Photography/Camera question.
May. 13th, 2008 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ghostdriveI know a few of you on my flist are into photography so maybe you can help me out with something. And I hope you can bear my stupidity since I obviously know nothing about my cameras. D:
Currently I own two cameras, a Canon EOS Rebel Ti (SLR) and a Canon Powershot A510 (digital). I don't use the Rebel much these days since I usually take a crazy amount of photos and buying film for it is ridiculous (you don't want to know how much I've spent on it in the past). The Powershot has worked well for me, except when I disable the flash; if I don't steady myself against something (which doesn't work all that well since I have THE SHAKIEST HANDS EVER) or use a tripod my photos are destined to be blurry due to camera shake. My problem is I don't like to lug around a tripod--hell, I don't even own one myself. I want to be able to hold my camera in my hand and have it still focus on me without the flash on and without camera shake.
I actually haven't used any other cameras besides my own, so is this a usual thing for digital cameras? Am I asking for the impossible? Is my camera, despite being from 2005, a mere three years ago, considered an old dinosaur compared to any of the newer models?Or is it just that I'm unaware of simple photography knowledge? OH GOD, I'M RAMBLING, SOMEONE STOP ME. Please feel free to give me a swift kick if I'm making no sense whatsoever.
Note: This post was brought on by my trip to the Texas State Aquarium today. I turned off the flash to my Powershot so as not to disturb the fishes and other wildlife (and also to prevent the flash from glaring off of glass and whatnot), but I was kinda disappointed with the results I had on at least half my photos.
On a related note, I've been on the look-out to buy a new camera sometime in the future, so if you have a specific brand/product I should have a look at, please let me know. Its either that or a PS3.
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Links.
× Uniqlo has new MGS4 shirts. And they are awesome.
× Has anyone seen this PS3 advertisement?! (NSFW) The guy has a thumb for a penis! I am currently laughing hysterically to myself and wondering what the hell its supposed to mean. (Image found via this Kotaku article.)
Currently I own two cameras, a Canon EOS Rebel Ti (SLR) and a Canon Powershot A510 (digital). I don't use the Rebel much these days since I usually take a crazy amount of photos and buying film for it is ridiculous (you don't want to know how much I've spent on it in the past). The Powershot has worked well for me, except when I disable the flash; if I don't steady myself against something (which doesn't work all that well since I have THE SHAKIEST HANDS EVER) or use a tripod my photos are destined to be blurry due to camera shake. My problem is I don't like to lug around a tripod--hell, I don't even own one myself. I want to be able to hold my camera in my hand and have it still focus on me without the flash on and without camera shake.
I actually haven't used any other cameras besides my own, so is this a usual thing for digital cameras? Am I asking for the impossible? Is my camera, despite being from 2005, a mere three years ago, considered an old dinosaur compared to any of the newer models?
Note: This post was brought on by my trip to the Texas State Aquarium today. I turned off the flash to my Powershot so as not to disturb the fishes and other wildlife (and also to prevent the flash from glaring off of glass and whatnot), but I was kinda disappointed with the results I had on at least half my photos.
On a related note, I've been on the look-out to buy a new camera sometime in the future, so if you have a specific brand/product I should have a look at, please let me know. Its either that or a PS3.
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Links.
× Uniqlo has new MGS4 shirts. And they are awesome.
× Has anyone seen this PS3 advertisement?! (NSFW) The guy has a thumb for a penis! I am currently laughing hysterically to myself and wondering what the hell its supposed to mean. (Image found via this Kotaku article.)
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Date: 2008-05-20 03:17 am (UTC)Random story! I was really careful about keeping the flash disabled around the exhibits, but while taking a picture of the rocks in one, the flash went off while a stingray floated by at the last second. D: I ended up apologizing profusely to it while these old ladies around just stared at me. Sorry, ladies! I'm just a tad weird!
(Argh, I kept on typing out "stringray".)