Digital Camera...

[Ace Modder]

Hi all

I want to get into taking photo's nothing majorily unusual.

I have purchased a new camera.

The samsung S850.

However I am I major beginner. I want to start taking close ups of thing, however the flash is too bright. What am I doing wrong.

Note the stuff I want to take a photo of need to be flashed, as its dark.

The camera has the following settings I can adjust:

Aperute Value
Shutter Speed
Digital Zoom
Analogue Zoom
Various Flash Options
Macro's
EXposure Compensation
Sharpness
Metering
Continous Shot

(also what is ASR)?

 

[Ace Modder]

this is the spec of my camera

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0701/07010708samsungs850.asp

Samsung S850 specifications
Sensor

• 1/1.8 " Type CCD
• 8.3 million pixels total
• 8.1 million effective pixels
Image sizes • 3264 x 2448
• 2592 x 1944
• 2048 x 1536
• 1024 x 768
• 3264 x 1824 (6M W)
• 3264 x 2176 (7M P)
Movie clips • with audio
• 800 x 592 @ 15 / 20fps
• 720 x 480 @ 15 / 20fps
• 640 x 480 @ 15 / 20 / 30fps
• 320 x 240 @ 15 / 20 / 30fps
File formats • JPEG DCF
• Exif 2.2
• DPOF 1.1
• AVI (MPEG-4)
Lens • 38 - 190mm (35mm equiv)
• F2.8 - 4.4
• 5x optical zoom
Image stabilization No
Conversion lenses No
Digital zoom up to 5x
Focus • TTL Auto Focus
• Manual Focus
• Multi Point AF
AF assist lamp Yes
Focus distance • Normal: 80cm - infinity
• Macro: 10 - 80cm (wide) 50 - 80cm (tele)
• Super Macro: 1 - 10cm (wide)
• Auto Mode: 10cm - infinity (wide) 50cm - infinity (tele)
• Manual Focus: 1cm - infinity (wide) 50cm - infinity (tele)
Metering • Multi
• Spot
ISO sensitivity • Auto
• ISO 50
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
Exposure compensation +/- 2EV in 1/2EV steps
Shuttter speed

Auto: 1 ~ 1/2,000 sec, Manual, S Mode: 15 ~ 1/2,000 sec, Night: 15 ~ 1/2,000 sec, Fireworks: 4 sec
Aperture F2.8 - 4.4
Modes • Program AE
• Shutter Priority AE
• Aperture Priority AE or Manual Exposure
Scene modes • Night
• Portrait
• Children
• Landscape
• Close-up
• Text
• Sunset
• Dawn
• Backlight
• Fireworks
• Beach & Snow
White balance • Auto
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Fluorescent H
• Fluorescent L
• Tungsten
• Custom
Self timer 2 or 10 sec, Double
Continuous shooting n/a
Image parameters • Sharpness: Soft, Normal, Vivid
• Effect: Color: Normal, B&W, Sepia, Negative, Red, Green, Blue, Composite, Highlight, Frame
Flash • Auto
• Auto & Red-eye Reduction
• Fill-in Flash
• Slow Sync
• Flash Off
• Range: 0.2 - 3.0m (wide) 0.5 - 2.5m (tele)
Viewfinder No
LCD monitor • 2.5-inch TFT
• 230,000 pixels
Connectivity • USB 2.0
• Video Out: NTSC / PAL selectable
• DC in
Print compliance PictBridge1.0
Storage • SD / MMC / SDHC cardv compatible
• 20 MB Internal memory
Power • 2x AA alkaline batteries
• Rechargeable battery & Charger SNB-2512
Weight (no batt) 172 g
Dimensions 104 x 63.6 x 24.8 mm

 

[divine`]

If there is a flash exposure compensation anywhere, try adjusting that.

If not, put a piece of white A4 over it, might diffuse it a bit

 

[Ace Modder]

Ok, I may try the exposure compensation!

What exactly does the exposure compensation mean? Does it mean the flash lenght it reduced? Or should the shutter be open for less time?

 

[divine`]

Ok, I may try the exposure compensation!

What exactly does the exposure compensation mean? Does it mean the flash lenght it reduced? Or should the shutter be open for less time?

No no, not exposure compensation, it has to be flash exposure compensation otherwise it won't do what you're looking for it to do. They are different things.

If you are manually setting everything (including shutter, aperture, iso) then having the shutter open less time will help but im guessing the camera is deciding most of this for.

I'm thinking it's likely your camera wont have FEC so i'd say your best bet is either to fiddle around in full manual mode a bit until it comes out right or try the paper

 

[Ace Modder]

Ok, I will play