New to the board

Hi everyone, new to the board, and some what new to photography, I have never had classes everything I do and have learned is from trail and error.

I have a Canon Power shot S5IS, I Like the camera, but I have notice it takes better outdoors and scenery pictures, and it doesn't do well with elevation. I had a very hard time with it when I Climbed Clingsman Dome in The Great Smokey Mountains. Also a horrible time with People especially indoors.

I have figured and like to think descent with all the settings except the stitching , TV,AV,M,C I just can't figure them out. I am open for suggest. Maybe someone has the same camera can tell me something to shoot and how to achieve it on one of those settings and I could try and and post it. LOL!!! Also I am not good at posting the settings and such with my pictures, I take a bunch and pick out the best, so unless there is away to tell after I put them on the computer I can't possible remember all the different settings I try.

Ok this has turned out long enough.
Take Care
Misty

I haven't had any trouble with taking photos of people indoors. I also have a S5 IS. Welcome to the board! And, I haven't figured any of the thingys on teh dial out other than Auto, SCN, P otherwise, i'm clueless as well. I like shooting in just auto, but outdoors, it tells my camera to give me too high of a ISO shot. So I started using P mode as I can pick my own ISO.

The settings that were used when you took the photo are stored in the phjoto; it's called the "EXIF data". Your Canon software (or most other photo editing programs) will show it.

As to problems, post some examples (see the FAQ linked in my signature for tips on posting).

Thanks everyone, and Jon, I found that I can right click on my photo and go to properties, click on summary Click on Advance and it gives me the description of my photo also. Thanks

welcome on board

misstea wrote in post #5523662
..... it doesn't do well with elevation. I had a very hard time with it when I Climbed Clingsman Dome in The Great Smokey Mountains.

What kind of problems did you have?

The pictures just look grainy and dark even with the flash, and all pictures taken on ISO of 800 or especially 1600 in a dark room just aren't clear, I am new so maybe I am doing something wrong. I just don't know what all the settings do yet, especially on Manual or any setting Above the P. LoL

The higher the ISO number, the more noise you will get. The trick to getting a good pic, even with flash, is to go as low an ISO as you dare and stay within about 10ft of the subject.

And remember, it's ok to shoot a darker image, because you can lighten it up later in software. You can get detail back from a dark image for the most part, but you can't bring detail back from white (blown out) areas.

Thanks BBoi for the great advise!!! I will try to keep it mind

Anytime. also bear in mind, P&S cameras do have their limits. For example, shooting a football team lineup at 50yds distance without a flash and at 800ISO at twilight will work, but it's grainy as hell when you brighten it up. The flash is ineffective at that distance.

Rule of thumb - the more light you have, the lower the ISO you can get away with

Flipside of that is if there is TOO much light, in which case speed up your shutter, or pop some ND (neutral density) filters on.

Oh, and if you DO plan on using high ISO's for something - consider investing in a program called NEAT IMAGE, it really is the bees knees at fixing noise.
http://www.neatimage.c​om/