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Lets post our best POINT-N-SHOOT photos HERE

Here's one i recently took of a new clam i got.Camera is Powershot A530.

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And an actinic shot of my X-Mas favia.

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malulu

NJRC Member
how do you guys make these point-n-shoot camera have such clarity/details pic?
shot from a further distant, then crop out the frame that you like?

thx
 
malulu said:
how do you guys make these point-n-shoot camera have such clarity/details pic?
shot from a further distant, then crop out the frame that you like?

thx


8 million in batteries,& keep trying.
 
malulu said:
how do you guys make these point-n-shoot camera have such clarity/details pic?
shot from a further distant, then crop out the frame that you like?

thx
no, david. i dont usually crop. mine are straight from the camera to photobucket.
here's what i do.
1. make sure the glass is clean
2. set my white balance to a white item in the tank. you can even put a white paper plate in for a minute. it is very important to get a real understanding of the white balance setting on any camera. they all have it. even the junky cameras. if you cannot find the custom white balance setting you can always use the cloudy day setting. that sometimes comes out close.
3. you MUST set your setting to MACRO. i even have a setting called super macro on an olympus point and shoot camera that i have. it is the icon that looks like a flower. a tulip i think.
4. while looking with one eye thru the viewfinder, not lcd screen, focus on what you want by pressing the shutter button HALFWAY down and keep it halfway. You will see a little square in your screen showing what it is focused on. you can see with your eye what is crisp and clear. if clear, then press the button down the rest of the way. that is it! one shot is all it takes, now you can look at the lcd to see if it is clear. usually you have to zoom in lcd mode to see the clarity. I always set my focus on the point and shoot to pinpoint. not a wide focus. if something is to the left of my shot that i want in focus, i put that in the center of my screen focus on it by pressing shutter halfway, hold it halfway down and turn the camera back to the right. then i press it all the way down and my focused item is still the thing i wanted in the left of my shot. GET IT?
i can show you how to use a point and shoot more effectively if you want.
 

malulu

NJRC Member
Renee,

all the good photo wewe from using my friend's x-rebel camera....
i can rarely got few good ones from my point-n-shoot from the past.

i think i got it now... i will try some and see how it goes...
thx again for all the great info.
 

RichT

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Host them on Photobucket.

You may want to keep the best shots for the monthly photo contest.
 
Sweet pics everyone and thanks for the tip with the plate Renee I didn't think of that. I think the rules should be changed for the POTM and allow pics previously posted on NJRC.
 

Brian

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
malulu said:
i second that...
;)
Jcurry@wesketch said:
I think the rules should be changed for the POTM and allow pics previously posted on NJRC.

Then we may have to worry about people playing "favorites". Such as "Well, I know so and so entered this pic since I've seen it before and I would like them to win the contest...so I'm just going to vote for them."

I don't think it's too hard to hold back one picture for the contest...plus it makes things more fun! If it's something that everyone thinks should be changed, we can start a seperate thread about it. But I would really like to keep it the way it is now.
 
wow, that is a really cool photo, shiningballs. how did you get that fish to stay still. with a point and shoot, there is a brutal delay that doesnt allow me to take a photo lik e that
 
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shinningballs

Guest
reneeRN said:
wow, that is a really cool photo, shiningballs. how did you get that fish to stay still. with a point and shoot, there is a brutal delay that doesnt allow me to take a photo lik e that

that fish like to pose in the camera and i use a camera stand
 
Then we may have to worry about people playing "favorites". Such as "Well, I know so and so entered this pic since I've seen it before and I would like them to win the contest...so I'm just going to vote for them."
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I figured that's why it's set up the way it is. But I was hoping that our members would be above that.
 
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