I learned a lot today shoot most of the photos in Manual Mode. I guess that i really never used this mode that much.

I was in a museum today shooting photos of art in cases and displays. I could not use flash(did sometimes) so i had to take all photos by adjusting the f/stop. I really never looked at the Light Meter" either.

Well today i did! I wondered how to get the photos to look as much like they did to my eyes so i started to adjust the apateur/f/stop so that the meter would read Zero(0). Not + or -, just dead zero. I was amazed! I started to get photos that i liked a bunch and how they looked like in the display cases.

It worked very well! I love shooting with the A200 anytime that i can and it is IMO, a very well built camera with lots of nice features and options with a great selection of lenses that most others don't have.

If you have never tried this, do it and you will learn lots from an exercise like this.

Have Happy Shooting!!


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DSC09744: Mothman Bokeh 1.2

DSC09744: Mothman Bokeh 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

As i was out and about St Louis today, me and a friend went to the zoo. I wanted to go to the Butterfly Dome to show him but to also do some photography. We walked out of the cold to the warmth of the dome and i found this dude.

He looks like he just crawled out of his cocoon as his wings are all messed up and wet looking. I love his colors, the red is very bright and it dramatically stands out against the blurry background.

I was using my Minolta 35-105mm lens as i was going from butterfly to moth and i was not getting the results that i wanted with that lens. I got out my Quantaray 70-300mm lens and this is what i got! I got an amazing Depth of Field, great Bokeh, and vibrant colors, just what i always get using that lens for Macro Photography.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09463: Cross Macro

DSC09463: Cross Macro, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another example at about 10'' from the object. A Silver Cross. Very selective Depth Of Field and good Bokeh.

Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC09474: Watch

DSC09474: Watch, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I used my 70-300mm lens to make this Macro photo. It has a 1:2 macro reproduction capability. This is another example of Selective Depth Of Field with good Bokeh in the photo as well. I used the back flash for this photo.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Welding...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
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DSC02497: Sun Through Palm

DSC02497: Sun Through Palm, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken with my DSC-H1 Sony Cybershot. It is a 5.1Megapixel Camera. This was taken on vacation at the Outer Banks North Carolina.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 64

DSC06350: Prairie Dog

DSC06350, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

They have a neat little town at the St Louis Zoo. We had bunches of them in Colorado around where we lived.

I love the sun on the little guy in the front and the out of focus one in the back with a nice Bokeh effect going on.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400