 months or 3 months i got my camera and now i am leaning towards a DSLR but the problem is I dont want to carry heavy camera around. I once carried D5100 for few minutes and I was exhausted. Secondly I cant invest into lens. I inferred it last night after alot of reading
I think I'll stay with the PnS.
P.S I roam about with my camera in my pocket

[MAD3]

congrats .

[Blackeye117]

Its been like 2 months or 3 months i got my camera and now i am leaning towards a DSLR but the problem is I dont want to carry heavy camera around. I once carried D5100 for few minutes and I was exhausted. Secondly I cant invest into lens. I inferred it last night after alot of reading
I think I'll stay with the PnS.
P.S I roam about with my camera in my pocket

You Should Notice That He Said Micro Four Thirds compact DSLRs
thats where they come to rescue when you dont want to carry heavy weight

[khurram_aziz]

Its been like 2 months or 3 months i got my camera and now i am leaning towards a DSLR but the problem is I dont want to carry heavy camera around. I once carried D5100 for few minutes and I was exhausted. Secondly I cant invest into lens. I inferred it last night after alot of reading
I think I'll stay with the PnS.
P.S I roam about with my camera in my pocket

I wish to have a second camera that's compact, pocketable and has DSLR like features. Today when I picked my younger kid from school where they had "Aqua Day"; I could not capture the stage and things kids decorated / made; just because taking bloody DSLR everywhere is not practicle. I was considering Canon's S95 / S100 earlier; but now I am leaning towards Sony's NEX or some Micro Four Thirds (MFT) "System" (someone mentioned they should not be called DSLR as we are not seeing in LCD/ViewFinder through the mirror)

If NEX or MFT is 10-15k more than enthusiast P&S's and have comparable sizes; I think investing these 10-15k more is better...The "official lenses" might be expensive; but beauty of NEX and MFT is that due to no mirror their sensors are closer to lenses and are ideal to mount some other lens through adapter without issues; especially manual focus lenses. On Amazon / eBay we can get the adapters for 10-20$ and old lenses are also cheap. For instance you can get Zuiko 50mm/f1.4 for Olympus OM for ~60 pounds and an adapter for MFT Olympus OM is ~15 pounds. You get a fantastic portrait prime with all the bokehlishness of f/1.4 and perfect 100mm portrait focal length (in 35mm equivalent) for ~10k

[getscorpion]

@khurram Bro how to achieve bokeh using LR? easy way

for any after effects or adding bokeh photoshop is the best tool ...first make a selection of background with lasso tool to which u need to add bokeh ...then goto /filters/blur/len blur ...here u can get the desired effect by changing values of radius and specular highlights ..u can also select the bokeh shape u like ....below is the image captured by my lousy mobile camera edited in photoshop....background was not that good so bokeh dosen't came out nice but u will get the idea anyway ..