SLR v. digital SLR

*jyoti* · Apr 21st, 2006, 04:38

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Originally Posted by yogagal60510

I love the Canon Powershot S60 I have, however, I am dismayed at the quality of indoor shots even with the autoflash. They always come out too dark, happened on last trip too.

My A620 lists a separate, attachable flash as an attachment. I don't know how much it would cost but there's a good chance that yours might take the same. It should help with the longer distance inside shots that your auto-flash can't handle.

--*jyoti*

PS Still, take the SLR. I'm planning to use my digital for motion shots or stuff that I don't know if it'll come out or not and may needs lots of shots to get the right pick. Save the film for when you know it's the shot you want. It costs a little bit, but film can be put on CD when it's developed, too.

Sama · Apr 22nd, 2006, 04:12

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Originally Posted by Merchant

They're underexposed but in focus, which is somewhat weird--suggesting that you weren't pushing the camera beyond its limits. It's hard to tell if the flash went off. My best guess is that you had the camera set to fire the flash and your finger or sleeve blocked it. It looks like there is a tiny bit of flash reflection.

Thanks, Merchant! How did you salvage them? Hey, I can send you a few more if you want!

No, I know nothing blocked the flash because too many of the indoor shots come out the same way, and I'm not that big of a dope to cover the flash all the time!

When I think about it, all the pics that look like this are ones where I use the zoom (and the rooms have flourescent lights, does that have anything to do with it?

) As you can see from my photo gallery, indoor pics from my last trip (the warehouse shots) look good despite the fact it was really dark --- so camera flashed, but I rarely zoomed.

But if you can't zoom in and use the flash, then what's the point? I mean, why would Canon not make that "functional"?

and no, I don't think there's an auxillary flash for the S60 and I don't think I'd want to use one anyway.

Merchant · Apr 22nd, 2006, 04:42

Well then it's probably just weak batteries or the flash wasn't fully recharged (you had just taken a flash picture perhaps). When you zoom out, the aperture closes down and you are asking the flash to reach a greater distance. It's also not a very powerful flash. At ISO 100, at full telephoto, the guide range is only 6.6 feet--everything to 6.6 feet will be properly exposed by the flash.

The solution to this is to change the ISO to 400, which will increase the flash guide range significantly. The flash will carry farther.

The guide range is farther if you don't zoom--13.8 feet at the wide end at ISO 100. Flash and zoom don't really get along. Zooms are really just a down-market selling feature and don't produce quality photos except in the brightest light.

For the shots that are underexposed, they are very easy to fix in any photo editor. I just adjusted the levels. In whatever program you are using, look for "levels." You might see a histogram, which is the jagged mountain-looking representation of the image. The little sliders should always be up against the base of the mountain, on the right and the left. That will reconcile the information in the image with the standard exposure (a properly exposed picture will already have the sliders at the base of the mountain).

And there's also probably some auto-fix function somewhere, which would automatically fix the levels.

SloganMurugan · Oct 11th, 2006, 13:30

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Apr 22nd, 2006, 04:42	#18
Merchant Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 2,096	Well then it's probably just weak batteries or the flash wasn't fully recharged (you had just taken a flash picture perhaps). When you zoom out, the aperture closes down and you are asking the flash to reach a greater distance. It's also not a very powerful flash. At ISO 100, at full telephoto, the guide range is only 6.6 feet--everything to 6.6 feet will be properly exposed by the flash. The solution to this is to change the ISO to 400, which will increase the flash guide range significantly. The flash will carry farther. The guide range is farther if you don't zoom--13.8 feet at the wide end at ISO 100. Flash and zoom don't really get along. Zooms are really just a down-market selling feature and don't produce quality photos except in the brightest light. For the shots that are underexposed, they are very easy to fix in any photo editor. I just adjusted the levels. In whatever program you are using, look for "levels." You might see a histogram, which is the jagged mountain-looking representation of the image. The little sliders should always be up against the base of the mountain, on the right and the left. That will reconcile the information in the image with the standard exposure (a properly exposed picture will already have the sliders at the base of the mountain). And there's also probably some auto-fix function somewhere, which would automatically fix the levels.

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