Canon A95 test macro shots

[aimeekitty]

http://aimeemajor.com/images/a95/

I thought that some of you interested in doll camera might find this useful. Keep in mind that Pudding-chan (the smaller doll) is only about 4 inches tall, her head being about 1 to 2 inches big. So photographing her well in macro mode, to me would be a litmus test since she's about as small as you can get.

(btw... Momo (my Kaede doll) suffered a small eye accident. Can you see it...?)

basically what I was trying to do, was see if the camera can take really close up CLEAR photos of dolls. I think that with some more reading on my part, that the camera will do what I want. but those of you who are photo saavy, perhaps take a look and see what you think? (or any suggestions obviously welcome). the photos themselves are not all that interesting, but they're just tests

all of these photos are unedited (except for size)

--the first ones (tim = test with settings: inside and macro on.) were taken inside my computer room with the overhead fan light on, and the settings on the camera to no flash, "inside" and "macro".

--the second set are also inside my computer room, but changed the mode to portrait (tpm files test portrait macro) and still on macro.

--the third section are all outside with various lighting settings around my house. settings are still portrait and macro. (I like how portrait blurs the background some! pretty! probably will be fun for taking cosplay photos and portraits of well PEOPLE.)

I still need to read the advanced settings and try out some of the nonadvanced ones. Apparently you can change the shutter speed the aperture and all that jazz, though my low knowledge of cameras means, that I dont know exactly what changing those will do to effect the photo. I have a lot of reading to do!!

Comments

[angelificatus.livejournal.com]

*SCREAMS!*.
they look so adorable together....but....
this is making me wish for a YOKO!!!!!!!!!!!
waaaahhhH!!!!...

Thanks for the pictures Aimee.....!
great to see you having fun with it...
more please !

[dmk26.livejournal.com]

Wow, these look great. Its amazing how far digital cameras have come.
You might want to try and play around with white balance settings as well.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

is that meaning that the whites will be whiter, basically? (or the brights anyway?) chaning the brightness balance basically?

[dmk26.livejournal.com]

The white balance lets you set what the true "color" of white will be. For example, even tho pictures tmp08 and tmp17 have the same subject, the "whites" in tmp17 seem to have a "blue" tint. You can get that to be a truer white using different white balance setting. Try taking the exact same picture with different white balance settings to see the difference.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

that makes total sense! I have a feeling I have a long way till I understand everything though

[nikita2471.livejournal.com]

You might be better off just adjusting for color thru Photoshop for now. What you really need to read up on is understanding light first, before you can understand how to control white balance.

The key to taking sharper doll pics is not to use the preset macro mode but shoot in Av or manual mode and have plenty of light available to focus on the doll. That camera has manual focus so I suggest you try using that too as the autofocus system sometimes can't always be relied upon, no matter what camera. Mount on a tripod when you can too.

Just keep playing with the camear and taking lots of test shots. Try different lighting techniques till you find one that works for you and your camera.

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Another thing to try is maybe getting one of those mini tripods? And then use a 10sec self timer. That way your hand shake won't blur the picture.

Of course, when there's plenty of light that's not a problem with shake.

Glad you're happy with the camera! I was playing around with it at the store too and it's very nice. :D

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

oh I am DEFINITELY getting a mini tripod. :)

did you end up getting something :)

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Oh yah. I got the Kyocera SL400R.

I wanted something very small and portable, but also able to take self portraits or at least with me and someone else. O:)

So this camera is great in that you can swivel the lens back and still see the LCD so you can still see what picture you're taking.

The only real downside to this camera is that there's no real lens protection, so I'll have to keep this thing in the case almost all the time.

Oh and it's shiny. ;-)

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Oh another thing to try is that you can change the white balance and then just look through the LCD. It should show you what the picture will look like before you actually take the picture.

That way you can switch between automatic White Balance or find another one that fits.