~Yes, I was a bit slow in the process- but I finally discovered how truly amazing my camera is...It has 8 different ISO settings...Which means no more blurry pictures (duuuurrr) ANYways...you can laugh all you want- but hey; these peanuts look pretty delicious I must say. The picture is a bit grainy- but as I experiment more, I shall find the perfect setting for the perfect picture....hopefully!
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Nice peanuts. I once bought a 10 pound box of peanuts from Texas Roadhouse... It's about halfway empty now, 3 months later. We're addicted.
Also, I'm glad to hear your getting the terminology down, ISO as you know is the sensitivity to light, or speed, and the reason this is grainy is because this was taken at ISO 1600 (I can tell because I'm just cool like that). On most cameras under about $3000 anything over ISO 800 will be a tad grainy. The number of megapixels and the size and quality of the sensor also determine the amount of graininess. For instance, on my little HP camera, it has 10MP stuffed into a tiny, relatively low quality sensor, therefore it's pictures are pretty grainy. To counteract this, the camera only goes up to ISO 400. My D80 has a much bigger, more well built sensor, and goes all the way up to ISO 3200. Some $5000+ cameras can go as high as ISO 25,600 with minor grainy-ness.
i like to keep mine around ISO 100-400 during day, and 800-1600 at night and indoors. but to make your pictures lighter without cranking up the ISO try opening up the "aperture." The aperture basically determines how much light can get into your camera and hit the sensor. Aperture is determined by numbers like f/1.5 up to f/32. These measurements are usually refereed to as "f-numbers" and the lower the number, the more light is let in.
well, this has been terminology and lingo lessons, thank you for your time. lol
Oh, and if your curious about more lingo and learning more about your camera, go to
http://dpreview.com/
heres the glossary of photography jargon page: http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/
heres the list of cannon cameras: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/
find your camera in here and they'll have an in-depth review.
read around that site and you can learn alot.
Hey thanks for all that info! Lol, I hope you don't die from over-eating peanuts...that would be quite tragic. Soooo basically the aperture is like the pupil of the camera. Ha, if I relate everything (almost) to an eye, it all makes sense. I can see the light! Hallelujah! Thanks:)
Hey Darlin,
OMG! I LOVE YOU BLOG!!!! It's awesome! The background and design is so cute. Hey we should totally hang out and we can mess around with your camera. And you're exactly right! Aperture is the pupil of the camera. You know when you wake up in the morning during school at like 5:30, go into the bathroom and turn on the BRIGHT light. You look in the mirror and your pupil is like the size of a quarter and you can watch it close. Well, that's because your eyes were in the dark and in order to see well in the dark, your pupils have to be wide open to let more light in so you can see. When you go into the bathroom and turn on the light, your amazingly smart eye cameras know that they don't need to be open so wide and so they close to let less light in because of the bright light. :) You probably already knew that, but that analogy works for me. :) ISO is how sensitive the camera "retina" is to light, and shutter speed is how long the shutter is open. You probably already knew that too. But anyway, my dad's a professional photographer so i've learned a ton of stuff from him.
I really like this picture. The compositon has a beautiful diagonal line that makes the picture very appealing. Unfortunately, it is grainy. Man grainy pictures bug the heck out of me! I always leave the D80 at the lowest possible ISO that keeps the shutter speed fast enough. Seriously, mine's almost always at 100-160. The pictures turn out so beautiful and soft with low ISO.
So girlie, I love you and your pictures sooooooo much! Isn't photography fun? It's pretty much my favorite thing in the whole world. And i'll send you a link where my photo stockpile is once i download all my amazing pictures from Missouri and Kansas. Keep up the amazing work darlin. I'll try to slowly go back and comment on everything i missed on vacation. yay Colorado! I'm so happy i'm home but today seems like the first day back. Guess how many hours i worked on the commons on tuesday: 9!!!!! Man that room is a HUGE job!
Anyway, I love you Girl! Lets hang out and take pictures! I'll see you on IM!!!
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