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09/27/2003 10:14:00 PM · #1 |
This may seem like a strange situation, but I'm hoping some of you digital pro's might be able to help me with it.
I've noticed that I have trouble controlling the images with my digital camera. I've practiced using the manual setting and playing with the different levels there, and using the automatic focus/etc settings as well.
In both cases though I find I simply take MUCH better images with my Canon Rebel than with my Sony DSCF717 and I've been using them both for essentially the same amount of time. The digital one I got about a month earlier.
Are there any basic hints you can give to help me overcome this deficiency? I know its not that I can't envision a good shot, or even manifest one in general, its just that it doesn't seem to work so well when I use my digital camera.
Do I need simply need more practice or am I digitally impaired? I have read most if not all of the tutorials but they don't really seem to be helping me in this instance.
I hope this made sense.. heh.
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09/27/2003 10:17:07 PM · #2 |
That's an interesting post because I have the opposite 'problem' :).
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09/27/2003 10:18:00 PM · #3 |
Lucid, what is the problem?
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09/27/2003 10:23:16 PM · #4 |
Firstly, on your film camera are you shooting negative or slide film ? Digital exposure is much more like slide than negatives, and is about as unforgiving. With negative film whoever is doing your developing invest quite a lot of time to correct any exposure or colour problems. If you aren't doing similar to your digital shots they will probably work out looking worse.
Generally for digital you have to expose to make sure you don't blow the highlights, much in the same way you have to do with slides. |
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09/27/2003 11:28:30 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Firstly, on your film camera are you shooting negative or slide film ? Digital exposure is much more like slide than negatives, and is about as unforgiving. With negative film whoever is doing your developing invest quite a lot of time to correct any exposure or colour problems. If you aren't doing similar to your digital shots they will probably work out looking worse.
Generally for digital you have to expose to make sure you don't blow the highlights, much in the same way you have to do with slides. |
I agree with Gordon, though I think digital is more forgiving than slide film in that digital seems to have a wider tonal range. Slide film gives you about 4 stops between the highlights and the shadows where digital seems to give about 6-7. Not to mention that with digital, you can alter it somewhat in the computer. It is nearly impossible to do much when printing slides.
Buy a roll of slide film and shoot that alongside your digital camera, if the slides come out great, then your technique isn't the problem.
If you can shoot well with slide film, digital should be easy. At least getting a good exposure.
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09/27/2003 11:46:40 PM · #6 |
I'm not even sure what the problem is.
My images tend to have a soft blur to them, not so much you can't tell what the image is, but its there. Even when I'm doing macro work I can't seem to get it completely crisp. I also find that much of the time, I will have an image on my digital camera that looks fine until I upload it, then its either over/under-exposed and needs brightening/contrast or other help.
I'm not sure why it looks great on the LCD yet not so happy on the computer.
As far as my film camera, I am using negative film, I've never tried slide film. So maybe the developer is fixing my goofs, but even beyond that I still feel as if I have more actual control over the camera when I use my film camera, I can usually tell if I've taken a great photo, whereas with my digital its a crapshoot.
I'm determined to get better though, so I'll keep trying.
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09/28/2003 12:00:03 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by LucidLotus:
I'm not even sure what the problem is.
My images tend to have a soft blur to them, not so much you can't tell what the image is, but its there. Even when I'm doing macro work I can't seem to get it completely crisp. I also find that much of the time, I will have an image on my digital camera that looks fine until I upload it, then its either over/under-exposed and needs brightening/contrast or other help.
I'm not sure why it looks great on the LCD yet not so happy on the computer.
As far as my film camera, I am using negative film, I've never tried slide film. So maybe the developer is fixing my goofs, but even beyond that I still feel as if I have more actual control over the camera when I use my film camera, I can usually tell if I've taken a great photo, whereas with my digital its a crapshoot.
I'm determined to get better though, so I'll keep trying. |
#1- the LCD is just for reference.. nothing else. It is not high enough resolution to tell you what you really have.
#2- The software you are editing with uses a different colorspace than the browsers so they do tend to look different when displayed on the web... try the save for web feature in photoshop...
#3- there are a lot of things that can go wrong with macros... try to NOT use zoom when in macro mode. try using a tripod as well with a smaller aperture...
maybe these will help...
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09/28/2003 12:03:53 AM · #8 |
I would recommend first keeping things on auto, with perhaps a slight manipulation of the + or - adjustment tools. Then, try the aperture priority or exposure priority modes and see what that brings. If you shoot macro, remember that this camera (at least the F707) in macro mode should not be zoomed, or things will get blurry really fast.
Under the Settings, make sure you have your camera on its highest quality, and turn the sharpening to 0 or OFF. Then see what happens! Good luck experimenting! I love my F707 and think it to be one of the greatest values for a camera, considering what it can do. The F717 is supposed to be even a little bit better, perhaps.
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