Photos all up
I’ve now got basically all the vacation photos up. I’ve tried to sort them out a bit, but I’m not real happy with what I’ve done. I’ll fix it if I figure out something better. I’m more interested in doing the panorama compositions. At least they are viewable now. Most of the shots are of the general point-and-shoot nature and tend to be a little fuzzy, but there are some really good ones. In working with this new camera (Sony DSC-P200) for the first time, I’ve had to relearn how to do a number of things I’m more used to on my camera (Sony DSC-F707). Several of the manual settings I was looking for still allude me, but the automatic modes are still quite good. In particular I like the low-light capabilities of this camera. I intentionally turned off the flash for basically all the shooting due to my disdain of flashes going off in my face (on the receiving end). My camera’s low light capability is rather bad, but I can still coax some decent pictures out of it. This new camera is much much better, but it has more to do with improvements in the software, than the lens. The lens on my camera is far superior, but the software on this new camera does an outstanding job if you hold the camera very still. Much of the fuzzy shots you see are the result of my not being steady enough with the camera. This is quite evident when you compare the Grand Canyon pictures with the rather dark Las Vegas pictures. My hand was probably less steady in that thin mountain air of the Grand Canyon and the pictures are much sharper due to the camera being able to work with more light. Ah well, live and learn.
