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Trying and trying to understand my new camera I am drawing the conclusion I don't like it!

I think (not being an expert) the lens is not that good.

Got these shots but it seems any amount of zoom and it struggles for clarity!

Anyway, a green bottle:

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A blue bottle:

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And a dislodged thrush chick.

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U.

 

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Don't try and compete with Doc, he will be using DSLR camera and will always get better pictures.

 

your camera has a single lens that tries to be a lot of different lenses,and does it well,but Doc has at his disposal lots of different lenses for specific tasks.

 

the best advice i can give is try not to rely on the zoom but learn to walk closer to the subject,that way your lens can work to it's optimum capacity,and you will see the difference in the clarity of your photo.

 

Don't get disheartened if it was to easy then it wouldn't be fun.

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Thanks gents.

It is a Fugi finepix sl1000.

 

The flys are max cropped all but, the young thrush not so much.

 

On it's macro settings it does not take as good a clear shot as my little Samsung!

 

I understand it is no DSLR but for how much it was I was not expecting the little Samsung to beat it!

 

I know from friends bridge cameras better quality is available for less layout.

 

Don't mis-understand, in no way am I tring to compete with anyone and those shots Doc takes are a very high standard indeed.

 

I would gladly take this camera back if I could.

 

U.

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When taking Macro make sure the camera is on a tripod to take as stable a shot as you can. I find ANY movement can cause issues. Also, make sure your subject has good natural lighting "dont shield it with the lens"

Good advice,just pressing the shutter button can cause distortion to the image.

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Thanks Gents.

 

I would gladly swap it for a lumix now from what I have seen of a friends. I am about to return it (if I can) and hopefully exchange it.

 

I have continued to use the small Samsung to compare macro shots and it leaves the large Fugi behind!

 

I don't have a tri-pod but have been taking rested shots carefuly. Actually I don't even like the shutter button,,,,it's like a Chinese airgun trigger!

 

Till next time....

 

U.

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Your first two pictures were 1 second exposures, that is very long and will bring in a fair degree of the softness due to camera shake or the subjects moving slightly. Your aperture was 2.9 on the first image - that means a small depth of field so getting the full width of the fly pin sharp will also be a problem. You shot them both at 100 ISO - if you had increased this then you could have increased the shutter speed and shot with a slightly smaller aperture which would have given you sharper images.

 

They are still good shots though.

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Your first two pictures were 1 second exposures, that is very long and will bring in a fair degree of the softness due to camera shake or the subjects moving slightly. Your aperture was 2.9 on the first image - that means a small depth of field so getting the full width of the fly pin sharp will also be a problem. You shot them both at 100 ISO - if you had increased this then you could have increased the shutter speed and shot with a slightly smaller aperture which would have given you sharper images.

 

They are still good shots though.

Thankyou,,thats brilliant.

I have just been trying to adjust the ISO and experiment manualy with the shutter and aperture but for some reason on auto settings inc; Intel' scene recog' it stays on ISO100!

 

I miss film!

 

U.

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Underdog!

 

The pound shop do a mini tripod and it's great for macro as its only inches tall :yes:

 

If you can't find one give me a hollar as I have a spare you can have!

Thanks....I wanted this camera for my walks, with gun or not. Macro is second to my main desire.

 

Once I get a good camera pods can follow!

 

 

U.

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Check this snap from the little Samsung;

 

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And the Fugi;

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Strange!

 

U.

 

 

You would need to post the metadata from these images to tell what is going on - they are a simple case of metering being incorrect. The Fuji metered for the sky and the Samsung for the tree. If you wanted to capture the sky correctly then the Fufi performed admirably.

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No no I need to be educated and thankyou....a little acedemic now (I hope) due to not long in from exchanging the Fugi!

 

I have now got a Nikon Coolpix L820 and in the few shots taken is much much better!

 

Time will tell!

 

U.

Good luck with the new camera mate, sounds like you may have had a duff fuji,half the battle is being happy with the camera.

 

Post up some pics with the new camera when you have a chance :good:

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