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formatting problems are usually caused by a defective card....
Digital Camera questions
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Camera stuff
On some of the digital cameras you can take a picture on automatic mode then see what settings the camera was on.
It's not a bad way to learn the shutter speed and F-stop for light, dark, still lifes and action shots.
I've been using a Cannon G-1 for the last year and love it. Almost purchased the cool pix by Nikon but everything compared the same minus the sound with video clips.....and OH YEAH sound is nice
On some of the digital cameras you can take a picture on automatic mode then see what settings the camera was on.
It's not a bad way to learn the shutter speed and F-stop for light, dark, still lifes and action shots.
I've been using a Cannon G-1 for the last year and love it. Almost purchased the cool pix by Nikon but everything compared the same minus the sound with video clips.....and OH YEAH sound is nice
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Camera exposrue settings generally boil down to four factors:
1. The amount of light that's available (given).
2. The "speed" of the film (given).
3. The length of time the shutter remains opened (shutter speed).
4. The aperture size when the shutter opens (F-stop).
All of these must be balanced in order to get good exposure. You could balance them yourself or have the computer in the camera do it. Considering it's digital, you could easily make adjustments after you shoot if it's too dark, but really, the thing ought to make good pictures right out of the box.
Of all the factors, I personally find the aperture size is the one I like to adjust the most. I set my camera up to automatically determine the shutter speed based on the available light and the film speed. If the calculated shutter speed is getting a bit slow, then I'll bump up the aperture size to allow more light in. The aperture size determines the how much subject matter can be in focus at one time. With a larger aperture setting, you get a shorter depth of field (meaning you can only focus on relatively equidistant objects). A smaller aperture settings gives you a larger depth of field (more things in focus). See if there's something on your camera to set it for "aperture priority" or something.
1. The amount of light that's available (given).
2. The "speed" of the film (given).
3. The length of time the shutter remains opened (shutter speed).
4. The aperture size when the shutter opens (F-stop).
All of these must be balanced in order to get good exposure. You could balance them yourself or have the computer in the camera do it. Considering it's digital, you could easily make adjustments after you shoot if it's too dark, but really, the thing ought to make good pictures right out of the box.
Of all the factors, I personally find the aperture size is the one I like to adjust the most. I set my camera up to automatically determine the shutter speed based on the available light and the film speed. If the calculated shutter speed is getting a bit slow, then I'll bump up the aperture size to allow more light in. The aperture size determines the how much subject matter can be in focus at one time. With a larger aperture setting, you get a shorter depth of field (meaning you can only focus on relatively equidistant objects). A smaller aperture settings gives you a larger depth of field (more things in focus). See if there's something on your camera to set it for "aperture priority" or something.
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Pod
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F-Stop
Someone explained the F-stop to me this way:
Think of what in your picture you would like in focus.
At F-2 you'll have your subject that you manually focus on along with a foot or so before and after in focus.
At F-8 You'll have most everything before and after your subject in focus.
F-2 is great for doing portrait shots where you don't want the back or foreground taking away from the composition of the subject.
If it is low light you may have to adjust your F-Stop to get your aperature up to 60. Generally unless you have a tripod handy 60 is the slowest you want to go, otherwise you'll have a blurry picture.
Most camera's will let you pick the F-stop depending on the compostion you desire and then recomend by flashing a number or a red dot by the aperture number it thinks you should use.
Someone explained the F-stop to me this way:
Think of what in your picture you would like in focus.
At F-2 you'll have your subject that you manually focus on along with a foot or so before and after in focus.
At F-8 You'll have most everything before and after your subject in focus.
F-2 is great for doing portrait shots where you don't want the back or foreground taking away from the composition of the subject.
If it is low light you may have to adjust your F-Stop to get your aperature up to 60. Generally unless you have a tripod handy 60 is the slowest you want to go, otherwise you'll have a blurry picture.
Most camera's will let you pick the F-stop depending on the compostion you desire and then recomend by flashing a number or a red dot by the aperture number it thinks you should use.
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Originally posted by dig-it
Is this your camera SS?
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Nope, this is mine:
Thanks all - think I've got it figured out now. I even figured out how to make the mpegs, but I'm going to have to get a card with more memory.
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http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10283745&loc=101
It's not a SONY stick...but it will work just as well and give you about 90 minutes of Mpegs with that camera on the lowest setting. The Sony stick is not nearly this cheap.
Edit: Ugh...Buy.com has the Sony for $5 more. Damn....I was trying to be helpful.
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