Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Kya-mera liya maine !!!

finally i bot my first camera. its a point and shoot Nikon Coolpix L1 with 6.2mp, 5x optical, 4x digital zoom. it cost me SD470, with a 256mb card and a case thrown in free. but actually cameras are cheaper in US. the same thing i wud'v got ther some 15-20% cheaper.
it has very sophisticated automatic features. red-eye reduction, anti hand-shake, automatic exposure and flash control. it has Best Shot Selector facility that takes 6 shots and then selects the sharpest one. this makes it slightly slower but for novice users it actually helps a lot in taking dificult snaps. its a drawback too. i want to learn fotography but this camera leaves very less scope to learn. but indeed the results in fully automatic mode are really good. today i tried tweaing a little by adding shorter/longer exposure (the camera doesnt allow u to control shutter speed, rather an Exposure Equivalent scale -2 to +2 is provided). i tried some white balance settings too and colors also. i dont know why but i really like B/W snaps. the different modes, like portrait, landscape, sport, night, etc are extremely good. today i only tried some night experiments, tomm i'll try the camera in harsh lighiting.
the best part is the panoramic feature. in this mode the screen is reduced to half, and the remaining half is used to show the last picture taken so that the continuity can be easily maintained. but u must get a tripod for this. i tried but the hand invariably moves, either the angle or the inclination changes. the CD i got with the camera carries the s/w that merges the pics thus taken. its a nice piece of code. quite effective and very good results.
some snaps are shared at photos.yahoo.com/furasati
do chek and comment ... on my fotography skills too !!!

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