Digital camera tip

Wanderer22

I've seen lots of posts from people asking about getting images copied from flash media to CD. Perhaps the problem can be lessened by deleating the obvious duds. When reviewing the days shooting a real help is having a good magnifier for looking at the LCD screen. There are commercially made models such as this Magnifier
My personal preference is a small jewelers loupe. I suspect that just about any magnifier would work in a pinch.
It's amazing how many megs can be recovered by deleting all those out of focus, wrong exposure, finger over the lens shots.

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getgopi1

Too true. When I was in India, I used manual focus for tripod-based landscape shots. Later some street scene pictures I took ended up as out of focus because I had left my DSLR lens in manual focus mode Anyway, had I used a magnifier, I could have detected this situation and put the lens back in AF mode.

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dzibead

Thanks for the useful tip, Wanderer22. I'm new to digital cameras and wasn't aware that such magnifiers were available. I tend to have focus problems in low light conditions so a magnifier would be a handy tool.

Theon

Wanderer22, do you use the magnifying glass instead of zooming in on your picture, or in addition to zooming in?

Wanderer22

I end up letting the camera auto focus, but use the magnifier to check up on how good it was. If it's fuzzy, no use keeping that image. I think the idea is that at the end of the day, you go through and pitch the junk. Around home it's not a big deal, but while away travelling it may be a way to make the most of limited memory capacity in case you can't get to a CD burner right away. Who wants a CD filled up with junk images that will never be used? With a digital camera or even 35mm I tend to over shoot and then select the best. At the other extreme are the large format photographers using sheet film who make every shot count.

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Theon

Wanderer22, I was talking about when you review the pictures you took. When reviewing the pictures you took on your camera's display, is there an option to zoom in on the pictures you took to check for out of focus shots?

Wanderer22

Sorry, guess I misunderstood. If they look good at normal zoom I keep them. Zooming in would certainly help if one wanted to get extra fussy. I just want to weed out the obvious ones and the magnifier helps. Am sure using the zoom function will work alone or augment using a magnifier. The problem with the zoom is that you only see a part of the image. For me the loupe is quick and simple. Perhaps younger eyes don't need the help, but us seniors need all we can get. Besides if someone trys to sell you gem stones it's cool to pull out your loupe to check the merchandise. Also very handy seeing to remove slivers.

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radz

Thats useful tip.I used to do zoom and check.


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seventies'hippy

I have a cable which connects the camera via a scart or jack to a tv, (as long as it's not too ancient,) Very useful for checking over the days pictures,