Digi Camera Advice
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My wife is getting into selling on eBay in a big way. We have an old Fuji digi camera at the moment which is due for a change.
The specific problem she has is when photographing clothes to list. With some of the darker clothes she finds it hard to show the actual colour of the item. They normally just come out as one dark colour with a loss of detail.
Has anyone got any recommendations of either a decent camera for this purpoe (budget of £500) or techniques to get better photos of dark items.
Any advice would be appreciated.
The specific problem she has is when photographing clothes to list. With some of the darker clothes she finds it hard to show the actual colour of the item. They normally just come out as one dark colour with a loss of detail.
Has anyone got any recommendations of either a decent camera for this purpoe (budget of £500) or techniques to get better photos of dark items.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'd suggest three categories of 'fix':
Subject based:
Get more light onto the subject - eg take it outside on a bright day.
And/or Frame it tigther so there's less background to fool the camera's exposure system.
Camera-based:
Use spot or centre-weighted metering, if available.
Use exposure compensation (EV), if availble
Cheating:
Open the image in PhotoShop or simliar image manipluation program - you might have something that came with the camera - and simply brighten it.
Hope this helps but come back if you're still stuck - or post an example for us to play with!
(Edited to add: and I'll take that £500!)
>> Edited by simpo two on Sunday 1st February 12:13
Subject based:
Get more light onto the subject - eg take it outside on a bright day.
And/or Frame it tigther so there's less background to fool the camera's exposure system.
Camera-based:
Use spot or centre-weighted metering, if available.
Use exposure compensation (EV), if availble
Cheating:
Open the image in PhotoShop or simliar image manipluation program - you might have something that came with the camera - and simply brighten it.
Hope this helps but come back if you're still stuck - or post an example for us to play with!
(Edited to add: and I'll take that £500!)
>> Edited by simpo two on Sunday 1st February 12:13
Thanks Simpo, I'll pass these on.
Our current camera is a point and click affair and has little in the way of adjusting what its doing. This is the main reason for wanting to upgrade to a camera that will give her the control.
More light will probably be the best short term solution. She has started taking her pictures in the conservatory, the neighbours must wonder what shes doing though as she lays the item on the table and stands over it to take the picture. Must look very odd from outside
Our current camera is a point and click affair and has little in the way of adjusting what its doing. This is the main reason for wanting to upgrade to a camera that will give her the control.
More light will probably be the best short term solution. She has started taking her pictures in the conservatory, the neighbours must wonder what shes doing though as she lays the item on the table and stands over it to take the picture. Must look very odd from outside
simpo two said:
I'd suggest three categories of 'fix':
Subject based:
Get more light onto the subject - eg take it outside on a bright day.
And/or Frame it tigther so there's less background to fool the camera's exposure system.
Camera-based:
Spot On.
Use spot or centre-weighted metering, if available.
Use exposure compensation (EV), if availble
Cheating:
Open the image in PhotoShop or simliar image manipluation program - you might have something that came with the camera - and simply brighten it.
Hope this helps but come back if you're still stuck - or post an example for us to play with!
(Edited to add: and I'll take that £500!)
>> Edited by simpo two on Sunday 1st February 12:13
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