Beautiful
Sunset - Great photo with an inexpensive camera
On the
evening of Dec. 12th, 2010, we had a gorgeous sunset. My wife saw it first and brought it to my attention.
Since I had just written about what beautiful photos are
possible with inexpensive cameras these days I thought I'd try and see
what our little Kodak EasyShare C160 could do with the sunset.
I quickly grabbed the camera, turned it on, and adjusted the menu
settings on my way out the front door to capture the above photo.
When I edited the photo to present it on this web page, as
always, I made it smaller and sharpened it a bit. In the photo
above I added a little more depth of color but it isn't much.
You can look at the unedited (and very large = 1.67MB)
original by clicking the photo.
I think the original photo is pretty much stunning.
It proves my point that even an ignorant amateur consumer
like me, who knows practically nothing about cameras or photography,
can take beautiful photos with the right lighting and a good camera.
You don't need an expensive camera, you just need a good
camera with a good lens.
Here are the statistics on the original photo. Notice the
original is rather large, 3472 pixels by 2605 pixels.
There's a button on top of the camera to turn the flash off or on. I turned it on. Sometimes
dark photos like this sunset do better with the flash on. The
reason is because the camera automatically sets the "film speed" and
aperture to more appropriate settings.
In the photo below, notice there are 4
buttons to the right of the view screen on the back of the camera. The
one the green arrow is pointing to turns on the menu. I went
to the menu and changed the Color Mode
selection to High Color which is indicated by the red arrow.
My
snapshot camera was a closeout model when I bought it. The Kodak
C160 last sold
at Wal-Mart for $69 (June 2012). Kodak has been going out of business for a
while. They filed for bankruptcy. Their cameras are at
great prices right now. If you're concerned about the warrenty,
just pay Wal-Mart $7 for the in-store warrenty replacement up front.
Within a year, they'll replace the camera with a like model if
anything happens to it.
The
C160 isn't available but there are better models
for the same price. Walmart has a Kodak FZ41-RD Digital Camera
for $65.88 (Nov. 2013 price). It's a 16 megapixel camera making
it a better
deal than the C160 and for the same price. Here's
the Wal-Mart link: CLICK HERE.
Be sure to compare features on other Kodak models as well as
other camera brands. Make sure the ones you compare have a
reputation for good lenses.
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