Moose
If your print looks as good as that does on my monitor I understand
your being pleased with the pics from your S110. To be really
critical, perhaps having two insects (both in focus) on the flowers was
perhaps a little over the top ... ;-)
Printer cleaner is what you need – but that was the subject of some
posts about 8 months ago.
Chris
On 30 Jul 2004, at 10:44, Moose wrote:
> I've had pleased reactions from viewers to those few pictures I've
> printed from the 6mp DSLR so far. I have a ways to go in learning how
> best to use it from my own perspective, but am pleased with some of
> what
> I have done. I think there are things that digital can do better than
> film and some that film can do better.
>
> But then, I'm one who has been pleased with many pics from my little
> old
> 2.1mp S110. Three 8x10s from it are hanging in the dining room. I think
> this, for example, is a very fine image; prints up nicely too
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Glads/pages/10-1053.htm>. Funny thing
> is, it was seriously underexposed becaue I forgot to return exposure
> comp back to -1/3, my default setting, when I last used the camera and
> it doesn't show that without checking. Fortunately, what makes it is
> the
> subtle shadings of white, which were all there, and the darker tones
> didn't matter if they went black. In fact, I coudl see myself doing
> something similar on purpose in some circumstances. I try to learn from
> my "mistakes".
>
> Of course part of the learning curve has nothing to with digital at
> all,
> but learning to use AF effectively. Although I'm doing a fair amount of
> shooting with OM mount MF lenses, I'm also learning how to use AF to
> get
> what I want in focus, rather than what it may choose without
> intervention.
>
> Next thing is to find out why the printer is putting black smears on
> the
> bottom of some prints before I waste any more paper and ink. Bah!
>
> Moose
>
>
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