My Point and Shoot camera

[Jarred1]

here is a few pics:

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[Jarred1]

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Tell me what you think!

 

[ilovefishing]

image definition quality is bad

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Cool subject mater but the technical aspects in these are off the mark. With the jawfish, and others you were only pulling 1/10 of a second to1/20 of a second shutter speeds. On top of this speed problem, which adds blur from hand and subject movements, it appears the camera totally missed the focus point. The aperture (~3.6) was fairly wide but the ISO speeds (~160) were low.
Your camera has a small sensor so the wide aperture doesn't create much DOF. This both desirable and undesirable because your 9mm lens won't focus on a tiny plane but undesirable for the reverse argument in that isolating subjects becomes difficult. That said, I don't think achieving focus on the subject should be particularly hard. Aim at the eye of your subject and push your shutter button down halfway. Your camera should focus and lock. Wait for the focusing motor to stop spinning, and you may hear a beep. This may take a couple of seconds, but if you let the camera completely focus before committing to an image you may get much better results.

 

[Octoshark]

I wish the second shot of the jawfish was in focus, that would have been a great shot of him with his mouth wide open

The mandarin came out pretty well

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

You can see where the camera focused in the yawn shot waaaaay in the back of the tank. Everything he wanted in the shot (including the entire fish) is foreground bokeh.

 

[Jarred1]

Cool subject mater but the technical aspects in these are off the mark. With the jawfish, and others you were only pulling 1/10 of a second to1/20 of a second shutter speeds. On top of this speed problem, which adds blur from hand and subject movements, it appears the camera totally missed the focus point. The aperture (~3.6) was fairly wide but the ISO speeds (~160) were low.
Your camera has a small sensor so the wide aperture doesn't create much DOF. This both desirable and undesirable because your 9mm lens won't focus on a tiny plane but undesirable for the reverse argument in that isolating subjects becomes difficult. That said, I don't think achieving focus on the subject should be particularly hard. Aim at the eye of your subject and push your shutter button down halfway. Your camera should focus and lock. Wait for the focusing motor to stop spinning, and you may hear a beep. This may take a couple of seconds, but if you let the camera completely focus before committing to an image you may get much better results.

im trying to understand what you are saying but its just to much for me im going to have to ask my sister what you are talking about (she is going to school to become a photographer)

Thanks everyone i wish the jaw fish pic came out better too

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Basically the settings your camera picked could have been better.
Much more importantly, you focused WAY off the mark. There was a yawning jawfish next to you, but your camera was staring at something in the back of the tank. With experienced photographers, this is often known as "Tiger Woods Syndrome". Meaning to focus on the ball but instead honing in on a cheerleader is a common side effect of TWS. As a result the who play is thrown into a blur.
In this case, you focused on something in the back of the tank. If it was your own reflection then TWS wasn't caught early enough and you have full blown "Kanye West Disorder". More likely, you focused on the back of the tank completely by mistake. This is easily treatable with a little bit of patience and perception. Make sure the camera is staring at the same thing you are, and the problem will fix itself.

 

[Jarred1]

ok i understand much much better now!

 

[Jarred1]

im getting better check these out!

am i getting better?

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

The first one still isn't focused right but the others look much better than before!

 

[Jarred1]

thanks

 

[Jarred1]