you guys better just get used to it

[robin]

meh dont cover up that flash! get close zoom in and move back until you got it spot on and take the photos (forget the manual settings just put it on regular auto mode dude) and use an 18-55 or something similar :grin2:

 

[robin]

i am the queen of auto modes :grin2:

 

[Chewbecca]

The D300 doesn't have any auto modes, though.:main_no:

So, I have to manually set everything. Which usually is what I prefer to do anyway because then I have more control over how my shots look and I'm not depending on a camera to determine how my shots look (cameras can be stoooooopid on auto mode sometimes).
I do have my 18-55mm though from when I owned my D60...but I LOVE my macro lens!!

Man. What to do. I just don't know.

 

[robin]

you want the EXIF info from my last eye photo?

 

[Chewbecca]

Sure!
But that won't tell me how to set my pop up flash on my camera.
It won't show me how I have to set the flash to the proper exposure so that my pics don't come out dark.
Nevermind!
I figured it out!
Since I'm using a macro lens, light is harder to get (don't ask me why, I just know that's it), AND my lenshood was in the way, AND I didn't have it set to the eye symbol.
Weird.

 

[robin]

just let it flash LOL dont worry about the damn flash its about the distance you have to find it

 

[robin]

Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/60 second
Aperture: F/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Taken: Oct 28, 2009, 12:36:12 AM

 

[Chewbecca]

Look, LADY.
Don't you LOL at me.:main_laugh:

I know what I meant with all that lens info.

I'll try it tonight.
After I do my 8298493 things I have to do today, k?

Silly woman.

 

[robin]

dude you are like so many more experience than me and i shoot those eye shots just like quick snap shots LOL

 

[Chewbecca]

I'm going downstairs RIGHT NOW, to try a shot on Orye!

You just WAIT.
ROAR.

:main_laugh:

 

[robin]

DONT EVEN USE THE LIGHT BOX OR THAT FLASH THING MAN. could it be that i have a UV filter on my camera? :O

 

[Chewbecca]

No.
It's not a filter.
It's my lens.

 

[robin]

18-55 man

 

[Chewbecca]

that's my next try.
That and decent surrounding light.
I'm taking a 5 minute break from uploading conchos to my site.

 

[robin]

dude i use the overhead light of my ceiling fan haha. hmm could it be because we have high vaulted ceilings that does something to the light?

 

[Chewbecca]

Well, I think a lot plays into my problem with using the pop up flash.
1. I'm not used to using it
2. I had my settings screwed up on my camera
3. I was attempting shots where ambient light was horrible
4. I was using my 60mm macro lens which DOES cause issues with light and aperture.

 

[Tommy13b]

Cool enigma what type is it, tremper?

 

[Chewbecca]

He's a tremper Enigma.

Thank you.:main_yes:

 

[paulnj]

Nice geckos.

To get proper eye shots in macro, your best bet is off camera flash or a ring light You want to bracket the flash around -1ev in .3 or .5 ev increments.

What do I know, I was a paid photog as a job, moderate a photo site and a published wildlife photog too

 

[Chewbecca]

Thank you, Paul.:main_yes:

I will try it the next time I take pics of my geckos.