This is an excellent camera and I highly recommend it to anyone that wants a compact, yet advanced camera without having to carry around a bulky dSLR.
I am fairly new to photography so I was looking to seek some advice on certain scenarios when shooting images. One thing I noticed is that in a lot of sunlight, sometimes the faces of the objects come out dark and everything else is exposed fine. This usually occurs when I have it set to "Auto-Auto," but I have also experimented with manual settings. I typically leave the ISO at the lowester or second lowest setting for the sunlight, and adjust the aperture and shutter speed accordingly. I am fairly new to photography though so the only thing I know about the aperture is that I can adjust it for the depth of field, and that the shutter speed I can adjust to capture action shots to show a single instant or to incorporate the motion.
Anyways, does anyone know how I can overcome the occasional problem that I have in the sunlight of shooting an image where the faces appear dark/shadowed while the surrounds are fine? I have also tried the default setting for Sunlight and I think that gave me the same problem.
PS - for people considering to buy this camera, do not let my problem discourage you. I HIGHLY recommend this camera and stress that the problem that I have is not with the camera, but with me being a beginner to photography and not having a well developed understanding of all the settings.
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This is a common problem in my experience. While I don't have a G10, I have used a variety of Canon & Nikon cameras, both SLR & Point & Shoot.
One way to solve you problem is to put your camera in "Program" mode, which is "P" on my canons, then turn on the flash so it will fire even in the sunlight. There should be an "always on" setting for the flash. This will illuminate the faces of the people in the picture and is commonly used when a subject is back lit. It will help prevent the "silhouette" you get with strong back light.
Of course another way to prevent this is to turn your subject so that they are lit from the side or from YOUR back. Very bright sunlight will cause your subjects to squint, however.
Hope some of this helps.
CB
One way to solve you problem is to put your camera in "Program" mode, which is "P" on my canons, then turn on the flash so it will fire even in the sunlight. There should be an "always on" setting for the flash. This will illuminate the faces of the people in the picture and is commonly used when a subject is back lit. It will help prevent the "silhouette" you get with strong back light.
Of course another way to prevent this is to turn your subject so that they are lit from the side or from YOUR back. Very bright sunlight will cause your subjects to squint, however.
Hope some of this helps.
CB
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This advice most definitely does help. I'll try it out soon hopefully and get back to you with the results.
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Try setting your exposure metering to spot and meter right on the face. Then hit the star * button and recompose and expose.
Good luck
Good luck
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Use the compensation dial on the top; often +1 is right unless it is a highly contrasty situation.
Compensate in the other direction (negative) if the subject is overexposed.
Compensate in the other direction (negative) if the subject is overexposed.
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I'm sorry, but I am a beginner when it comes to the more advanced cameras in photography. I am not quite sure how to set the exposure metering on the camera to "spot and meter" on the face. Can you elaborate please?
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Thank you for your advice, I have been out of town since I wrote this discussion so I will try out your advice, as well as all of the other advice the people above provided as well. I will be sure to leave some feedback in a few weeks when I get to play around with the camera again. Thanks!
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