Judy,
Does the camera have a full manual setting?
Digital cameras seem to blow out the highlights very easily.
Someone suggested setting it to "under-expose" a bit if you are shooting
auto, which is probably a good idea. If it doesn't have a histogram you can
access, then shoot some sample shots and examine the histograms in Photoshop and
then you can calibrate the camera yourself.
Mark Nelson
www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com
In a message dated 6/10/04 11:47:37 PM, jseigel@panix.com writes:
>
> My reason for choosing 5.6 was so the figure would be in focus and the
> background be softer, which this project calls for. There's a "portrait"
> mode, which apparently does something similar. With this kind of quick
> street shooting, my best bet is probably to change to "auto" in sun
> (changing the menu is a very long song & dance) & of course everything
> will be tack sharp. If I can't stay out of the sun, I'll have to "fix" it
> in Photoshop. (There are also a couple of neutral density filter settings.
> Now I can see why !)
>
Received on Thu Jun 10 23:20:47 2004
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