Right after a bit of advice.

Not on the camera, but how to get certain shots.

I only have a Fugi Finepix S5000, but the camera is ok i tihnk.

As im going on hoilday in a week i want to make the most of the photo's i take.

So could someone give me some points, it is worth learning about ISO, etc etc, also i want to certain shots like where the is a focus point or object and everything else is out of focus.

Cheers

Ryan

 

ISO http://www.photoxels.com/tutorial_iso.html

 

cheer rad, althought just found out my camera only has 800, 400 and auto

so not much choice

 

take a mini tripod with you on holiday you can mess about with the shutter speed/light settings at least

 

dont think my camera has that many settings, my mate said i could borrow his EOS, but i didnt want to due to me back packing for a month and not the most appropriate camera to be carrying round in a ruck sak.

 

you will be surprised I had an s7000 (is yours a bridge camera as well?)

you can chuck it on manual and play with the apertureand still get great shots but will need a tripod.

 

your camera does have all of those settings.

i highly recommend that you read the threads that greg (frog) did on here as they are written brilliantly so that the beginner can understand

 

bridge camera? you what ?

i guess i should try and find the manual and read some of the functions and rather than use it as a point and shoot.

 

cheers nick, will do a search in a moment.

 

Just been reading the specs on your camera and it looks like its just a point and shoot with no manual modes, BUT one way to check... has the mode dial got an M on it if yes then you have manual mode and can play with all he camera's settings.

if you do want to take shot where you have a focal point and everything else is blured have a lok at this it should help.

https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/178610-photography-101-o-lesson-three-o-aperture-and-depth-of-field.html

but i would start by having a lok through your camera manual seeing whats what then you can connect the terminoligy from the post and work out what you need to do.

 

all these may help too.

https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/184875-photography-101-o-lesson-four-o-iso-and-ev.html

https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/176597-photography-101-lesson-two-exposure.html

https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/176542-photography-101-lesson-one-cameras-and-lenses.html

 

a bridge camera (like yours) is between a compact and a full on digital slr with interchangeale lenses. you get a lot of the advanced features of the slr but with only the one lense that can either be seen as an advantage (always attached, doesn't get dusty) or a disadvantage (limited range)

 

yes it does james, just went to it, and can adjust ISO upto 2000, as i just took a very very black photo

 

ahh cheers for clearing that up nick.

 

This your camera Ryan?

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/fu..._s5000-review/

Moving to the right side now, let's take a look at the mode wheel. The items here are:

• Scene mode (portrait, landscape, sports, night scene) - you just select SP on the dial, you cannot choose one of the items in gray; I don't know why Fuji did this.
• Movie mode - more on this later
• Auto record - point and shoot
• Program mode - still point and shoot, but you have access to all camera settings
• Shutter priority mode - you choose shutter speed, camera picks appropriate aperture. Shutter speed range is disappointing at 2 - 1/1000 sec
• Aperture priority mode - you choose shutter speed, camera picks aperture. Range is F2.8 - F9, depending on focal length
• Full manual - you choose both the shutter speed and aperture; same ranges as above

 

right good mate.

set ISO on its lowest point.

Shutter to 125th

and Aperture to about 5.0 if you can that should get you a pic you can see.

 

ahh yes thats the one, so i guess i can do alot with it then judging from those spec's above.

 

Nice find Andy, NOW why couldnt i find that lol

 

Yes mate you can,

Like foreigneRS said you nearly have an SLR(Single Len Reflex) digital camera theres only two things your camera has that stops it being a DSLR.

1. No interchangable lens
2. you have a video mode and no proper DSLR can have a video mode because of the setup of the mirrors in side.

 

yeah you can..............only thing you really seem to be missing (if you could uses it al all) is a bulb setting or slightly longer shutter speed.

obviously you lose out on SLR features but not a bad bit of kit like I said if you get used to using it PROPERLY.

I could still take decent pics on my praktica MTL-5 but like i said you have to understand what your doing 1st lol

 

Some hits for you mate that have allways helped me.

Shutter (yours is 2 - 1/1000 sec )....

2 being 2 seconds so very slow... ok for night shooting on a tripod
1/1000 being 1 1000th of a second so very very quick you wouldnt work this high up the levels.
average day time shooting is around 125th as a guide.

Aperture (yours is F2.8 - F9)

one rule to remember there the small the number the bigger the Aperture and vise versa

So.... F2.8 is a very wide aperture and lets lots of light in and F9 is very small letting a little light in.

by balancing the two above settings you can take pictures of anything really.

ISO sensitivity (yours is 200, 400, 800)

200 low level good for out doors average shooting
400 medium level good for low light condition out doors and indoors
800 high level good for night work and really dark room.

one important thing to remember with ISO is the higher the number the more noise you will get on the picture and on 800 it may look a bit grainy but you will need to play and see what happens.

hope that helps.

 

yeah thats the thing, i dont want to mess up a perfectly good photo oppotunity but me messing around with settings and miss the chance to get another, so in those instances i may just take them with the Auto Function, but for arty shots i would like to have a mess about with settings for when i have a bit more time to get the shot right.

 

cheers james thats very very helpful.

 

there is often an easy way around what you want to do ryan by using the various modes of the camera that have pre-set parameters.

for example, portrait mode can be used when you want a short depth of field to get some things in focus and some not

 

ahhh cool, i presume thats that mode with the face on it?

 

also have :

a mountain
a running man
and a moon and star.

so what are these shooting mods used for. other than the obvious, also what type of shot do they produce?

 

yep, the one with the face.

the mountain is for landscape shots, so is opposite to portrait in that everything from near to far will be in focus

running man is for taking pictures of arnold schwarenegger it's for sports so has a fast shutter speed to freeze motion so that fast moving things are not blurred. can be too quick though, and for things like motorsports you want a slightly slower shutter speed to see the motion of the wheels, whilst keeping the rest in focus by panning (moving) with it.

moon and star is for low light pictures, so the aperture opens right up and the shutter speed will be slow enough to let enough light in.

you really should read the manual and greg's posts

 

yeah i will do, i pretty much presumed that what they were for, but unsure what type of shots they created like you have just discribed.

Right time to hunt for frogs post.

 

I've had one of these for about 3-4 yrs, would love to know how to do more with it..

 

dont forget you have "priorities" on the camera so you dont have to get the balance right all the time.

i.e set it on shutter priority for something high speed (track day) and it will adjust the aperature (if there is sufficient light) for you

or vice versa.........

low light stiuation shot with out the flash and the you can set the aperature and the sutter speed is matched to compensate (if you have the camera steady enough, hence the tripod )