h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My dad is really into his digital photography and has a camera with loads of buttons / menus and stuffs.

He does look down on my camera (which he recomended to me) because it is basically point and click. Aside from my band stuff (which just involves turning off the flash + up the exposure) I don't fiddle with any settings.

He was round the other day and was taking pictures of some planes at Mancy airport. Each photo involved setting the white balance / ISO settings etc etc and were never quite right! Then pressing buttons without his glasses on, he deleted all the photos!

Since all my stuff ends up on the net or hacked massivly for posters, my point and click thing does me fine

Mine's not fancy, it's just a slimline basic digital camera, with a smaller viewer screen than all the new ones out now. The functions are basic, I just come across the ones I don't use by accident. One of the ones I discovered today was that in 'Playback Mode' I can get thumb prints of the photos on the viewer screen, I'm sure all digi-cameras have that, I just wasn't aware mine had it.

Until recently, I didn't know I had white balance, I come across it from time to time, and never know what it's actually for, or how to get it when I think I actuaaly might need it.

For a while I couldn't get my flash to work, so I tried using my partners digi-camera, that was fun, you need to press buttons from turning it on just to get it into camera/capture mode, way too complicated for me, I gave it straight back to him.

I managed to get my flash working, though hardly use it as I prefer to take photo outside, I seem to mess up when I use the flash, so I try to avoid using it.

Emmily

Emmily - have you tried to google for an instruction book? you can often get pdf downloads for free.

Scorp.

Scorp, I did try that once, found the make, but couldn't find info corresponding to the number on my camera, I'll try again when I get aroundtuit.

Emmily

Just a little reminder, that submissions close tomorrow, Friday, at 6pm (GMT) voting will be opened soon afterwards.

Emmily/Annie/Wilma

Emmily! Some years ago, a dear friend of mine actually bought me a round tuit.

You mean one like this Scorp

http://www.fament.com/supermom/aroundtuit.gif

more importantly, does it work?

Emmily

That's exactly it Emmily and no it doesn't. With the best will in the world, I cannot put a spell on it which will make me do all the things it promises will happen

Are you interested in voting Jon? There's just a couple of rules...

No worries, I'll explain it when I start the voting tomorrow evening, and if anyone has any questions they can ask via the Photogarphers yahoo group.

Emmily

Voting is now open, and closes Wednesday 28 Feb, at 12 midday (GMT)

More details in the photographers group email.

One obvious thing I didn't mention, you can't vote for your own photo.

Emmily/Annie/Wilma

Just a reminder that voting closes tomorrow, Wednesday, at 12 midday (GMT) for anyone who wants to vote and hasn't done so yet.

Thank You to all photo submitters and voters.

Emmily/Annie/Wilma

The winning photos can be viewed on Annie's 'h2g2 Photographers Hall
of Fame (February 2007)' A19560495

A new feature on the 'Hall of Fame' page is the names of all the
Photographers and Voters, this has been back-dated to January.

A big Thank You to everyone who took part this time round.


List of wining photos

Eccles Cakes 2 - bluesue
The Ultimate Cat Toy for Lazy People 2 - bluesue
Essex Girls' 1 - Emmily
Bouldering 1 - Skankyrich
Nottingham Express Transit, Nottinghamshire, UK 1 - scorpio_witch
Staple Removers 1 - bluesue
Shopping Trolleys 3 - Emmily
Knives 1 - Emmily
Pancakes 6 - bluesue

Emmily/Annie/Wilma