Just picked back up my ixus 850 is after 10+ years of retirement!! I've been shooting many kinds of cameras over the years, lately mainly film point & shoot. But somehow felt nostalgic about this camera! I'm gonna take it for a spin!
It's funny, but my strategy for setting the color profile of this camera is the opposite =) I reduce the contrast as much as possible and make the exposure compensation negative. This allows you to reduce glare and overexposure, as well as preserve more shadows and information in dark areas. Since this camera doesn't have a raw format, this setup allows me to retain as much information as possible if I want to edit the image after shooting.
Thanks for sharing! That's what I love about photography: everyone can do it the way they like. One thing I'd caution about underexposer, however, is that you're prone to accentuating noise when you bring up the shadows. These older cameras did not do well in low light; you'll find a lot of weird chroma noise in the shadows. But if you're going for that vibe, that's good! If you have a RAW image, yes, you'll preserve more shadow info; but from a regular JPG, not so much. Anyway, thanks for watching and comment!
So playing around with my camera and looking at settings. Should I change my AF FRAME to anything other than face detect? Auto ISO shift, leave that on, off? IS mode, leave that as continuous?
Thanks for watching! Face detect is good for photographing people. If not, change it to center focus. Auto ISO is nice if the light changes often, or shooting conditions change. If you're in steady light, pick an ISO. IS mode is great; leave it on! Hope this helps. 📸
It’s funny, but in Moscow all prices for such Canons have skyrocketed to 60-200 dollars. On the contrary, prices for FZ45 - 50 / Fuji exr F500-770-800+ and other z812 such as S200 or s6500fd are very affordable (twice lower from 30+), you can still find e-510 e520 or g3, pm1 / a37-a55 quite a nice price of 50+ as if we were buying this canon with 5-7mp but now without loss of image
These are my settings for general photography, but for plants, I also zoomed in all the way and then got as close as I could to the flowers/plants. You should still get good result for wildlife with my settings, but change: Red +2 Green +2 Blue +1 in Custom Color. Hope this helps!
If i want to get good photos of my friends at parties at night, which settings do you recommend? (i want them to look edited with somewhat dark exp but a lot of light at the same time in the people)
Thanks for watching! For that effect, you need to use slow synch flash mode. Check your settings and turn that on. Then, you'll have bright flash on people, but dark backgrounds. Hope this helps!
Hi, I just want to take clear ebay pictures, and I cant get it to focus and take a clear picture no matter how hard I try. It was working. Don't know what I did?!! Thanks, Brenda
Unfortunately if you can not get focus at all that means the camera is broken. I have another Canon camera that has the same issue I cannot get it to focus at close or far distances. These older cameras weren't really made to be fixed, so you should be on the lookout for a replacement on eBay 👍
please help. i bought this camera i guess it doesn't read sd cards. i only tried two on it one 4gb and other one 2gb. its keeps saying "no memory card" and cannot record!
Just picked back up my ixus 850 is after 10+ years of retirement!! I've been shooting many kinds of cameras over the years, lately mainly film point & shoot. But somehow felt nostalgic about this camera! I'm gonna take it for a spin!
Very nice! Are you still using it?
It's funny, but my strategy for setting the color profile of this camera is the opposite =) I reduce the contrast as much as possible and make the exposure compensation negative. This allows you to reduce glare and overexposure, as well as preserve more shadows and information in dark areas. Since this camera doesn't have a raw format, this setup allows me to retain as much information as possible if I want to edit the image after shooting.
Thanks for sharing! That's what I love about photography: everyone can do it the way they like.
One thing I'd caution about underexposer, however, is that you're prone to accentuating noise when you bring up the shadows. These older cameras did not do well in low light; you'll find a lot of weird chroma noise in the shadows. But if you're going for that vibe, that's good! If you have a RAW image, yes, you'll preserve more shadow info; but from a regular JPG, not so much.
Anyway, thanks for watching and comment!
This really helped - got this camera at a garage store and was playing around w the settings, thank you!
Excellent! How are you liking the camera so far?
So playing around with my camera and looking at settings.
Should I change my AF FRAME to anything other than face detect?
Auto ISO shift, leave that on, off?
IS mode, leave that as continuous?
Thanks for watching!
Face detect is good for photographing people. If not, change it to center focus.
Auto ISO is nice if the light changes often, or shooting conditions change. If you're in steady light, pick an ISO.
IS mode is great; leave it on!
Hope this helps. 📸
Nice video 🔥
It’s funny, but in Moscow all prices for such Canons have skyrocketed to 60-200 dollars. On the contrary, prices for FZ45 - 50 / Fuji exr F500-770-800+ and other z812 such as S200 or s6500fd are very affordable (twice lower from 30+), you can still find e-510 e520 or g3, pm1 / a37-a55 quite a nice price of 50+ as if we were buying this canon with 5-7mp but now without loss of image
Yes, prices for various digicams have changed a lot recently! I think they will stabilize eventually.
Which is your favorite camera?
Are these settings mainly for shooting flowers/plants?
Or is this a good general settings? I mainly shoot a lot on water, fishing, and wildlife.
These are my settings for general photography, but for plants, I also zoomed in all the way and then got as close as I could to the flowers/plants.
You should still get good result for wildlife with my settings, but change:
Red +2
Green +2
Blue +1
in Custom Color. Hope this helps!
@@vmcamposCameraClub thanks for the help!
If i want to get good photos of my friends at parties at night, which settings do you recommend? (i want them to look edited with somewhat dark exp but a lot of light at the same time in the people)
Thanks for watching! For that effect, you need to use slow synch flash mode. Check your settings and turn that on. Then, you'll have bright flash on people, but dark backgrounds. Hope this helps!
Hi, I just want to take clear ebay pictures, and I cant get it to focus and take a clear picture no matter how hard I try. It was working. Don't know what I did?!! Thanks, Brenda
Unfortunately if you can not get focus at all that means the camera is broken. I have another Canon camera that has the same issue I cannot get it to focus at close or far distances. These older cameras weren't really made to be fixed, so you should be on the lookout for a replacement on eBay 👍
Nice video!
Thank you! I hope my recipe is useful to you! Do you have this, or related Digicams?
please help. i bought this camera i guess it doesn't read sd cards. i only tried two on it one 4gb and other one 2gb. its keeps saying "no memory card" and cannot record!
Try formatting the card to fat32 on the computer