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? the manual says that there is a setting under My Colors between sepia and positive film, but I cannot find it. If someone could show me what I'm missing, that would be excellent 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? the manual says that there is a setting under... » Read More 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? the manual says that there is a setting under My Colors between sepia and positive film, but I cannot find it. If someone could show me what I'm missing, that would be excellent « Show Less
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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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I'm not sure what you mean about "black and white" negative, but assuming this is a regular film or slide negative, then yes. You can adjust the settings to 'negative' or 'slide'; if you do you can view either the negative or the slide as a negative or a positive. If you mean the negative is of a black and white picture then I don't know. I've only used color photographs. Hope this helps.
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have you check the ISO youre using? I had the same problem when i had my setting at the highest ISO. I now just leave it as AUTO and have great pics. If thats not the problem, then i dunno what is. Sorry!
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That's what I use: "White". I really like it, because it eliminate the harsh effect of the undiffused flash, when taking snapshots in dim lit places. Restaurants, hallways etc. I've found no use for the other colors!
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If there is not a certain amount of light the camera will automatically switch to "night vision" and thus be black and white. This is a feature, not a defect. If you have full daylight and its black and white, there is a setting problem or a defect in camera.
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You do need to set the white balance if you are shooting in manual mode. Many cameras have acceptable presets in auto mode. The way you get into trouble is having scenes that need extensive color correction. You can spend a lot of post production time just balancing those scenes. Trust your monitor and try to get it as close as possible while you're shooting.
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It prints in both color and black and white. Our black cartridge would not work for some reason so it would use color instead. Look into a canon pixma. They are cheaper and work much better in my experience. I got one for myself and one for my mom and we both love them.
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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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The black and white models should be identical. Except, in color, which is obvious. Make sure you stay within the same model
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I have this kind of issue, but with my SX130 in macro mode. At first I thought it was the lighting, but I took an identical picture, identical position, settings, etc. with my Elph 300 HS, and no such problem. The 300 has actually been fantastic for me, images are much sharper and colors more vivid than the 130 even though I set them to identical settings. Thinking of trading the 130 in for either the Elph 500 or the SX230 - I want a P&S (want something more portable than my DSLR) with shutter and aperture controls with same (or better) image quality as the Elph 300 (and less than $300). Now just have to test both of them out first.
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My experience with the Pandigital for color and black and white photographs is absolutely wonderful. I love this machine. For negatives I am using another machine a negative converter to digital. You can find them everywhere, in Bestu Buy, Amazon.com and inclusive in Walmart. They are very inexpensive and work wonders on negatives. Again, I love my Pandigital but I use it only for photographs. I hope I was able to help. excelent
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Mr.V, if you can't get good pictures indoors with the A630, please have the camera checked. I can get perfectly good shots by the light of a single candle. Something's not right if your camera is blurring everything indoors.
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you can't expect to leave the camera on IA mode and have it do everything for you. Need to use manual modes to achieve the results that you want. Experiment with the manual modes and see what they do. Chances are in bright or low light situations your going to find that manual mode will get you the results you're looking for once you're familiar with the settings. Good Day mate.
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I bought four of the same type. Not sure that it really matters much if you are setting the white balance of your camera before shooting. That should compensate for differences in light spectrum.
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1st, make sure your camera is in MF( manual focus) mode..I use the A57 and my AF/MF switch is located under the lens release button which is under the a57 logo, then go to your menus and scroll to "Release w/o lens" and select "ENABLE".....if that works your set, if not, then enter your menus (again, I'm going by MY a57) and scroll until you find 'LENS COMP: Shading, LENS COMP:dISTORTION ETC. and put them all on AUTO..put 'Front Curtain Shutter "ON"....Hope this helps Martin, good luck
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Hey Charles! The one I had prior did the same thing. I honestly think it was a small spring problem. I ended up buying another A530 here on Amazon for $45 due to my old one getting a purple screen problem. I take real estate inspection pictures & I can't live without my A530! The one I got here was like brand new & had all original material. Thank you & contact me again if needed.
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I have spent many hours trying to get picture details set for good picture. Was so relieved to see your mention of July 8th review and have thoroughly searched and a July 8th review is not available currently. There is a July 9th (as best I recall) lengthy review that mentions black tweaking must be done, but makes no mention of the actual settings. I recall seeing several weeks ago a reviewer gave all of his/her specific settings. If anyone can suggest further settings info, I'll appreciate greatly. I am considering returning my LN32A450 this week if I can't get more satisfactory settings. I have spent many hours trying to get picture details set for good picture. Was so relieved to see your mention of July 8th review and have thoroughly searched and a July 8th review is not available currently. There is a July 9th (as best I recall) lengthy review that mentions black tweaking must be done, but makes no mention of the actual settings. I recall seeing several weeks ago a reviewer gave all of his/her specific settings. If anyone can suggest further settings info, I'll appreciate greatly. I am considering returning my LN32A450 this week if I can't get more satisfactory settings.