lil help in cam settings plz

[Abuimad]

hello i have a S2 IS and i was wondering how can i blur the background when shooting an object...
oh and what results noise...i tried lowering the ISO but i still see some noise in the pics....
another thing is there any solution to the nasty LCD screen in bright settings....

[Livinthalife]

as blurred bg (bokeh) use the smallest Fstop (2.8, 1.8) and try to make the bg far as possible. zoom. I know these shots are little more difficult using a cam like yours, but it is possible. hopefulythat helps.

and noise, lowest iso. if you still have noise, then maybe noise ninja, or neat image could help, just search those on yahoo.

[Abuimad]

thanx for the help

im really despising this camera....i have a 12x zoom...but as soon as i start zooming the focus tend to go way of..and the MF dosent help what so ever....i switch the mf on..i lower it to the max...and the pic is still out of focus...ne help ?

[Livinthalife]

hm, icant help you with that. I knwo with most non-DSLRs, the manual focus is crap. I als have a finepix s5000 that offers manual focus, but its complete trash. you sound like you need a DSLR! I think you would be mighty satisfied with the results you can get then!

[brooklynsmama914]

thanx for the help

im really despising this camera....i have a 12x zoom...but as soon as i start zooming the focus tend to go way of..and the MF dosent help what so ever....i switch the mf on..i lower it to the max...and the pic is still out of focus...ne help ?



how long ago did you get the camera? i just got mine last friday, and it took awhile to get used to the focusing. i was starting to get angry with it, til i took a peek in the manual. do you know about the whole 'focus lock' thing? where you press the shutter button half way down and it will auto-focus on whatever is inside the little box. if you keep holding it down, without pressing all the way, it will lock the focus so you can move the camera onto whatever you wanted in the picture. i havent really messed with the manual focus though, but i havent really had the need to yet. but yea, if your having a problem getting it to focus, just press the shutter button half way and it will focus for you. it tends to take pics before its done focusing, if you press too soon. it beeps when its done :)



lol sorry im no photographer, just a youngin interested in photography. i dont know any techinical terms or anything. i joined this forum to try to learn more.

[Abuimad]

lol sorry im no photographer, just a youngin interested in photography. i dont know any techinical terms or anything. i joined this forum to try to learn more.


lol same here....so far i am dodging the focusing problem..i change the objects position or the shooting position untill i find a permanent solution

does any one have any tips on shooting sunrise cloud formations..i tried it today and the pics went horibbly wrong.....ill post an example later

[BullittMan]

Well what has worked out for me, is to lower my ISO to 50, then raise the fstop to a higher # like 5.6 or so, then take a longer exposure with the camera in a tripod or steadied against something.

Examples (both of these are sunrises, the first being Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and the second is San Diego, California.):
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/BullittMan/IMG_3700.jpg

taken at ISO 50, f/8.0, and 1/50s shutter speed.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/BullittMan/IMG_2401.jpg

taken at ISO 50, f/8.0, and 1/100s shutter speed

I would also reccommend taking a significant amount of time to just sit down and read through your manual with the camera in hand, trying out everything you read. Yes it seems mundane and like you may be beating your photography knowledge dead horse, but I have found little things that help my shooting.

[Abuimad]

here is how they turned out the quality in the first two pics are just nasty.....
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/abuimad/IMG_5921copy.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/abuimad/IMG_5922copy.jpg

and here is one i am particulary proud of...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/abuimad/IMG_5937copy.jpg

[BullittMan]

For good sunrises, I've found that you really need a fair amount of sun to bring out the subtle details in the clouds, which is what your first two are lacking I think. I do like you third one though.

[scott1120]

What is your camera set at? The three photos have diferent settings. The exif data shows there were shot using a shutter speed of 1/50 - 1/400 and f-stop of f7.1 - f8.

[bones]

Yes with the first two pix.....there is no contrast.....that is what the camera uses to focus.....like a black object on a white background. If you have a monotone color or in the sunset being a solid color with no contrast you will have a hard time to focus. Like Bullitman says if there was more light by the sun it would be better. Try some shots in the mid day and see how they work. About your question about blurring the background. Try taking a pic of an object during daylight, and set to a low F stop. Say 4.0 or what is the lowest for your camera. Keep us posted. We will get you thru this. Sometimes focus points cause problem, same with the simple mode choices.

Lar