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19 July 2015, Sunday
Departing flights monitor. (Sony RX 100 IV at 16.2mm, f/2.8 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 320, Perfectly Clear V2.)
This is what happens when businesses make the expensive mistake of using cheap computers. Not only does it scream "inept management" because they cheaped-out with Windows instead of Mac computers, these monitors were turned off 2 days later when no one at the resort could fix the system!
Worse was that they had to close the pool for a few hours when the computers that printed arm bands went south and displayed even more foolish messages instead of working — all while broadcasting this to everyone who tried to get an arm band, like us.
20 July 2015, Monday
Plenty of drinks! (Sony RX100 Mk IV at 15.7mm, f/2.8 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 1,250, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Service was superb. We had no shortage of drinks; the service folks just kept bringing them for us. Bravo!
Kids play at breakfast, 11:33 AM. (Sony RX100 Mk IV at 12.2mm, f/2.8 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 250.)
Lazy River, Atlantis, Bahamas. (iPhone 6 Plus panorama, f/2.2 at 1/2,639 at ISO 32, Perfectly Clear V2.) full-resolution.
iPhone trick: While this nearly-square shot doesn't scream "panorama!," you'll notice that the verticals are all vertical, and might notice that the vertical angle-of-view is about 50% more than you get with the usual horizontal iPhone orientation.
Many people don't know that you can tilt an iPhone up or down in Panorama mode, and it works great, moving the horizon whenever you need it.
Another beauty is that the iPhone can make panoramas of any angle you like, from narrow angles like this up to 270º!
In this case, I cropped the sides, and this trick still works to grab a wider angle than I could otherwise get, and keeps verticals vertical.
Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas. (iPhone 6 Plus, f/2.2 at 1/1,412 at ISO 32.)
21 July 2015, Tuesday
Mom correctly noted that I have no photos of swimming, since I left my RX100 and iPhone in the room when we went swimming. Today, our last day in the water, I brought the RX100.
Ryan gets suntan stick on his face. (Sony RX 100 IV at 25.7mm, f/4 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 125, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Katie and Ryan at their last day at the pool. (Sony RX 100 IV at 17.5mm, flash ON, f/4 at 1/800 at Auto ISO 125, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Actually there are at least 16 pools all over this resort; there is no one "pool."
Note how the tiny flash works great outdoors at reasonable distances because of the super-high 1/800 flash sync.
Katie jumps into the pool. (Sony RX100 Mk IV at 13.3mm, f/4.5 at 1/800 at Auto ISO 125, Perfectly Clear.)
Katie and Ryan after another very long day at the pools. They would have stayed until midnight if we hadn't pulled them out. (Sony RX 100 IV at 11mm, flash ON, f/2.5 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 125, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Little Katie's eyes are red from all her swimming. She doesn't wear goggles and keeps her little eyes open as she swims so well under water. She swims long ways under water; she seems to prefer swimming under water.
Colorful resort balcony at dusk. The lake with turtles is below. (Sony RX 100 IV at 8.8mm, f/1.8 at 1/8 hand-held at Auto ISO 800, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Atlantis Bahamas Resort at Dusk. (Sony RX100 Mk IV, f/2.8 at 1/13 hand-held at 18.1mm at Auto ISO 1,000, Perfectly Clear V2.) Camera-original © file.
Mayan Temple at Dusk at ISO 4,000. (Sony RX100 Mk IV, f/2.8 at 1/13 hand-held at 18.3mm at Auto ISO 4,000, Perfectly Clear V2.) Camera-original © file.
Mayan Temple at Dusk at ISO 8,000. (Sony RX100 Mk IV, f/2.8 at 1/20 hand-held at 23.9mm at Auto ISO 8,000, Perfectly Clear V2.) Camera-original © file.
At ISO 8,000 and above the images start looking like paint-by-number paintings. The RX100's noise reduction does this to try to cover-up the noise from its small sensor. This also removes wrinkles from peoples' faces, whether you want it to or not.
Ryan and Katie playing over-under again. (Sony RX100 Mk IV at 10.8mm at f/2.5 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 5,000, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Here's how they look on the RX100 IV's LCD, as shot with my iPhone 6 Plus. The fact that this looks so similar to the image above shows us how far LCDs and cameras have come in the past years; LCDs and digital cameras used to be awful and none of this would come close to matching.
Ryan and Katie on their way back to the table from the dinner buffet. (Sony RX100 Mk IV at 9.2mm at f/2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 6,400, Perfectly Clear V2.)
Ryan and Katie return to the table with their food. (Sony RX100 Mk IV at 9.2mm at f/2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 10,000, Perfectly Clear V2.)
NEXT: 22 July 2015.