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OK, so I get an OTT light...
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and without changing anything, not background, not camera settings... whereas before I used either a 40 Watt Reveal or a 40 Watt clear or both of them together in tandem, NOW my pix are worse and I am overwhelmed with nothing but Blue. Any helpful advice from users of the much touted OTT lamps would be very much appreciated.
If you want an idea of what the pix looked like with the old setup just find the thread regarding the 1934 Washington die stages giveaway. Compared to the OTT the pix in that thread look fantastic.
All I did was plug the lamp in and shoot and there are no true colors ... nothing but Blue everywhere.
Thanx in advance. I'll be in & out all day so feel free to offer helpful advice if so inclined. I'm like totally disappointed here.
If you want an idea of what the pix looked like with the old setup just find the thread regarding the 1934 Washington die stages giveaway. Compared to the OTT the pix in that thread look fantastic.
All I did was plug the lamp in and shoot and there are no true colors ... nothing but Blue everywhere.
Thanx in advance. I'll be in & out all day so feel free to offer helpful advice if so inclined. I'm like totally disappointed here.
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Sounds like it is off!
Thanx
The EV setting was dead on 0 and the pix pre- OTT were True, so now I went as far negative as possible and will need to see if it helped any.
Be right back.
ANYONE SHOOT LINCOLNS WITH OTT lights? If so, do you have photos? I believe Russ uses Reveal lights for his lincolns and I cannot figure out how the hell he does it. I have tried every white balance setting on the camera...and Reveal bulbs just say "blue" to me as well.
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While the OTT image I shot looks very good, the TV image kills it for depth and lustre intensity.
Thanx for the advice guys. What do you find is the best setting for White Balance?
Oh my GOD, someone just ran over a toddler right in front my house and never even slowed down. Man, we're talking about a highway here (55 MPH). I need to go and help.... this'll keep.. OH NO...Oh my God.
1) Your white balance is off.
2) Your shutter speed is too fast -- fluroescent lights actually flash on and off very quickly, so if your shutter speed is less than around 1/30th of a second, you may get strange colored results.
Hope this helps...Mike
I don't have a grey card. Sounds like I'll have to get one.
OK guys, so like I have absolutely no problem asking for help OR openly admitting my own shortcomings. I am not as computer literate as the vast majority here. I had to learn by trial and error and by asking questions.
Let me explain what I have here. Grey card? NO ... wouldn't even know what that would be. What I DO have is a FujiFilm FinePix A330 set on a fixed base and an old, shortened top part of a tripod that allows the camera to be moved from straight down to 90 gegrees (parallel with the base). The memory chip allows for like 64 pix but I constantly delete the pix from the device once done so that it is always zeroed out and ready to go.
I have the camera set on ten pix and everytime I shoot and upload them to my editor I delete the pix from the camera. I'm thoroughly rattled by what just happened right in front of my home with the toddler being run over so please bear with me.
I could take more than 10 pix at a time with whatever memory is in the camera but simply chose to opt for 10 at a time.
When I got the camera I didn't know jack about digital photography and obviously am still learning because JUST NOW I discovered the WB (White Balance) I had previously found the EV setting and quickly learned that it took great pix indoors under artificial lighting when set on zero but if I wanted to use outdoor light, either direct or difused that this EV setting had to be changed.
It's hard to learn on your own but you do what is necessary ... so I found a way. When I first got the computer I used an hp psc All in One (printer, scanner copier). With it came the hp editor which I still use because I just got comfortable with it. I do not know how to use the Fuji editing software nor Photoshop. Just haven't had the time or patience to learn.
So, in lieu of all this I upload the pix to the hp editor, do my cropping and send them onto eBay or email pix to people using that application's share feature. Under the circumstances I've learned to do what it takes and to take decent pix but just NOW
There simply is no one to teach me and thus the POWER of the Forum.
<< <i>You can get by with a white sheat of paper too. >>
Funny that you should mention that because that is exactly what I use. I discovered the Yellow Flower (Macro) a long time ago and use it but I cannot seem to figure out the Zoom feature on this small but mighty camera. Flash is Off and stays off. So, I have all those parts down.
I have the shutter speed set on slow. the yellow flower for Macro, the camera set for 10 pix (under the quality setting) EV on Zero and WB is set on Auto and No flash.
<< <i>Does it have a custom or preset setting for WB? >>
Wouldn't know but I just snapped off a pic of the same coin with every WB setting available and will have to see which came out the best.
<< <i>I believe Russ uses Reveal lights for his lincolns and I cannot figure out how the hell he does it. >>
I set the white balance using the white preset feature and a white piece of paper for measurement. NGC slabs and ANACS slabs require nothing further. For PCGS slabs, I shoot it laying on the same white piece of paper I used to measure.
Russ, NCNE
Coinhusker, the toddler didn't make it. There is just something about the blood curdling scream of a Mother in distress than immediately tells us that something is terribly wrong and gets you into a dead sprint instantly.
What really pisses me off is when I wonder just why and how in the hell was this child left unattended and able to wander onto a state highway? While I DO feel extreme sympathy for the mother on the one hand, on the other I'd want to kick her dead in her ass for permitting this to transpire.
I know, I know, 3-4 year olds are so fast but HEY, that's your child, your responsibility. Simple precautions ... paying attention could have prevented this needless waste of such a young life. Gone forever. How Devastating.
Seeing a dog get hit at 60 MPH is gross enough but a small child. I'm still visualizing what I saw. How very, very sad and horrendous and I suspect I'll be seeing it for a long, long time. Damn!
Boom, what's the latest on the child? Did the catch the hit and run driver? Is the child okay?
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This is making me crazier than I already am. I thought OTT lights were the real deal but after 2 days and countless attempts using every setting imaginable I'm still not pleased. At this rate I'll never manage to post a thing on eBay.
I use Macro and was using either a Reveal/ clear duo or one or the other alone and the pix were much better as far as I'm concerned. Now I think I'll try 2 40 watt clear bulbs and see what happens.
It's hard being a Dummy but I suppose I'll either figure it out or go back to what I know works ... just have to keep practicing with the OTT. If all else fails I can always sell it to someone that knows what they are doing. Man, this is frustrating.