Help E (....and Sterkoder....) figure out a new camera

[pilotdane]

While cruising in Alaska I had no trouble taking pictures. Then on my Panama Canal cruise I remember looking through the camera and wondering why everything was fuzzy? Than it hit me. In Alaska my camera was warm inside the cabin going out into the cold. No problem. On the Panama Canal cruise my camera and lenses were cold inside the air conditioning and when I took them out in the tropical heat and humidity fog formed on the lens. Luckily I learned to heat my camera with the hair dryer before going outside.

[pakarang]

I can visualize Sterkoder in his car driving around the port with a hair dryer...

[Ralf__]

...as i stated in the other thread before: go and try to change this camera! You are not lucky with it. Go and get you into better moods (...or good vibs, and i mean not those of the car.)

[Sterkoder]

Discovered another interesting thing tonight. No matter the way of taking pictures, the ISO use 'Auto'..., but the auto setting is ISO800. This high ISO will result on grainy images, wouldn't it...?
Will try out something next time I'm in the city, and I will try to set my ISO to 200

[pakarang]

Yes, that is correct... the higher ISO you use, the more grainier the images will be.

A high ISO setting is normally used for low light conditions.

A 100 or 200 ISO setting is more than enough for daylight, whilst in darker settings, the ISO can be turned up.

My Canon uses ISO 1000-1600 in auto mode, but still produces impressive shots: but that is because the processor is of a much higher quality than in a compact camera.

But I have to admit that I do agree with Ralf though: if you can't find a decent result with your camera, I would also have taken it back to the dealer. But first, play around with the settings and see if there is anything you might not have thought about: you are on the correct path, finding out and learning! Keep your course as steady as you now are heading, and you will soon find the secret... ;-)

[Oistein]

If you ever buy a new camera, what about this CANon?

As you see, several colors and different types of objectives.





You may already have guessed. I use NIKON myself.

[Seagull]

Originally Posted by Oistein

If you ever buy a new camera, what about this CANon?
As you see, several colors and different types of objectives....

Hehehe , rather a good choice for pakarang - a favourite camera and a favourite drink in one convenient pack .

And clearly the perfect new camera for Sterkoder, as apparently it comes supplied with a private plane! . . . ummmmmm interesting, I just wonder . . . well, he did just post some great aerial photos didn’t he . . . .