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Valued Member
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I've always used point and shoot mostly in auto but I would like to do better with pictures. I have a Canon powershot SX130 IS. Reading the manual is like reading a foreign manual. Any help to get started would be great. I don't know camera language so detailed help is what I need.
If can get started I hope I can make adjustments necessary to take better pictures. I appreciate any help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am not sure what model SuperDave had but I do remember it was a IS version and he had a whole thread of settings he used on his and got some good results. just did some searching and this is the thread I was talking about https://goccf.com/t/29441 |
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Thank you Brain. Just what I was looking for. I just realized I misspelled your name but I will leave it there because someone else might get a giggle out of it too.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Well, he is the "Brain" around here when it comes to 1878 Morgans  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I have a Canon SX30 IS Like SuperDave. But I am a horrible coin photographer (Photographer) in general. I use my MicroScope
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I've never owned an SX30.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Hey Eric. You keep rubbing the scope in. LOL. I'm very weary of getting a scope because I'm afraid of spending the money and then not being happy with it. If I learn how to use the camera properly then I shouldn't need a scope.
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Valued Member
United States
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I am using Super Dave's thread link Bryan posted to give me better results. I've learned that downloading the images in raw is recommended. I prefer not loading Canon software unless I must and just use Photoshop. I cannot figure out how to set the images so that they download Raw. Is anyone familiar with Photoshop and knows how to do this?
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RAW images are taken straight from the sensor with no processing whatsoever. All processing is done in software outside the camera. Very few non-dSLR cameras can shoot RAW images, and your SX130 isn't one of them.
RAW processing is a whole different skillset to learn, and if your camera does well enough on its' own, it's not a necessary skill or capability. I've never shot a coin in RAW. Not once.
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Thank you again Super Dave.  |
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Valued Member
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Thanks to Dave I managed to get this shot today. I had trouble with the lighting and had to try something else. I tilted the camera up a little and tilted the coin a bit. the light is 60 watt and straight down. I would like to get more detail especially because I am usually trying to get images of errors. I see I have shadows that I need to fix.  |
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Posted 05/05/2011 10:56 pm
