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I was taking a pic of my other halves HX50 with it's newly purchased viewfinder when the camera switched off half way through the exposure.

I was indoors, ISO 100, F/22 and 25 seconds (I needed the depth of field)

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http://www.laminatekitten.co.uk/photos/fav/sonyhx50.jpg

Always wondered how they did that, now I know, dead chuffed !

Not so impressed with the noise though...
 
Raymond Lin said:
You ran out of batteries ?

Why would there be noise at ISO 100 ?
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I think it was the camera in the shot that turned itself off hence the visible lens closing.

Noise at 100 iso does seem odd though maybe it need long exposure noise reduction turning on at 22 seconds.
 
The odd bits of noise are just because it's an old camera taking the shot, my 350D. The Sony switched itself off due to not being used I think.

To Mods, not hot linking, it is my personal website.
 
He's saying the Sony camera switched itself off so the lens retracted back into the body. He took the photo with his Canon 350D though.

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normally with the canon (not sure with the 350D) there is an option for a long exposure noise reduction which can be enabled but extends the time the shutter is out of action.
 
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Derek W said:
He's saying the Sony camera switched itself off so the lens retracted back into the body. He took the photo with his Canon 350D though.

EDIT

normally with the canon (not sure with the 350D) there is an option for a long exposure noise reduction which can be enabled but extends the time the shutter is out of action.
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Oh...I get it now
 
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Actauly to get the ghost lens effect for publication you would just take 2 photos and blend in PS. Most things won't automatically retract, e.g. Flippy LCD screens.

In the film days you would make double exposures. My old Minolta would do this a lot accidently when it failed to roll the film on by one exposure. That's how all the fake ghost photos were made.
 
Thanks for that. I assumed it was post processing, it's only when I took this shot I wondered whether they were all done in camera.
 
Smeghead said:
Won't f/22 introduce all sorts of diffraction?
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yes but that is a function of the exported resolution. Since the photo has been downsized for a web view you dont see it, if you were to print it big or view at 100% you would see the softness.


Avoid apertures smaller than f/16 whenever possible, use hyperfocal focusing to try to limit the need to stop down below f/13 ideally.
 
vodkacokebloke said:
what did you pay for the EVF if you don't mind me asking
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The Wex price, but Sony had £40 cashback and we had a gift voucher for Wex for Christmas.

It is too expensive, comes in a nice leather case though and fits lots of Sony cameras. It actually makes the camera usable in all lights now.
 
Thanks, i would be tempted to get one too if it wasn't so bizarrely expensive.

I even emailed Sony and asked them to justify the price of it but i got some standard reply about some items simply being expensive. Last year the camera was practically unusable outside on a summers day - i'm more than a little tempted to sell it on and buy something else because of it. Just can't decide what to go for.
 
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