 Kathy L. Pollick |
Indoor manual settings I'm playing with my camera, trying to learn how to use the aperture & shutter buttons. I took pictures of my kitty indoors using different settings, simply to see what effect I will get on the finished product. Unfortunately, I took a couple pix of the kitty against a window & forgot to use the backlight button, so I'm sure they won't be very viewable.... BUT my questions is this... I took a couple pix of her with the shutter at 4 and the aperture at 16 and a couple with the shutter at 30 & the aperture at 4. What will the pictures look like when I get them developed? For some reason (aside from being braindead) I'm having a terrible time trying to understand what exactly all those numbers mean!!!
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Kerry L. Walker |
It all depends on the light available at the time. If you shot at 4 (1/4 sec.) and didn't use a tripod, it will probably be blurry (unless you are a lot more steady than I am!). You're brandead? Are we related? LOL Don't worry, just keep practicing, reading and asking questions. I've been shooting for over 40 years and I'm still learning.
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Kathy L. Pollick |
Actually Kerry, I get plenty of BRAN... it's the other end of the body that dead!!! LOL I could tell when I was taking the pictures, that the shutter was moving slow. It took a few seconds before I heard the thing click. It was around 6:00- 7:00 in the evening (still light out) but the only light in the room on was the ceiling light, so it wasn't like the sun was coming thru the window brightly or anything. I'm sure this entire roll will be pretty much file 13'd!! BUT I guess that's how you learn. I'll try not to get too discouraged!!
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Kerry L. Walker |
LOL, at my age I need both more bran and brain. Sure need typing help!
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Samuel Smith |
hey kathy, slow down,you seem to be trying to learn too much too fast without a starting point. when you take pictures in auto,start writing down what the camera sets as far as aperature and shutter speeds. aperature are the f/numbers. shutter speeds arethe numbers on the left side in your viewfinder,aperature numbers are on the right side. i could'nt find a magic lantern guide for your camera? what is it about your pictures in auto you don't like?it takes a lot of knowledge to pick up a camera,set it to manual,set your aperature,set your shutter speed,take pictures,without a lot of experience. i've only started using aperature priority in the last few years.but most of the time my camera takes very good pictures in auto.minolta xtsi and htsi-plus.mine were just upgrades on your camera. so,don't change a setting if you don't understand why? you only have a few pics in your gallery so I could'nt see what you were trying to do? boy I hope i'm helping,sam
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Kathy L. Pollick |
Well, I'm not completely certain what I want to achieve either, however, I want sharper pictures & I want to do the fancy stuff that all you guys do. i.e. soft focus, waterfalls that look real, beautiful scenery shots with bold colors, plus be able to "stop action" & just take pix in general that make people simply say WOW!! The pix taken on auto setting for the most part look good; not great or exceptional, but good. But aside from a couple pix out of a roll, they look blah to me. I want to learn to tweak my ability to take much better pix.
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Tom Walker |
Kathy,,remember that a camera is nothing but a light tight box that holds the film and lens at the proper distance from each other. What usually makes a "WOW" pic is not the camera but the composition, check out your library for photography books or I'm sure the people on here will be more than happy to offer suggestions
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Bob Cammarata |
Kathy, Understanding exposure, and how shutter speeds and aperture settings relate to it are foremost among the building blocks of developing levels of creativity in photography. Auto-exposure settings are just that,...automatic interpretations of what your camera thinks you are trying to accomplish. Eventually, the pieces will fit into place and your "WOW" photos will emerge.
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