Can somebody explain Photograph to me...

[Jeffros Spec V]

I got this camera but I don't know what any of the settings reallly mean.

I've been trying to read up about this crap but its to out of my league for me.

Can somebody just post up some basics....anything you want.


ISO and all that other ****.

[Renegade_]

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=Introduction+to+photography&btnG=Google+Search

Google works.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Did you read my post? Thanks.

[BradC]

I got this camera but I don't know what any of the settings reallly mean.

I've been trying to read up about this crap but its to out of my league for me.

Can somebody just post up some basics....anything you want.


ISO and all that other ****.
What type of camera, what are you trying to shoot and is it in an auto or manual mode?

[Jeffros Spec V]

Kodask Easy Share Z740

I'm trying to use it in manual mode.

[BradC]

What are you trying to accomplish?

Shutter speed numbers are in seconds, like 1/60th or 1/250th. The speed is the length of time the shutter is open. The faster the shutter speed the more light you need. It will also freeze action better. Slower will allow more light in, but tends to look blurry if you aren't really steady, or on a tripod.

Aperture is the size of the hole that lets light in. They are listed in F-stops, like F7.1, etc, etc. The lower the F-stop number, the more light you are allowing in. Low number F-stops can give you the blurred background effect, aka a shallow depth of field. High F-stop numbers will give you more depth of field, so everything looks in focuse.

ISO, I don't f'in know! I am just learning this **** too!

[TROLL]

iso is film speed... lower numbers like 100 or 200 are less sensitive to light and higher numbers like 800 are more sensitive to light. you use a low film speed (iso) when you have plenty of light (daytime outside) and you use a high film speed when you dont have as much light (indoors, at night, etc)
lower iso will give better quality, on film as well as digital. higher iso will be more grainy or noisy, which is a degradation of image quality.

[BradC]

iso is film speed... lower numbers like 100 or 200 are less sensitive to light and higher numbers like 800 are more sensitive to light. you use a low film speed (iso) when you have plenty of light (daytime outside) and you use a high film speed when you dont have as much light (indoors, at night, etc)
lower iso will give better quality, on film as well as digital. higher iso will be more grainy or noisy, which is a degradation of image quality.
Kinda what I thought though. My question is if you can play with the shutter speed and aperture, why would you chance noise using a higher ISO? Can't you compensate w/out going to moving the ISO around?

[Jeffros Spec V]

Thanks, this is the kind of stuff I am looking for.

So for night shots I'd use a high iso and high exposure.

For the blurred background shots you use a low f-stop which is a short focus depth?

[TROLL]

honestly, take a class. you cant learn what you want to know by asking a few questions. you need a solid foundation in how a camera works in order ot know how to apply it to different situations correctly.
i'm sure a course at bucks would be pretty affordable and it would really be worth it.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Yeah I am just looking for some basics to just figure out what all this stuff means.

I'm not expecting to be pro here or anything.

Bryan like a basic photograph class or something?

[TROLL]

yeah i'm sure there are plenty of intro to photography classes around that would do you a lot of good if you're trying to improve your photography, or even just understand how a camera works.

[TrboChicsRock]

So for night shots I'd use a high iso and high exposure.

And a tripod.

[CleanNeon98]

And a tripod.

Id alwyas use one. Cant keep my hands still

[den9]

how much do u think a class cost? i been thinkin about taking one at bucks

[jspek]

So for night shots I'd use a high iso and high exposure.


jfyi i use 200 iso when shooting at night with a long exposure. just so i dont have a grainy pic in the end.

[TrboChicsRock]

how much do u think a class cost? i been thinkin about taking one at bucks

I think I paid around 350-400 for my class at my local county college. I'm sure it varies depending upon where you go.

[boyracer2k]

seriously, if you use a tripod, then the high iso range should never even be touched. unless you're printing the shots, then 200 iso on that kodak will probably produce more noise than my rican neighbor when you look at it on the computer.

as far as figuring it all out, troll is right; intro classes can be very helpful as you have someone with insight on the equipment guiding you along.

OR, if you weren't so digitally inclined, you could sit there and play with it yourself and do what renegade said; look it up yourself.