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k850i Night Shot Problem Advice For You! |
Hobbes911
Joined: Jul 17, 2008
Posts: 5
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So I just spent about an hour and a half fooling around with the phone, taking pictures in poor light conditions and here is what I've found the following help minimize underexposure as well as help make a picture nicer!:
1) just like someone else on this board said, use Red Eye Flash setting
2) Under picture settings, scroll all the way to the right till you reach the list of settings that has Stabilizer. Turn this off.
3) Make sure your hands are as still as possible while taking the picture.
After you have taken the picture, you can also do the following:
4) Under PhotoDJ, go to Light Balance. Clicking this just ONCE will balance the dark and light in the photo. You can continue toggling the balance but I've found that just going into it once is best.
5) Go to Brightness and Contrast and raise the contrast (bar on left of screen) ONCE. Anything more than that makes it look too bright.
6) OPTIONAL: you can add extra color in Color Balance by moving the bar one or two notches to the right.
Here are a few Before and After pictures from editing, using steps 4, 5, and 6. (I didn't have a chance to mess around with steps 1 - 3 until i got home)
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbes911 on 2008-07-23 08:09 ] | |
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plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: Sweden fur alle
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look here. the absolutley best way to shoot flash pics with K850 is DOCUMENT profile, (thats all you have to think about).. i have tons with flash pics, (auto + iso.100, etc, etc, etc...but nothing beats document)
(have a lot more, all flash pics becomes like this... really awesome flash i must say)
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I  C902,  W810 &  T29
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/21179102@N07/
(t610, t630, k700, k750, k800, k810, k850)
[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2008-07-23 09:44 ] |
Hobbes911
Joined: Jul 17, 2008
Posts: 5
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That's AWESOME!!! Thanks so much for the advice Plangkaton! I'm going to use that from now on at night (Can I also use during the daytime or should I also use Document for daytime pics???) |
plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: Sweden fur alle
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k850 is THE document shooter. in daylight use this. document + daylight, (EV -0.7).
then the sharpness come to you like a redneck on a virgin night.
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I C902, W810 & T29
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/21179102@N07/
(t610, t630, k700, k750, k800, k810, k850)
[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2008-07-24 09:15 ] |
Raiderski
Joined: Jul 03, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Poland, Hell, Mountains
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well, it's nothing new in document scene
scene sharpness EV flash ISO contrast + brightness
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doc maximum +0.7 100 increased
other low 0.0 200 neutral
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Hiron
Joined: Aug 16, 2007
Posts: 435
From: Denpasar - Bali, Indonesia
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I found that if we enable document settings, the EV is set automatically to +0.7
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So I have a question for you, plank 
1. In daylight, you says "daylight" WhiteBalance with "document" mode EV -0.7,
so you means TRULY -0.7
OR
LOWERED it to 0.0? (+0.7 - 0.7 = 0.0, as the document EV automatically set to +0.7)
2. In the night shot, what EV do you use? Please says the EV in TRULY mode, not LOWERED mode 
3. In the night shot, what White Balance Preset do you use?
4. Did you turn on or turn off Image Stabilizer all the time?
5. Did you use Red-Eye Reduction or Normal Flash mode in your night picture posted above?
Thanks for the useful tips, Hobbes911 and plankgatan. Two thumbs up!
and, Thanks for your attention,
Hiron
[ This Message was edited by: Hiron on 2008-07-24 12:28 ] | |
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