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PC person · 09-02-2007, 12:02 AM

Here are some pictures, some good, some not so good, I have an Olympus C765UZ digital camera

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...sp?fl=2&id=959

The first digital camera I had (and still have, though it says there's something wrong with the memory card, so I can't use it) was an HP C200

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/m...eg_R1002_USEN#

It was pretty much a point and shoot camera, so when I got this one, I had to learn more about cameras. The two most important things to me are focus and the right amount of light. I wondered if it's possible to have a camera which would give me some pictures like the good ones I'm posting here. I'd rather not have to take several pictures, readjusting the aperture and shutter before I get a picture I like. Is there any specific rule of thumb you can use, based on the light that's coming in, on what settings you should use, perhaps some cameras could even tell you which you should use.

Someone mentioned on epinions.com that my camera lacks image stabilization, which could be a reason why it doesn't focus so well. Also, the Camedia software that came with the camera gives the specifics of how each photo was taken, that is- what every setting was, so I can also give you that information, though I'm not sure how much of that information is universal (it applies to all cameras, like shutter and aperture speed) and which is specific to my camera (what the camera calls each mode, like maybe night mode might be called something else on another camera.)

So, here they are starting with the good ones

Picture I took of our new dog today. Came out ok.

Here's one I took of my world map on my wall. This is one of my best, as you can see the text is perfectly clear and readable, and it's perfectly focused, also printed out very good on an 8.5 inch by 11 inch piece of paper, cause I took it at a high resolution. I find that it's hard to have a picture for both printing on that size paper and that you would post online, because it would be too big of a file size to post online, and not good enough quality to print on that size paper. I usually re-save them as a zero quality JPEG in photoshop to resize them.

Another one that came out real good, pretty much the same, perfectly focused where I wanted it to be.

The best one I think I've taken, absolutely flawless focus.

The Bad ones

I was taking a picture of my computer monitor as you can see. I know maybe the camera isn't designed for this sort of thing, but maybe there is a way I could have made it better or perfect focus. I remember once my friend took a picture of something on his monitor, it came out reasonably well.

Another one of our new dog today, this one didn't come out as good as the other one did, lots of blur.

09-02-2007, 12:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
PC person Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northeast USA Posts: 261 OS: XP Home Edition My System	Improving my photo quality Here are some pictures, some good, some not so good, I have an Olympus C765UZ digital camera http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...sp?fl=2&id=959 The first digital camera I had (and still have, though it says there's something wrong with the memory card, so I can't use it) was an HP C200 http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/m...eg_R1002_USEN# It was pretty much a point and shoot camera, so when I got this one, I had to learn more about cameras. The two most important things to me are focus and the right amount of light. I wondered if it's possible to have a camera which would give me some pictures like the good ones I'm posting here. I'd rather not have to take several pictures, readjusting the aperture and shutter before I get a picture I like. Is there any specific rule of thumb you can use, based on the light that's coming in, on what settings you should use, perhaps some cameras could even tell you which you should use. Someone mentioned on epinions.com that my camera lacks image stabilization, which could be a reason why it doesn't focus so well. Also, the Camedia software that came with the camera gives the specifics of how each photo was taken, that is- what every setting was, so I can also give you that information, though I'm not sure how much of that information is universal (it applies to all cameras, like shutter and aperture speed) and which is specific to my camera (what the camera calls each mode, like maybe night mode might be called something else on another camera.) So, here they are starting with the good ones Picture I took of our new dog today. Came out ok. Here's one I took of my world map on my wall. This is one of my best, as you can see the text is perfectly clear and readable, and it's perfectly focused, also printed out very good on an 8.5 inch by 11 inch piece of paper, cause I took it at a high resolution. I find that it's hard to have a picture for both printing on that size paper and that you would post online, because it would be too big of a file size to post online, and not good enough quality to print on that size paper. I usually re-save them as a zero quality JPEG in photoshop to resize them. Another one that came out real good, pretty much the same, perfectly focused where I wanted it to be. The best one I think I've taken, absolutely flawless focus. The Bad ones I was taking a picture of my computer monitor as you can see. I know maybe the camera isn't designed for this sort of thing, but maybe there is a way I could have made it better or perfect focus. I remember once my friend took a picture of something on his monitor, it came out reasonably well. Another one of our new dog today, this one didn't come out as good as the other one did, lots of blur.