Be afraid no more of those camera settings
July 7th, 2008
If you like to tinker around with your camera but are not “into” photography to really figure out what all those manual settings affect, then this one’s for you. Have you always wondered what those weird fractions like f/2.8, f/5.6 meant (they are the aperture values or f-stops), or what that ISO 200 showing up on your camera viewfinder was all about. And how do those shutter speeds matter anyway - 1/125, 1/60 and so on.
So if you shoot on the automatic mode, then believe it or not, all these play together to create the right photo for you, and your camera sensor does all the hard work behind the scenes. But when you really want to create a photograph that is “hatke” - for eg. that dreamy portrait of your loved one with a fuzzy background, or a freeze frame photo of water splashing, well then you’ll need to get your hands dirty with these numbers. So here’s a really effective way to learn those nuances - the SimCam. This virtual camera will programmatically reproduce the effects of those camera settings on a pre-set image. You can compare how two different settings will change the final output. Its a surprisingly good learning tool as you see the results side by side. Check it out and be a pro with those nifty controls!
Entry Filed under: cool stuff, Photography
6 Comments Add your own
1. Jagan Mohan | July 15th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Hi, offtopic, but I was wondering if I could ask you guys can think outside the ol’ mugs and tshirts and posters thing and come up with some other basic stuff ..
I want to suggest:
1. Stickers. Just plain things will do. Or specialised ones for sticking on car windscreens, etc, weather resistant.. and so on
2. If you can print on TShirts, why not on just PLAIN FABRIC of some size? What If I fancy a small banner of cloth?
3. CD/DVD Labels. Box Covers. You know we are all inundated with hundreds of these stuff!
4. Why just mugs?? why not a souvenir plate? that would be nice on a display. besides, they are the same surface.
5. Can you guys atleast think big like ‘Giclee prints’? You don’t know what moola guys like me are ready to dole out for some fine giclee art prints.
Just my thought.
Jagan.
2. Animesh | July 17th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Hi Jagan
Great suggestions, and I’ll say that we’re already working on more products. Amongst the ones you suggested - we can do stickers, CD/DVD labels, plates, Giclee prints on high qulaity canvas stock. Most of these may not make it to itasveer online in the very near future because of relatively lower demand, but hey.. you can always write to us and we’ll do stuff on request :) We’re currently working on bringing photobooks online.
I even have some great close up photos of a few samples that we’ve done for testing. I’ll drop you an email and you can let me know any requirements I can help you with.
3. Abhi | July 21st, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Your site has made a completely non-creative ‘me’ into somewhat creative, i feel elated to think what i made or think to make on the ‘gifts’ side for close group of people… Would have never thought of it.. I mean I have never written a letter/ card before this.. but ur site makes things so simple that i can easily canvas my simple ideas .. and i get sure that they will look good..
What I am eagerly waiting for are ‘color t-shirts’.. i would want to design some good pic on same T’s in blue/pink color for me and my hubby in different sizes and get ourselves clicked..
4. Animesh | July 30th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Well we couldn’t be happier. We just hope we can continue to ignite the same creative spark in more people as we go. So hang around.. there are good things to come.
PS. Colored t-shirts are still far away from where we see it right now. The quality is yet to match that of white t-shirt printing.
5. Maddy | August 16th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I wanted to order gift from the site, but unable to as website does not integrate with some well known payment gateway.
How can I be sure that my information will not be compromised.
I believe you understand my concern.
6. Nishant | August 20th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Hey Maddy,
We work with CCAvenue, which is one of the most used payment gateways in India. CCAvenue is being used by all the major websites in India (including itasveer) for payment processing. Your payment information is completely secure and we haven’t had even a single case of compromised information in our more than two years of operation. Hope that helps clear some concerns.
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