Hey guys,

I got a question.


I have a Canon Powershot G2 Camera and my camera ownz me when it comes to taking pictures.

Now i can do normal point and click stuff like outdoor/portrait etc;

But when it comes to doing anything metal i get it all blurry and cant adjust it right.


Now my girl bought me this AWESOME diamond ring for v-day (its like 20 small diamonds adding up to .25 carat set in 10K gold band.

Now I really want to take a pic of it to show some people (anyone on here thats interested as well) but I cant get it to focus right. I had the same problem when I was selling some tools on ebay, I couldn't get pics to focus due to glare.


Someone help PLEASE!!!!


Thanks,
CK

 

Use a web cam instead.

 

Don't be too close when taking the picture or zoom in too close. Take it in a large photo and cut the image out. Also try turing the flash off or turn the lights in the room off and use the flash.

I've had the same problem with mine,(olympus d550) when I'd try to do close ups with bad lighting. So I'd set it to do a big area and cut the picture I want out using a photo editer.

Edit: also try putting the items on something that absorbs the light, like carpet. My carpet is a cream color, and it works pretty good.

 

Could do that, but it wouldn't capture the beauty of this ring.


And I spent 1300$ on the camera I am just a dumb **** and dont know how to use it properly.

It's a 4megapixel fully adjustable digicam. and it has a auto mode which I seem to abuse. :/

Someone help!


Thanks anyway Million!

CK

 

Doesn't you instruction book tell you how to use the macro settings?

My Sony Mavica will focus down to 1/2" from subject with proper lighting.

 

mmm I seem to have malitus my girlfriend tells me...instruction books?

Heh, I could TRY that but I was hoping someone would just tell me.

I'm going to try killing the lights with just flash, and I'm going to try my cream carpet.

I had already tried backing up but that didn't work to good still to fuzzy.

I want one of those beauty RIGHT up shots, it should be possible.


Explain macros though plz?

 

here are the pics I got using the tips you guys gave me, I need better though.

HELP!


CK

 

Here is one I just took.

I did not zoom in very close at all. I simply cut the picture out of the photo. Its also know as croping. I did not use a flash for the photo. I have flurecent lighting in the room. I also took about 15 more photo's to get one that was this decent. One good thing about digital cameras is that you can easily erase the bad photos.

 

See if your camera has a macro setting. This will allow you to focus much closer to the object. Also, the camera should have a setting to take lower resolution pictures so they won't be so large when you post them.

 

Going to try a few more things, I have flouresenet ligthing as well.

Will try again tomorrow very tired now and have school in morn early.

CK


Thanks guys!
CK

 

The first thing going on is the camera has trouble auto-focusing on smooth shiny objects like metal because of low contrast.

You can go to manual/infinity focus or look for a little contrast. The close up shots have to be done with the camera set on close-up.

 

I have had the G2 for over a year now. Here are a few things you can check:

While in shooting mode P, hit the menu button. Unless you intend to do a lot of post-processing, shoot in JPEG mode. You won't see much difference in quality with RAW, and JPEG won't have to be converted for others to view the photos. Use the highest resoultion (L) and least compression (S). This will give larger prints and cropped images much better resolution. If you want to e-mail images or use them on the net, you can easily make a smaller and more compressed version of the image in Photoshop.

Set the ISO speed to 50 or 100. The higher the number, the more noise you will get. Use 400 only in low-light or fast action conditions.

Set AF Mode to Single unless you are taking action shots.

Set Contrast, Sharpness, and Saturation at the middle positions. If you want more sharpness, it is best to experiment with that in Photoshop using Unsharp Mask.

If you are doing closeups (less than about 1 1/2 feet away) push the macro button (flower icon).

Remember that the shutter button is actually a two-step process, especially when you have AF Mode set to Single. Center and hold your object in the white square and press the shutter button halfway down. You will hear two beeps and the box will turn green if the object is in focus. You can now press the button the rest of the way and take the picture. If you only get one beep while half down and the box is yellow, the camera can't get a focus on the object. Try focusing on something with verticle lines or lettering like windshield frame or license plate; trying to focus on objects that have no contrast with nearby objects can cause problems. If you get a focus lock on an object of equal distance from the camera, you can re-compose the frame and keep that focus as long as you maintain a half-pressed shutter button.

Use a tri-pod for indoors or low-light conditions. You can buy one that is only about a foot tall and costs about $15 dollars. Wall-Mart sells them. They screw into the tread at the bottom of the camera and will help reduce the chance of blurry pictures due to camera shake. When using the tri-pod, also use the self-timer function because even with a tri-pod, the camera may still move when you hit the shutter release.

I find it a bit awkard to use, but you might try experimenting with the Manual Focus. You must hold-in the MF button while you scroll the Omni selector up and down. When it looks as clear as possible or the bar graph points to the approximate distance from the object, release the MF button and take the picture. You won't get the green square when you half-press the shutter while using MF, but you should get the two beeps indicating the exposure is correct.

If you are still having problems, check out this very active Canon forum.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1010

Above all, experiment with different camera settings and practice. The cool thing about digicams is that you don't have to pay for or keep the bad ones.

 

This helped a lot thanks guys!!!

CK




This is my ring!

 

If there was One more row along the bottom ,I'd yell Bingo!

 

two funny their million :P

What do you guys think? My girlfriend rox


CK