photo help please?

shecter

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im trying to use my camera instead of my cell to try and get better pics. the camera is a Kodak easyshare dx 6490.

its 4mp and has a 10x zoom. its a physical zoom with a lens that comes out if that makes a difference.

on the manual setting (PASM mode) I have white balance control which consists of modes auto, daylight, tungsten, and florescent.

I have iso speed control which is iso 80,100, 200, 400, and 800 (has good with star next to it).

color mode which has saturated, neutral, black and white, as well as sepia.

exposure metering which has multi pattern, center weight, and center spot for options

focus zone which has multi zone and center zone

sharpness with sharp standard or soft

it also has a few modes like portrait, general, sport, and night. but those settings are preset I believe and I cant seem to change them. it also has a macro button on the top as well as a flash. I know its not easy to give advice on picture taking without the camera. im hoping with the detail I gave I can figure out a starting point. right now my pics are either washed out with blue really bad or just horrible. a new camera isn't in the budget for a while so I hope I can figure out what im doing wrong.

I was using the general setting in auto mode with the macro button on and no flash. I also dark out the rest of the room. ive messed with the white balance but cant seem to make a difference with the camera. very frustrating because my exs cell takes awesome pics and mine is far from it lol.:headwallblue:
 
My point and shoot has exposure I can adjust from -3 to +3. Lowering it to the negative helps me. So try adjusting that on yours but it looks like you have preset ranges not numbers? Also I get better pics under a 12k lighting if you can't easily change your colors try adding a white shoplight to brighten things up. The lower the iso the better the picture but the slightest movement/camera movement will blur it. A higher iso will get better pictures of moving objects. Also find out the distance range of focus for the macro setting. Some are 0-12" others are 12"-24" from the object.
 
Excellent. Thanks I'm absolutely hopeless right now so everything helps. I also have an ipod touch if anyone thinks that would be better. I don't use it besides music for the gym so there may have been an app I missed when I looked before.
 
when i shoot from outside my tank in i set my camera (nikon D-3200) on manual. 1/500 shutter speed, WB incandescent, F/8, ISO 800 and a tripod. my pictures come out great.
 
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