A few shots from the Christmas Express

[ssmith1627]

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The high point of the day......my son meeting Santa.   The low point.......my son telling he wanted pink presents for Christmas........

The mind of a 3 year old.......there's no understanding it !

Steve

[Michael Knight]

Nice pictures, Steve! Your pictures are looking very sharp, what were your camera settings? Are you processing your pictures at all?

[ssmith1627]

You can say that but today I took about 50 and didn't get one worth saving.   Tonight the light was the issue.    I was waiting on 15T to head down the West End when I got a surprise visit from 132 heading toward the yard.   I snapped off quite a few but it was heading near dark and I got nothing.

Yesterday in the sun wasn't bad with the Christmas Express.   I had the ISO 400 setting.  I need to experiment more with the P setting -- so far I'm still using "auto".    And no, the ones from downtown yesterday were not processed at all.   Just a quick post.

Thanks for looking and thanks for the feedback.   I'm learning.   I'm tired of these overcast days though !    Maybe I'll get a chance to shoot some on the west end tomorrow.

Steve

[Michael Knight]

I'm not sure that the ISO 400 setting will be used while in auto; in auto, the camera chooses its own ISO setting. Using program mode, however, will ensure that the ISO is at whatever setting you choose.

[ssmith1627]

That does make sense but I didn't think about it until you just said that.   Let me play with the camera some more.   I know it does show the ISO 400 up in the corner even when Auto mode. 

I'm still a beginner.   I want to learn though. 

Steve

[ssmith1627]

It does seem to use the same shutter speed and F stop with an ISO setting of 400 in either P mode or Auto.   I don't see a difference.   Should I ?

Now I haven't tried the ISO 400 with either shutter or aperture priority mode.

Steve