Comments on: 10 Features You Should Know About Your Digicamera

By: Steve Mould

Steve Mould — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:12:08 +0000

Yes of course, there’s tip 9! Silly me. I now also understand what it’s doing physically. It’s adjusting (above or below what it wants to do automatically) how much light is coming in. It does this by adjusting the aperture size or shutter speed or both depending on what mode you’re in.

And I think now I understand ISO as a measure of how sensitive the sensor is. More sensitive is great because you don’t have to have the shutter open so long which will reduce motion blur. The downside is that a more sensitive sensor suffers more from noise.

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:40:24 +0000

I have these pictures at home and I saw your comment after coming to office today.
I will get them tomorrow and send you.

Thanks for your diligence.

By: Bakari Chavanu

Bakari Chavanu — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:35:25 +0000

Arun, could you send me a one or two of your problem pictures? If possible, send ones that have not been processed and are pretty much straight from the camera. You can send to photoblue [at]mac.com

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:33:27 +0000

Hi,
Excellent post. I didn’t knew many of the features like “exposure compensation” etc.

I have “LUMIX DMC-LS80″, very recently brought it, but not able to take very good photographs from it.

Tried intelligent mode, manual and misc settings but couldn’t get great looking pics.

I mainly have (lighting & darkness problems) – i.e most of the photos will not have proper light and also they doesn’t come in true colors.

Any help ??

By: Bakari

Bakari — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:37:32 +0000

â€œIâ€™d add one more tip: the macro function (usually shown as a tulip icon), to take pictures really close to objects.â€
Exactly, very good tip. I’ve used the G9′s macro feature to shoot wedding cakes and other close-up shots. It really works well. Seems like I could do an article just on that topic with the G9. The Canon Powershot G9 is pricey, but it packs a lot into a compact camera, one that should last several years.

By: Joao Brito

Joao Brito — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:25:56 +0000

Tks, I also have a G9 (which I looooove) and it has so many features I’m still learning to use. I’ll follow you 9th tip to improve my photos.

I’d add one more tip: the macro function (usually shown as a tulip icon), to take pictures really close to objects. This function allows you to make interesting and funny shots.

By: Bakari

Bakari — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:12:44 +0000

Thanks Steve, Reggie, for your feedback. Steve, exposure compensation is explained in tip 9. Try it out and let me know if it works for you. If not, write me and let me know what’s not clear. It’s really useful for beginning photographers.

As for ISO, the smaller the number, the more light that comes into the camera. However, the smaller the number, the noise or grain that you might get in your photo. I typically start out with ISO 400 for both indoors and outdoors. If you can shoot with a smaller number in a well lit setting, your photos may come out sharper, but sometimes you need the higher number so that you shutter speed won’t be so low. I’ll write an article on ISO very soon.

By: Reggie Noble

Reggie Noble — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:20:34 +0000

Nice thanks

By: Steve Mould

Steve Mould — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:56:21 +0000

Great post Bakari! I just got a G10 and I’m finding my way round. This is a very handy post.

I’d love to read an explanation of what exposure compensation and ISO80, ISO800, etc are. I understand aperture and shutter speed but these two are a bit of a mystery.