[LRflex] Re: Burnin' Desire .. Part Two

Philippe wrote:
Well, we sometimes break the law at Alice's place, and Tim always considers this as a real treat, as your grandson must have seen it too.
Yes, Nathan thought it was "way cool", though I kept pointing out to him that it was actually "way warm"! 


Did you get closer and get the heat ?
My question about distance was technical curiosity or, how does the gear react to IR?, as you may have imagined.
According to some reviews, the E3 has limited IR sensitivity, allowing some photos in IR if you have a suitable IR filter. I don't. However, in daily use, it is much like the DMR, with little useable/noticeable IR sensitivity.
The blown highlights (only noticeable within the flames), in the last two shots, were due to my inadvertently selecting an exposure mode called Spot-Hi, which is supposed to (or so I thought) expose for the highlights. It seems to do the opposite. Thus the entire frame was overexposed, which was heavily compensated for in Silkypix. The frames were quite recoverable, as you can see, as the blown highlights in the flames seem to work, indicating "white hot" to the viewer. With other subjects, I might not be so lucky!
In the three standard exposure modes, Matrix, Center weighted and spot, the exposures are deadly accurate, in the manner which experienced photographers will expect.
I must take more time to test, and understand, the additional Spot HI & Spot Lo modes. 


Have a nice weekend.
We did, thank you. Vernon is only a 2.5 hour drive away, but it's in the Okanagan Valley (home to most BC vineyards - ask Xavier about their quality) and Saturday was suitable for shorts and "T" shirts. Sadly, we were indoors, all day. Here, at home, high in the hills, it is -9.6 at 7 AM, this morning, and forecast to hit a high of 2 degrees, this afternoon! 


Keep shooting and sharing David, I like them all.


Thanks, Philippe, for looking and for your kind words.

Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

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