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This poll is to get a picture (pun not intended) of what camera setup people use to do their beamshots. If you select 'DSLR' or 'Compact with full manual settings', then it is assumed you use the same settings for all shots, if that is not the case then please select 'Compact camera using automatic settings' or 'Other' instead.
Taking good beamshots is not an easy task, and if not done properly can be more deceiving than helpul, something there is a lot of examples on here on CPF. The bad thing is that many people doesn't know when the beamshots are not good enough. I have seen beamshots that have looked like they were taken with a cell phone camera and people still managed to compliment the poster for the beamshots (I guess this is because of the friendly atmosphere here at CPF). However, what I find most annoying is powerful lights shone very close to a white wall and where the picture is highly over exposed, those pictures are just a waste of bandwidth. I may have sounded a little negative so far so I must add that there are also many examples of very good beamshots posted on CPF.
A good thread about the subject can be read here, and examples on how good beamshots can/should be done can be found in JS' A2 review.
I hope this post helps bump the awareness regarding doing beamshots properly.
Taking good beamshots is not an easy task, and if not done properly can be more deceiving than helpul, something there is a lot of examples on here on CPF. The bad thing is that many people doesn't know when the beamshots are not good enough. I have seen beamshots that have looked like they were taken with a cell phone camera and people still managed to compliment the poster for the beamshots (I guess this is because of the friendly atmosphere here at CPF). However, what I find most annoying is powerful lights shone very close to a white wall and where the picture is highly over exposed, those pictures are just a waste of bandwidth. I may have sounded a little negative so far so I must add that there are also many examples of very good beamshots posted on CPF.
A good thread about the subject can be read here, and examples on how good beamshots can/should be done can be found in JS' A2 review.
I hope this post helps bump the awareness regarding doing beamshots properly.