Comments on: Not a Street Boy on the Streets http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photographs/not-a-street-boy-on-the-streets exploring reality through documentary photography Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:29:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cooper Strange http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photographs/not-a-street-boy-on-the-streets/comment-page-1#comment-1231 Cooper Strange Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:44:05 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=559#comment-1231 Oh...just an additional warning. When I use any manual focus lens, including the LensBaby, my camera's meter does not work, meaning, I have to guess the exposure and check it on the LCD to get it close. Using raw, it matters a little less. I just try to get it a little on the dark side, then if I have a bright surprise later, I am probably still ok. It sure makes you more aware of light changes; it also ruins photos when you forget. Most cameras' meters will work, but I just want to warn you from my own experience. You can check on DPReview.com or some such site for your specific camera's compatibility. In DPReview, go to the review for your camera > specifications, and look under "lens compatibility". Hope it does not say something like this: "Non-CPU : Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function." Oh…just an additional warning. When I use any manual focus lens, including the LensBaby, my camera’s meter does not work, meaning, I have to guess the exposure and check it on the LCD to get it close. Using raw, it matters a little less. I just try to get it a little on the dark side, then if I have a bright surprise later, I am probably still ok. It sure makes you more aware of light changes; it also ruins photos when you forget.

Most cameras’ meters will work, but I just want to warn you from my own experience. You can check on DPReview.com or some such site for your specific camera’s compatibility. In DPReview, go to the review for your camera > specifications, and look under “lens compatibility”. Hope it does not say something like this: “Non-CPU : Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function.”

]]> By: Cooper Strange http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photographs/not-a-street-boy-on-the-streets/comment-page-1#comment-1229 Cooper Strange Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:13:12 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=559#comment-1229 There funky awesome, man! It stretches my mind, breaking me out of my super-crisp-photo-seeking tendencies. I can play with composition and simply do things impossible with "normal" lenses. Their website has some good ways of explaining how things work, but I also found this video on YouTube a couple days ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL0j8BFasU There funky awesome, man! It stretches my mind, breaking me out of my super-crisp-photo-seeking tendencies. I can play with composition and simply do things impossible with “normal” lenses.

Their website has some good ways of explaining how things work, but I also found this video on YouTube a couple days ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL0j8BFasU

]]> By: Ryan http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photographs/not-a-street-boy-on-the-streets/comment-page-1#comment-1210 Ryan Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:45:49 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=559#comment-1210 Your really making me want to play with a LensBaby! Your really making me want to play with a LensBaby!

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