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If it's not blurry, it's red eye

cormie · 2006-03-15 21:10:38

Hi, I'm new to this whole "photo technomolology" malarky and I've just been doing a few snaps, I don't really like the un natural brightness of the flash and the red eye it creates, but whenever I turn it off, I can take photos without them blurring. I have an Olympus Camedia D535 zoom. There are different options, I've…

15-03-2006 9:10pm

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cormie

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Hi,
I'm new to this whole "photo technomolology" malarky and I've just been doing a few snaps, I don't really like the un natural brightness of the flash and the red eye it creates, but whenever I turn it off, I can take photos without them blurring. I have an Olympus Camedia D535 zoom. There are different options, I've tried them all, I think, but I can't get good shots:(

Any suggestions welcomed!

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#2 15-03-2006 9:20pm

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cormie wrote:

Hi,
I'm new to this whole "photo technomolology" malarky and I've just been doing a few snaps, I don't really like the un natural brightness of the flash and the red eye it creates, but whenever I turn it off, I can take photos without them blurring. I have an Olympus Camedia D535 zoom. There are different options, I've tried them all, I think, but I can't get good shots:(

Any suggestions welcomed!

What you could try, and I've heard about people doing this before but don't speak of personal experience, is cut a piece of plastic from a white plastic cup and cover your flash with it. This will diffuse the flash and make the appearance of your flash softer. As for red eyes... you can fix that with software like Photoshop Elements.

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#3 15-03-2006 9:31pm

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You see I want the colour tone of the non flash photo, it's a lot warmer, if I could just take the photos without the blur. I was hoping I wouldn't have to depend on software to get rid of the red eye too:( Thanks for the tip about the plastic cup:)

Here's what I'm talking about:

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#4 15-03-2006 10:10pm

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Another factor that increases the chance of red-eye is the closeness of the beam from built-in flashes to the axis of the lens of the camera. There's not a lot you can do about it apart from trying to soften the effect somewhat using a technique like Dimy says. The problem is that the flashes on most compact cameras aren't that powerful anyway, so reducing the output in this way will have an adverse effect on their range.

Does your camera's flash have an auto-redeye reduction feature?

You can do a lot with post processing in Photoshop or something similar to make the images taken with flash a bit warmer, although personally, I don't think the second image is too far off.

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#5 15-03-2006 10:19pm

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we had this topic recently:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054898108

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