Cameras.... - Page 2

rawr_bowzer · #21 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 10:36 PM

The ball python pic was with a olympus stylus.

rawr_bowzer · #22 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 10:38 PM

I agree, however, I think the only way to get better is to practice. As with a DSLR, practice makes perfect. It's just if you point and shoot most of the time, you're not really working the camera. At least in my experience, people do.

stalk · #23 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 10:46 PM

My experience has been the opposite, LOL. Most people I know buy expensive D200 DSLR's, and take a thousand pictures with it, and wonder why there's no improvement over their old point and shoot.

rawr_bowzer · #24 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 10:52 PM

Oh absolutely. I have never taken a photography class, but my digital imagery prof. was a professional photographer and he gave me a lot of pointers. He said it's not so much the camera as the lighting. If a photographer can manipulate lighting to the camera's advantage, the picture will come out very good. Only because I owned one point and shoot and I never really used it as much, when I got my DSLR, I played with it cause auto vs. manual was VASTLY different. So I agree with you completely when it is the person taking the picture, and not the camera, however, the camera can limit sometimes. I also think some disposables are better than some point and shoots.

rawr_bowzer · #25 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 11:07 PM

IMO, the composition and perspective of your photos are excellent.

Here is the bad, there was a flare in one of your pictures which can't be helped sometimes with a point-and-shoot because of the size of the lens. Also the color is limited by the small aperture of the camera. I think if you upgrade to a DSLR, your photos will vastly improve (depending).

stalk · #26 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 11:20 PM

Oh don't get me wrong, I am my own worst critic. I have a TON of issues with the photos I just posted. And I know how to manipulate a DSLR to have improved those, and what lens I need to improve.

But until I can afford one, I am using the camera to the best of it's ability. I have a lot of weaknesses in my photography that I am trying to overcome. But until I get a DSLR (hoping for Nikon D80) all I can do is work on my composition and perspective. I'm a little weak in white balance and exposure but I'm working on that.

rawr_bowzer · #27 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 11:22 PM

Haha, IMO they're not that bad. Nikon would be a huge lifesaver if you have problems with white balance, because of the lensbabie.

Stigma · #28 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 11:52 PM

woooo me is glad i made thios thread

i get to see all these cool pics

John_White · #29 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 12:38 AM

Based on your Exif information, the basic information encoded in your photo I can make some general recommendations. Lighting or the lack there of, appears to be your biggest problem. The reason your photos are yellowish is due to an improper white-balance setting. To fix this look for a way to tell your camera that your using an incandescent light source and add additional (incandescent) lights. My other comments are in bold next to your Exif data from your first photo.
Original date/time: 2008:01:17 16:32:07
Exposure time: 1/60
F-stop: 3.4 <- this will result in too shallow a depth of field
Focal length: 3.4000
Flash: 32
Orientation: 1
Light source: 0 <- this is the setting for "white-balance"
Exposure bias: 0.0000
Metering mode: 5
Exposure program: 2 <- check your manual for options/ better choices
Digitized date/time: 2008:01:17 16:32:07
Modified date/time: 2008:01:17 16:32:07
Scene type: "" ,01
Camera make: SONY
Camera model: DCR-HC32
X resolution: 72.0000
Y resolution: 72.0000
Resolution unit: 2 <- check your manual for options/ better choices
Colorspace: 1
If your camera has some sort of image stabilization (IS), try and turn it off. Take a few test shots and compare the graininess of your photos with photos taken with image stabilization on. Often in poor lighting conditions IS will only make the photos worse.

Stigma · #30 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 01:19 AM

ummmmm...holy crap...am i supposed to know how to do that?

rawr_bowzer · #31 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 01:22 AM

Try going into the menu in your camera and search for the options. I'll give an easy example. If you are taking a picture in the sun, you want to set your white balance to "sunny" or "sunlight". As for the aperture, if it is a point-and-shoot, you can't really control it. As far as Canon goes, there's a limit to how wide and how narrow you can set it. And for exposure, well I don't know about point-and-shoots but in DSLR, it has to do with ISO, shutterspeed, and aperture.

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