Canon EOS Rebel 300D

Mary Sparrow · 02-01-2005, 05:57 PM

So as not to bore you with more test pictures. I just did the same thing Kim did with another still doll model.

I tried out every manual white balance setting on the thing with an ISO of 800, and got nice clear pictures, with obvious differences in color. Then I put it on the automatic setting that just cuts the flash off. Doing that got me the most accurate color, but the face was blurry on the doll. (This was what I was doing the other day with Marc). The next best color was putting it in P mode but automatic WB..they were very close, but the face was clear.

So I suppose, for now, until I really learn this, in order to avoid the blur, I am better off putting it in P mode to avoid the blur and pick the white balance Icon that best fits the situation...which seems like the auto WB was doing the trick. I guess this computerized camera is smarter than me..Whoda thunk it.

Mike McCarty · 02-01-2005, 06:36 PM

Mary,

Be careful how your focusing is set up. Notice on the picture of the race car above that you have multiple possible focus points. This is something that you select on your menu.

With my camera I can choose to have the camera focus on the closest object to the camera (I don't like this method), or have it focus on the center of the viewfinder (I prefer this).

Make sure you are focusing on the face and not the closer knees of the subject, or not focusing on the back of the chair.

I find that when I am trying to learn some aspect of my camera that I concentrate on one feature at a time. It gets too complex when you start mixing different variables into one experiment.

Elizabeth Schott · 02-01-2005, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mary Smith

So as not to bore you with more test pictures. I just did the same thing Kim did with another still doll model.

I tried out every manual white balance setting on the thing with an ISO of 800, and got nice clear pictures, with obvious differences in color. Then I put it on the automatic setting that just cuts the flash off. Doing that got me the most accurate color, but the face was blurry on the doll. (This was what I was doing the other day with Marc). The next best color was putting it in P mode but automatic WB..they were very close, but the face was clear.

So I suppose, for now, until I really learn this, in order to avoid the blur, I am better off putting it in P mode to avoid the blur and pick the white balance Icon that best fits the situation...which seems like the auto WB was doing the trick. I guess this computerized camera is smarter than me..Whoda thunk it.

Mary you can just shoot in the RAW instead of JPEG format, then you set your temperature to what ever you want. So put it in "auto" white balance.

Kimberly Dow · 02-01-2005, 10:45 PM

By golly I think I am getting this!

Mike - pm me your address - I want to send you something from Texas.

Beth - dont start in on the RAW setting yet. Let me digest first!

Mike McCarty · 02-01-2005, 10:53 PM

I hope it's that trio in your new painting. Would you mind making them all blind?

Kimberly Dow · 02-01-2005, 10:57 PM

You might want to give them a few years yet...can you say 'jail bait'.

Janel Maples · 02-02-2005, 12:04 AM

Wow, did this thread get away from me. It will take me a while to digest all of this. Mary, I apologize for not acknowledging your question about the zoom I have. I think it is 70 - 300 (or something like that)

I really haven't played around with the zoom enough to figure out how to use it for my portrait needs yet so I couldn't tell you if I will like it for that or not. I am in the process of hiring a model to do some full figure reference photos of so I need to figure it out quickly.

I also need to go back and read this thread more carefully because there is a lot of valuable information in here for me.

Cindy Procious · 02-02-2005, 08:47 AM

Hey - swanky new avatar, Kim!