So first couple shots with the new camera.

[Boz Mon]

Thanks to all of you guys, I found a Canon s3 on craigslist and I purchased it tonight. I got it for $270 it was pretty much brand new still in the box. Anyway, I took 2 shots of my friends stove with it and they turned out pretty nice this link should work. Its nothing special but I think its pretty good for a first shot. http://picasaweb.google.com/b.a.gladden/PatRocksMySocks02

I would upload them to imageshack but my computer doesnt have the slot for the memory card because its a sony and they only put a slot for their memory cards. Anyway, I look forward to taking more pictures with this camera and learning about the settings.

Maybe you guys could help me out a little bit too. I am trying to figure out a bit more about aperture and shudder speed. I understand that smaller F number will result in a longer depth of field thus having more objects in focus and vice virsa, but when I try and focus on something farther away by lowering the f number, the picture goes dark, and it seems that I can fix that with my shudder speed?

 

[F1GTR]

By lowering the aperture you'll have a shallower depth of field and vice versa.

Secondly, the reason the picture goes dark when you raise aperture (underexposes) is because not enough light is hitting the sensor. To fix this you can either raise the ISO or lower the shutter speed. Shutter speed, aperture and ISO sensitivity all work together in a triangle of sorts.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Thanks to all of you guys, I found a Canon s3 on craigslist and I purchased it tonight. I got it for $270 it was pretty much brand new still in the box. Anyway, I took 2 shots of my friends stove with it and they turned out pretty nice this link should work. Its nothing special but I think its pretty good for a first shot. http://picasaweb.google.com/b.a.gladden/PatRocksMySocks02

I would upload them to imageshack but my computer doesnt have the slot for the memory card because its a sony and they only put a slot for their memory cards. Anyway, I look forward to taking more pictures with this camera and learning about the settings.

Maybe you guys could help me out a little bit too. I am trying to figure out a bit more about aperture and shudder speed. I understand that smaller F number will result in a longer depth of field thus having more objects in focus and vice virsa, but when I try and focus on something farther away by lowering the f number, the picture goes dark, and it seems that I can fix that with my shudder speed?

OK, buy a media card reader. Will plug into your USB port, and then the slots appear as removeable devices. You plug in the memory card and read the files off it directly.

Secondly, Aperture & Shutter speed...

These are related. The Aperture is the width of the hole letting light in, and the shutter speed is the length of time for which the hole is open. If you shoot using a narrower aperture (higher F number), the hole is smaller so there is less light coming in. For a given shutter speed, the higher the F number the darker the image will be. To counteract this you need to open the shutter for longer.

It is true that for higher F numbers, more of the scene will be in focus. But you shouldn't use this to focus the shot. Think of it this way: if you're shooting along a ruler, the higher the F number, the more of the measurement markings of the ruler will be in focus. If you focus on the centre of the frame, increasing the F number will bring the measurements closer to you and further away into focus. However, I wonder if you're trying to use this to move the focus point. i.e. if you want to focus on something that's closer to you than the centre of the frame. If this is the case, you should use the focus-recompose method. This is where you point the camera at the thing you want in focus, and half-press the shutter button. A light or something should come on in the viewfinder/screen to show you that the camera has focussed. Now, holding the half-press on the shutter button, without moving yourself forward or back, move the camera so that the focussed object is where you want it in the frame. Then fully press the shutter to take the shot.

Hope at least some of that helps...

 

[Boz Mon]

Wow, this is intense. I will try and use these tips in my ventures. I also figured out that my printer has the port to plug my card into so I dont need to buy that card reader thing. Thanks again. 👍

Hey guys maybe you could help me out on this one: I am having trouble on getting the grainyness out of some of my shots. Here is an example

I dont even know if I am setting the camera right. I think my aperture was set to F 3.5, my shudder speed was 1/5, and I dont know what my ISO was set to.

 

[DDMv2]

that looks like your ISO is set really damn high.

You should try going into your menu and changing it to the lowest possible iso number.

That is the reason for getting all those dots...