Originally posted by Marc Sabatella I was pretty certain from looking at the image; but checked the EXIF to be sure.
I guess with someone as experienced as you -
even a slight amount of "reasonable doubt" is good enough.
Most people don't realize it's a flash shot -
some have asked about the lighting -
- thinking perhaps there were filming/studio lights there -
But if one looks at the EXIF - the shutter speed was 1/3 sec!
No, I didn't set this there were no manual settings (as we understand it) on that 2Mp p&s -
it was auto set by the camera when using Slow-Sync flash.
That is exposing for the scene (kind of as-is) and filling-in with flash -
there certainly was no flash compensation available to set -
but the Canon S100 Digital ELPH seemed to do well in balancing the flash and ambient light.
So much for the evils of on board flash, huh?
here's another:
EXIF re-attached (caveat PhotoBucket sometimes drops metadata)
most probably can guess now because of this discussion, it's a flash shot -
but I don't think it looks like a typical/obvious flash shot.
EXIF: Canon G10 compact - ISO250, f/2.8, 1/8sec and flash fired, auto mode -
but with -1 2/3 stops flash compensation/bias,
and there was -2/3 stop overall exposure compensation -
so in effect the flash was some -2 1/3 stop below the normal auto level....
Originally posted by Marc Sabatella Agreed on both counts! FWIW, although I shoot 10MP RAW, the JPEG's I routinely generate from my "keepers" are only 2MP, and that's what I use for almost everything I actually do with my pictures - posting online, sharing with friend, making small prints, etc. It's enough resolution to more than fill my screen at 100%, and enough to print 4x6" at 300dpi. It's only when I do larger prints or want to share images with someone who wants to do the same that I return to my 10MP originals.
Of course, having 10MP allows me to crop pretty heavily if I want and still end up with 2MP. I don't do this a lot, but it's nice to be able to. Still, I have to say I find it kind of ridiculous the amount of attention pixel count gets in comparing cameras. More than 2MP is great, sure, but the difference between 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 is also something I'd say is not very relevant for most people most of the time. Unless maybe you shoot a lot of wildlife and depend on the cropability.
Ha-ha! many will probably laugh at me but I shoot my K-x (which is 12Mp) at 10Mp ....... because I don't really need 12Mp.
6Mp is probably good enough too - but hey! I chose 10Mp.
Last edited by UnknownVT; 03-28-2010 at 11:35 AM.