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THE PROBLEM WITH ORB PHOTOS TAKEN ON DIGITAL CAMERAS
DIR By: Brian Cowley
Date: August 15, 2012, 11:08 pm
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I found this on the inter-web and thought I would share the
wealth.
With the advancement of digital technology a new problem has
emerged with digital cameras and ghost photos. While it is easy
and convenient (and fun too) to take photos with digital
cameras, we are finding that the photos they take are not always
as steady or high resolution as the old SLR (single lens reflex)
cameras.
This is causing a terrible problem for the Paranormal Field. A
lot of people are mistaking digital photos for paranormal
anomalies captured in the photo. Most times they are wrong.
Without going into a long and boring explanation of the
different ways the cameras take photos, I'll just cut it short
and say that SLR cameras are completely different in the way
they capture an image from the new Digital technology. The
cameras certainly DO react differently to different
environments, this includes dust, dirt, damp (rain/snow etc)
wind etc.
Many times we have experimented with an SLR camera and a digital
camera and gotten completely different objects appearing in the
photos (see examples below). It came to my attention early on
that "orbs" showed up in almost every single photo taken with my
digital camera. Some associates in the paranormal field assured
me this was in fact paranormal (some type of spirit showing up
in the photo) but I was skeptical and didn't believe it was so.
Further investigation showed that if I stood near some dust I
could easily stamp my foot on the ground, take a photo with my
digital camera(use a flash and it usually works better) and low
and behold orbs would show up! In fact I could do this in the
most cleanest place or the most dirtiest, orbs would show up no
matter what, especially if I didn't clean the lens before using
my camera. I don't believe for one minute these are ghosts or
spirits that are being captured in my photos, and I decided not
to be fooled by the numerous mistaken "orb" ghost photos that
are now available on the Internet.
The second problem with digital cameras I am finding is that a
digital photo taken can easily show a second shadow or blur,
that is usually reflected or blurred off an object in the photo,
especially if the camera is moved even slightly when the photo
is taken. This depends on which type of digital camera you are
using. Some of the cheaper and lower resolution cameras are
particularly bad and a lot of people are fooled by their blurry
photos that sometimes show strange brilliant shapes next to
people, and or strange shadows in the photo. The answer to this
is simple - it's the camera and the camera operator, not
anything paranormal.
As a general rule of thumb, consider where you took the photo,
was it known to be haunted? Did you feel that there was a
presence at the time of taking the photo? If not, and you are
using a digital camera, consider it may just be camera movement,
dust, rain or something else that is in your photo.
We don't want to stop people altogether from believing they may
have caught something paranormal in their photo, we just want to
present a few facts that might give you a better insight into
what it is in your photos.
Good luck and happy hauntings!
Rowena & AGHS (Australian Ghost Hunters Society)
HTML http://www.castleofspirits.com/orbs.html
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Re: THE PROBLEM WITH ORB PHOTOS TAKEN ON DIGITAL CAMERAS
DIR By: Brian Cowley
Date: August 15, 2012, 11:22 pm
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I spoke with David tonight and we got to talking this very
subject. For those of us using digital cams (All of us). Let's
try a little experiment to go along with this write up.
I would like you to put an "eyelid" on your cameras or some
"eye-black" around the flash. I can hear you now, "What the hell
is he talking about? I am not painting black makeup on my
camera" or "Ok genius, how do I grow a set of eye lash on a
camera."
Easy.
Pull out your digital camera and follow along.
1. Take some electrical tape and tear of a piece no more than
about an inch long.
2. Cut this tape length ways.
3. Stick this tape on the edge of a counter or table, just for
now.
4. Take out your camera and face the shutter towards you on the
table.
5. Pick up the tape and place it on your camera in a manner that
shields the beam from the flash from directly overlapping the
view of the lens.
- If you put it around the lens, secure it slightly off center
and more towards the direction of the flash. Basically about 1-2
o'clock of the flash is on the right or 10-11 o'clock if the
flash is on the left.
6. Test
Test with both the tape around the lens then test with the tape
around the flash. Try to test with the same conditions. I would
probably do it at night with a misting water bottle, rather than
throwing dirt around your camera.
7. Share your results. You can also place pictures on the boards
by attaching the files below in the attach section.
Side note - make sure you have the time stamp on your camera. We
need to get in the habit of this.
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