Question for camera people - Pics in post #40

[jennielynn1970]

Examples, huh? Well, normally I trash the relaly bad pics, but some I haven't gotten to.

I seem to have the hardest time with close ups. They get blurry as heck. If there is a "macro" on the camera, then I have no idea how to use it or access it.

Here are 3 examples of cats up close. Badly. One is of Calloway sleeping, the other two are of Honey when he was missing fur on his leg and I couldn't get a good shot of the bare spot.

[Husky_mom]

I think it was to do with how close is the camera to the subject... as you can see in pic #3 the background is perfectly clear... so maybe you want to be too close to the subject it becomes blurry...

not sure with your camera but I think you have to be at least certain cms (10 I think) away to get in focus closeups...(camera wise, and you can always zoom in from there)... other cameras allow you to be 0mm away from subject but thats super macro and only in certain models

[Catlady711]

Husky Mom is right. The problem with your pictures is not your camera lacking in anything or not being 'good enough'. You are too close for it to focus on the normal setting. Remember the trying to read a newspaper touching your nose analogy I used earlier? Same thing here.

Your camera has Macro AND Super Macro according to the website I had linked to earlier. I'm trying to find your manual online so I can tell you how to access that. I'll post back when I find that info.

BTW, your pix are going to be dark doing Macro or Super Macro if you're using your on camera flash for your light source. If you look in the last two pictures you posted you can see the 'hot spot', or brightest part of the picture is on your hand not the thing you were trying to photograph. That's like wearing a miners cap but trying to see something close up to your face, the light is just not going to hit where you're looking. For problems like that you can try having a lamp or flashlight off to one side a bit for light, or use bright window light.

[Catlady711]

Ok here's something for you.

http://www.fixya.com/support/p328328...-13498/page-29

that one tells you how to get to the menu to change image quality, ISO, picture modes etc.


http://www.fixya.com/support/p328328...-13498/page-38

If the subject is too close (less than 500 mm or 20 in), move farther away from the subject or use the Macro or Super Macro focus range (see page 42).

http://www.fixya.com/support/p328328...-13498/page-39

Macro (120 mm to 1 m or 4.7 to 39.4 in) or Super Macro (30 to 200 mm or 1.2 to 7.9 in) range,


http://www.fixya.com/support/p328328...-13498/page-42

To select a focus range setting, press MF (picture of a flower goes here- that's the middle button on the back of your camera under the LCD screen) , use the (right left arrow icons go here) buttons to highlight the desired focus range, then press ('menu/ok button)).

Setting Description

Normal Focus Use when taking pictures of subjects greater than 500 mm (20 in) away. Normal Focus is limited to a range of 500 mm (20 in) to infinity. This is the default focus setting.

Macro Use when taking close-up pictures of subjects between 120 mm to 1 m (4.7 to 39.4 in) away. You can use optical zoom with Macro. With this setting, the camera will not take a picture if it cannot find focus (see page 39).

Super Macro Use when taking close-up pictures of subjects between 30 and 200 mm (1.2 to 7.9 in). Zoom is not available in Super Macro. With this setting, the camera will not take a picture if it cannot find focus (see page 39). Infinity Use when taking pictures of distant objects and landscapes. Focus is limited to a small region near infinity.

Manual Focus Allows you to step manually through the full focus range. Use the buttons to adjust the focus. You can determine the focus by observing the image in the Live View screen (see page 43).

[Catlady711]

Oh, and here's the main link to the online version of your user manual. The link goes right to the index, page numbers in the book DO line up with the web page numbers.

http://www.fixya.com/support/p328328...l-13498/page-5

[jennielynn1970]

bump for catlady711

[Husky_mom]

you see.... you got great pics!!... and you saved a few bucks...

I love the Panda Paw... sooooooooo cute!!!!.... I wanna steal him.. .. (obviously the whole cat )

[jennielynn1970]

Holy cow! I have never ever used those buttons!!! I just took some pics of cat whiskers, lol. I'm amazed! I'll have to do some other things, see how they look, and then post them.


Pet Talk.. so much more than pets, lol!

[Catlady711]

Great!!!

And THAT'S why I get so ticked at camera sales people and marketing hype making people believe the camera is somehow sub-standard and you need a 'better' camera to take good pix.

NOPE not really true. Just a good understanding of the camera you have, good photo techniques, and a good eye for composition/lighting/exposure and basically even a polaroid (and I mean a real polaroid that spits out pix you have to wait for them to develope) can take good pictures.

Isn't it a great feeling to find out what you thought wasn't good enough turns out to do more than you thought?

Like I said before, I love photography probably as much as pets. lol

[Catlady711]

BTW I'll be looking for you to be posting those pix soon!