How to get rid of shadow in picture I recently purchased a canon rebel XS. I love it and I am learning about all the many features of the camera. I have noticed some of the pictures taken with my new rebel XS have a black shadow on the right side. Can someone please tell me why I have the shadow and how to avoid getting them? They were indoor pictures. How to get rid of shadow in picture I recently purchased a canon rebel XS. I love it and I am learning about all the many features of the camera. I have noticed some of the pictures taken with my... » Read More How to get rid of shadow in picture I recently purchased a canon rebel XS. I love it and I am learning about all the many features of the camera. I have noticed some of the pictures taken with my new rebel XS have a black shadow on the right side. Can someone please tell me why I have the shadow and how to avoid getting them? They were indoor pictures. « Show Less
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Thank you, thank you, thank you....It all makes sense now. Yes, the pictures taken in landscape orientation did not have the shadows. Now that I am aware of the problem I will make sure that the flash is always above the lens. I will also try an external tilt-swivel bouce flash. Thank you so much for your expertise, all the suggestions but most importantly thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I really appreciate it!
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Pictures available on Flickr.com under the name 2NJOY. Thank you for your help. I am very hopeful that you will be able to help. Again, thank you so much.
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Its hard to say why you're getting a shadow without seeing a photo. You might just be seeing a shadow that's from the room's existing light if you're using a slow shutter speed. Its possible that the flash just can't fully reach the area you're looking at due to distance or being past the edge of the flash beam. You could be seeing shadows from bounced light (coming from a white ceiling or wall or reflective surface, for example) being blocked by an object in the room. Shadows can also be caused by the lens blocking some of the flash though that shouldn't be a problem with the kit lens.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. I will take every one of your suggestion into consideration the next time. What really puzzled me is the fact that some pictures taken in the same room under the same lighting condition do not have the shadow and some do. I wish I could show you the pictures. If you have any suggestion on how I could share a photo with you please let me know.
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For me, dark areas generally require stationary objects. I often use the self timer to make sure the camera is still. Or, you can play around with the lens aperture/shutter speed settings since you can instantly see your results after taking the picture. With some dark pictures, you can simply lighten them manually through MS picture viewer, Prinshop, or other photo "touch-up" software.
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I think you'll really enjoy the larger LCD as well as the zippier and better overall performance of the new Rebels. The 50-100% increase in pixel count will let you crop much more aggressively and print larger. There are tons of new features that you might find useful such as Live View for framing a shot and Auto Lighting Optimizer. Try one out in a shop - I think you'll be very pleased. And prices also are pretty good right now. If you're shooting portraits with fast lenses and narrow DoFs, if you're interested in bringing out shadow details, if you shoot RAW then definitely Xsi higher consideration than the XS.
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If you are in Smart mode, and the lighting condition is less than perfect, the NX20 takes a consecutive of photos and form one single photo, that takes care of the handshakes and low contrast situations. Hope this help. I have the camera for few months already and never need my older Canon T3i anymore, I actually sold my T3i on eBay after I became more familiar with the NX20. So, this could help you determined if it is as good as any DSLR cameras. And, I think it is.
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Use a higher ISO setting. This camera takes great smooth pics all the way up to ISO 800. If your using it at the lowest setting (ISO 100) and you are indoors and/or outdoors with not enough light your pictures will blur occasionally.
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almost all cameras have a delay with flash.. try using the indoor mode withOUT flash and it will fire much faster and usually you will have more than enough light.
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Hi there, I own this camera since this April and took around 8000 pics since, about half of them in very low light. With this camera, you do not even need to use the flash in 99.9% of the cases. (this is why I chose this camera in the first place) In case it's really dark and you don't have any lightsource, you can use the flash and it is sufficiently strong so your photos will look good. But usually, you really don't need the flash at all. I made perfect shots (photo and video) in dark dimmed pubs as well as beautiful nightshots walking around NYC all without using the flash. But if you insist, it's there, and it's perfectly fine.
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I never have problem like your XSi. However, there is a couple things you can try. First, turn the camera power off. Remove the lens to check the contacts on the lens. If it looks tarnished or dirty, clean it with a Q-tip soaked lightly with alcohol. Re-mount the lens and power it back on. If it works, you are done. However, it fails again, try using a different SD card by formatting it in the camera and try shooting again. If you have another lens, you can shoot with it to see if you experience the same failure. If the other lens works, then the failure is caused by the lens.
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`I have experienced this as well, especially with inside photos, no flash comes out too dark, flash is too light. There is an adjustment to the amount of brightness on the flash, just haven't "played" with the camera enough to be proficient at it.
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Chances are if it IS cheaper anywhere else, it's being sold from an unreliable retailer. I had a rather frustrating experience with one such retailer in buying my Rebel XT -- they pulled a bait-and-switch on me. If you want to look for a retailer selling for less, I would advise you to read the reviews for that retailer, sorted by lowest rating first.
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If you make sure to use the "Night Snapshot" mode and not the usual "Auto" mode, it's takes shots that are quite good. Also, I find that if you set the camera to "Manual" and have the ISO set to 200 and the +/- set to -2/3 with the colour setting on "Vivid" and the exposure set to "Center weighted", with a slightly steady hand, you can take good indoor shots without a flash.
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I've found that the camera takes blurry pictures indoors, when the subjects are more than 6 feet away from the flash, when the handshake mode is on, or in general low light. The blur is not hand motion, it is color dithering from the too-small sensor, too-slow lens, and poor color processing. As for motion blur, even in sunlight I have to hold the camera extra still. I have had better luck with 64 speed slide film and an f4.0 lens.
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I am no expert with digital cameras, but make sure you take photos away from windows ..have the windows behind you otherwise the light coming through the windows will drown out the subjects being photographed ..a medium setting might work ..wish I could provide more info ! ..try using flash on every photo ..auto is okay, but I prefer to use flash continuously ..it helps to eliminate shadows under bright sun light conditions ..good luck ! !
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Hi,I don't have advice- but have the same problem! I'm frustrated that I purchased this camera and now can probably not return it!!! Good luck!! let me know if you find any tricks to get better pictures.
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I just ordered this camera so I haven't tried it yet but I have other Canon's and this is how it is done: look at the back of the camera. There is the larger round circle on the right. On the right of the circle there is what looks like a lightning bolt. Press that and it should turn off the flash. Press it again to turn it back on. Hope that helps. UPDATE***** I received my camera so here is an update. In order to turn the flash off the camera has to be set to "program" rather than "auto". Looking at the back of the camera there is a button at the top right. When you have it pushed up where it says "auto" the camera will determine if the flash is needed. If you push it down to the little camera icon it goes to "program" and allows you to set the flash on or off. So to turn off the flash push the top right button down to the little camera icon. Then press the right side of the round circle where the lightning bolt is. At the top of the LCD screen it shows the flash options. Push the right of the circle until the flash off option is highlighted and then press the "func. set" button (in the center of the circle button). Hope that's not too confusing.
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Hi Rhonda! I would remove the rubber hood when changing filters as it will be easier to do. You can push the hood back to allow more light and get rid of the tunnel look when taking pics.Tried to respond on a previous note, but it wouldn't send??!! You have a might fine camera, I hope you get much enjoyment from it over time. IF you have questions, please drop a line andI will get back to you quickly. Very Best, Mike
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I'm thinking it might be related to the dark corner issue. I noticed more than one reviewer complained about this and there are photos posted up in the customer photo section illustrating this issue. I was going to purchase this camera myself until I saw this potential problem. For example: