poemeater said:
Just got c740uz. I would like to automize most of the set up for now. Reason for getting Oly c740uz was to better cope with backlight problems encountered on a point and shoot basic camera previously owned. Also wanted better than exceptable pics w/o breaking into the heavy photo stuff for now. Printer is inop. at the moment and the manual on CD leaves me wanting as I'm very green. I don't know exactly what I want and less of how to get it. I would like to set up the camera for SHQ all the time even in the dial auto mode. Have taken a few outdoor pics in the dial portrait-distance mode and like the dual clarity of both subject and background. Would like to know what any of you have set your "MY" dial settings to and the reasons for them. The custom button I'm sure has a setting for my use also, maybe there is the place for exposure lock or flash setting to help with backlight situations as grandsons do not play on the correct side of the sun or away from illuminated windows. I didn't go the 750 route do to money and only the possibility of getting out of the augmented auto modes.
So far pics are great in the HQ setting. I'm moving on to the SHQ mode as I won't know at the time of shooting which ones I'll be making T.V. slide shows of. I hope someone out there will graciously take some time and share some of there set up knowledge with me. It seems like a great camera and one that will do me fine for a while or until I want to move up the ladder.
Thanks for your time in reading this and hope to hear from you soon. "The Poemeater"
Hi Poemeater, let me try:
I have a C750, which I think is quite similar in settings.
I find the MyMode facility in this camera is very useful, as there are tons of camera setting could be pre-set into one of these mode and allow the camera to be adjusted to the settings quickly.
Different kind of scene will require different configuration on the camera.
Below are some of the configuration I used:
Night scene
Set to manual exposure, which will allow the exposure time to go as long
as 16 sec. Set remote on. SET NR on. Set ISO to 50, which will lower noise level of the picture. There may be time that the camera cannot focus on subjects that are very far away from the camera, especially in the night. For this, you may consider pre-set the focus to infinity with auto-focus during the day and then switch to manual focus to lock the focus and safe it under this myMode setting.
Indoor snap shot with external flash mounted to camera
Set to manual focus, with focusing distance fixed to 2m. Set aperture F number to F8, which give longer depth of field. Set exposure mode to Manual. Flash mode to slow1.
With this setting, I could take snap shots without focusing for each shot. The result is quite acceptable. (With this setting, we in fact is applying the hyperfocal method)
Shooting subjects with fast action
Shooting fast action subject one tends to miss the desired moment. It may help if the camera is set to sequential mode, with exposure mode set to Shutter priority, Resolution set to SQ 1600x1200, which will allow more shots to be taken at one go.
If you are going to use the MyMode function often, I will suggest to set one of the short cut menu item to MyMode, which will speed up the whole process of switching between modes.
These are just my 2 cents worth. Someone may have better setting to offer.
Cheers,
Raymond