Gemini8910
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I keep trying to take pictures of my snake Lorenzo but I can't seem to get any good ones. I have a little digital camera, I guess it's called a "point and shoot". It doesn't let me change a whole lot of settings (well it does, but not the ones I want like shutter speed and Iso), and I have no idea what any of the ones I can change do. :/ My avatar picture is the best picture of him, and that was taken by my brother on his iPhone! An iPhone is better than my camera. >_> Here's some of my better pictures (just posting links so you can see more of them without making the page huge), and then I'll list out some of my settings, maybe someone here knows what they are.
The iPhone Picture
Picture 1, in viv.
Picture 2, in viv, on top of skull
Picture 3, on my mom's arm.
Picture 4, on my arm (taken by mom)
Picture 5, on my mom's arm again.
So, I'm obviously doing something wrong. >_< Here's the settings I can change on my camera.
Flash on and off, self explanatory.
A little flower on and off, it's supposed to be macro but I never could get it to work.
Timer or Multiburst. I need to use multiburst I think. I don't know if I tried that. I have one that takes 3 pictures slower and makes them all separate and one that takes 16 really fast and puts them in a grid. Link to example of the 16 burst.
Zoom in and out. Don't know if I should use zoom or just get closer or farther away.
Image Resolution: 6M, 3M, 2M, or VGA. I'm pretty sure it's megapixals, I have it set to 6 but I'm not sure what VGA does.
Image Quality: Good, Better, Best. Obviously it's on best.
Focus Zone: Multi-zone, center, selected area. I have no idea what it does. It has to do with the brackets on the screen, it's set on multizone.
Ev Compensation: No clue on this one either. It's set to 0,0 but it can go a bunch of different ways. I can go down to -0,3 -0,7 -1,0 -1,3 -1, 7 and -2,0. I can go up and get those same numbers except with a plus. It's currently on 0,0.
M-Burst Interval: I can change the 16 burst time! Right now it's on 1/30 Sec. I can choose 1/15 Sec and 1/7.5 Sec.
I have a ton of different stuff under Setup: File No., Digital Zoom, Quick View, Camera Sound, Auto LCD Off, Auto Power Off, Video out, USB Mode, Date Stamp, Date & Time, Language, Image Storage, Format, Reset, Voice Memo, About. Most of those are just on or off.
And then I have scene. Here's all the scenes I can choose from: Auto,P-Mode, Portrait, Night Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night Landscape, Backlight, Museum, Snow, Sunset, Fireworks, Party, Beach, Copy, Video.
So yeah. Help on settings would be cool, and tons of tips for what I need to do. I was in a photography class at school and I still can't take good pictures. Although all those for school were stationary objects, not live reptiles! Thanks!~
The iPhone Picture
Picture 1, in viv.
Picture 2, in viv, on top of skull
Picture 3, on my mom's arm.
Picture 4, on my arm (taken by mom)
Picture 5, on my mom's arm again.
So, I'm obviously doing something wrong. >_< Here's the settings I can change on my camera.
Flash on and off, self explanatory.
A little flower on and off, it's supposed to be macro but I never could get it to work.
Timer or Multiburst. I need to use multiburst I think. I don't know if I tried that. I have one that takes 3 pictures slower and makes them all separate and one that takes 16 really fast and puts them in a grid. Link to example of the 16 burst.
Zoom in and out. Don't know if I should use zoom or just get closer or farther away.
Image Resolution: 6M, 3M, 2M, or VGA. I'm pretty sure it's megapixals, I have it set to 6 but I'm not sure what VGA does.
Image Quality: Good, Better, Best. Obviously it's on best.
Focus Zone: Multi-zone, center, selected area. I have no idea what it does. It has to do with the brackets on the screen, it's set on multizone.
Ev Compensation: No clue on this one either. It's set to 0,0 but it can go a bunch of different ways. I can go down to -0,3 -0,7 -1,0 -1,3 -1, 7 and -2,0. I can go up and get those same numbers except with a plus. It's currently on 0,0.
M-Burst Interval: I can change the 16 burst time! Right now it's on 1/30 Sec. I can choose 1/15 Sec and 1/7.5 Sec.
I have a ton of different stuff under Setup: File No., Digital Zoom, Quick View, Camera Sound, Auto LCD Off, Auto Power Off, Video out, USB Mode, Date Stamp, Date & Time, Language, Image Storage, Format, Reset, Voice Memo, About. Most of those are just on or off.
And then I have scene. Here's all the scenes I can choose from: Auto,P-Mode, Portrait, Night Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night Landscape, Backlight, Museum, Snow, Sunset, Fireworks, Party, Beach, Copy, Video.
So yeah. Help on settings would be cool, and tons of tips for what I need to do. I was in a photography class at school and I still can't take good pictures. Although all those for school were stationary objects, not live reptiles! Thanks!~