Digital Photography

On a digital camera… real close-up …

The macrophotography  term (macro mode) usually refers to the images in which the subject is presented at a ratio greater than 1 to 1, so bigger than lifesize. It could be compared to looking at a subject through a magnifying glass.  On a digicam however, macro mode refers to the possibility to get very close, though not strictly on a 1 to 1 ratio, although some cameras can get extremely close to a subject while others merely use the zoom function to magnify it and fill the frame.

There are a few things to consider if you want to achieve really good macro shots; having a good digital camera such as a model of kodak digital cameras helps.  For a start, focusing will be very critical as at such close distances depth of field will only be a few millimeters. Therefore subject and camera should be parallel to each other and a small aperture should be used. As a consequence, shutter speeds will be quite slow, so arrange for some kind of support like a tripod or some other stable platform.

To minimize camera shake, it is best to use the self-timer, as well. Using the in-camera flash should be avoided. Its light is usually too harsh and will cause overexposure. It is much better to use some form of natural lighting. A north facing window on a cloudy day will yield very even soft lighting, while a piece of white cardboard can lighten the shadows or provide soft lighting by acting as a fill-in reflector.

- with the macro mode.           Kodak EasyShare C913 Digital Camera

Just a few descriptions of cameras that are used for eBay and YouTube, and a few tips.

The 10-megapixel FinePix Z20fd features an ultra-portable design, a Fujinon 3x optical zoom lens, 2.5-inch LCD screen, and packs 45MB of internal memory to give you some extra room when your memory card is full. The style-savvy FinePix Z20fd also introduces Fujifilm’s handy new Dual Blog Mode that automatically resizes any still image or movie you’ve captured, letting you post pictures and videos to blogs, video-sharing websites like YouTube, or e-mail to friends with ease.

As well as the fujifilm finepix,  is the

casio exilim line of digital cameras it has the ebay best shot mode.

Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd has useful features that let you face it, beam it, blog it and now roll it with a new MPEG-4 movie recording mode

same camera in a hot pink color

This following article with tips for adding photos on eBay explaining lighting too, is interesting.

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My friend needed help in reading histograms on his samsung digital cameras.  I had to look-up further understanding for myself.  I was not sure that I was reading the histogram right.

There is always so much to learn.  The more settings there are the more figuring there is!

Optical Picture Stabilization, which physically adjusts the CCReading your histogramHistograms What it is: A way of judging the exposure of an image on camera, without relying on minuscule and often inaccurate LCD screens. Where to find it: Typically, histograms can be found by changing the display mode during image playback on your digital camera, or by enabling live histograms in your digital camera settings. What it does: An image that looks perfect on the digital camera doesn’t always turn out that way. It’s frustrating to take a photograph you love when you see it on your digital camera’s LCD screen, only to get home and find the highlights are blown or the detail is lost in the shadows. Histograms are one way to get a better idea of what you are actually seeing. A histogram is a way of visually displaying the image data within a photograph. It is a graph of the pixels within your image based on brightness. Darker pictures are crowded on the left-hand side, with brighter pictures on the right. A good exposure has no brightness data that touches either of the outside boundaries of the graph on the right or left side - that indicates clipping. By looking at your histogram, you can judge whether there will be any clipped highlights or shadows. If there is, adjust your shutter speed or aperture accordingly and retake the shot. Images that are overexposed will have a histogram that has brightness data clipped on the right-hand side. Many digital cameras today are beginning to have live histograms that will indicate the exposure setting before you take the shot. This can be immensely helpful, so check to see if it is an option on your digital camera. What to watch out for: Chewing up your battery life looking at the histogram display. Otherwise, there really is no downside to using histograms.

How To Get Better Digital Photography Lighting …

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The perfect gift for sharing photos with the non-computer people is the digital photo frame. This is a digital ornament is about the size and shape of an ordinary picture frame. It contains an LCD screen, which displays multiple photos in a slide show format, and it connects to the Internet via phone line to download new pictures and information to display on the screen.

a nice ornament - Coby 5.6" Digital Picture Frame with Clock

Once the frame is set-up, it is possible to send a photo to the frame from anywhere in the world by way of the Internet.  Viewing photographs in a slide show is possible on digital frames.  Just about all frames offer slide show options. Read the rest of this entry »