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How many photos are necessary?
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Take as many photos as you need. It's not like you're wasting film and any unused space is wasted space anyway.
It also depends on the situation or type of photography project you are doing. When I shoot food photos, I could nail it in one shot. When I do selfies, maybe one or two. Real Estate photography, I don't really count - I sometimes take a few or many depending on environmental factors such as lighting and at different angles to see what's best.
It also depends on the situation or type of photography project you are doing. When I shoot food photos, I could nail it in one shot. When I do selfies, maybe one or two. Real Estate photography, I don't really count - I sometimes take a few or many depending on environmental factors such as lighting and at different angles to see what's best.
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Can you explain why you have dumbed down your camera 20MP to 10MP? And can you honestly say that you have maxed out your memory card of taking 9999 photos in a session or even in a day?
Your count is out on selfies. Zero is the correct count.
How absurd! What I do with my camera is my business as I paid for it!
It's a legitimate question.
Then why even post this thread? How many photos necessary is our own business if that's your mentality. That would be just as absurd.
Then why did you tell us in the first place?
You can take multi shots with your iPhone.
It’s not about the number of shots, it’s about getting one 3-4 you want to keep. You just delete the others.
I would guess you’ve never been to a professional studio shoot. ?
There is no such thing as a “pro camera”. Cameras are inanimate objects. Neither pro nor amateur.
There are cameras. Some more expensive than others. Some with more functionality. Some with less
There are photographers. Some are casual. Some are hobbyists. Some are paid (and thus pro).
Those paid photographers use a variety of cameras. Some even use iPhones!
I have multiple cameras, including a Canon PowerShot SX 70 HS. Which can do 10 FPS.
You can do a lot with your camera. It is ok that you choose not to.
You seem to be happy with the images you take. That is great. Seriously. It is great.
But you also seem to question your choices. Live your life. If you are happy with what you have then, as Richard Feynman famously said, “What do you care what other people think?”
But if you want to learn and become a better photographer, then start listening to the folks that post in your threads.
Refer back to the post I quoted. Your camera is perfectly capable of “firing off lots of shots”. It isn’t difficult at all. Give it a try. Maybe it isn’t for you. Maybe you’ll love it.
But stop rejecting advice out of hand.
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I’ve broken my rule three times now. I won’t break it a fourth.
Stay well.
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Practice makes perfect. The more photos you take, the more your skills will improve. (That assumes you are consciously taking photos, not just mindlessly pressing the button. But even photos taken mindlessly may teach you something when you look at them later.)
Professional photographers take a lot of photos, but they only show you the best shots. Pros used to say, “film is cheap”. Well, that was only partially true. Film was cheap for the professional, compared to all their other expenses. For amateurs, however, film could get quite expensive. When I went to England, I took 30 or 40 rolls of film, which cost $5-6 apiece, plus processing. Today, however, memory really is cheap. I can store the equivalent of thousands of rolls of film on my phone and delete what I don’t want later. (In theory, anyway. I will admit I don’t spend nearly as much time deleting marginal photos as I ought to.)
Professional photographers take a lot of photos, but they only show you the best shots. Pros used to say, “film is cheap”. Well, that was only partially true. Film was cheap for the professional, compared to all their other expenses. For amateurs, however, film could get quite expensive. When I went to England, I took 30 or 40 rolls of film, which cost $5-6 apiece, plus processing. Today, however, memory really is cheap. I can store the equivalent of thousands of rolls of film on my phone and delete what I don’t want later. (In theory, anyway. I will admit I don’t spend nearly as much time deleting marginal photos as I ought to.)
Have you ever thought that maybe I do not know how to do this? If you know how to do this with my camera then can you explain how I can do it?????
What are you looking to do? There have been plenty of answers given across your threads. Tips to being a better photographer. Not knowing and not wanting to learn are not excuses.
I SAID I do not know how to rapid shoot with my Canon Powershot. I forgot my model number. How do I rapid shoot?
please don‘t yell. you can search your posts to find your model number. and you have repeatedly said how big your manual is. and that you have read it.
refer back.
you can take several rapid shots with the camera at 10MP with a capacity of 9999. Reference the big manual as it will clearly explain how to do it... or do a simple google search of continuous shooting. it's amazing how much google sensei knows
Deleted my response, since soulreaver99 answered the question.
Wow. You forget the model number but expect others to use a divining rod to establish that, then down the manual, find the correct entry and give you the answer.
I can assure you we have all had to figure out the ins and outs of our own cameras and every camera is at least somewhat different. Even those of us who are retired, have better things to do than your homework.