GTaficionado
Ok guys, I read the whole entire thread and couldn't find an answer to my question...a member here posted a similar question, but I'd like to elaborate since it wasn't answered.
When we save pics to the flash drive, they come out blurry sometimes. At times is the background and sometimes the car itself. I'm aware that we could simply focus the camera on the car and it'll fix that, but then the backgroung will be blurry. Is there a way to get the car and the background with the same resolution?
And last question: When hosting pics using (ImageShack), you have like a bunch of URLs and some hotlinks, making it 8 options in total. We could choose anyone I know, but which one is best to use to get the best resolution out of it and the best size for the forums?
Here's a sample of what I was discribing...
This isn't resolution, this is depth of field, a real parameter in real photgraphy. A real camera (not the plastic disposables, and not most point-and-shoots) has three adjustments for exposure: film speed (ASA), shutter speed, and f-stop. GT4 ignores (or "electronically compensates for") film speed. Shutter speed controls motion blur. Slow shutter allows more light but fast objects move during the exposure, resulting in motion blur. Fast shutter speed freezes motion, but lets less light on the film, perhaps underexposing the picture. F-stop adjusts the size of the iris in the lens. A low number is a larger iris opening, which lets more light in (allowing faster shutter speed) but gives a shallow depth of field (blurry backgrounds.) A high number is a smaller iris, for less light (requiring a slower shutter speed) but gives high depth of field, infinite focus. Technically, the f-stop is a ratio: f:2 is an iris 1/2 the size of the lens's focal length. F:32 is an iris 1/32 the focal length. That's why it's called F, algebraically representing focal length. In ordinary photography, you balance the f-stop and shutter speed against each other based on the film speed. If you adjust one for more light, you have to adjust the other for less. Since GT4 ignores film speed, you can adjust either one independantly.
In GT4, you adjust with R-1 or R-2 and the cursor pad. Basically, use a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion, use a slow speed for motion blur. Use a low-numbered f-stop for blurry backgrounds, and a high-numbered f-stop for infinite depth of field.
Examples:
At the 'ring, fairly fast shutter and high f-stop number:
Same place, different car, very low f-stop. How boring would this be if the background were clear?
Fast shutter, the car looks parked (stopped wheels):
Same point, slower shutter:
Sometimes it's a balance. Needed the car clear, but enough motion blur to indicate speed. Medium shutter speed:
As for the Imageshack links, they don't affect the picture, just what language is used to fetch it. These were posted with "thumbnail for forums (1)".
