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Thanks for the interesting pictures, Leroy. I couldn't help wondering
why you didn't use the flash or a higher ISO value for these pictures? André. On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:56:28 +0000 (UTC), (Leroy Curtis) wrote: |
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In article >, André Ritzinger
> writes >Thanks for the interesting pictures, Leroy. A pleasure, as always. > I couldn't help wondering >why you didn't use the flash Because I find that the flash will often highlight the foreground of a large object (Like a car) and leave that background too dark. This could well be down to my inability to use it properly, of course, and I'm using the camera's built-in flash, rather than a more sophisticated accessory, which perhaps could be "bounced" (I'm familiar with the term, but unsure of how to actually do it). How do you know that I didn't use a flash, BTW? >or a higher ISO value for these pictures? > The truth is, I didn't think of that. The camera's set to automatic, and it chose an ISO of 100. I guess manually overriding the ISO setting and using, say, 400, would improve things without making the pictures noisy or grainy? I'd value your advice, since I've always marvelled at how you manage to take so many clear, bright indoor photos. -- Regards Leroy Curtis Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to reply by Email |
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Well, first off: when a picture is taken the camera writes down the
used settings together with the picture file. This is called "EXIF info" and you can view this info in IrfanView (a popular free picture viewer) by clicking the "i" icon below the menu bar and then the EXIF info button in the Image properties window that pops up. That's how I know which settings you've used. I usually strip the EXIF info from my picture files when I upload them; that saves a few kB. Then a view tips: modern camera's like yours can use ISO settings up to 400 without much loss of quality. I use ISO 200 as standard on my current camera and ISO 400 for indoors. More importantly: select a setting in which the camera can increase the ISO value automatically when necessary if your camera has that option, which is very likely. Some of your pictures have shutter times as low as 1/15 seconds, which can be avoided that way. When shooting manually it's very hard to keep your camera steady at shutter times below 1/30 seconds. Actually I would advise 1/60 seconds as a minimum for modern SLR cameras. As for using a flash: I always use a flash, on all my pictures indoors or out. Not everybody likes the effect but I find it saves time in selecting the proper lighting settings in varying conditions. With the built-in flash the effect of highlighting the near portions is fairly limited as long as use choose the fill-in flash lighting setting (which is probably automatically selected at your current "multi-segment" metering mode when you leave the flash popped out and deselect the compulsory non-flash mode). If you still feel the flash highlights too much then select aperture priority mode and select a relatively large aperture like f 4 or lower for indoor situations (at ISO 400). That way the portion of environmental light on your picture will increase (beware that the depth-of-field will decrease). Bouncing a flash only works with external flashlights. Then you aim the head of the flash at an angle of about 60 degrees and bounce the flash off the ceiling. Usually this only gives a good effect if the ceiling is not too high and bright. This is hardly ever the case at car shows or museums in my experience. I hope this will be of some use to you. Just experiment with different settings in an indoor situation and see what works best. If you'd like more advise I'd be happy to help you. André. On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 01:07:49 +0100, Leroy Curtis > wrote: >In article >, André Ritzinger > writes >>Thanks for the interesting pictures, Leroy. > >A pleasure, as always. > >> I couldn't help wondering >>why you didn't use the flash > >Because I find that the flash will often highlight the foreground of a >large object (Like a car) and leave that background too dark. This could >well be down to my inability to use it properly, of course, and I'm >using the camera's built-in flash, rather than a more sophisticated >accessory, which perhaps could be "bounced" (I'm familiar with the term, >but unsure of how to actually do it). How do you know that I didn't use >a flash, BTW? > >>or a higher ISO value for these pictures? >> >The truth is, I didn't think of that. The camera's set to automatic, and >it chose an ISO of 100. I guess manually overriding the ISO setting and >using, say, 400, would improve things without making the pictures noisy >or grainy? I'd value your advice, since I've always marvelled at how you >manage to take so many clear, bright indoor photos. |
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In article >, André Ritzinger
> writes >Well, first off: when a picture is taken the camera writes down the >used settings together with the picture file. This is called "EXIF >info" and you can view this info in IrfanView (a popular free picture >viewer) by clicking the "i" icon below the menu bar and then the EXIF >info button in the Image properties window that pops up. That's how I >know which settings you've used. I usually strip the EXIF info from my >picture files when I upload them; that saves a few kB. >Then a view tips: modern camera's like yours can use ISO settings up >to 400 without much loss of quality. I use ISO 200 as standard on my >current camera and ISO 400 for indoors. More importantly: select a >setting in which the camera can increase the ISO value automatically >when necessary if your camera has that option, which is very likely. >Some of your pictures have shutter times as low as 1/15 seconds, which >can be avoided that way. >When shooting manually it's very hard to keep your camera steady at >shutter times below 1/30 seconds. Actually I would advise 1/60 seconds >as a minimum for modern SLR cameras. > >As for using a flash: I always use a flash, on all my pictures indoors >or out. Not everybody likes the effect but I find it saves time in >selecting the proper lighting settings in varying conditions. With the >built-in flash the effect of highlighting the near portions is fairly >limited as long as use choose the fill-in flash lighting setting >(which is probably automatically selected at your current >"multi-segment" metering mode when you leave the flash popped out and >deselect the compulsory non-flash mode). If you still feel the flash >highlights too much then select aperture priority mode and select a >relatively large aperture like f 4 or lower for indoor situations (at >ISO 400). That way the portion of environmental light on your picture >will increase (beware that the depth-of-field will decrease). >Bouncing a flash only works with external flashlights. Then you aim >the head of the flash at an angle of about 60 degrees and bounce the >flash off the ceiling. Usually this only gives a good effect if the >ceiling is not too high and bright. This is hardly ever the case at >car shows or museums in my experience. > >I hope this will be of some use to you. Just experiment with different >settings in an indoor situation and see what works best. If you'd like >more advise I'd be happy to help you. > Thanks for this, André. The camera is set to automatically select ISO numbers between 100 and 400, but I'll try manually overriding that next time I'm taking indoor shots and see if it helps; I'm sure it will, on the basis of what you're saying here. Looking through the pictures myself, I can see that one of them was shot at 0.5 sec, which I suppose says a lot for the shake-correction program built in to the camera, since the picture, which is the one of the 1914 Fiat, is reasonably, although not perfectly, sharp. I'll also try experimenting with the flash; the beauty of a digital camera, of course, is that if something doesn't work, you can see that that's the case straight away, and try again. Thanks for the advice. -- Regards Leroy Curtis Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to reply by Email |
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Ah, shake-correction, I hadn't thought about that. Then using a
shutter speed of 1/30 as a minimum is certainly a viable option. By the way "a view tips" should of course have read "a few tips"; that was a strange typo. Good luck experimenting, André. On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:14:13 +0100, Leroy Curtis > wrote: >In article >, André Ritzinger > writes >>Well, first off: when a picture is taken the camera writes down the >>used settings together with the picture file. This is called "EXIF >>info" and you can view this info in IrfanView (a popular free picture >>viewer) by clicking the "i" icon below the menu bar and then the EXIF >>info button in the Image properties window that pops up. That's how I >>know which settings you've used. I usually strip the EXIF info from my >>picture files when I upload them; that saves a few kB. >>Then a view tips: modern camera's like yours can use ISO settings up >>to 400 without much loss of quality. I use ISO 200 as standard on my >>current camera and ISO 400 for indoors. More importantly: select a >>setting in which the camera can increase the ISO value automatically >>when necessary if your camera has that option, which is very likely. >>Some of your pictures have shutter times as low as 1/15 seconds, which >>can be avoided that way. >>When shooting manually it's very hard to keep your camera steady at >>shutter times below 1/30 seconds. Actually I would advise 1/60 seconds >>as a minimum for modern SLR cameras. >> >>As for using a flash: I always use a flash, on all my pictures indoors >>or out. Not everybody likes the effect but I find it saves time in >>selecting the proper lighting settings in varying conditions. With the >>built-in flash the effect of highlighting the near portions is fairly >>limited as long as use choose the fill-in flash lighting setting >>(which is probably automatically selected at your current >>"multi-segment" metering mode when you leave the flash popped out and >>deselect the compulsory non-flash mode). If you still feel the flash >>highlights too much then select aperture priority mode and select a >>relatively large aperture like f 4 or lower for indoor situations (at >>ISO 400). That way the portion of environmental light on your picture >>will increase (beware that the depth-of-field will decrease). >>Bouncing a flash only works with external flashlights. Then you aim >>the head of the flash at an angle of about 60 degrees and bounce the >>flash off the ceiling. Usually this only gives a good effect if the >>ceiling is not too high and bright. This is hardly ever the case at >>car shows or museums in my experience. >> >>I hope this will be of some use to you. Just experiment with different >>settings in an indoor situation and see what works best. If you'd like >>more advise I'd be happy to help you. >> >Thanks for this, André. The camera is set to automatically select ISO >numbers between 100 and 400, but I'll try manually overriding that next >time I'm taking indoor shots and see if it helps; I'm sure it will, on >the basis of what you're saying here. Looking through the pictures >myself, I can see that one of them was shot at 0.5 sec, which I suppose >says a lot for the shake-correction program built in to the camera, >since the picture, which is the one of the 1914 Fiat, is reasonably, >although not perfectly, sharp. > >I'll also try experimenting with the flash; the beauty of a digital >camera, of course, is that if something doesn't work, you can see that >that's the case straight away, and try again. > >Thanks for the advice. |
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In article >, André Ritzinger
> writes >Ah, shake-correction, I hadn't thought about that. Then using a >shutter speed of 1/30 as a minimum is certainly a viable option. >By the way "a view tips" should of course have read "a few tips"; that >was a strange typo. > Yes, I guessed that :-) I shouldn't worry, your English is better than my Dutch. I only know four words of Dutch, none of which would be appropriate in this newsgroup. >Good luck experimenting, > Thanks again, André > -- Regards Leroy Curtis Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to reply by Email |
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