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rocktivity

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7. I'm using a Lumix 20-1200mm fixed-lens "bridge" digital camera

Reply to alfredo (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 25, 2019, 10:26 AM

Dec 2019

Last edited Sun Jan 5, 2020, 03:20 PM - Edit history (6)

Rock photography requires stop action in low light, and that requires lens apertures in the f/1.0 vicinity. My Lumix's f/2.8 maximum aperture and 5-stop exposure compensation allows me to live in that vicinity!

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The photo that required 7 months and the breaking of a 40-year-old mindset to take [View all] rocktivity Dec 2019 OP

Hey Rocktivity malaise Dec 2019 #1

Change is hard....gosh I hate that saying, but it's true. AJT Dec 2019 #2

Good for you, my dear rocktivity! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2019 #3

The good news is... Sloumeau Dec 2019 #4

And no more BUYING film once your SD card is paid for rocktivity Dec 2019 #8

Welcome to the dark side. alfredo Dec 2019 #5

I'm using a Lumix 20-1200mm fixed-lens "bridge" digital camera rocktivity Dec 2019 #7

You ROCK, rocktivity! calimary Dec 2019 #6

More than 2500 views and thirty recs in less than twenty-five hours? rocktivity Dec 2019 #9