mel25

Hi everyone,I'm after some tips on how to use Manuel settings on my newly brought canon sx60 hs ... the likes of playing around with the ISO and shutter speed etc. Iv got some really cool pictures on auto settings but really want to learn the ins and outs of the manual settings... any tips are greatly appreciated 😊

Cape Codder Loc: Cape Cod

Great moon! The flowers are pretty, but focus seems a bit soft. Have you tried the macro setting when you are this close? Keep practicing; you have a good eye.

mel25

No I haven't I'm just a new bee to taking pictures as a Hobbie. iv tried to Google but not really much information. My partner brought me the camera and few days ago so still playing with setting... and thanks

OldSams Loc: Pensacola, Florida

You will find a TON of videos on youtube. All explaining F-stop (Aperture), Shutter Speed and ISO. And the relationships, therein. There is no set formlula when it comes to photography. There are some basic rules, but even those can be broken sometimes. Also, there are also a lot of competitions or daily, weekly, monthly photography challenges that you can join (there's even some here, I believe). Those will help you take your photography to the next level. Try shooting in RAW and Manual and have fun!


ETA: You do have a good eye!

insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida

It is a fine camera and will give you most of anything you will want from it. Have fun learning the camera, and use it in good health.

alawry Loc: Timaru New Zealand

Hi. Our modern camera gives such great results in Auto mode that it is too easy to just "stick it in Auto and leave it" But good on you for wanting to try the next level. In the "old days" (film) ISO was not so easyily changed and it was easier to come to terms with what the other two controls did. Shutter speed, we use to "stop" motion, example are water flowing or wheels turning, or exagerate motion, and we can use the same examples. Aperture, which is the size of the hole in the lens, we use to increase or decrease the depth of focus. Think of a portrait, where the background is out of focus, to isolate the face. That's shallow focus=wide aperture/bigger hole/lower number (like f2.8) Or a portrait of the same person looking at a mountain, where you want the face and the background in focus. That's deep focus=tiny aperture/small hole/higher number (like f22) The film needs a set amount of light so if you use a tiny aperture, you need it to be open for longer, ie a longer shutter speed. If you use a large aperture, you had better not have it open very long or you will overload the film. So the two settings interact. Now we can talk about ISO; that is the sensitvity of the film/sensor. When you use a very small aperture, for good depth of field (which is how we refer to deep focus) I said we need a long exposure. But maybe we don't want a long exposure, so we can increase the sensitivity of the film instead, by raising the ISO from 200 up to .........any high number the camera will give us. I used the starting number of 200 because that's a fairly normal sort of number to start from.
I would suggest you experiment by locking the ISO at 200 for a start, and photograph a fencepost. TRy using aperture priorty mode. That's where you set the aperture and the camera selects the shutter speed accordingly. Use a wide aperture, and see how you can "isolate" the post from it's background, and take a series of shots while you reduce the aperture, and see how the background becomes more and more in focus. And do the same with a moving subject and play with Shutter priorty, and see how you blur or freeze movement. Waterfalls and streams are good subjects for this. think about what you are trying to achieve, and think about how you are going to achieve it.

I hope I haven't gone on too much, I'm just trying to answer your question. It's a remarkably simple subject and also an extremely complex subject, the beauty of the digital age is we can experiment and try to learn from our results, pretty much for free. Good luck. Never be afraid to ask "how did you do that, or use that setting?"

Andrew

mel25

Thanks Andrew yes that's the answer I was after thank you ☺when the weather fines up again and wind dies down il get back outside n start playing around with the settings again

Odiebones Loc: Colorado Mountains

Hello, and nice pictures. I was once taught to take a crisp picture in auto and look at the settings. Possibly write them down and then set your camera to manual and set the camera at the same or close to the same settings in manual setting and then take a picture and compare them. Like one other person said. YOU TUBE has videos specific for the SX40, SX50, and SX60. Also look on the scan settings for the fireworks, fisheye, and many other creative settings. If you can read up on the 1/3 rule for taking pictures along with the multiple dimensions in depth of field. If you have any other questions, you can contact me and I will be glad to help assist you. I have both the SX40 and SX50.
Happy shooting. photosbybones.com

mel25

Omg those are some cool pictures n love that moon well love all those pics... great stuff