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Subject: [OM] Re: Technical exposure question
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:13:41 -0400
Thanks.  What I need to do is go try it myself but viewing a sunrise or 
sunset now where I live requires too much dedication.  Either get up 
about 4am and travel to the coast or climb one of the local rocky hills 
in the dark.  Hard enough even in the daylight.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
>>Does nobody know the answer to this question?  Must be that just the gals 
>>know the answer and since they're not here...
>>  
> 
> You specified "Experienced sunset pano guys (and gals) please respond." 
> That sort of limits the likely responses.
> 
> The standard advice from experts is to shoot in manual with fixed 
> exposure for each shot. I generally agree with your speculation that 
> this fellow is confused about the DOF issue, but that using auto 
> exposure with a fixed aperture compensates for the quite rapid 
> brightness changes during a sun rise/set. Probably more difficult to 
> match color and exposure across segments that most panos, but perhaps 
> easier that with fixed exposure, for this particular subject.
> 
> Being a tele sort of guy, I find shots like this of only moderate 
> interest. When I shoot a series of sunset shots at different focal 
> lengths, I more commonly like the longer fl shots. So I'm never likely 
> to be the sort of expert you asked for.
> 
> Moose
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