Is it true that when you take pictures with a digital camera that the lighting is different than where you're taking the picture at? I mean, whenever I look in the mirror before I take a pic, my face always looks darker, tanner than wheras in the picture it looks pale and not tan. I don't know what it is, but I don't like it. Is there some way I can change the lighting on the camera?
Thanks in advance! : )
2007-09-22 15:41:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Cameras don't lie, but mirrors have been know to. On the serious side, your digital camera has a major advantage over it's film counter part. It is called "WHITE BALANCE". You will have to find it in your menu as that varies from camera to camera, but the settings are pretty much the same and the set-up is not that hard. It has to due with the ambient light that the camera sees and that your eyes don't see it the same way. If you had that mirror out side in good sunlight and was using the auto exposure setting on your camera, you would have a different result. It boils down to "calibrating" your camera to the "temperature" of the light around your mirror.
2007-09-22 16:17:44 · answer #1 · answered by Dusty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a nice quiet place, get comfortable, and READ & STUDY your Camera's Owners' Manual. It wasn't packed in the box as filler - it's there so you can learn to use your camera and get the best results with it. You have to study your camera just as you would chemistry, math, history, etc.
Study it one feature or setting at a time. Practice using it until you're comfortable with it and then go to the next feature or setting. Most of all, study and practice, study and practice, study and practice.
2007-09-23 07:46:29 · answer #2 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the flash on? If so turn it off.
2007-09-22 22:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋