I know NOTHING about photography!

[Anisha Kaul]

My name is Anisha. Few months back I purchased the camera: Canon PowerShot SX210 IS I clicked the following photographs from a train, it was day time, in the landscape mode..yes I know they are third grade because I didn't know anything about manual settings that time but I have started learning now, thanks to the tutorials thread here! Indian farm scenes 4Nov2010 pictures by anishakaul - Photobucket

 

[tirediron]

Welcome! We all started from that point, so keep reading, keep shooting and you'll improve!

 

[MohaimenK]

Welcome Anisha! Where is Gurgaon? Is that close to Delhi or Calcata?
As for photography, I'd suggest you google the common terms for photography. You will have a much better start from there. Read about composition. Play with it and take tons of pictures and post here. Many here are very good and will give you great advices.

 

[Anisha Kaul]

Thanks to both of you I would like to ask, the camera which I have mentioned in my first post is a digital camera but it has the manual mode too where we can set those exposure etc. settings, so will it still be called the digital compact camera or there is some different term for such kind of cameras?

P.S
Gurgaon is near Delhi.

 

[dzaneh]

yes it's digital as opposed to film...
manual is a setting ...

 

[Anisha Kaul]

Thanks again,

I short question again: I am trying to set the shutter speed here: Screen shows, 0" 8 ?
what does that represent?

 

[Compaq]

It says 0". That means 0 seconds. It also says 8, which I believe means 8 tenths (of a second). So your shutterspeed is 1/8th of a second - which is really quite slow. Your camera has IS (image stabilizing systems) which means you can indeed use slower shutter speeds than with cameras without IS. 1/8 is still pretty slow, though.

 

[Anisha Kaul]

Compaq,

I am thankful to you for the enlightening reply, I didn't know anything about IS
I am experimenting with the manual settings of this camera! It is really difficult for me to understand these settings But I am happy that this forum is as active as LinuxQuestions.org!

 

[KmH]

More good tutorials, highly recommended :thumbup: :

www.cambridgeincolor.com

 

[Whootsinator]

Here's some reading for you. It's geared towards D-SLR owners, but understanding the basic functions of a camera will help your photography regardless of type of camera.

Exposure Lessons, in order Stop Shooting Auto!
Index of Entries Stop Shooting Auto!

10 Top Photography Composition Rules | PhotographyMad.com
Rules of photo composition

 

[Anisha Kaul]

KmH and Whootsinator,

I am thankful to both of you for giving me starting point, and I had already found "cambridge" site and the other links given by you look promising :hattip:

I did press the "thanks" button on your post Whootsinator, but its not getting showed up???

Question:
Is it necessary to shoot the landscapes to practice these manual settings or doing in indoors will be equally good?

 

[itf]

I don't think that the manual settings on your camera are really fully manual. It probably only lets you set ISO and thats pretty much it.

 

[Anisha Kaul]

I don't think that the manual settings on your camera are really fully manual. It probably only lets you set ISO and thats pretty much it.

I think you are correct

Following is mentioned in its specifications:
Manual, Av and Tv modes for full creative control

I think I could set the shutter speed too!
What else features I am missing here?

 

[WesternGuy]

Anisha, you can also set the White Balance and the ISO according to the specs for the camera. Depending on what software you use to process your images, you can change some of these parameters, e.g., White Balance, in post processing. I have looked at your pictures on Photobucket and two points, when you photograph through window glass, you are adding another level of "interference" to your images, but sometime this is unavoidable. The other thing you might want to check on is to make sure that your horizons are level, again depending on the software you use in post-processing on your computer, images can be "straightened" to give a flat, rather than tilted, horizon. The real key when first starting out is just practice - practice - practice. This way you will truly get to know what your camera can do and what it can't. The nice thing about digital is, that if it doesn't work, then you can just delete it and try something else. Good luck in your journey into the world of photography.

Cheers,

WesternGuy.

 

[Anisha Kaul]

WesternGuy,

Thanks for your reply, I know images can be processed through photoshop or some other softwares, but thats something which I don't want, I want to click best photographs through my camera which shouldn't need any processing at all! and you mean with those SLR cameras I can't delete the photographs and move on?