Comments on: What Photo Gear to Prepare for Bright Outdoor Shoot http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/software-equipment/what-photo-gear-to-prepare-for-bright-outdoor-shoot 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/software-equipment/what-photo-gear-to-prepare-for-bright-outdoor-shoot/comment-page-1#comment-712 Cooper Strange Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:14:41 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=519#comment-712 Ah yes, one more piece of gear which really comes in handy on a sunny day: circular polarizer filter (circ-polar). Not only will that help me get a handle on the glare, but will help me boost contrast (especially to the sky). Well, there is one additional benefit: a circ-polar filter cuts a stop or so of light. There will be so much light going around that cutting a little out there could help me open up the aperture and thus narrow the depth of field, or if I happen to need it, it would also let me slow the shutter speed a bit. Ah yes, one more piece of gear which really comes in handy on a sunny day: circular polarizer filter (circ-polar). Not only will that help me get a handle on the glare, but will help me boost contrast (especially to the sky).

Well, there is one additional benefit: a circ-polar filter cuts a stop or so of light. There will be so much light going around that cutting a little out there could help me open up the aperture and thus narrow the depth of field, or if I happen to need it, it would also let me slow the shutter speed a bit.

]]> By: Cooper Strange http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/software-equipment/what-photo-gear-to-prepare-for-bright-outdoor-shoot/comment-page-1#comment-711 Cooper Strange Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:10:35 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=519#comment-711 Well, it is not raining all that much, and when it has, it has not rained for very long. It just is not rainy season yet, here, so there is not much of a need. I have had very few problems with rain anyway. I get rained on, but the Dxxx series is pretty well weather sealed, which is nice. Who knows how many times that has saved me. Plus, if I get sent inside with the rain, it is just a new opportunity to shoot something different: all the people getting out of the rain. "Roll with the punches" is what they say. Well, it is not raining all that much, and when it has, it has not rained for very long. It just is not rainy season yet, here, so there is not much of a need.

I have had very few problems with rain anyway. I get rained on, but the Dxxx series is pretty well weather sealed, which is nice. Who knows how many times that has saved me. Plus, if I get sent inside with the rain, it is just a new opportunity to shoot something different: all the people getting out of the rain. “Roll with the punches” is what they say.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/software-equipment/what-photo-gear-to-prepare-for-bright-outdoor-shoot/comment-page-1#comment-704 Ryan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:24:00 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=519#comment-704 Rain cover, just in case? Rain cover, just in case?

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