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Advice on digi camera please
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:15 pm
by DRuM
Can anyone tell me the best way to take quick pics that are sharp detail but so that the flash doesn't whitewash everything? Like, I'm trying to take a close up pic of my iPod and earphones. The flash completely bleaches everything. Without the flash, detail is not very sharp. Is there a setting that will help? Canon ixus ll is the camera.
Thanks.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:19 pm
by Ryoki
Scroll through options until you find the taking-picture-of-something-up-close setting, make sure the light is good, turn of flash. Take picture.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:21 pm
by Pauly
Old people + new technology = bad
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:23 pm
by obsidian
Problem with many built on flashes is that when you're taking a picture of something straight on and up close, the light from the flash bounces off the object and directly back into the lens, resulting in an overbright picture.
Try using a detachable flash (if you have one) set at an angle off to one side so the light doesn't bounce directly back at the camera. Or try using a separate light source like a desk lamp or something.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:01 am
by DRuM
Ah, I've messed around with the icons on the screen, and theres a sort of flower icon showing. Anyway, now it lets me take close ups with flash and not whitewash it. Cool!
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:18 am
by PhoeniX
The flower (at least on my Fuji) is Macro mode; i.e. it lets you zoom in close.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:28 am
by +JuggerNaut+
rtfm
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:36 am
by DRuM
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:rtfm
I would if I could find it. I believe pho is right though, it seems I discovered macro mode.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:41 am
by +JuggerNaut+
.pdf
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:51 am
by DRuM
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:.pdf
gpn ( good point nuggerjaut)
:icon25:
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:54 am
by DRuM
Good pic eh. saturn, since your sonys kept falling out, get these shure e2 large sleeves and stick em on , they're awesome and won't budge. The sound is so big now.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:14 am
by saturn
hey, that's nice drum...i got those medium sony rubbers, the large ones make my ears go ouch.
btw, what kind of 80's jeans are those? ;p
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:51 am
by DRuM
saturn wrote:hey, that's nice drum...i got those medium sony rubbers, the large ones make my ears go ouch.
btw, what kind of 80's jeans are those? ;p
These are my new 'Gap' flares
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:08 am
by Doombrain
DRuM wrote:saturn wrote:hey, that's nice drum...i got those medium sony rubbers, the large ones make my ears go ouch.
btw, what kind of 80's jeans are those? ;p
These are my new 'Gap' flares
oh dear, dad's getting groovy.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:08 am
by phantasmagoria
disable the flash and hold the camera still
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:36 am
by blood.angel
I was going to photoshop a blurred out nose into the above pic, and say something like 'you know how people usually get their thumb into the shot well Drum gets something else', but I cant be arsed.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:45 am
by Doombrain
blood.angel wrote:I was going to photoshop a blurred out nose into the above pic, and say something like 'you know how people usually get their thumb into the shot well Drum gets something else', but I cant.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:01 am
by blood.angel
You're jealous cause I thought of it before you did.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:04 am
by Pauly
Doombrain wrote:blood.angel wrote:I was going to photoshop a blurred out nose into the above pic, and say something like 'you know how people usually get their thumb into the shot well Drum gets something else', but I cant.
LOL
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:36 pm
by werldhed
Drum, these are just some additional suggestions, to go along w/ the Macro setting. I'm not familiar with your camera model, but try to find a way to set Auto White Balance. This should help reduce excessive white light. Then turn off the flash and shoot the picture. If the pic is too dark, increase the ISO speed a little. As a last resort, place the camera on a sturdy surface and take a photo with a slower shutter speed, as well.