Playing around with the new camera...

[Lyzelle]

I've been playing around with the settings on my new camera. It's been fun so far! Nothing spectacular yet, just getting a feel for everything. It saves all my settings on the files, so I get to figure out what works when. It's been a while since I messed around with this sort of thing, so I'm trying to figure it all out all over again!

f/3.2 ISO-400 No flash...


f/6.5 Exposure time 1/500 ISO-200 No flash Zoomed in - also through the screen door
Focal length 23mm
35mm focal length 130


Sport setting - f/3.2
exposure time 1/800 ISO-64
No flash


Yes. This is a black picture. Because I wanted to show you the lighting I was shooting in.
f/3.2 ISO-64 No flash
exposure time - 4sec


Same lighting
f/3.2 ISO-800 No flash
exposure time - 3.2 sec

[stardogs]

Have you tried upping your ISO? Indoors with no real lighting I usually never go below 800, and often am at 1600 (highest ISO on my cam).

[AdrianneIsabel]

Fun! That first photo cracks me up, what shutter speeds are you using?

[Lyzelle]

This goes up to 1600, too. But I find when I use it it gets really washed out and feathery. I haven't figured out which setting works best with it yet. Since it's a p&s it's settings are named things like Sports, Children, Night Scene, Portrait, etc....So it's hard to figure out the shutter speed.

This was ISO-1600. f/3.2. Same lighting as above. exposure time 1.6 sec and no flash.

EDIT: whoops. Pic was huge...one moment.

[stardogs]

There will be more "noise" at 1600 - that may be the feathering you're talking about. The long exposure time will also mean more blur, either from your hands shaking, even slightly, or your subject shifting.

[Lyzelle]

I think the fastest shutter speed I can get is on Sports. But on Auto it can vary from 4 sec. to 1/2000. But I can't manually adjust the shutter speed like I can with EV and ISO.

Is "exposure time" under properties/details my shutter speed?

This camera is confusing me. I think semi-manual is more confusing than completely manual. But at least I get more options than with completely auto.

[Lyzelle]

More Zaner pictures. Luckily, he's a pretty patient subject. Flash is my worst enemy right now. And white balance. Both reset to auto every time I change settings.

f/3.2
1/10 sec
ISO-800


f/3.2
1/8 sec
ISO-400
EV: -.7