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Ken - 26 Dec 2004 23:39 GMT

Hi,

I'll be travelling to Oregon in two weeks to do a little fishing and nature photography.
I recently purchased a Panasonic FZ20 and it will be my primary camera for this trip.
I have had problems in the past when visiting Oregon in the winter time getting good
shots, mostly due to atmospheric obscurants such as those listed in the subject line.
A lot of the pictures come out over/under exposed, blurry, color under saturated etc.
I was wondering if anyone had some tips to help optimize shots in these types of
weather conditions. Suggestions I am looking for would be light balance compensations,
EV compensation, f-stops, shutter speeds, lens filters, what types of lighting conditions
to avoid and which to look for, etc. I am open to any suggestion to help improve my
chances of coming back with some good photos.

Thank you,

Ken Tyler

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Joseph Meehan - 27 Dec 2004 01:41 GMT

> Hi,
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> Ken Tyler

Nice little camera. With a 2.8 lens and those weather conditions it may
have a little difficulty with exposure. I don't know if you can bump up the
effective speed a little, that might help, but don't do too much as that
will likely result in noise.

You should expect the result on foggy rainy day to be lacking in
contrast and saturation and look less sharp. A little moisture on the lens
will make it blurry as well.

Much of that can be reduced in post exposure processing. I would not
want to get rid of all of it as it is part of the experience you are trying
to record is it not? You don't want it to look like a sunny day. I doubt
if you will want to adjust exposure. You may want to move closer to your
subjects if possible however and make sure the lens stays dry.

Good luck

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Ken - 28 Dec 2004 04:20 GMT

"Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spamno@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:CLJzd.29551

> Nice little camera. With a 2.8 lens and those weather conditions it may
> have a little difficulty with exposure. I don't know if you can bump up the
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> if you will want to adjust exposure. You may want to move closer to your
> subjects if possible however and make sure the lens stays dry.

Thanks for your comments, Joseph. I pretty much assumed I was up against
rock and hard place with this one. Guess I'll just have to experiment until I
find a combination that works and stick with it once I do.

Regards,

Ken

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Joseph Meehan - 28 Dec 2004 13:36 GMT

> "Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spamno@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> rock and hard place with this one. Guess I'll just have to experiment
> until I find a combination that works and stick with it once I do.

Keep working with it. You may be surprised just how much you can do
with post image processing. I don't know if I or anyone else has noted it,
but if you have the capability of saving RAW format files, do so as you will
have more flexibility to edit after the fact.

> Regards,
>
> Ken

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WKato - 29 Dec 2004 04:41 GMT

I don't know what particular problems you are having but some of the more
successful foggy pictures I have seen feature a contrasty or colorful object in
the foreground, which counterposes wonderfully with the gray and gloomy
background.

>A lot of the pictures come out over/under exposed, blurry, color under
>saturated etc.

Warren Kato

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