topic Re: Cameras in Community Spirit

Cameras

jessicadazzler97 — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:28:36 GMT

How long has it been since you took pictures of your everyday life? If its been a while, maybe today that will change 🙂

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:34:34 GMT

Yesterday.......shot photos of dining table, later shot the moon (literally).........

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lloydslights — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:56:53 GMT

My eyes are my camera. Why should I take pictures of stuff? Just to bore other people?

DEB

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:04:25 GMT

Our new camera is so complicated to use that it's turning into a shelf figurine .. gahhhh!!!

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:05:08 GMT

What kind of camera is it?

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:13:09 GMT

One reason is to document your family, and its history, so that your great-great grandson has an idea how his forbears lived.

Another is to be able to look back, and remember how your loved ones looked in their youth, middle age........

Cleo, on the left, recently passed......photos are all I have to remember her by.

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:24:26 GMT

It's a N...n 600. Supposedly just point and shoot, but there's something a little askew with the pullout screen. It has strange little yellow squares that pounce all over it (the screen) and don't stop even when put onto a very stable tripod.

We've had the camera store look at it, and sadly, they don't know why it's doing that.

Sent an email to N...n but no answer yet ....

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:26:15 GMT

That's a gorgeous picture of the dogs. Sorry to hear about Cleo, you really loved her xx

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:40:56 GMT

tas, do these little squares go away when you focus and shoot?

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:44:57 GMT

sorry about that double post..need coffee

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:45:45 GMT

No, it just keeps going and going, and we can't see how to turn them off, it's a though something is 'stuck'.

We thought those squares (according to what we've read about it from the manual and online) were determining the light sources and then should settle down when ready to go, but they are still there as soon as we turn the camera on even when not focussing on the subject.

It's possible we're doing something wrong, but can't figure out what.

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:46:13 GMT

do you think they might be the group area focus points?

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:50:33 GMT

I don't know, and us not knowing much about photography doesn't help ...

We purchased this particular camera as it is supposed to be a simple kind of 'point and shoot', but perhaps it's in the first setting up? We followed the instructions meticulously, but even the camera shop folks (where we purchased it) don't seem to know why it's doing that.

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:50:58 GMT

tas, if you think they might be the group focus points, go to A9 and turn it off.

bbs- going to get coffee

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:51:42 GMT

Okay, going to get it now and find A9.

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tasfleur — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:59:48 GMT

Okay, found the A but not an A9, the A is on the dial that has on it P S A M U plus a little icon of a tiny green camera and 'scene'.

It's a Coolpix P600.

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tasfleur — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:32:25 GMT

Back at around 1pm xxx

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:45:09 GMT

You might try turning the LCD screen toward the camera body, which activates the viewfinder........and use that.

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:02:38 GMT

Been reading round, it might be best to reset and start again in the setup menu- it probably cant hurt, right?

Heres a link to a forum of users Qs and As..

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54815310

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but after reading online forums,I would try the reset, and then if that doesnt work Id be returning it to the store for a full refund..

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tasfleur — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:26:44 GMT

Just sneaking back in for a minute as I have to finish an assignment this morning.

Yes, I think you are absolutely right YCDI. I'm going to shut the whole thing down, even pull the battery out, recharge it (although it's still half charged) and start the whole setup again.

Thank you so much for the link and thank you for the excellent advice, I'll read right through it.

Will get back to you this afternoon after the restart etc and let you know what has happened xxx