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Ok. I guess I'll start off saying I am a complete noob to this camera. (HS50exr) Before this camera I had (and still have) a Canon Elph 300HS which I love. A few months back I decided I wanted an upgrade and started looking into bridge cameras. I narrowed it down to the FZ200 and HS50. The HS50 won me over with the longer zoom and some other small things, along with a $50 dollar price difference. Anyway, I got the camera several weeks ago in June. I LOVE this thing. It is a huge upgrade (as I knew it would be) from my little Elph. Anyway, I've been taking pictures of everything from birds to the moon and landscapes and figured I'd make an account here and show y'all a few pictures and see if you had any tips as far as improving my skills. This is my first camera with real manual controls as far as shutter speed ISO and aperture so any advice is welcome. Here's a few pictures. ( I don't have any good editing software. I only have gimp and have no money so kinda limited as far as editing.)



I edited this picture a little. Just adjusted brightness and contrast a little. And cropped it a little I think.
I edited this picture a little. Just adjusted brightness and contrast a little. And cropped it a little I think.



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This picture is a little blurry. No editing on this.
This picture is a little blurry. No editing on this.

I'm also a little interested in astrophotography. I have heard this camera doesn't do well in that area. I know it is limited to 100 ISO at 30 sec exposure. If I stacked a lot of those would it be decent? what about higher iso with shorter shutter? I have tons of questions. Again, any advice would be great and I can't wait to get deeper into this hobby and learn more from you guys!
 

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Some really nice pictures- I love that Fantasy setting! I may have to try that lol.

For astrophotography, you'd need a tripod and use ISO 200 15 sec to avoid star trails and use Registax or CCD STACK or DSS STACKER.

And you might want to get the RR-80A remote or use the self timer.

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Birds are the hardest to do. I shoot mostly with the EXR because for me the other settings seem harder to master then the Panasonic FZ 100 I have.
 
... Hope you enjoy the camera.

A PDF of the settings I use is available if you wish to download it - HS50 and HS30 Settings

HS50 EXR Images (SOOC) from these settings and which will be added to over time - HS50 EXR Images
JDPhotography said:
Ok. I guess I'll start off saying I am a complete noob to this camera. (HS50exr) Before this camera I had (and still have) a Canon Elph 300HS which I love. A few months back I decided I wanted an upgrade and started looking into bridge cameras. I narrowed it down to the FZ200 and HS50. The HS50 won me over with the longer zoom and some other small things, along with a $50 dollar price difference. Anyway, I got the camera several weeks ago in June. I LOVE this thing. It is a huge upgrade (as I knew it would be) from my little Elph. Anyway, I've been taking pictures of everything from birds to the moon and landscapes and figured I'd make an account here and show y'all a few pictures and see if you had any tips as far as improving my skills. This is my first camera with real manual controls as far as shutter speed ISO and aperture so any advice is welcome. Here's a few pictures. ( I don't have any good editing software. I only have gimp and have no money so kinda limited as far as editing.)

I edited this picture a little. Just adjusted brightness and contrast a little. And cropped it a little I think.
I edited this picture a little. Just adjusted brightness and contrast a little. And cropped it a little I think.

[ATTACH alt="No edit here. I used the"fantasy" setting on this picture."]766033[/ATTACH]
No edit here. I used the"fantasy" setting on this picture.

No edit
No edit

[ATTACH alt="No edit. Just the "fantasy" setting again."]766035[/ATTACH]
No edit. Just the "fantasy" setting again.

No edit
No edit

No edit
No edit

Edited the brightness and Contrast
Edited the brightness and Contrast

Edited brightness and contrast.
Edited brightness and contrast.

Edited brightness and contrast
Edited brightness and contrast

This picture is a little blurry. No editing on this.
This picture is a little blurry. No editing on this.

I'm also a little interested in astrophotography. I have heard this camera doesn't do well in that area. I know it is limited to 100 ISO at 30 sec exposure. If I stacked a lot of those would it be decent? what about higher iso with shorter shutter? I have tons of questions. Again, any advice would be great and I can't wait to get deeper into this hobby and learn more from you guys!
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alexisgreat said:
Some really nice pictures- I love that Fantasy setting! I may have to try that lol.

For astrophotography, you'd need a tripod and use ISO 200 15 sec to avoid star trails and use Registax or CCD STACK or DSS STACKER.

And you might want to get the RR-80A remote or use the self timer.
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thwim said:
Birds are the hardest to do. I shoot mostly with the EXR because for me the other settings seem harder to master then the Panasonic FZ 100 I have.
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DSS is Deep Sky Stacker I use it and really like it. Registax is really good too. Both are free so you should try both. Also, join the yahoo user groups for these programs and we can help you with whatever you need. Join Cloudy Nights also.
 
alexisgreat said:
DSS is Deep Sky Stacker I use it and really like it. Registax is really good too. Both are free so you should try both. Also, join the yahoo user groups for these programs and we can help you with whatever you need. Join Cloudy Nights also.
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If you would like a very good easy to use free editing program, download FastStone Image Viewer. It is much easier to use than gimp. I had gimp but found it not user friendly.
 

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JDPhotography said:
Ok. I guess I'll start off saying I am a complete noob to this camera. (HS50exr) Before this camera I had (and still have) a Canon Elph 300HS which I love. A few months back I decided I wanted an upgrade and started looking into bridge cameras. I narrowed it down to the FZ200 and HS50. The HS50 won me over with the longer zoom and some other small things, along with a $50 dollar price difference. Anyway, I got the camera several weeks ago in June. I LOVE this thing. It is a huge upgrade (as I knew it would be) from my little Elph. Anyway, I've been taking pictures of everything from birds to the moon and landscapes and figured I'd make an account here and show y'all a few pictures and see if you had any tips as far as improving my skills. This is my first camera with real manual controls as far as shutter speed ISO and aperture so any advice is welcome. Here's a few pictures. ( I don't have any good editing software. I only have gimp and have no money so kinda limited as far as editing.)

I edited this picture a little. Just adjusted brightness and contrast a little. And cropped it a little I think.
I edited this picture a little. Just adjusted brightness and contrast a little. And cropped it a little I think.

[ATTACH alt="No edit here. I used the"fantasy" setting on this picture."]766033[/ATTACH]
No edit here. I used the"fantasy" setting on this picture.

No edit
No edit

[ATTACH alt="No edit. Just the "fantasy" setting again."]766035[/ATTACH]
No edit. Just the "fantasy" setting again.

No edit
No edit

No edit
No edit

Edited the brightness and Contrast
Edited the brightness and Contrast

Edited brightness and contrast.
Edited brightness and contrast.

Edited brightness and contrast
Edited brightness and contrast

This picture is a little blurry. No editing on this.
This picture is a little blurry. No editing on this.

I'm also a little interested in astrophotography. I have heard this camera doesn't do well in that area. I know it is limited to 100 ISO at 30 sec exposure. If I stacked a lot of those would it be decent? what about higher iso with shorter shutter? I have tons of questions. Again, any advice would be great and I can't wait to get deeper into this hobby and learn more from you guys!
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