Monday, September 27, 2010

New Camera

before

after

This summer I replaced my old point and shot with a Cannon PowerShot 3500 IS Digital Elph with 14.1 mega pixels. Pricy, yes, but nothing like the big boy stuff. I have decided that my eyes don't work well enough and I'm too lazy to haul around all the professional equipment anyway. I chose this camera because of its remarkable close-up ability. The camera focus automatically as the lens approaches it's target, saving the operator from having to shift the mode to close-up. I take it with me when I do genealogy research. I just snap a picture of the page rather than try to copy it. Recently, I visited a cousin who had wonderful family pictures. Since these old and priceless pictures were too precious to take from the owner for scanning, I simply snapped them with my Elph. Further complicating the process was that I had no tripod and the light was not desirable on this raining day. Still, I am very happy with the results. Take a look at what came from the camera and what the final project looks like after some restoration efforts. Certainly good enough to tell the family history.

5 comments:

Better with a Bow said...

You are getting so good at the photo restorations! Good for you.

Yarbrough's said...

You did a great job at restoring this picture, glad you are having a good time researching the family tree, I guess I more than got my moneys worth with the geneology software I bought you for Christmas last year. Don't know how I'm going to top that.

Judy said...

Yarb. Yes, you did good, but you are allowed to try to top it.

Dijea said...

Good job.

Brice and Amy said...

Pretty impressive. Is the photo in your blog the highest res one or has it been downsized?