Club champs 2010 - photos

[Tim Mason]

Photos of Sunday's club championships are now on the website:
www.phoenixbowmen.co.uk/ClubChamps2010.html

[neilh]

Here is the best ones I took, they are a bit on the arty side

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[Tim Mason]

Very arty! Can I include them in the gallery?

[neilh]

Yeah include away. Here are a few more, the target with arrows in is the last end shot between Mike and Steve

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[Tim Mason]

Thanks Neil, I'll bob them on the site later today.

[mike]

Nice photos neil especially the last off steve and myself.mirror image.concentration lol.
I enjoyed the day apart from the mmmm bbq lol.
Nothing like a club champs to bring out that competitive nature. ;D

[Meg]

Wow, awesome pictures Neil! What camera do you have? I'm currently looking to get a new one! The focus on yours looks excellent

[Tim Mason]

Canon EOS 550D, the meta data says. The key points to getting those results were the use of a prime lens, aperture priority, low ISO speed, and some thought about the shot. Unlike my snap-shotting in full auto mode with a kit zoom lens ho ho!

[neilh]

Hi only just seen this message!
Yeah a prime lens (well, lens with wide aperture) is the key, then forcing the camera wide open using AV mode (aperture priority).

I think I took quite a few of those at around f/2.8 which really separates the background from the foreground.

The lens I used was the canon 50mm f/1.4. They do a 50mm f/1.8 which is very very good for the money too. Basically you get more bang for your buck with a prime lens, but you dont get zoom so its a trade off.

[Meg]

Cool, thanks I have been looking for a new one and have found some great ones for reasonable prices - a couple of Canon/Nikon compact digitals packing 12 or 15 Mpx as well as 10x or more zoom, and also a couple of compact digital ones, also Canon/Nikon, that mimic the old chunky traditional ones - like this www.amazon.co.uk/Fujifilm-FinePix-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B00342UTPW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1282651144&sr=1-2 with a 15x zoom. Sweet!

I've never been one for fiddling with lenses or apertures so these look like awesome options for a point and shooter who wants to get good macro shots haha.

[Tim Mason]

I'd be a bit careful with Fuji these days, and try before you buy if possible. I bought a Fuji S8000fd a few years ago, and found that the image quality was dreadful - a swamp of colour fringing and speckling. Its 12 megapixels produced poorer quality pictures than my ancient 4 megapixel Fuji S5500. I took the S8000fd back and got a Nikon D40x DSLR instead.
Most Fujis seem to be fine, but you really need to get some sample images taken in various conditions and have a close look at them on your computer.

[Meg]

Eep, badtimes... Well I ultimately decided on going for probably a Fuji FinePix F80 EXR, its more of a digital compact but it packs very good specs - I just hope the high Mpix and features like dual image stabilisations and good range of ISOs and modes and the lot will provide good quality photographs. I went for that one in the end simply because it had the best specs of anything in the same price range and its something I could fit in my pocket to carry round! Perhaps you were just unlucky with that particular Fuji