Macro Photography Mania!

[Dispar_Anthias]

wah think my cam's noise reduction is very bad.. ISO 400 already quite noisy.. any tips on reducing noise?

I think not much we can do lah... point and shoot cannot ask for more liao

My dsc- w1 need to use add on lens.. or else also very noisy

[roidan]

wah think my cam's noise reduction is very bad.. ISO 400 already quite noisy.. any tips on reducing noise?

u can try those noise reduction software like noise ninja or neat image....

but it's an inherent problem of digicams..whereby the sensor itself is small and they squeeze alot of pixels into the sensor, therefore noise is a big problem for digicams as the ISO goes up.

but for everyday shooting, nothing beats a portable digicam compared to a heavybrick DSLR

[ryz]

mine is prosumer leh. expected more.. and my max ISO setting is only 400 ..

[weileong]

one more shot.

Rics with mini small tube worm on the lower left side of the image.

[Dispar_Anthias]

DA...any tips from u how to take macro for our cam without any add ons???

Our cam quite jialat leh... cos zoom not good enough(best i think is 6X).... also if you want nice clear pic, use tripod.. result totally diff

Close up on flower

[weileong]

Now most of the shots are done at f/32, ISO 200 and manual focusing. Exposure times vary anywhere from 1/8 to 1sec.

I think not much choice to use f/32 to get the max depth of field and with this definately requires tripod.

ISO 200 for the super "sharp" feeling.

Wow piang non-marine shots also come liao

[ryz]

ISO is the sensitivity of the "film"

higher the ISO the more sensitive the film is to light. so a little bit of light will form image on the film liao. good for night shots and shots taken in dark places

[roidan]

the canon G6 max is also around ISO400. Same for the Nikon 8800.

my previous sony f828 is slightly better with a max of ISO800..but trust me, you wouldn't want to go pass ISO200 on the f828 also.....

i reckon the ISO200 on my f828 is the ISO1600-3200 on my 20d now...since i have used both before, i am in a position to judge. really alot of difference.

[Dispar_Anthias]

another one.. this one background quite blur liao

[ryz]

oopss my bad..

[Dispar_Anthias]

rose...

wah pic so big

[ryz]

singapore river... look at how forced this shot is... I shoot with ISO100... can u believe it?? F/6.5 +ISO100 + after midnight = need 8.0 sec shutter speed. haha

[roidan]

one more shot.

Rics with mini small tube worm on the lower left side of the image.

damn nice..looks like party ballons waiting to be burst

[Dispar_Anthias]

singapore river... look at how forced this shot is... I shoot with ISO100... can u believe it?? F/6.5 +ISO100 + after midnight = need 8.0 sec shutter speed. haha

haha macro.. now go to scenery shot liao

[ryz]

oops off topic haha.. just show u how bad my cam's noise reduction is lah.. I reckon 200 will still be ok. but 400 when view the full size picture the dark sky sure will be very noisy.. 8 seconds shtter speed without tripod ok.. hahaha pro right? resting on the concrete support lah

[roidan]

if u can hold 8s so still...

u will be singapore's top sniper

[Dispar_Anthias]

oops off topic haha.. just show u how bad my cam's noise reduction is lah.. I reckon 200 will still be ok. but 400 when view the full size picture the dark sky sure will be very noisy.. 8 seconds shtter speed without tripod ok.. hahaha pro right? resting on the concrete support lah

Ya my cam on ISO400 also damn jialat liao

see the noise.. forgot if this is at ISO400

[weileong]

Ya my cam on ISO400 also damn jialat liao

see the noise.. forgot if this is at ISO400

Actually not so bad lei

[ryz]

if you forgot the details of the shot can check by right clicking on the fiule and choose properties. then go to summary

as such..

cool right.. haha

[weileong]

How abt this? non-macro.

[weileong]

lightning behind clouds + constellation shots.

20sec exposure with NR.

[ryz]

just took this shot.. taken at ISO400.. not so bad cuz of the bright MH.. if taking pictures of monkeys in zoo then ISO400 sure will be v noisy

[weileong]

i really totally give up on macro for this cam...

try manual focusing and if still cannot focus that means your cam is too near the object. Try 1cm away and refocus... if still blurr then another cm away and try again....

[ryz]

think for macro u use manual focus will be easier if ur cam keeps focussing on wrong thing.

[damien]

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