Another record breaking meeting of the club was held on the 27th of October, we had an attendance of 27 to witness the first use of our new projector in a competition. We had 23 entries in our Autumn themed competition which was won by Ian Willey who has just returned from another one of his trips abroad and of course he fortuitously happened to be in New England in the Fall and captured the stunning picture alongside this article.
Second place in the competition went to Dillon Boyer for a shot taken in the Lake District and newcomer Shane Turner came in third place with a picture of Torc Waterfall. The next meeting is scheduled for November 10th and the theme is “By the Sea”, please send your entries to [email protected] by Tuesday November 8th.
Unfortunately the weather wrecked our last planned outing at the last minute, however the club is planning to hold at least one outing before the Christmas break probably to the Killarney Area. At this outing we will pair experienced and new members together to that the beginners will learn from the more experience people.
This week I will talk a little about the ISO system, before the advent of digital cameras, film could be purchased in a number of sensitivities such as ISO 100, 200 and 400 etc. The higher the figure the more sensitive the film however there is a trade-off in that the more sensitive film produces a grainer image. The digital camera sensor can be adjusted to make it more or less sensitive to light and they have kept the same ISO system for rating the sensitivity and again higher sensitivity will give you noisier images with less definition of fine feature in the picture. Therefore to take the best quality shots use as low an ISO rating as possible.
For further information contact Francis Foley on 087 905 4161 or [email protected] or visit our website at http://ardfertcameraclub.weebly.com. Remember that we always welcome new members and guests to the club which has a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, no need to have a fancy camera, come along and learn how to take better pictures. Francis Foley
Second place in the competition went to Dillon Boyer for a shot taken in the Lake District and newcomer Shane Turner came in third place with a picture of Torc Waterfall. The next meeting is scheduled for November 10th and the theme is “By the Sea”, please send your entries to [email protected] by Tuesday November 8th.
Unfortunately the weather wrecked our last planned outing at the last minute, however the club is planning to hold at least one outing before the Christmas break probably to the Killarney Area. At this outing we will pair experienced and new members together to that the beginners will learn from the more experience people.
This week I will talk a little about the ISO system, before the advent of digital cameras, film could be purchased in a number of sensitivities such as ISO 100, 200 and 400 etc. The higher the figure the more sensitive the film however there is a trade-off in that the more sensitive film produces a grainer image. The digital camera sensor can be adjusted to make it more or less sensitive to light and they have kept the same ISO system for rating the sensitivity and again higher sensitivity will give you noisier images with less definition of fine feature in the picture. Therefore to take the best quality shots use as low an ISO rating as possible.
For further information contact Francis Foley on 087 905 4161 or [email protected] or visit our website at http://ardfertcameraclub.weebly.com. Remember that we always welcome new members and guests to the club which has a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, no need to have a fancy camera, come along and learn how to take better pictures. Francis Foley