Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

These are some retakes of the photos already posted here. I hope these are better quality if not, I may need to get a new camera.

Much better!

Better, but still not sharp. Could be focus, could be a small amount of camera motion. I suspect the latter, because there doesn't appear to be any plane of focus in the picture. Try more light (and a faster shutter speed), or flash, or a tripod.

tursiops wrote:Better, but still not sharp. Could be focus, could be a small amount of camera motion. I suspect the latter, because there doesn't appear to be any plane of focus in the picture. Try more light (and a faster shutter speed), or flash, or a tripod.

Oh I dunno. The date stamp screams low-end compact consumer type camera. I vote for poor quality optics. Granted the 60kB jpegs aren't helping either.

tursiops wrote:Better, but still not sharp. Could be focus, could be a small amount of camera motion. I suspect the latter, because there doesn't appear to be any plane of focus in the picture. Try more light (and a faster shutter speed), or flash, or a tripod.

I am going to guess that your estimate is correct. It appears the firearms were photographed inside and I can't be positive, but I don't see any sign of a flash. That combination would lead to a slower shutter speed and any motion at all will result in blurriness. My suggestion would be to take the guns outside and photograph them out there.

These pictures were taken inside my home. I couldn't use the flash because the pictures all came out white (mostly) and yes I have come to the conclusion myself that I definitely need a better camera. I am currently in the process of getting one. I'm looking at kodak easyshares. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Canon used to have a solid lead in the compact camera department. I don't think that's quite true any more. Compacts aren't really my thing.

davasmith wrote:These pictures were taken inside my home. I couldn't use the flash because the pictures all came out white (mostly) and yes I have come to the conclusion myself that I definitely need a better camera. I am currently in the process of getting one. I'm looking at kodak easyshares. Any suggestions? Thanks.

If you are using the night function for a brighter pic the shutter speed is slow and you'll need to hold very steady of tripod mount.

also...the dark gun with dark backgrounds...dark fireplace, dark couch...isn't helping any either.