my new toy

[Fruitbat]

Nice tool for the job. The aeroplane shot is particularly sharp which means you have the knack of holding the camera really still! Brilliant post.

FB!

[sky otter]

dang Shasta.. i have both of those

big thanks

now i'm thinking of the v8 commecial



oh and soma.. the info is directly above the pics..cause seeker asked before

[The Seeker]

hi seeker

it's a fujifilm finepix S8200.. 16 megapixels 40 zoom
and all kinds of dials..lol

i was going to do a garden thread the other day but thought it was distracting to the running distracts we were having

got it on sale..they're probably dropping it..lol....i seem to buy orphans

otter, you jogged my memory; I have a camera I bought last summer at the flea market for $20 still sealed in the box; took it to vegas last year on holloween, took shots of JL and of his den with it, down loaded them on my laptop and forgot about it...

just pulled the box out and it is a Fuli Film finepix jz100...14 megapixel, 8x wide angle optical zoom, and it says it does HD movies, too...

what got me was the fact that it has been lying there since last october and it still had some juice in the battery; got it on charge right now...

think I need to start carrying it with me; I do work right down the road from Dobbins AFB and have all kinds of planes and choppers flying around...

isn't it amazing how things are...


seeker

[sky otter]

ah seeker
wow ..that's great....maybe we need to start a 'things we see in the sky' thread..hahahah

we started the day by being jarred outta bed with a close fly over of a helicopter..back and forth
and we jumped up with..what the hell?..luckiy I had decent jammies on to go outside cause I grabbed the camera and headed out
boy do I need to figure out some stuff
anyway..here's our early morning visitor..they went back and forth for a good half hour..we figured it had to be the power company checking
the big lines that run to the mill




there were more jets today than I have seen in  a long long time..and some prop  planes.. the one late in the afternoon seemed to be circling












and they seemed to be trying to lay down some chem trails..some were  normal but a bunch weren't
but they weren't sticking...



















can't wait to see what you come up with

[ottawa rogue]

hi seeker

it's a fujifilm finepix S8200.. 16 megapixels 40 zoom
and all kinds of dials..lol

wow, that's a coincidence.  My wife just bought the same exact camera this week... it's a very nice rig.
I was looking at a DSLR, but after playing around with this one I think it'll do for what I need.

[sky otter]

hey rogue

share some pics if you can....and if you are a camera buff maybe some insight into the use of the
movie mode ..
mine came with an 8gb memory card..which is great for me cause i can't seem to stop taking pics of everything

[stealthyaroura]

SKY thats impressive snapping there
nice aviation shots. cool toy.

[sky otter]

thanks stealthy

it's more the camera than me.. i have found the more light the more stable the pic..
the night shots have not been coming out..even on a tripod...

but i'm working on it..sooner or later i will find what works for a good night shot

but the color is really good..even if the composition needs work
look at these....i'm very happy with it  and kinda curious how they would print out

[ArMaP]

it's more the camera than me.. i have found the more light the more stable the pic..
the night shots have not been coming out..even on a tripod...

The more light the less time (faster shutter speed) it needs to create an image.

What mode are you using?

[ottawa rogue]

hey rogue

share some pics if you can....and if you are a camera buff maybe some insight into the use of the
movie mode ..
mine came with an 8gb memory card..which is great for me cause i can't seem to stop taking pics of everything

I'm planning on using it to "film" part of our car show cruise night in a couple of weeks.
i'm hoping to get about a half hour of video to play with.  I just have to improvise a steady camera mount for the car.
wish I had something more exciting to film.  seems the UFOs stay away from Kansas 

[sky otter]

rogue
really if you haven't seen the demo go check it out..see below i posted the link



well these look good on my computer screen but not sure what will show here...I can't see to make the photo the size I want to post

it's the moon and a satelite right beside it..reg view then zoom..no tripod..wow






anywho
in looking for a photo to answer ArMaP's question I stumbled on gold.. can't believe I didn't see it before
go to this link and click on
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Fujifilm---FinePix-S8200-16.0-Megapixel-Digital-Camera---Black/8264494.p?id=1218868674606&skuId=8264494#tab=overview

and click on see demo down under the view of the camera
it plays  a description of the features..waaahooo



ArMaP I have been using all the settings just to see what I can get and I honestly don't know which
I had it set on for those pics but probably one of the two auto settings

well I may as well confess now but I really haven't done my homework on what was what as far as features go
but I have been reading boxes and prices when  in stores..
this one was on sale at a really good price and as I read the features.. I just felt it was what I wanted
so it's really turning out to be a win-win

yep go with your gut every time

i'm really doin the happy dance now

[Amaterasu]

The pictures are astounding, sky.  I battle envy, I do, both for the camera and the artist that is using it.  [smile]

[ArMaP]

If I could take a photo of Saturn and the bigger satellites orbiting it with a 24x zoom, I suppose you can get much better photos.

PS: Look for the ISS, it's a little hard to photograph because it's too fast, but with a 40x zoom (ignore the digital zoom) you can (theoretically) get very good photos.

[Shasta56]

I was thinking about you and your camera yesterday morning.  We had some fog and a lot if low level clouds.  The lights from the central Denver area were being reflected back by low level clouds, creating an almost spectral skyline.  It would have been a great picture.  I did however, deem it unwise to try to capture it with the cellphone camera while driving on I-70 during rush hour.

Shasta