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    Default My First few Snaps :)

    Just got a Fujifilm Finepix S2000HD

    These are the first couple of pics I have done

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    My son


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    Nice! Love the colours in the first one

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    Hehe cute kid, his picture is the best of the bunch imho.

    According to the exif data i see you are using it on program auto at the moment and as such the camera is using quite a high ISO, 400 in the pics with your son and the bird and 800 on the flower, which is making them a little "noisey" or gainy. Experiment with the settings and find one which allows you to manually set the ISO and try to keep it as low as possible whilst maintaining a fast enough shutter speed for the picture you are taking.

    For example the exif data on the picture of your son is

    Camera Maker: FUJIFILM
    Camera Model: FinePix S2000HD S2100HD
    Image Date: 2010:01:01 00:49:14
    Focal Length: 57.5mm
    Aperture: f/5.4
    Exposure Time: 0.0024 s (1/420)
    ISO equiv: 400
    Exposure Bias: none
    Metering Mode: Matrix
    Exposure: program (Auto)
    White Balance: Auto
    Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, red eye reduction mode)
    Color Space: sRGB

    Basically every time you half the iso you half the shutter speed, so dropping the iso on the pic of you lad to 200 would have halved the shutter speed to 1/210 of a second, and drop it to iso 100 and the shutter speed would have been 1/105 (or what the actual one on the camera is, probably 1/100) now unless you have REALLY shakey hands or you son is related to superman and moves really quick that should be plenty fast enough and would have resulted in a sharper picture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mac124 View Post
    Hehe cute kid, his picture is the best of the bunch imho.

    According to the exif data i see you are using it on program auto at the moment and as such the camera is using quite a high ISO, 400 in the pics with your son and the bird and 800 on the flower, which is making them a little "noisey" or gainy. Experiment with the settings and find one which allows you to manually set the ISO and try to keep it as low as possible whilst maintaining a fast enough shutter speed for the picture you are taking.

    For example the exif data on the picture of your son is

    Camera Maker: FUJIFILM
    Camera Model: FinePix S2000HD S2100HD
    Image Date: 2010:01:01 00:49:14
    Focal Length: 57.5mm
    Aperture: f/5.4
    Exposure Time: 0.0024 s (1/420)
    ISO equiv: 400
    Exposure Bias: none
    Metering Mode: Matrix
    Exposure: program (Auto)
    White Balance: Auto
    Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, red eye reduction mode)
    Color Space: sRGB

    Basically every time you half the iso you half the shutter speed, so dropping the iso on the pic of you lad to 200 would have halved the shutter speed to 1/210 of a second, and drop it to iso 100 and the shutter speed would have been 1/105 (or what the actual one on the camera is, probably 1/100) now unless you have REALLY shakey hands or you son is related to superman and moves really quick that should be plenty fast enough and would have resulted in a sharper picture.

    Experiment and have fun.

    OMG thanks for the info man i did try and change the ISO but on auto i dont think you can - and i had only had it open and out of the box for about 10min


    so lower ISO = slower shutter speed but crisper picture
    higher = faster shutter speed but more grain to the picture.

    What iso would be best for in the dark?

    I belive i can go upto 6400 with the iso.

    im off out soon to play with it more and see what it can do and try out some of it setings to see what results i can get

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    Quote Originally Posted by Massimo View Post
    so lower ISO = slower shutter speed but crisper picture
    higher = faster shutter speed but more grain to the picture.

    What iso would be best for in the dark?

    I belive i can go upto 6400 with the iso.
    Exactly, if the light is poor and you can't use the flash then you will need to use high iso's but as mentioned this will lead to noisey pictures. Personally i try not to use above 800 unless absolutly necessary, but it does depend on the camera.

    It's just about experimenting, sometimes a bit of grain to the picture adds that little something, again it depends on the subject.
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    So in normal conditions with natural daylight, if you were taking a picture of a person what would you recommend as a iso setting.

    I'd love to get some better pics from my camera, would stop me wanting to buy another camera that might not give me better pics after all.

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    Been playing around with the iso and you need a steady hand on a low iso lol

    about 6 pictures till i got the right one - As the shutter rate is a bit slower i get a blury/smudged picture on 100/200 @ 400 i seem to be getting pretty decent pics


    I do like the macro shots tho im guessing the lower the iso the beta on sertan macro pics?

    Ima out to play with it a bit more.
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    Its all about compromise, you need decent light for low ISO so try to keep the shutter speed reasonable much below say 1/25s and you probably need a tripod or some other method of steadying the camera.
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    Flash off = Blury pic

    Flash on = fine pic

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    Thats because with the flash on the camera will adjust the apature time accordingly. I asume it does a flash or two before taking the picture? This is probably red eye reduction and/or it metering to know what to set the apature time to.

    Using flash obviously makes it alot easier in low light but some times its just not possible.

    Do you get the info up on the screen or looking through the viewfinder when taking a picture? As this is very useful as it can be used to select the correct settings.
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    Really need some help on how to change the shutter speed on auto it is faster but on all other settings its a lot slower. Does anyone els have a Finepix s2000HD and know how to change it??

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    I had a fuji s7000 and was quite confused about how to change shutter speed until i read the manual...

    put the main mode wheel into shutter priority (probably Tv) then (on the s7000) you twiddled a small wheel where your thumb rests.

    edit:
    just seen a pic of the s2000HD, the modes are different...(or i've forgotten what was on the s7000) try SP (it'll be in the manual tho)
    but there's no dial, so i can't say how you'd do the adjustment

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    here it is: page 44
    http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digi..._manual_02.pdf
    set to S mode, press the +/- button, then use up/down on the d-pad
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Grapes View Post
    I had a fuji s7000 and was quite confused about how to change shutter speed until i read the manual...

    put the main mode wheel into shutter priority (probably Tv) then (on the s7000) you twiddled a small wheel where your thumb rests.

    edit:
    just seen a pic of the s2000HD, the modes are different...(or i've forgotten what was on the s7000) try SP (it'll be in the manual tho)
    but there's no dial, so i can't say how you'd do the adjustment

    edit again:
    here it is: page 44
    http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digi..._manual_02.pdf
    set to S mode, press the +/- button, then use up/down on the d-pad

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