In reply to Post #30
I'll check that meself thank you. Self take using the app. First light picture
I'll check that meself thank you. Self take using the app. First light picture
In reply to Post #1
I have a Samsung A52 which is by no means the best phone on the market, but I have set up the camera to take shots on the word "cheese". Works very well on a cheap tripod and a £2.99 phone holder.
I have a Samsung A52 which is by no means the best phone on the market, but I have set up the camera to take shots on the word "cheese". Works very well on a cheap tripod and a £2.99 phone holder.
In reply to Post #32
I use the “hey camera” app with my phone. You just say cheese and it takes a pic. Found it more reliable than the Siri commands.
I use the “hey camera” app with my phone. You just say cheese and it takes a pic. Found it more reliable than the Siri commands.
I use hey camera with an iphone 11 and it works great. Just have to say photo or video and it does it all
In reply to Post #34
You can't use portrait mode with hey camera though, and I use that all the time. Voice control works absolutely perfectly for me all of the time.
You can't use portrait mode with hey camera though, and I use that all the time. Voice control works absolutely perfectly for me all of the time.
In reply to Post #35
TBH I always take them landscape and crop them later, so it's not an issue.
Maybe I don't talk proper for Siri like
TBH I always take them landscape and crop them later, so it's not an issue.
Maybe I don't talk proper for Siri like
In reply to Post #36
Yeah I take them in landscape, I mean portrait mode which blurs the background
You're stuck in normal photo mode with hey camera if I remember rightly (I've used it myself).
Yeah I take them in landscape, I mean portrait mode which blurs the background
You're stuck in normal photo mode with hey camera if I remember rightly (I've used it myself).
Prefer to use the rear camera on my phone, better quality snaps but not quite as easy as a selfie....
Leave the fish in the net, set up the phone on a tripod facing me and the unhooking mat, frame the shot with the forward facing camera allowing for a bit of space around the edges for error. Turn the camera around, get the fish out, use the voice activation feature on my Samsung, (say "smile") fire off a few of each side then crop afterwards. Helps if you turn up the volume on the camera so that you can hear the "click" to be certain the phone has taken a shot.
The other thing i tried was a small, round selfie mirror stuck to the back of the phone case, you can pick them up on eBay for a couple of quid. If positioned correctly and you can see yourself in the mirror then you will be framed OK....doesn't work so well at night though!
Leave the fish in the net, set up the phone on a tripod facing me and the unhooking mat, frame the shot with the forward facing camera allowing for a bit of space around the edges for error. Turn the camera around, get the fish out, use the voice activation feature on my Samsung, (say "smile") fire off a few of each side then crop afterwards. Helps if you turn up the volume on the camera so that you can hear the "click" to be certain the phone has taken a shot.
The other thing i tried was a small, round selfie mirror stuck to the back of the phone case, you can pick them up on eBay for a couple of quid. If positioned correctly and you can see yourself in the mirror then you will be framed OK....doesn't work so well at night though!
In reply to Post #1
I use my phone and an app called "take my picture"
I use my phone and an app called "take my picture"
I prefer to do things the old school way. Just got myself a remote peddle from Rhino.
Canon 750d. L series 24-105. Flip screen obviously facing me. Couple of Rhino lights illuminating me. My night shots are excellent if I do say so myself 😂So easy.
Canon 750d. L series 24-105. Flip screen obviously facing me. Couple of Rhino lights illuminating me. My night shots are excellent if I do say so myself 😂So easy.
In reply to Post #40
I still use the air bulb release system 👍
I still use the air bulb release system 👍
In reply to Post #1
When I get to the swim I work out where I want to do my pictures, so everything is easy to get ready.
I don't use distance sticks, I have my spare bivvy storm sticks which double or triple up as dog lead spike, and camera/phone sticks.
At night I resort to the camera and flash on a Gardner camera adaptor on the bankstick. I'm still going self timer if I'm on my own, but as said everything is planned for, position, height etc.
During the day I usually use my phone, I have a Samsung phone holder that screws onto the camera adapter.
Easy enough to say 'picture' or whatever to get the screen camera pic.
When I get to the swim I work out where I want to do my pictures, so everything is easy to get ready.
I don't use distance sticks, I have my spare bivvy storm sticks which double or triple up as dog lead spike, and camera/phone sticks.
At night I resort to the camera and flash on a Gardner camera adaptor on the bankstick. I'm still going self timer if I'm on my own, but as said everything is planned for, position, height etc.
During the day I usually use my phone, I have a Samsung phone holder that screws onto the camera adapter.
Easy enough to say 'picture' or whatever to get the screen camera pic.
I am at the stage now where every single fish I catch gets self takes. Pike, barbel, carp, it does not matter which. If I catch a momentous fish, the chances are I will produce far better photographs than trusting someone else with my camera. I use a Nikon SLR, only a cheap one, with a really good 30mm lens. My iPhone gets used for video. I got a cheap tripod for camera and iPhone from eBay.
Best tip anyone has ever given me, was Terry Hearn telling me to get an intervalometer from eBay for my camera. Amazing bits of kit. Don't ask me how to set it up, Terry told me over the phone and it has been set ever since. That was seven years ago. It still has the same battery in it, despite me carrying spares. It only cost me around 35 notes.
Mine is set to take 50 shots, one a second, starting 30 seconds after I press the button.
I set my Cotswold Le Graviers mat up first in the right position, whilst the fish is still in the net or sack. Two buckets for the camera and phone. Then I simply set the camera and the video, framed to the cradle mat. It's so very simple. It could not be any easier. That unhooking mat does not move. I bring fish to the mat, sort it out and remove sack or net. Add some water. Seal the top of the cradle mat up, securing the fish safely. Quickly get the video running, and then press the intervalometer which is sitting down next to the mat. I have a dog bowl full of water hidden behind the mat. I now have thirty seconds to pick fish up and get into position. Lots of time. Video is edited later, photo's come out spot on every time, although I will always air on the side of caution and then slightly crop.
It's so easy. It never gets messed up by someone else. For me personally, there is NOTHING worse than having an over excited carp angler with me when I have a big fish on the mat. I would rather be alone on my own and calm. But everyone is different. Whatever is best for the fish is always the most important part of the equation. If that means having two anglers to help you, then have two anglers to help you.
Best tip anyone has ever given me, was Terry Hearn telling me to get an intervalometer from eBay for my camera. Amazing bits of kit. Don't ask me how to set it up, Terry told me over the phone and it has been set ever since. That was seven years ago. It still has the same battery in it, despite me carrying spares. It only cost me around 35 notes.
Mine is set to take 50 shots, one a second, starting 30 seconds after I press the button.
I set my Cotswold Le Graviers mat up first in the right position, whilst the fish is still in the net or sack. Two buckets for the camera and phone. Then I simply set the camera and the video, framed to the cradle mat. It's so very simple. It could not be any easier. That unhooking mat does not move. I bring fish to the mat, sort it out and remove sack or net. Add some water. Seal the top of the cradle mat up, securing the fish safely. Quickly get the video running, and then press the intervalometer which is sitting down next to the mat. I have a dog bowl full of water hidden behind the mat. I now have thirty seconds to pick fish up and get into position. Lots of time. Video is edited later, photo's come out spot on every time, although I will always air on the side of caution and then slightly crop.
It's so easy. It never gets messed up by someone else. For me personally, there is NOTHING worse than having an over excited carp angler with me when I have a big fish on the mat. I would rather be alone on my own and calm. But everyone is different. Whatever is best for the fish is always the most important part of the equation. If that means having two anglers to help you, then have two anglers to help you.
In reply to Post #38
Search for Unlanzi ST-30 phone mount on Ali express website or Google it it has Small mirror on the top of the mount allows you to angle the mirror to the phone front screen so you can see what the rear camera is seeing
Search for Unlanzi ST-30 phone mount on Ali express website or Google it it has Small mirror on the top of the mount allows you to angle the mirror to the phone front screen so you can see what the rear camera is seeing
In reply to Post #43
Do you do many night shots with those settings?
Do you do many night shots with those settings?