The UPSIDEDOWN DSLR

[Raoul Isidro]

Freedom in an Upsidedown World

I can never tell you enough of how liberating photography has been taking photos with your DSLR in an upsidedown way. Try it! It's freakin' fun!
What it does:
* It frees up your nose. It will no longer be flattened.
* The buttons and LCD monitor will no longer be wet with your fluids.
* You can see where you are going and stepping on to.
* You can finally breath again.
* You get to use your arm muscles in a more challenging way.
But there are negative effects:
* People think you are a lunatic.
* They think you have a new gadget, and pester you. (They have never seen a DSLR used upsidedown)
* Your family will disown you. Specially on holidays.
Some tricks:
* Flip the images later on your computer. If there are hundreds of images, all it takes is one click if the image software is Photoshop or equivalent high end program.
Try it!
It's fun!
Raoul Isidro

Note: Today's advanced metering will be fooled by the upsidedown format and go crazy and insane with exposure and you'll get hilarious shots. Switch to center weighted or if you are very confident, spot metering.

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[kirbinster]

I have on occasion used my camera upside down. I've done this when I did not have a flash with me and could only use the popup. The reason was I wanted to light the bottom part of the frame and had a fairly long lens that would create a shadow if used in the normal orientation. It worked quite well for me.

[luckymama]

that's funny
hang on a tick.
let me try
your right about the nose being squashed.hehe....

[youknowhat]

hey man , guess what? I have actually used your advice to take these shots!!!!!!!



the above taken with DSLR up ! (flash above lens!)



the above taken with DSLR down ! (Flash below lens)

[kirbinster]

It works really well when you take a picture of a sunset on the beach, the flash will light up the sand on the ground.

[Nikrometer]

I tried the "Upside Down DSLR" It works but sure does feel funny trying to get your hand in all the right positions.

[Benji]

Back in the 1980s when I was an automobile insurance adjustor I would turn my camera upside down in about 50% of my shots. I set the flash so it fired regardless of whether the camera wanted it to flash or not, turned the camera upside down and took the shot. The resulting image was a perfectly lit hood and windshield because of the sky or sunshine and also a perfectly lit grill and the entire front suspension. Normally the front suspension was jet black because the automatic exposure control saw the well lit hood and windshield and felt the image was captured properly. It wasn't as there could be a thousand dollars worth of damage no one could see it unless one used the upside down camera technique.

Benji

[MOmilkman]

Its funny,.... when I first read this post I thought it said "It frees up your noise"

I was trying to figure out how in the world there was less "noise" in the pic with the camera simply turned upside down! lol

[Kerry]

It sounded weird, but the cork pics have got me running for my camera.
Who knew?
All of you, i guess,
But a revelation to me
thanks

[Usuqa]

There are other good reasons for using your camera in a strange way..

using a flash above your flash shutter sync speed (ie 180 max when flash is on). If you go into manual mode and crack it upto say 250 the flash will light up some of the photo while only ambient light will do the rest.

This could be handy say, if the subject was back lit and u wanted fill flash with the lens open more.. you could rotate the camera so that say the darker part (were the shutter is covering the exposure because its to fast) is at the sky.
You will get a faster shutter speed and fill flash and no loss of light since your flash cant light up the sky anyway