Point and shooters only

[slipper]

Just thought i should start a new picture gallery. This picture gallery is for point and shoot cameras only!
Im new to photography maybe besides a little bit of photography 101 in high school a long whiles back. Hopefully i will be getting a cheap used Canon 10D soon cause the prices are really starting to drop for these.

Ill be posting more pics soon, heres all i could dig up for now. One of my favs in Haleiwa Town, North Shore of Oahu. Taken on my girlfriends Casio QVR40

http://homepage.mac.com/alexshu/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-03-07%2020.04.31%20-0800/Image-837E08B98F8311D9.jpg

[840quadra]

http://www.volksport.org/volksport/modules/gallery/albums/album18/oen3.sized.jpg

Taken with Powershot A80

[mkrishnan]

Nice pics, both of you! :) Lemme see if I have anything nice that's shareable from my S50.

Quadra, I just gotta say, tee-hee, that I was at fredmiranda.com, in a people photos forum, and I saw a thread entitled Touareg, and I was wondering, what, a photo of an SUV in such a thread, but the person had an honest-to-goodness Touareg tribesman in his studio! Gorgeous photo too... That thing isn't yours, is it? :eek: *understands why you're still computing on an 840!* :eek: ;) :D

Yeah, here's something...most of my pics are portraits and candids of kids from camp that I don't feel comfortable posting, but this is a bud from last year from my parents' garden in Jacksonville, FL. Today my mother picked one of her first roses, which was a fine, fine pink, but unfortunately, no camera. :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/mkrishnan/JAX20040612/dfb44b8b.jpg

[ChrisBrightwell]

Taken with Powershot A80The A-Series Powershots have full manual control, so I don't really consider it a "point and shoot" camera. In any case, here we go:

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/48/83/1508348-178417acb58a83cc.jpg

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/85/49/1414985-c6c1a417418c9730.jpg

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/70/98/1419870-1c5b966fb6b19d98.jpg

[roadapple]

Sony Cybershot U10 1.3 mp

[revenuee]

The A-Series Powershots have full manual control, so I don't really consider it a "point and shoot" camera.

the "Manual" modes in this camera's are nice to play with

BUT with such small lenses and close proximity to the CCD you really don't see THAT much difference -- they are great for learning aperture to shutter speed relationships though.

[mkrishnan]

The A-Series Powershots have full manual control, so I don't really consider it a "point and shoot" camera.

That oceanside came out very nicely! I think the goldfish was a great idea, but that'd be a mad tough shot to get a point-and-shoot to get right... :(

BTW, what is *your* camera?

[homerjward]

my hp photosmart 735 is a pita to use--devours batteries and an incredible delay from shutter press to picture take, not to mention it takes forever to take a pic when the battery's low so everything comes out blurry no matter how still you hold it. takes good pictures besides that. all that said, i'm a total photography n00b.
http://img253.echo.cx/img253/5465/hpim05467uw.jpg

http://img253.echo.cx/img253/4605/hpim06546wi.jpg

[ChrisBrightwell]

double-post. sorry.

[ChrisBrightwell]

That oceanside came out very nicely! Thanks. I wish I could've gotten that shot AND the temple to Poseidon in the same frame. Would've been nice.

I think the goldfish was a great idea, but that'd be a mad tough shot to get a point-and-shoot to get right... :(Thanks -- that ones is titled, "First are friends, not food." :)

Learn about the macro mode on your camera. A good macro mode and fully automatic focus/apeture should manage a shot like that pretty well. That's how I did it. :)

BTW, what is *your* camera?Olympus C-2100. I just bought a Canon Powershot A95, but I'm not sure if I'll be keeping it or not.

[840quadra]

Powershot A95

That is more advanced then my a-80.

And that photo was taken in Macro mode in full automatic.. I didn't start learning the advanced features until shortly before I sold it and bought the Pro1



Quadra, I just gotta say, tee-hee, that I was at fredmiranda.com, in a people photos forum, and I saw a thread entitled Touareg, and I was wondering, what, a photo of an SUV in such a thread, but the person had an honest-to-goodness Touareg tribesman in his studio! Gorgeous photo too... That thing isn't yours, is it? *understands why you're still computing on an 840!*


No, It belongs to a friend.. I have pictures of my VWs but I will not post them here, since I took them with a non point and shoot camera :)

[ChrisBrightwell]

That is more advanced then my a-80.No kidding.

And that photo was taken in Macro mode in full automatic.. That's what I suspected. Thanks for the info.

[840quadra]

No kidding.

That's what I suspected. Thanks for the info.


Well no need to get defensive, others may not know that, and I was just trying to share.

I will dig up some photos from my old Fuji D-10 and post them later. There should be no dispute that the D-10 is only a point and shoot. :)

[Bibulous]

sorry

[Bibulous]

$1 paypal to first one to name this building...

[ChrisBrightwell]

Well no need to get defensive [...]Bah -- I forget sometimes that sarcasm doesn't travel well. :) Sorry for that.

Here's one from my A95:
http://photos.photosig.com/photos/86/05/1510586-a57f9926976b6989.jpg



And one from a Kodak DC-215, which is a really old 1MP P&S camera that I started on back in 2000. I know the horizon is a tad crooked, but whatever. I was just glad to have this shot.

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/32/11/221132-bb861f0f7a150d83.jpg

[840quadra]

Bah -- I forget sometimes that sarcasm doesn't travel well. :) Sorry for that.

No problem, I wasn't quite sure. ;)

Those are some Awesome shots!! I sometimes wish I still had my A-80, it was a great camera, and took real nice pictures in almost any mode.

The Kodak camera takes good pictures for what it is.. It is hard to find a good low MPX camera that has little image noise. Granted there is a bit in that shot, but it is MUCH lower then some of the cameras I had in the past.

[john1123]

Here's two from my Casio EX-Z40

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Johannesw/cimg0166.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Johannesw/cimg1739.jpg

[homerjward]

Here's two from my Casio EX-Z40

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Johannesw/cimg0166.jpg

where was that taken? do you have it in a higher rez? id love to use that as my desktop background...

[840quadra]

An old picture from my long gone D-510

http://www.neuwerks.com/B5BAR/sunset.jpg

[john1123]

where was that taken? do you have it in a higher rez? id love to use that as my desktop background...

i took this one in Kyoto, Japan when i was there on exchange..
here's a larger version:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Johannesw/kyoto.jpg

[Moxiemike]

the "Manual" modes in this camera's are nice to play with

BUT with such small lenses and close proximity to the CCD you really don't see THAT much difference -- they are great for learning aperture to shutter speed relationships though.

My favorite thing about P&S digitals is when soccer moms and dads see me at sporting events shooting and ask me why their Canon A90/Nikon 5300/Fuji S5000/etc. can't get shots as nice as my SLR.

They generally wanna know why my 4mp/6mp DSLR works better than their 7mp/8mp point and shoots. Funny thing about cameras-- back in the film days, it was ALL about whether or not you had a f2.0 lens or an f3.5. Nowadays, it's all a megapixel war.

Also of note-- the paradigm has shifted too. It used to be manly to have the fastest lens. And the men ate it up. These days, it's the WOMEN who are easily offended when I, who am being paid by the org who i'm photo-ing, gets in the way of their kid scoring a goal or whatever. I thought this one woman was gonna use her P&S as a hammer and hit me in the face. ;)

Cracks me up. Though you guys are using your P&S's about as well as they can be expected to be used.

[Mr. Anderson]

My favorite thing about P&S digitals is when soccer moms and dads see me at sporting events shooting and ask me why their Canon A90/Nikon 5300/Fuji S5000/etc. can't get shots as nice as my SLR.

They generally wanna know why my 4mp/6mp DSLR works better than their 7mp/8mp point and shoots. Funny thing about cameras-- back in the film days, it was ALL about whether or not you had a f2.0 lens or an f3.5. Nowadays, it's all a megapixel war.


The best is when you see someone with a point and shoot taking a picture of a building or scene (distance shot) and you see the flash go off :D :p

I'm tempted to say something every time I see it happen.....

Here's something from my Canon S30....

[Moxiemike]

The best is when you see someone with a point and shoot taking a picture of a building or scene (distance shot) and you see the flash go off :D :p

I'm tempted to say something every time I see it happen.....

Here's something from my Canon S30....


nice shot. yea. i love the flash fiends. haha.

that said, some fill flash can do wonders... but not on a building 2 miles away. :)

I wish i could post some shots here, but alas, DSLR is my bread 'n' buttah....I could probably post some DiMage 7 shots....

Like.....

http://homepage.mac.com/moxiemike/.Pictures/lr_martini.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/moxiemike/.Pictures/lr_blind.jpg

Both shot with my old Minolta DiMage 7i.....

[Wes]

Edited for bad taste.

[Wes]

Awww man. That poor guy is blind and homeless and he literally sings for his supper-- give him a lil' more credit....

Ah, I wasn't aware... editing...

[Moxiemike]

Ah, I wasn't aware... editing...

nah. dont edit. it's all good. I mean, it DOES look similar.... but having seen that guy sing on the corner since i was in college... wow. he's a long-termer, and has a good voice, too...

[mkrishnan]

Awww man. That poor guy is blind and homeless and he literally sings for his supper-- give him a lil' more credit....

Well, I think your shot really brought out a sense of nobility in him. Street singers can be amazing people sometimes. There was a really great homeless gentleman who sang and played violin, in Ann Arbor, that everyone used to love, and whom I miss... :(

[Stratification]

Nice idea for a thread. This was taken over the weekend with our Sony DSC-P100. Here ya go:

[ChrisBrightwell]

Bump. :)

Here's another from the A95 -- learning some of the manual controls.

[slipper]

Nice idea for a thread. This was taken over the weekend with our Sony DSC-P100. Here ya go:
nice pic, next time try fooling around with the shutter speed and aperture

[mkrishnan]

Here's another from the A95 -- learning some of the manual controls.

Nice, Chris!

If the control layout is similar to the S50, which I suspect it is, when you are in any of the lettered modes, like M/Av/P/etc, I think you can press in on the joystick/D-Pad, and this will cause the directions to move the focus / metering box around on the screen to whatever location you want. This might help you with using auto focus on a picture like this, since the camera will usually insist on focusing to the middle of the object....

[Inspector Lee]

Vegas... Sony Cybershot U10 1.3 mp

Hey, i thought the sfinx was in Egypt... :D

[Stratification]

nice pic, next time try fooling around with the shutter speed and aperture

I typically do on my 35mm SLR. The Sony digital I was using is pretty limited on manual adjustments though. May go back and see what else I can get though.

[mkrishnan]

I typically do on my 35mm SLR. The Sony digital I was using is pretty limited on manual adjustments though. May go back and see what else I can get though.

So you live within easy distance of a waterfall? Impressive! ;) :D

We have a lovely lake nearby, where I go kayaking sometimes, and there are bald eagles there...hmmm.... :)

[aussie_geek]

Tis photo is of the trunk of our gum tree that was recently taken down. Thie image was shot on a Sony Cybershot DSC-P73 4.1 MP camera.


aussie_geek

[JDOG_]

One of my favorites...

[virividox]

i really like the kyoto shot :) and the drink

[BakedBeans]

a few from the days of the fujifilm s5000


http://img236.echo.cx/img236/8346/selbourne47rx.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/algodden/.Pictures/Bulbury%20(1)%20Resized.jpg

[Bibulous]

Hey, i thought the sfinx was in Egypt... :D

Looks a bit like Gerard Depardieu...No?

[jonat8]

This is my HP Photosmart m407 (4.1MP) camera. I'm fairly new to digital photography but I think it takes pretty good photos. I paid just over £100 for it.

The pics are of a friends' border terrier puppy. Her name is Holly and she certainly knows how to pose for the camera! I've taken more photos of her than anything else!

http://homepage.mac.com/jonat8/hollysmall1.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/jonat8/hollysmall2.jpg

Here are the full size pics (900kb each):
http://homepage.mac.com/jonat8/holly1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/jonat8/holly2.jpg

I've only just got broadband too and I'm loving being able to view all these threads I've wanted to look at for ages but never had the patience to wait for! :)

[Rocky3478]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Rocky3478/Img0233.jpg

Click for large (273 kb) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Rocky3478/044589fa.jpg)

Taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4500 digicam up at Lake Tahoe in California this past winter.

[yellow]

Taken with a really crappy Kodak DC2300 or something..

Iceland in 2002.

http://www.radonc.duke.edu/~yellow/IcelandSG.jpg

[mkrishnan]

Iceland in 2002.

Wow, Yellow, that needs to be straightened very slightly, but that photo is *fabulous*. :D

[MacRy]

How do I insert a picture into my post rather than have it as an attachment? Do I have to have the picture hosted on a site somewhere or something?

Attached is a couple from my Canon Powershot S45. The one of my cat makes me laugh because it looks like she's nursing my tortoises when she had just got in and laid down for no apparent reason.

[yellow]

Do I have to have the picture hosted on a site somewhere or something?

Yes.

[mkrishnan]

Yes.

To expound... :D

Try www.photobucket.com or www.flickr.com ... both of them allow you to have direct links (such as the way Yellow's photo appears a few replies up).

I use Photobucket because I got it before flickr really became well known, and it is very easy to use. Flickr has the advantage of some nice iPhoto integration, I have heard, so that you can basically add menus of some kind to iPhoto to upload pics to flickr, rather than going to a website and dragging them into the upload menu and so on....

After that, you get the web address of the picture (http://....) and you click on the yellow and grey picture of a mountain in the middle of the row of buttons above the textbox on the forum reply page, and paste that web address into the box. :)

BTW, MacRy, the sunset cityscape is very nice. You should try straightening it out -- I think it's an outstanding photo. :)

[yellow]

Wow, Yellow, that needs to be straightened very slightly, but that photo is *fabulous*. :D

Thanks.. the angle is unfortunate. But, like I said, that camera sux. (The viewfinder guides were all off kilter) That one was a really lucky shot. The light was just right for the stained glass image on the right and without the flash it came out WAY better in picture then it did look in real life.

I'm not a religious man at all, but all those colors were simply beautiful.

It's from a small church just outside of Reykjavik near the President's house.

[MacRy]

To expound... :D

Try www.photobucket.com or www.flickr.com ... both of them allow you to have direct links (such as the way Yellow's photo appears a few replies up).


BTW, MacRy, the sunset cityscape is very nice. You should try straightening it out -- I think it's an outstanding photo. :)

That's great. Thanks for your help. I've set up a Flickr account so hopefully this should work.....

Thanks for the comment on my cityscape. I;m really chuffed that you think it's outstanding :D

http://photos9.flickr.com/12673073_ae548f530b_b.jpg

http://photos8.flickr.com/12673625_a8408deb1b_o.jpg