Comments on: New DVD Burner http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/ an otaku fan of all things moé Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Adun http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4768 Adun Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:11:56 +0000 http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4768 Windbell: Wow, you must really love Sony. Luckily I've never had power failures that wrecked any hardware. AOforever1: Well I can see why you would use manual in most cases, but in my case I'm pretty much a beginner. I'm sure he'll teach me more if I get the chance to work with him again. Also to use ISO 800+ seems a bit high as you'd get more noise that way. The highest I go now is 400 but only in extreme cases do I goto 800. Also I must say it'd be pretty interesting to work with photography in a family business. Kippei: Do keep in mind that Australia is pretty far from a lot of the Asian countries, so the prices tend to be a little higher than in places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Mayalsia etc. Windbell: Wow, you must really love Sony. Luckily I’ve never had power failures that wrecked any hardware.

AOforever1: Well I can see why you would use manual in most cases, but in my case I’m pretty much a beginner. I’m sure he’ll teach me more if I get the chance to work with him again. Also to use ISO 800+ seems a bit high as you’d get more noise that way. The highest I go now is 400 but only in extreme cases do I goto 800. Also I must say it’d be pretty interesting to work with photography in a family business.

Kippei: Do keep in mind that Australia is pretty far from a lot of the Asian countries, so the prices tend to be a little higher than in places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Mayalsia etc.

]]> By: Kippei http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4765 Kippei Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:52:23 +0000 http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4765 Now DVD writer are way cheap here. Can get one in the same amount as AUD40 Now DVD writer are way cheap here. Can get one in the same amount as AUD40

]]> By: AOforever1 http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4752 AOforever1 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:21:44 +0000 http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4752 Adun: That's interesting, when I saw those pictures I had to stop and ask myself if that was shot in P mode or not. And I'm actually surprised your boss told you to shoot in P mode; professionals use manual most of the time, next to that would be semi-auto, but even then from my experience with the low end pro line of Canon SLRs the picture is not as consistent. But considering you had a rebel XTi/Kiss/400D, P mode probably had better automated functions. oh, please keep in mind I am not trying to mock or insult you Adun, just curious what other Wedding Photographers are doing around the world. In general for a reception hall that has low ceilings that allow bouncing, I go with: F 4-5.6 Shutter at 1/80-1/125 ISO ~800 (somtimes 640, and 1000) Auto white balance if there is lots of white; if not than a kelvin preset. Flash is manual at 1/4 power (with a stofen/omni bounce cap) Flash is bounce angle varies for me, I use it to adjust my lighting on the fly. Adun:
That’s interesting, when I saw those pictures I had to stop and ask myself if that was shot in P mode or not. And I’m actually surprised your boss told you to shoot in P mode; professionals use manual most of the time, next to that would be semi-auto, but even then from my experience with the low end pro line of Canon SLRs the picture is not as consistent. But considering you had a rebel XTi/Kiss/400D, P mode probably had better automated functions. oh, please keep in mind I am not trying to mock or insult you Adun, just curious what other Wedding Photographers are doing around the world.

In general for a reception hall that has low ceilings that allow bouncing, I go with:
F 4-5.6
Shutter at 1/80-1/125
ISO ~800 (somtimes 640, and 1000)
Auto white balance if there is lots of white; if not than a kelvin preset.

Flash is manual at 1/4 power (with a stofen/omni bounce cap)
Flash is bounce angle varies for me, I use it to adjust my lighting on the fly.

]]> By: WIndbell http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4728 WIndbell Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:11:01 +0000 http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4728 I started off with a DRU 700A, followed by a DRU 710A , and now a DRU 800A on my secondary pc and a DRU 830A on my main :D The first 2 died due to power outages. I started off with a DRU 700A, followed by a DRU 710A , and now a DRU 800A on my secondary pc and a DRU 830A on my main :D

The first 2 died due to power outages.

]]> By: Adun http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4727 Adun Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:29:35 +0000 http://www.moemoerabu.net/2007/06/14/new-dvd-burner/#comment-4727 HisuiIBMPower4: Well so far I've been burning at 16x and everything is fine. Plus the benefit of having SATA is that I don't have fat IDE cables inside the box anymore. ron~: I'm going to hold off from a Blu-Ray player. Simply because the only DVDs I buy are anime, and right now there isn't a lot of anime out on Blu-Ray. AOforever1: Pretty sure the latest firmware for the 700A still limits it to 8x. But two and half years is a long time and having an upgrade is nice. As for the photos, I used Programmable mode as the boss told me it'll adjust the aperture automatically since I'm using a flash. Using manual mode would be time consuming as you need to take a lot of photos during a wedding. HisuiIBMPower4: Well so far I’ve been burning at 16x and everything is fine. Plus the benefit of having SATA is that I don’t have fat IDE cables inside the box anymore.

ron~: I’m going to hold off from a Blu-Ray player. Simply because the only DVDs I buy are anime, and right now there isn’t a lot of anime out on Blu-Ray.

AOforever1: Pretty sure the latest firmware for the 700A still limits it to 8x. But two and half years is a long time and having an upgrade is nice. As for the photos, I used Programmable mode as the boss told me it’ll adjust the aperture automatically since I’m using a flash. Using manual mode would be time consuming as you need to take a lot of photos during a wedding.

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