@AcquiredCardSkills Well, that was when I was very new at this. The lighting was all wrong and I was too close to the screen, as I was working in a very confined space. I've got green screen usage perfected now.
Thanks for a very useful review. Why is it so hard for the manufacturers to just get it right? All the elements seem to be out there in one camera or another, but never all together in one piece of kit. Consistently quick and accurate focus + user focus point selection / big zoom / Optical IS/ RAW / 720p movie / Mic socket / 16-bit 44kHz stereo/ remote control for shake free tripod mounted start, stop, zoom and focus operation in movie mode ....Regards, Langdon
@ashinthemist Well, when the camera is refusing to focus on what I want in a cluttered shot with lots of surfaces at varying distances, I find an object nearby at the same distance from the camera so I can fix the focus on that, and then shift the camera over to the subject and take the shot. The camera gets confused with small objects when there are things like branches in front of it, or around it because it doesn't know what to focus on. I could just use the manual focus.....
@ashinthemist .....but with birds not staying still long enough, and with the awkward focus wheel, it doesn't seem to be practical to use the manual focus in bird photography.
@Cuzntime Glad to hear it is better than something! LOL All in all though, I do like the SX20 despite these issues at default settings. It seems if I set color, sharpness and contrast to max, in the custom settings, so far it seems to take away many of the picture issues.
Dont use your greenscreen....... ever......
AcquiredCardSkills 5 months ago
@AcquiredCardSkills Well, that was when I was very new at this. The lighting was all wrong and I was too close to the screen, as I was working in a very confined space. I've got green screen usage perfected now.
bwelmhouse1 5 months ago
thanks!
tannu99 1 year ago
Thanks for a very useful review. Why is it so hard for the manufacturers to just get it right? All the elements seem to be out there in one camera or another, but never all together in one piece of kit. Consistently quick and accurate focus + user focus point selection / big zoom / Optical IS/ RAW / 720p movie / Mic socket / 16-bit 44kHz stereo/ remote control for shake free tripod mounted start, stop, zoom and focus operation in movie mode ....Regards, Langdon
2Langdon 1 year ago
I would like to get this camera (Im not a processional) but what did you mean when you said at 1:51 ... could you explain? Thanks
ashinthemist 1 year ago
@ashinthemist Well, when the camera is refusing to focus on what I want in a cluttered shot with lots of surfaces at varying distances, I find an object nearby at the same distance from the camera so I can fix the focus on that, and then shift the camera over to the subject and take the shot. The camera gets confused with small objects when there are things like branches in front of it, or around it because it doesn't know what to focus on. I could just use the manual focus.....
bwelmhouse1 1 year ago
@bwelmhouse1 Cool thanks so much!
ashinthemist 1 year ago
@ashinthemist Very welcome!
bwelmhouse1 1 year ago
@ashinthemist .....but with birds not staying still long enough, and with the awkward focus wheel, it doesn't seem to be practical to use the manual focus in bird photography.
bwelmhouse1 1 year ago
I have the SX10IS and really like it but the issues you mentioned are basically the same on mine. Still and improvement over my Fuji.
Cuzntime 1 year ago
@Cuzntime Glad to hear it is better than something! LOL All in all though, I do like the SX20 despite these issues at default settings. It seems if I set color, sharpness and contrast to max, in the custom settings, so far it seems to take away many of the picture issues.
bwelmhouse1 1 year ago
@bwelmhouse1
Yeah, I like mine too. The only thing I really dont like is the rough contrast when fully zoomed.
Cuzntime 1 year ago