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kgy · May 30, 2004, 10:27 AM

Brand new to the digital field. We have the DX6440. Have the 32x Lexar 256 SD card in it.

At a party at our church last night, I was taking pictures. I set it to auto. Yes, it was indoors. I'm assuming that wasn't the right setting. We had pictures that were very, very dark but turned out nice when I edited them on the computer and we also got 2 or 3 pictures that had (what looked like) little bugs on the peoples face.

Is there a way to edit the "bugs" off the faces because those pictures are so nice except for that. What am I doing wrong to get those on my pictures.

What should have I done or set the camera at since we were inside?

Thanks for helping me learn.

brianhare · May 30, 2004, 12:02 PM

kgy,,,post some pics here for us to see,,,we need to see what you are seeing to help..

But if you are taking the pics in a low light as a church usually is then you can really only take pics up to about 10 feet,,,the specs say you can go to 16 feet but that really isn`t going to happen,,,the flash is too weak to go beyond ten feet in reality..

And in this type of enviroment the night shot mode may help you more...

I don`t think you can put an external flash with the DX6440 either...

Anyway post a few that are untouched for us to see...

Brian

brianhare · May 30, 2004, 12:06 PM

Also right click on the pic in ES and tell us what the shutter speed,aperature,mode,flash,etc is for the given photo,,,it will tell us a lot too..

Brian

Cold Snail · May 30, 2004, 1:55 PM

You could clone out the "bugs" with the clone tool.

What was the rest of the picture like? Were there "bugs" all over it orwas it just on the faces.

Best post an example for us to see. (I bet it's noise)

kgy · May 30, 2004, 2:08 PM

Here's one picture. Hopefully I posted this right so you can see

kgy · May 30, 2004, 2:12 PM

shutter: 1/125 sec

aper: F4.80

Exposure: normal

Focal length: 108M

ISO speed: 140

kgy · May 30, 2004, 2:19 PM

OK, everything goes thru fine so why isn't the picture posting? Boy, do I feel stupid today.

kgy · May 30, 2004, 2:22 PM

Cold Snail wrote:

Quote:

You could clone out the "bugs" with the clone tool.

What was the rest of the picture like? Were there "bugs" all over it orwas it just on the faces.

Best post an example for us to see. (I bet it's noise)

Just the faces

Cold Snail · May 30, 2004, 2:46 PM

Here's my quick take on it.

It always works better with the full sizedimage but this was just a quick tidy up.

kgy · May 30, 2004, 3:03 PM

How did you fix it up?

May 30, 2004, 2:08 PM	#5
kgy Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	Here's one picture. Hopefully I posted this right so you can see Attached Images

May 30, 2004, 2:46 PM	#9
Cold Snail Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 562	Here's my quick take on it. It always works better with the full sizedimage but this was just a quick tidy up. Attached Images

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May 30, 2004, 10:27 AM	#1
kgy Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	Brand new to the digital field. We have the DX6440. Have the 32x Lexar 256 SD card in it. At a party at our church last night, I was taking pictures. I set it to auto. Yes, it was indoors. I'm assuming that wasn't the right setting. We had pictures that were very, very dark but turned out nice when I edited them on the computer and we also got 2 or 3 pictures that had (what looked like) little bugs on the peoples face. Is there a way to edit the "bugs" off the faces because those pictures are so nice except for that. What am I doing wrong to get those on my pictures. What should have I done or set the camera at since we were inside? Thanks for helping me learn.

May 30, 2004, 12:02 PM	#2
brianhare Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 969	kgy,,,post some pics here for us to see,,,we need to see what you are seeing to help.. But if you are taking the pics in a low light as a church usually is then you can really only take pics up to about 10 feet,,,the specs say you can go to 16 feet but that really isn`t going to happen,,,the flash is too weak to go beyond ten feet in reality.. And in this type of enviroment the night shot mode may help you more... I don`t think you can put an external flash with the DX6440 either... Anyway post a few that are untouched for us to see... Brian

May 30, 2004, 12:06 PM	#3
brianhare Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 969	Also right click on the pic in ES and tell us what the shutter speed,aperature,mode,flash,etc is for the given photo,,,it will tell us a lot too.. Brian

May 30, 2004, 1:55 PM	#4
Cold Snail Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 562	You could clone out the "bugs" with the clone tool. What was the rest of the picture like? Were there "bugs" all over it orwas it just on the faces. Best post an example for us to see. (I bet it's noise)

May 30, 2004, 2:12 PM	#6
kgy Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	shutter: 1/125 sec aper: F4.80 Exposure: normal Focal length: 108M ISO speed: 140

May 30, 2004, 2:19 PM	#7
kgy Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	OK, everything goes thru fine so why isn't the picture posting? Boy, do I feel stupid today.

May 30, 2004, 3:03 PM	#10
kgy Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	How did you fix it up?