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dolohov.livejournal.com

I knew I forgot something this morning. *goes to make some*

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moominmolly.livejournal.com

I was just doing that myself! *sip*

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contessagrrl.livejournal.com

No, no you don't.

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szasz.livejournal.com

Wow, it is so hard to capture steam rising off liquids. And that's an especially attractive wisp.

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veek.livejournal.com

Oh, baby!

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dolohov.livejournal.com

I always mean to ask you about your camera habits. I used to carry a camera in my laptop bag, but I always found that it took a long time to take it out, turn it on, and take a picture (sometimes to find that the battery was low or extinguished), so that I mostly stopped bothering. Any advice for being better prepared?

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moominmolly.livejournal.com

I don't think my habits should be taken as advice, since they're horrible. :) But here's what I'm currently doing:

* I leave the SLR on and let it time out to turn off. This way, for me, whether it's on or off, I just take it into my hands and try to take a picture and am sometimes delayed by waiting for it to start.
* I bought a camera with a faster boot time than my old Digital Rebel, to make that first step less painful.
* I lost my lenscap so now I walk around with no lenscap on, just a UV Haze filter. This reduces the time it takes for me to take a picture. I know that this habit will eventually destroy the filter -- but how much do those cost? $25? It's worth it to me.
* I own six or eight batteries and at least two chargers, so I always try to have a spare on me.
* I leave my camera set on Aperture Priority and f/2, which is often a decent guess for what I want to be seeing. :)

All of this means that I've reduced the number of gestures it takes to get a photo down to two: reach for the camera over my shoulder and press the button. If I have an extra second or the extra cope to spare, I will add in: check my light, decide what I want to do with it, and twiddle a few buttons accordingly, but really, for me, it's mostly about accessibility and short time-to-shutter-click.

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twoeleven.livejournal.com

I leave my camera set on Aperture Priority and f/2
which means your lenses are way faster than the crap i've got. :)

should i infer that you usually leave the same lens on all the time?

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moominmolly.livejournal.com

Hahah, well, I like it fast, it's true. :) I usually have either the 50mm f/1.8 or the 28mm f/1.8 on (it's been the 28mm for a few months now).

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moominmolly.livejournal.com

Further worth noting: it takes me a lot longer to take a photo when I have a zoom lens on, and I take more images trying to get the right one. If I have a prime lens, the constraints make me think a bit more before taking the picture, and I'm a lot more likely to take 1-3 images for the resultant photo than 10-20. ;)