How close-up can the camera focus, how is the clarity? I photograph jewelry and can't afford a dslr and lenses, thank you much canon power shot sx50hs also looking at a fugifilm fine pics hs50exr How close-up can the camera focus, how is the clarity? I photograph jewelry and can't afford a dslr and lenses, thank you much canon power shot sx50hs also looking at a fugifilm fine pics hs50exr
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yes you can get very close and with good clarity and with good lighting you dont need the flash
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I can focus down to about 1/2" from the lens with very good clarity. The problem may be your ability to get good lighting on the object. I do not know how small your object is. I used a AAA battery as an object and got good focus. The camera does have a macro function for close shots.I recommend backing off about 6-8 inches and using a little zoom for a close up. Auto focus produced a good image on my camera.
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no currently GH3 has no focus peaking. i'm hoping it will be release in a later firmware. if this is a deal breaker for you, i would suggest sony rx100. i have that too and that has awesome focus peaking. you can alway get a canon and install magic latern. magic lantern has focus peaking.
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This takes a long time to focus, particularly on macro. While trying to get a shot of the super moon, I missed all of them, indoors using zoom is also slow. Without any zoom, much better. I think the zoom is the real culprit. Still with 16 MP per shot you can crop a photo and still have a sweet pix. I tend to do a lot of cropping in PSP. However, on a recent visit with my grandson, I missed nearly all the good shots as it wouldn't focus, some times while shooting a macro shot for example of a ring I made, it can take 20 tries to get a good shot, or twenty tries just to get it to focus, once focused it takes awesome pix. But those missed ones are a bummer. I tried several other cameras with 20x zooms, that didn't work at all in low light, this may not have a mega zoom, but 12x beats those longer zooms all over the place. In outdoor lighting on a cloudy day it does AWESOME. Hope this helps, I brought home a Canon, other Nikons, a Panasonic Lumix, Sony and Samsung they all were worse than this one. So with limited funds this is what I kept. My brother recently bought a Sony that was another $150.00 more dollars, and he got awesome pix of the super moon. If I had the money I'd shell it out for a more expensive camera, my sister just bought the next up from this with a 20x zoom, we both took pictures of the same subjects, mine were much better than hers. She uses a tripod a lot, I Don't want to use a tripod. It's supposed to be point and shoot. More zoom is bot necessarily better. Just my opinions.
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I found it to be very slow focusing at distances of less than 10 feet, since the depth of field is so wide and the camera (Canon T3i) gets confused. Manual focus works better in those situations, and is quickly changed with the forward/reverse clutch of the focusing ring itself. Tamron lenses have a very tiny focus mode switch to hunt for.
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I have the 50mm f1.8 and love everything about it. My only problem is the focusing speed. I don't mind spending $340 for the 1.4 but I read alot of people had problem with it and have to send it in for repair. This made me very nervous. Anybody familiar with this problem? One more thing, if you want to choose between the 50mm or 85mm, check the crop on your camera first. Ex. T3i have a 1.6 vs 5D have a 1.0 meaning a 50mm on a T3i is equal to a 80mm on a 5D.
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You need to check out this website: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s2-review/ this guy is incredible in his reviews. I personally have used the S1IS and the S2IS (my dad and brother bought the upgrade) and you can truly put it at 0cm and take an in focus picture. Hope this helps!
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Mine did the same thing but pretty much all the way thru the zoom function. I sent it back and ordered the HS50EXR glad I did, zooming is real smooth, focus is faster ect. Well worth the extra cost.
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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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This item of three different length rings moves your lens focus point which makes it a close up lens. You attach the ring to your camera then attach your lens. This changes the focus point allowing you to get very close to your subject. Using 2 or all 3 tubes together lets you get extremely close. Subjects such as insects, jewelry or the stamen of a flower can be taken and enlarged to see all the detail. The reason these rings are so cheap is they are manual rings. This means you have to set the aperture and focus the camera manualy. This is not a big deal. I have taken some amazing pictures of lady bugs and could see the hair like texture on its antennas.
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I looked at the camera menu, and it appears it is capable of shooting NTSC (US) and PAL (Canada & Europe) video. I've never tried video, so I have no idea about the results. The instructions I got were not in English, so I downloaded and printed my manual, since I haven't 'Video'd' I have no clue how to set it up. If my memory serves me, the lenses are the the same as the older Canon EOS digitals, and even earlier Canon 35mm film cameras. The lenses we have for 'my' camera are from our first Canon 35mm film camera, and work as good as they did with it. We have 3 lenses, one is for wide angle scenes, one for 'mid range' pix and the third is relatively long lens that we use for 'almost telephoto' pictures. That's the draw-backs, for differences in distance, the lens must be changed for detail. One of my friends had an adapter for the his telescope eye-piece that would adapt the camera to his 1500 mm telescope tube. Now that was a telephoto lens. Do what you will, I like my 20D just fine. It has a masculine feel to it, it fits well in work worn hands. The function buttons must be touched on purpose to change the function of what you want to do. I bought a new Canon for my wife. It was what she wanted, and in her internet research, it was what she wanted. It is all, and more than she wanted. I love the way the camera takes pictures, but the function buttons are so sensitive that I find I change functions when that isn't my intention. However it takes AWESOME Pictures. The 20D is an amazing camera, and cost about a sixth of the price. Buy the lens if you will, shoot your videos, but remember, let me know how they turn out.
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This is not a super zoom camera. The HX400 will get you closer but will not be able to take higher IQ photos. You can take the same shot with this and crop it with better results. I have both cameras and wrote up a full comparison using both on safari here: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54037390
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I bought the Canon A1400 for my grandson. He loves to take pictures with it and we have not noticed any problem with blurry pictures. Occasionally the videos are blurry but I think that because he swings the camera back and forth too fast.
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Look up "canon chdk". It's a firmware that you load from your sd card. I'm getting optical zoom in my SD800IS, along with many other features, like shooting in raw, and control over shutter speed. For those cameras with aperture control (mine just has a NS filter), you can even adjust that.Still, I really like the looks of the SX1 coming out. I'm going to start saving for Christmas now.
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I would also like to know if there is a lens for the D40x that is similar to the Nikon AF f1.8. I thought it would be OK to focus this lens myself but it seems in low light I can't see well enough to focus the lens. Now I'm sorry I bought it because I can't use it for what I intended. It does take nice landscape photos but there is no focusing to worry about at infinity.
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Use extension tubes with a prime lens. Not so good with zooms. Best lenses are those with MANUAL f-stop rings, otherwise you can only shoot with the smallest aperture. You can indeed get way closer and shots will be very sharp.
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I haven't used the Nikon camera, but this is my third Canon in the SX series. It takes beautiful pictures and is perfect for traveling. Two problems with this particular model. It's very difficult to get clear pictures at 30X zoom. Even with image stabilization, pictures often come out blurry. You need a really steady hand or to use a tripod. If you're on a boat or anything that is moving, you may have a problem. Also, the earlier model I had was a 20X optical zoom, and worked better in low light. The new model seems to need more light to get clear shots that aren't grainy. I was very, very happy to have the SX280 HS camera with me in Europe--it took great shots of scenes that were off in the distance, and my travel companions couldn't get nearly as close as I could with this camera and still get crystal-clear images. If the SX280 HS camera is still available, I would recommend that one because of light and motion issues. That was best for an all-around, all-kinds-of-shooting situations, but I'm also happy with the SX700 HS; I just have to use the flash in low-light situations.
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Hmm... I'm still trying out the SX but am tempted to try out the ZS3 with all the great reviews on the camera. The Canon is working all right but not as great as I would like. It might be the fact that I'm too lazy to read the instructions. It does get tiring a bit when you have to adjust the light with each shot. How's the color and focus quality in ZS3? I noticed that TZ5 have focus problems when zoomed and trying to focus on small white objects in the light. Does ZS3 have the same problem? Is ZS3 much better than TZ5? I'm not sure if it's worth it to get ZS3 if the quality isn't too much better since the price of the 2 is very different. Hmm... I'm still trying out the SX but am tempted to try out the ZS3 with all the great reviews on the camera. The Canon is working all right but not as great as I would like. It might be the fact that I'm too lazy to read the instructions. It does get tiring a bit when you have to adjust the light with each shot. How's the color and focus quality in ZS3? I noticed that TZ5 have focus problems when zoomed and trying to focus on small white objects in the light. Does ZS3 have the same problem? Is ZS3 much better than TZ5? I'm not sure if it's worth it to get ZS3 if the quality isn't too much... » Read More Hmm... I'm still trying out the SX but am tempted to try out the ZS3 with all the great reviews on the camera. The Canon is working all right but not as great as I would like. It might be the fact that I'm too lazy to read the instructions. It does get tiring a bit when you have to adjust the light with each shot. How's the color and focus quality in ZS3? I noticed that TZ5 have focus problems when zoomed and trying to focus on small white objects in the light. Does ZS3 have the same problem? Is ZS3 much better than TZ5? I'm not sure if it's worth it to get ZS3 if the quality isn't too much better since the price of the 2 is very different. « Show Less