Worst Digital Photography Suggestion/Tip? (Page 7): Hold your breath to take a shot.

zoomphoto Loc: Seattle, WA USA

Hold your breath to take a shot.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

canon Lee wrote:

HI CHG. Its a matter of how much to underexpose. ... (show quote)

CL, let's leave it as reasonable people can disagree when they are actively using their histogram and expert-level post processing. My comment is more toward the idea of looking at your camera display and thinking you've created an image with rich colors such as a sunset. That is, looking at the camera display without regard to the histogram. Looking at the under-exposed images in detail on a larger display and you have a noisy mess, highlights and shadows. If the photographer doesn't know how to or doesn't want to process their images, one is left with what can done in camera. A modern phone could be a better tool for that level of photography. My response is to highlight the disservice the blanket-idea of under-expose advice accomplishes in practice with a DSLR. Using the scene modes and / or adjusting the saturation and contrast settings could be more effective on the 'best' SOOC results rather than under-exposing. Exposing for processing is the approach we've both expressed.

danersmiff

I just learned a quicky! ha! put it in auto when you turn it off....

Pg 2

r.grossner wrote:

I shoot in all modes depending on the situation. Usually A for macro, S for BIF, M for landscapes. I usually put it on Auto when I turn it off in the case I need to grab a quick shot like this one of a GBH trying to steal shrimp from between my feet while fishing. No time to be spinning dials.

BebuLamar

If you watch the settings you have the same controls in any modes. You can have the camera set to any aperture and any shutter speed you want in any mode including P. It's just the matter of convenience.

Jim Bob

leftj wrote:

Using the term "much" and then naming only one source can be taken to mean "most". Now, saying "I have received a lot of bad information from many sources, including UHH" might be a better way of saying it.

Well thanks Dad. Geesus. Another one of those types who believes his way is the right way. Must be a thousand of them on this site which seems to attract them like a magnate. FYI, I said what wanted to say in the way I wanted to say it. Take your paternalism elsewhere.

blackest Loc: Ireland

BebuLamar wrote:

If you watch the settings you have the same controls in any modes. You can have the camera set to any aperture and any shutter speed you want in any mode including P. It's just the matter of convenience.

TAV mode is a favourite of mine i set the shutter speed and the aperture and i have set iso limits to between 80 and 1600.
If iso is flashing 80 i tend to increase shutter speed, till it stops (luxury)
if it's flashing at 1600 i tend to decrease shutter speed to about 1/ focal length and if i need more rethink the aperture too.
I may need to rethink the lens too. I like short lenses and, "get closer" :)

therwol Loc: USA

SueScott wrote:

I keep seeing on Facebook advice about smearing Vaseline on a lens to create a "dreamy look" to one's photos. Who in their right mind would ever do such a STUPID thing to their equipment!

This advice has been around for as long as I can remember, but the way I read it back in the day was that you were supposed to smear the Vaseline on a cheap filter. If someone thinks I'm going to spread Vaseline on any lens I own, they're out of their mind.

therwol Loc: USA

zoomphoto wrote:

Hold your breath to take a shot.

What's bad advice about that? If you're trying to hand hold a shot that's going to be at the limit of a shutter speed you can hand hold, you don't have anything to brace the camera on or against, and if you don't have VR, it makes a lot of sense. I've done it for decades.

ToBoldlyGo Loc: London U.K.

[quote=CHG_CANON]CL, If the photographer doesn't know how to or doesn't want to process their images, one is left with what can done in camera. A modern phone could be a better tool for that level of photography.

Wow. This is misguided and frankly ignorant. There are plenty of applications where professional results are needed quickly without the photo having, or even needing post editing. I use my camera often for work, a smartphone is nowhere near the same level for most of the photography needed.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

[quote=ToBoldlyGo]

CHG_CANON wrote:

CL, If the photographer doesn't know how to or doesn't want to process their images, one is left with what can done in camera. A modern phone could be a better tool for that level of photography.

Wow. This is misguided and frankly ignorant. There are plenty of applications where professional results are needed quickly without the photo having, or even needing post editing. I use my camera often for work, a smartphone is nowhere near the same level for most of the photography needed.

You've picked one sentence out of a discussion. So, I'll ignore your ignorant inability to understand the idea being discussed.

JDawson Loc: Boise, Idaho

CHG_CANON wrote:

For digital - advice to underexpose "for saturation" is the worst DSLR advice I've heard and occasionally still read. You only get noisy underexposed images, nothing quality. Rather, expose for the highlights, up to the edge of over-exposure, whether JPEG or RAW. Address saturation and vibrance in Post using an image captured at the best possible digital exposure.

Yup, expose to the right.

John

JDawson Loc: Boise, Idaho

Jim Bob wrote:

Well thanks Dad. Geesus. Another one of those types who believes his way is the right way. Must be a thousand of them on this site which seems to attract them like a magnate. FYI, I said what wanted to say in the way I wanted to say it. Take your paternalism elsewhere.

I have to ask, what in the world is paternalistic about the sentences you quoted?

John

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

BebuLamar wrote:

If the beginner wants to learn about the technical... (show quote)

The only purpose for buying a camera is to take pictures. Buy the camera, set to full auto and enjoy right out of the gate. Plenty of time to learn "full manual" or any other combination of settings.

BebuLamar

papakatz45 wrote:

The only purpose for buying a camera is to take pictures. Buy the camera, set to full auto and enjoy right out of the gate. Plenty of time to learn "full manual" or any other combination of settings.

If you want to use the camera in manual do it early or you don't. You don't need to use the camera in manual to take great pictures or have full control of the camera. It's just make the learning easier while you're still learning.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

boberic wrote:

Leave the camera at home, we will only be out for a few minutes

bwa