Originally posted by: edro13
Well, do you have any tips?
I will be getting mine like a week before I go to Hawaii. Any tips would be greatful!
Also, how did you do the panoramic ones?
Okay, here's the tip:
RTFM! For real! Read the manual! Once you've read the manual you will no longer rely on 'Auto' mode, but you will grow to love the 'P' mode instead. If you are going to Hawaii and you're taking scenery pictures, make sure you have 'Daylight' set for white balance and 'Vivid' in the photo effects--this will really bring lava flows, flowers, greenery, sunsets, ocean shots to life. Basically, the only time you don't want to use Vivid is when its nighttime, when you are indoors, and when you are taking portraits of people. When shooting people (heh!), try experimenting with the 'Less Sharp' setting (or whatever its called) under the photo effects options. When shooting landscapes, make sure you have the landscape program mode on otherwise it won't focus right. Also make sure you have the macro program on (the lil flower icon) when shooting closeups.
When previewing your shots, make sure you zoom in to see finer detail (just hit zoom when in playback mode.) A lot of times your shots will look sharp on the LCD, but then you realize they were blurred when u upload them back to PC. Zoom to check them when you're there so you can reshoot if need be.
Peel the f**king plastic off the LCD!!! I'm notorious for leavin plastics on (did it with cellphone forever, did it with camera, did it with calculator etc.) Then my friend showed me how much of a moron I was...that plastic crap blurs the images on the LCD!!!
Panoramic mode is easy--piece of cake! You have to remember though that white balance won't autoadjust once you start taking pics. If you look at the panorama of my yard, you'll see that the left side looks too bright while the right side is fine. I should've started on the left side and settled for a darker right side.
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