Black and White: I'm sure that I'm just missing something thats right in front of me, but how do you get the a530 to shoot in black and white?
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This is what the advanced manual says (haven't tried it yet): When you're in MyColors, go right until Sepia is highlighted, then press the Menu button. Sepia now changes to BW and you can shoot in black and white. A little convoluted if you ask me, but once you find it, shouldn't be too difficult to access in the future.
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It's been a while but maybe I used the camera's format function. I am using it regularly, so it does work! Did I format with PC? Don't remember. If still an issue I'd try SCT support but should be easier than that.
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Hi, this Sony Alpha Camera A55 doesn't have wifi capability so connecting a smartphone is impossible. As for shooting your art work with the right colors and under easy manual, you may select on the dial wheel -SCN (scene selection) in which you can select a variety of modes like Macro, Portrait, Landscape, etc. The camera will automatically adjust its settings depending on what your subject is. Hope this helps. -Ely
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You should not need to to anything, the camera will switch. At night you should see a ring of red lights around the eye of the camera? If not then it's not working ... If you do it should work just in black and white. Night vision you never get color. Hope that helps...
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Set the camera dial on A, or S. Press Menu. "Shooting Menu" will show on screen. Click down to White Balance. then over to the options. You can then select for the shooting condition you are in, inc various types of lighting conditions.Suppodsedly this keeps white frpon coming out yellowish in your print - I think ! Look up White Balance on Google or other, if you are really into Photoshop stuff etc. Good luckHarry Dub
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I do not know if it has a black and white setting if I want black and white I just print in Black and White.
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Yes. You actually get a choice of "regular" monochrome which mimics black and white film images or dynamic black and white (which makes very black blacks and very white whites). You get to the first kind of b&w; through the menu or quick menu. The more dramatic version you get through using the color or paint palette section of the dial on the top of the camera where you choose iA or Program or Aperture preferred, etc.
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Unfortunetly I haven't figured that out myself. I only installed the camera 2 days ago and am working out the details right now. I am going to have a friend translate the on screen menu so I can figure out how to use it better
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All good questions, sorry I don't know. I bought this as a present for my daughter to use black and white film techniques.
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Marty, Yes, it will take black and white. These are the modes: vivid, full, and basic color, black & white, and sepia. Turn your camera ON. Next, hit the button next to it, the middle button on the top (It has a picture of a camera and a video camera on it). You will see Smart Capture, Video, Program, then Scenes on the drop down list. Using the toggle button go down and select SCENES by hitting the center button on the toggle switch. In the SCENES mode, you will see all the little pics. DO NOT select any of them. While on this screen, hit the SETTINGS button on the right (It looks like a square with lines in it). It will take you to a screen that has CAPTURE/SETUP at the top. Under CAPTURE, toggle down and select COLOR MODE. Use the toggle side buttons &lt; or &gt; to select the color mode you want. Sepia, Vivid, B&W, etc. Hope that helps. If it does not help, click my name and my email is on my profile. Send me an email and I will make a video on how to do it. I will not be able to do the video until Wednesday. Good luck.
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I have been trying to do that same thing. Some scenes get messed up by the auto-exposure. A couple steps down in the settings you can change how bright or dark the picture is but that pesky auto-exposure is still active. Let's hope if they ever put up another firmware update that they include that functionality like when they added the timer function.
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Call the tech support, they were really helpful and will configure your camera for you and also answer any questions you may have. Hope this helps, Mark
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I have a android version phone. i can focus in but the picture gets fuzzy the bigger you make.I have 2 swanndvr and 1 nightowldvr. I don't like the Nightowl.
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I agree that the pictures could use more color and now that i turned my camera on (had to double check) I see what your talking about. It does look grainy on the LCD prior to taking the picture Hmmmmmmmmm I never noticed that before..... Here's a link to check out some of the photos taken with the SD950 IS http://flickr.com/groups/ixus960is/ Some of these are very colorful. I probably need to learn how to set my camera correctly :)
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Assuming it's the same for the white one (I've got the WG-N20-W, this one's the WG-N20-B) There is a setting to switch between bmp and jpg. It's the last setting on the menu and says BMP or JPEG, just tap one and then what I can only assume is japanese for apply to switch.
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It appears that you can only set to shoot 6op in 2D. Furthermore, you cannot shoot 3D stills with any setting. A disappointment for a HD 3D camera.
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I did not find a monochrome or B&W; setting among the scene modes. Of course, any picture software can do the conversion.