Not sure if any of you are old enough to remember the B52's, but I saw them last night at the Hollywood Bowl.
We were very far away from the stage, so considering that, and the fact that it was dark, these came out fantastic!
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What mode did you use for this? I am struggling with the macro. I need to read up or watch a youtube vid for this. I thought the camera had its own macro mode but its within the Pro mode and I haven't practiced enough to figure out the focus. Cool shot!!!!! Not sure I'd get that close to a bee ;-)
Does anyone use the zoom and get poor quality as this? My friend's parents have an awesome hummingbird feeder on their deck. I wasn't even 5 yards away n zoomed in to get a closers glimpse of the bird. This is what I go instead. I've tried a few other times and it always looks this bad. Am I missing summin?
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One thing about digital zoom is that it will meter for that cropped scene more accurately vs shooting wide and cropping later.What I've noticed on my S5 Active is that it is better to NOT use the digital zoom while taking a picture. But rather take the shot without any zoom and crop the picture to make the subject larger later. This is especially helpful on the S5 since it doesn't have OIS. But, I would think it might be better on the Note 5 also. Give it a try and see what you think!
One thing about digital zoom is that it will meter for that cropped scene more accurately vs shooting wide and cropping later.
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This is probably true and makes sense. But, I usually find it much easier to fix the exposure than trying to fix a blurry picture (from handshake especially due to lack of OIS on the S5) in post processing. I have to believe that even having the ability to use OIS doesn't totally eliminate the effect of handshake when using high digital zoom. Also, you could use center weighted or spot metering rather than evaluative or even manual exposure compensation to try to get the exposure correct for the cropped scene.
If anyone has any tips on using the macro mode, do tell. I am happy to know that the bee was taken using Auto. That is really amazing. Looks like a macro mode! Not sure why they have a macro setting within Pro mode when it takes many steps to get to it. I'd just like to know what the trick is to focusing once selecting it.
yeah I've had to start to doing that. BUT you would just think with this great of a phone you wuoldn't have to do that. I am not trying to zoom from a long distance away either.