He probably didn’t hear me because I was using a rangefinder, my Canon Powershot G11.
At one point when he looked up and opened his eyes, I did ask if I could take his picture.
When taking pictures in public, you shouldn’t act like a stalker. It’s a good way to have the cops called on you especially if you’re taking pictures of children.
The G11 has a variable aperture much like a kit lens on a digital SLR.
On the wide angle end, the aperture is f2.8 but on the longer focal length end, the aperture is f4.5.
Its smallest aperture is f8, so it doesn’t give you as much control as DSLR lenses.
I wanted to see if I could I could intentionally lower the sensitivity of the CMOS sensor so that I could shoot with a longer shutter speed.
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