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| Thread ID: 45171 | 2004-05-12 07:37:00 | Irritations with digital cameras | joanc (3798) | Press F1 |
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| 235987 | 2004-05-12 07:37:00 | Hi All Generally I like digital cameras and photography, but ever so often I get flustered with the technology. Just out of curiosity, what goads you about this technology? I have some links I have collected over the years, so if any seem helpful to anyone else's problem's I'll post them back. For me, the whole non-standard RAW format has been a pain, so has trying to focus in pour light. I see pics from parties taken with a digital camera and most are focused at infinity because the camera can't focus in poor conditions. This means that everyone appears blurry. Anyone have tips for focusing under poor light? My camera has a focus assist light but some times the camera can't get it together. |
joanc (3798) | ||
| 235988 | 2004-05-12 08:04:00 | Hi joanc.When I was single I took a lot of photos,and even with a good 35mm camera had trouble focusing in dim light.I'm using a video camera more now,which has night shot on it,that's very handy for close ups.Had to use it the other night when they turned all the lights off so my grandson could light the candles!But have recently bought my wife a digital camera,and she has that problem still!( I'm not sure what the answer is with autofocus.) I thought it was a good way to save developing costs,as she takes all these snapshots,well she is not too bad now and takes some good shots.But......now there's all this extra work for me,in Photoshop etc,readjusting colour,sharpness and resizing for emails.it never ends! ;-) |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 235989 | 2004-05-12 08:07:00 | I too wish there was an industry standard for RAW files. Having to fool around with plugins, that don't always work, to process in your fav photo programme is a pain. The download and browse programmes that can read and convert the RAW format and came with my camera don't have all the options for photo processing that I want. What sort of flash do you have. Do you have a hot shoe? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 235990 | 2004-05-12 08:46:00 | > Hi All > > Generally I like digital cameras and photography, but > ever so often I get flustered with the technology. > Just out of curiosity, what goads you about this > technology? I have some links I have collected over > the years, so if any seem helpful to anyone else's > problem's I'll post them back. That's good. > For me, the whole non-standard RAW format has been a > pain, so has trying to focus in pour light. I see > pics from parties taken with a digital camera and > most are focused at infinity because the camera can't > focus in poor conditions. This means that everyone > appears blurry. While my camera will take pics in RAW format I haven't actually used this format yet. I mostly take pics and have the camera save a big image and an Email image at the same time so I have two *.jpg images for one shot on the memory card. I have learn't that I have no need to take two images any more. WinXP will allow me to resize if I use a plug in for that. Focussing for me has not yet been a problem and I might add I'm not an expert on this. What operating system are you using? What camera do you have? What photo imaging software are you using? Have you tried finding your local camera club and asking there? > Anyone have tips for focusing under poor light? My > camera has a focus assist light but some times the > camera can't get it together. I hope to help. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 235991 | 2004-05-12 09:07:00 | I have Windows XP and a Powershot G5 which has both Hotshoe and built-in power-adjustable flash . I flip between Photoshop 7 and Paintshop Pro . The manual focus on the Canon is a dog - no offence to out furry friends, plus the purple fringes creep in at lower aperature settings . Most things you can fix on a PC, but not the focus issue . Joan |
joanc (3798) | ||
| 235992 | 2004-05-12 23:13:00 | Hi. I'm also unsure how to resolve the focus issue, but I have a suggestion that has worked for me in the past - sort of. To make the main subject of your pic stand out from a busy background, or if you want it to look more focused than it actually is, try this. In PhotoShop [I've only got v 5.5 :(] put a marquee around it, choose inverse from the Select menu, then Blur from the Filter menu. Move the slider in Gaussian Blur until you have the effect you want then deselect to get a look at the final product. I've also had some quite nice results by dropping colour out of the background so that only the main subject is in full colour. Most of my issues with out of focus pictures are because I have left the camera in macro mode then taken a "long" shot... |
karent (5222) | ||
| 235993 | 2004-05-13 05:18:00 | Perhaps the blurry party photographs go with a blurry photographer? ;-) Any automatic camera will have to open up the aperture in low light and this gives reduced depth of field . No autofocus is perfect; neither is manual focusing . There is no standard "RAW" type file . Many cameras have a raw mode --- the format has to depend on the format of the imaging sensor used, and any other information which the manufacturer wishes to include with the image data (on that particular model) . Unless the manufacturers agree on a "standard" camera, their raw mode files will be different . For most purposes, a JPEG file is all you need . If you want a standard uncompressed file format, TIFF is a standard (with various "enhancements") . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 235994 | 2004-05-13 09:29:00 | > Do you have a hot > shoe But of course. Joanc has got to be a hottie ;) |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 235995 | 2004-05-13 09:57:00 | > For most purposes, a JPEG file is all you > need. If you want a standard uncompressed file > format, TIFF is a standard (with various > "enhancements"). Unfortunately Canon in their wisdom decided not to provide the EOS 300D with TIFF file format capabilities. So if you need to do something serious to the image it's the adjustments that can be done with a RAW file available or JPEG. I take your point that not all cameras use the same type of ccd or in camera processing, mine for eg, uses a cmos to collect the image but there is a certain amount of software processing even on a RAW image. Why can't there be some agreement on the standard so the ability of various viewers and photo software can be enhanced to view a wider variety of proprietary files. It's a pain when even changes within brands lock out all but the basic viewers that come witht he camera. Or would that take it to the point of not being RAW data. > > > But of course. Joanc has got to be a hottie Having a few snorts tonight Winnie? or would that be a neigh ;) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 235996 | 2004-05-13 14:54:00 | In dim conditions I lower the picture quality to give a smaller picture and use a tripod if the shots I want are important. Rob ;\ |
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