Richard Moore Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Got yet another relatively cheap camera to replace one that seems to have lost the ability to focus reliably. Hmmm...why does that sound familiar? [:-spin] Anyway, I decided to go small this time, all the easier to carry it around in a pocket. After some research I ended up with a factory refurbished Canon ELPH 310. It's about 80% the size of my iPhone and almost as thin. The auto point and shoot setting works great for HI stuff from macro to house beauty shot. Only a 8x optical zoom, but I can live with that. In P-mode there are a few in-camera tricks that I haven't seen before and most of which I'll probably never use. One, call "color accent" did intrigue me enough to try it out on my morning dog walk. You can zoom in on a color, pick it, and then take photos with everything else monochrome. I tried pumpkin orange for the first one and then the tree red (with range expanded a bit) for the second. I'm not sure this has any use at all...but kinda cool. Download Attachment: GoofyEffect1.jpg 219.9 KB Download Attachment: GoofyEffect2.jpg 253.85 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Kienitz Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 RM, You will be giving Lamb some competition. Actually ... nice effects on those images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Wow! That's cool. Looks like someone spent an awful lot of time on photoshop. 'Valuable' describes it better than 'useless' if you're an artist. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspectorjoe Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 That would be a great way to highlight the subject in inspection photos without using circles and arrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Or to point out an object in a cluttered environment. Cool feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 I like #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 There is a huge arts and crafts fair at Letchworth State Park on Columbus Day weekend that my wife and I attend every year. One of the photographers there featured that effect very prominently in her work, more than half of her photos. Could be a nice little side line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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