Comments on: Gangara Hi Matsuri http://www.stefansblog.com/gangara-hi-matsuri/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tory http://www.stefansblog.com/gangara-hi-matsuri/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Tory Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:21:44 +0000 http://www.stefansblog.com/?p=320#comment-430 Always rerfeshing to hear a rational answer. Always rerfeshing to hear a rational answer.

]]> By: Stefan http://www.stefansblog.com/gangara-hi-matsuri/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Stefan Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:14:22 +0000 http://www.stefansblog.com/?p=320#comment-23 Your Canon should be fine too - the specs look OK to me. Lenses do make a bit of a difference, but if i were you i would test the camera first to check if the focus really is where it should be ... see http://focustestchart.com/chart.html for how to test. If the focus is a bit off then you won't get sharp pictures and you would probably need to bring your camera to a canon repair shop where they can fix the alignment. ok .. now back to sorting through my Dai-chochin pictures .. the matsuri was a bit of a let down ... lanterns that don't glow aren't fun to photograph at night :roll: Your Canon should be fine too – the specs look OK to me. Lenses do make a bit of a difference, but if i were you i would test the camera first to check if the focus really is where it should be … see http://focustestchart.com/chart.html for how to test. If the focus is a bit off then you won’t get sharp pictures and you would probably need to bring your camera to a canon repair shop where they can fix the alignment.

ok .. now back to sorting through my Dai-chochin pictures .. the matsuri was a bit of a let down … lanterns that don’t glow aren’t fun to photograph at night :roll:

]]> By: kevin http://www.stefansblog.com/gangara-hi-matsuri/comment-page-1/#comment-22 kevin Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:42:48 +0000 http://www.stefansblog.com/?p=320#comment-22 thanks for the INFO on your camera. i should have known is was something like a Nikon D-something. i bought a Canon Rebel SI back in March and i just don`t get the clarity i am used to with my old Canon 35mm. i have been told to try a better lens than the stock lens that came with it but to me "clear should be clear, focus should be focused" (if all the other settings are in alignment). anyways, i will be looking forward to your Dai-chochin photos as well as looking back to your older photos and trying to figure out why you are visiting/living in Japan. oyasumi, kevin thanks for the INFO on your camera. i should have known is was something like a Nikon D-something. i bought a Canon Rebel SI back in March and i just don`t get the clarity i am used to with my old Canon 35mm. i have been told to try a better lens than the stock lens that came with it but to me “clear should be clear, focus should be focused” (if all the other settings are in alignment).
anyways, i will be looking forward to your Dai-chochin photos as well as looking back to your older photos and trying to figure out why you are visiting/living in Japan.
oyasumi,
kevin

]]> By: Stefan http://www.stefansblog.com/gangara-hi-matsuri/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Stefan Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:03:07 +0000 http://www.stefansblog.com/?p=320#comment-21 Oh! - so they had foodstalls?! I didn't noticed any during the torch procession. I use a Nikon D90. The thing that works best for me for night photography seems to be a bright lens ... f/2.0 and below. I use a dirt cheap 35mm f/1.8 on my camera (~$180) with ISO1600 and don't use any flash. Seems to be doing an ok'ish job. Already 1pm .. should go .. i want to see the dai-chochin matsuri in Aichi tonight ;-) .. Oh! – so they had foodstalls?! I didn’t noticed any during the torch procession.

I use a Nikon D90. The thing that works best for me for night photography seems to be a bright lens … f/2.0 and below. I use a dirt cheap 35mm f/1.8 on my camera (~$180) with ISO1600 and don’t use any flash. Seems to be doing an ok’ish job.

Already 1pm .. should go .. i want to see the dai-chochin matsuri in Aichi tonight ;-) ..

]]> By: kevin http://www.stefansblog.com/gangara-hi-matsuri/comment-page-1/#comment-20 kevin Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:18:47 +0000 http://www.stefansblog.com/?p=320#comment-20 hello Stefans Blog-san, thanks for visiting my little blog and a bigger thanks for your Gangara Hi Matsuri photos. i was actually at the Ikeda elementary school playground stage and festival area where there were many "yatai" (food stalls) and people. i love hearing live music and there was much to see and hear there as well as good food. a few years ago i saw the big torches pass by and i thought i would have time to make it from the playground stage to the torch route but then an Okinawan group came on stage and that was that. you have some beautiful photos so i know you know what you are doing but i am looking for a new camera and was wondering what kind you use. i really like the clarity of your images. a couple of years ago i saw Awa-odori and more than a few years ago i rode my bicycle from the Tokyo area to Hokkaido and could see some of the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri...and you see them all on one trip. excellent. thanks again. kevin hello Stefans Blog-san,
thanks for visiting my little blog and a bigger thanks for your Gangara Hi Matsuri photos. i was actually at the Ikeda elementary school playground stage and festival area where there were many “yatai” (food stalls) and people. i love hearing live music and there was much to see and hear there as well as good food. a few years ago i saw the big torches pass by and i thought i would have time to make it from the playground stage to the torch route but then an Okinawan group came on stage and that was that. you have some beautiful photos so i know you know what you are doing but i am looking for a new camera and was wondering what kind you use. i really like the clarity of your images. a couple of years ago i saw Awa-odori and more than a few years ago i rode my bicycle from the Tokyo area to Hokkaido and could see some of the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri…and you see them all on one trip. excellent.
thanks again. kevin

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