![\"cokin](\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3176\/2974252235_089ef84824.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nI also picked up a Cokin A-series filter holder (for trying out those ND Grad filters I hear so much about in landscape photography). It’s a little hard to see in the above photo – mostly because I don’t have any filters for it yet! It seems as though the A-series isn’t in production anymore, so filters are a little hard to come by. D’oh!<\/p>\n
I had originally picked the A-series because it was the “right” size for my lens (which is not that big). Fortunately, lots of places still have A-series filters and such – they just aren’t making any new ones anymore, it seems.<\/p>\n
Still, with a 58 mm mount on my conversion lens adapter, I can add on anything that was made for a 58 mm lens mounting. So if I can’t find what I want, I suppose I could just move up to the P-series (although it’ll look a little silly on my poor little camera).<\/p>\n
Speaking of silly – I’ve also found out that with the right filter, my camera can be used to do near-IR photography (that’s near infra-red). Although I don’t know much about this, it might be interesting to try it out. We’ll see!<\/p>\n
Of course, now that I have this extended lens barrel… I’m going to need a bigger camera bag! Ahh, it never ends, does it?<\/p>\n
Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some new toys have begun to trickle into my hands… starting with this: Not quite a Digital SLR, but it’s close enough for what I do. That’s my venerable Canon PowerShot S3 IS with my new toy – a LA-DC58E Conversion Lens Adapter (58 mm mount) and LH-DC40 lens hood. Although this won’t let me… Continue reading New (Camera) Toys<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[204],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography-pictures","tag-photography","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-nl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3680,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/12\/04\/finally-time-for-a-new-camera\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":0},"title":"Finally Time for a New Camera","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"IT IS TIME... for me to finally upgrade to a better camera.","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/photography-pictures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Panasonic G2 + Konica Hexanon 50\/1.7","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5106\/5627039842_13e49325c7_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3749,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2012\/01\/21\/depth-of-field-experiments-parts-2-and-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":1},"title":"Depth of Field Experiments – Parts 2 and 3","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"More experiments into understanding and controlling depth of field (or the lack thereof) - this time, with my new camera and new lenses!","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/photography-pictures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"depth of field experiment 2 (wine)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3049\/3015399455_9f0d0615ff.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3700,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/12\/14\/new-year-new-camera\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":2},"title":"New Year, New Camera","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith gets a new camera, and proceeds to totally geek out over it, as expected.","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/photography-pictures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"canon powershot s3 is vs panasonic lumix dmc-g2 - from above","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7158\/6507762599_d902bae9b5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3230,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/12\/03\/not-all-f-stops-are-created-equal\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":3},"title":"Not all F-Stops are Created Equal","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Explaining why that blurry background effect is harder to get on your point & shoot camera, even though you might have it set to the same f-stop as a DSLR.","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/photography-pictures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"camera sensor comparison","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/12\/camera-sensor-comparison.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3756,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2012\/01\/28\/same-picture-different-lenses\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":4},"title":"Same Picture, Different Lenses","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"More experiments with digital photography - this time, learning the differences that different lenses (and different focal lengths) produce!","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/photography-pictures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"my manga shelf 3","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7172\/6614872947_155e0cba2d.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3156,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/07\/31\/why-i-still-use-my-canon-powershot-s3-is-camera\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":5},"title":"Why I Still Use My Canon PowerShot S3 IS Camera","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Why I still use my 2006 vintage Canon PowerShot S3 IS Camera, despite being a bit old.","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/07\/Canon_Powershot_S3_IS-300x185.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"my](\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3009\/2975106768_b927c6aa64.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n