How you guys just focus on the subject only and not the background ? Using DLSR?

I using a Cannon Digital IXUS 55. Is it a good camera?


Also want to ask, how to prevent 'noise' from appearing from the photos? I use my camera take photos, then when I view it at full size, I can see alot of noise. Its not fine. How??? Can camera damage cause this??

Still very new to the photography world.

you don't have to use a dslr to take good pictures.... a normal camera would sufficient with the right settings

use macro for shooting , adjust your ISO (the lower the better) depends on the lighting condition to reduce noise

extra2!. yea.. i'm an addict lol

for DSLR I use manual focus, which means I adjust the focus manually from the lens

for Point and shoot camera you have no choice but to rely on the auto focus, remember to set it to macro though.
to reduce noise, make sure you have a good amount of light, use low ISO, and also make sure your shutter speed is not too long (long exposure increase noise as well). Point and Shoot camera works well when the lighting is good, so make sure you have that

some of my work...

my son's CARS collection...



This post has been edited by iman_210: Aug 23 2008, 12:18 AM

Nice composed picture.

You can use noise-reducing software to get rid the noise to a certain extent. Though it still costs some $$ for the software (around 20USD) unless you get the *ahem...

Thanks all for the help, but may I ask how do I adjust the shutter speed?


A great clap to wolf and valho for giving me information.

another 1...

You should be able to adjust it under Tv or M mode.
Tv is shutter priority where you can adjust the shutter speed and the camera will pick the right aperture value for you.
As for manual, you pretty much adjust everything there yourself.
Lower end PnS normally do not have such features.

another 1 as well...

that will depends on your camera, Canon powershot series allow manual adjustment of shutter speed IINM
the Ixus series I not sure, since the Ixus 850IS that I owned last time doesn't allow shutter speed adjustment

I notice that some of you just randomly posting your collection pictures

please refrain yourself from doing that as it will make others think that this is just another show off thread

Please post something informative such as what lighting condition you using, camera settings and etc
Just by posting the picture we wouldn't learn anything from it

Thanks for the help again!

Yeah, I don't think my IXUS 55 has a shutter speed option.

Thanks again .

Will try to get some good pictures.

Camera: Sony T-10

settings , 1 big white manila paper, 2 table lamps , and 1 big mirror for deflection

I've set this one for EV +2 so that it can capture most of the light

Hmm I want to ask how to get "all sharp" close-up pics (meaning nothing get blurred regardless of the distance with the camera)?

This post has been edited by Exiled_Gundam: Aug 23 2008, 05:35 PM

if you wan to get all sharp photo's ur camera will have to focus basically everything in macro mode which is quite hard to do

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Added on August 23, 2008, 6:38 pm another new picture with the artwork transformation



This post has been edited by Wolf516: Aug 23 2008, 06:38 PM

All sharp as in the background and the foreground?
To do that you have to increase the aperture value to reduce the 'bokeh' effect (blurring when the area is not in focus)
Set it to something around f5.6 or higher.

This post has been edited by raptor_cZn: Aug 23 2008, 06:57 PM

u can check the pics exif from right clicking on it. lighting are usually non existant for most of my shots.

How do you get results like this? http://www.geocities.jp/hetare_d_max/galle...IC_39_G3G4.html


He has the infinity sweep look and the light don't reflect off the paper... I tried a bit, the only thing I cant get the is the infinity sweep look lol.

use smaller aperture, but it'll depends on the type of camera you are using how small you need to go, DSLR probably need to go as much as f/16, a PnS probably f/8 is enough

uh dun get what you mean, which pic are you refering to ?