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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I think I may as well paint a target on my forehead if I used a flash. Stevie stare of death, indeed!
I've had bad experiences with Nikon and Panasonic cameras- they both broke very prematurely. By contrast, I must have dropped, kicked and dipped my Canon in acid a billion times, and it's still ticking like a trooper. Again, the problem is that without a flash, everything gets overexposed, so faces and other bright surfaces are just a big light blur. Perhaps there is a setting on the Canon, e.g., portrait, landscape, etc., that can help offset this? Unfortunately there isn't much you can do in terms of manual settings, save for perhaps adjusting the ISO.  |
I always go in with the idea I'm going to get a Canon and end up with something else. My Nikon still works just fine (I've dropped that thing a million times), I just wanted something better. I ended up getting the Lumix because of the HD taping feature, which does work wonderfully, unfortunately they paired it with a sub par soundcard. My Lumix really upped the ISO w/o the flash, at some points it was at 4000. I'm still getting used to that camera. I wish they still made them with viewfinders. The point and shoot market still seems more interested in packing in the megapixels rather than having more lowlight features. I always used the sports setting on the old Nikon, and I'm assuming Canon has something similar, but you end up with a lot of dark pictures as you know. Like I said before you may just want to stick with shooting when the lights are up.