Help please : )

[CruiseBoundnKY]

I have a HP Photosmart R937 and I take LOTS of lowlight pictures. Mostly they are taken in outdoor pavilions with light coming in from the sides.

They have bubbles in them and lots of them have zombie white eyes not red eyes that I can fix. DH has agreed to buy me a new camera for Mother's Day so I thought I'd come here for help. The shutter on my current camera is stuck down too, so should I just ditch it and get something else?

Thanks in advance! Karen

 

[ukcatfan]

I have a HP Photosmart R937 and I take LOTS of lowlight pictures. Mostly they are taken in outdoor pavilions with light coming in from the sides.

They have bubbles in them and lots of them have zombie white eyes not red eyes that I can fix. DH has agreed to buy me a new camera for Mother's Day so I thought I'd come here for help. The shutter on my current camera is stuck down too, so should I just ditch it and get something else?

Thanks in advance! Karen

I am guessing that you almost always use a flash. The way to minimize these side effects of a flash is using an external flash. You can also go with a camera that would not need a flash for these, but that would probably mean going to a DSLR, which you do not indicate if that is something you would want or fit in the budget. If you want to stay with a p&s, look at the Canon G11 and an external flash.

 

[CruiseBoundnKY]

Because these pics are taken at goat shows...don't laugh. : ) I have to have something in the $200-$300 range and fits in a pocket. Sorry forgot that.

Karen

 

[ukcatfan]

Because these pics are taken at goat shows...don't laugh. : ) I have to have something in the $200-$300 range and fits in a pocket. Sorry forgot that.

Karen

You are not going to find a p&s camera that eliminates those problems, especially with your subject. The orbs are dust reflecting the flash back at the lens. I am also guessing that the white eyes are animals? Different animals have different looks for the light reflecting back at the camera, but it is basically the same thing as red eye in a human. The thing to do is maximize the distance between the lens and the flash, so the angle of reflection is outside the lens and therefore not captured. Like I said before, an external flash is the thing that will help the most, but that will not fit in your budget and is not able to fit in a pocket.

 

[CruiseBoundnKY]

So I have to ask are you a University of Kentucky fan?

 

[ukcatfan]

So I have to ask are you a University of Kentucky fan?

Yep. I grew up in Ashland, went to UK for four years, and then moved to Louisville. We left Louisville for SWFL a little over seven years ago now.

 

[photo_chick]

You can get a diffuser that sticks on over your flash and it will help a little, or you can even tape tissue paper over the flash, or make a deflector out of white board (or white business cards) to help. The results will vary with what you make or buy and will not be anywhere near as good as having an external flash that's farther away from the lens. But it's better than doing nothing.