I have a DSC-P72 and every time I take photos of my 10 month old baby grandaughter the flash is so bright she closes her eyes. I have it on the lowest setting but nothing seems to work. We took indoor photos of her yesterday with an Olympus camera with no problems at all, at the same time I used my Sony and every photo her eyes were closed. Can anyone help as I am really regretting buying this camera.
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This is a general issue, even with red-eye off, even with AF illuminator off,there is a pre-flash just before the main flash which can close some people's eyes. It can't be offed. How to do?
If your cam has a shoe, you can use an external flash which strobes only once!
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I also have the P72 and I take plenty of pictures of my 4 month old and 2 1/2 yr. old. I really don't have this problem...I try not to use the flash often (even indoors if enough light) or I keep it on the lowest setting. I also have red-eye off. Don't get me wrong I get all kinds of shots...good and bad. Check your red-eye and try with it off. Let us know how you make out.
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While I do not have a P72, I find this problem odd. Most flash cycle times are so rapid that your grandaughter could not possible close her eyes in that time period (the travel time for the flash to fire and be reflected from the child's face is far faster than a human blink). The problem may be in pre-flash and not the flash itself. So that redeye-reducing "feature" may be responsible for your problem. Does your camera have a redeye reduction mode on the flash?
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Perhaps you only changed the settings. As long as you are on automatic, and don't force the flash off, the flash should work when needed.
The multiple flash you mention, is the flash used to avoid red eyes.
With the first flash(es) the eye closes the pupil, so ref;action of the retina is minimal.
Sometimes the camera also uses the returning flash light to fine tune the focus, if on auto focus.
Just check if the camera is in the setting you always used. Just check if you have the best results with this setting.
We had the same problem a few months ago. We even bought another dummy, but it did not help. Then we found the solution by ourselves. My daughter took her baby born to her bath and we put her into the water. Then I pressed ******* the face for water to go inside through the eyes many times. After I did it a few times with a lot of water the doll start to close and open her eyes again with her dummy. I do not know for what reason but eyes start to stick inside. I believe it may be because of the food, or dust. Maybe not. However from my observations it happen when we did not bathe her for a long time. I hope it helps.
Sounds strange.
There is a function within SCN which is specificly set for photografing children. Try this one.
Other than that try and experiement with different flash types in order to find the correct setting for the flash. You can find the Flash settings: The same place as you chose red eye and switches the flash off/on.
Double-check your flash settings. You mentioned the camera is in Auto mode, but the flash has separate settings from the camera's shooting mode. With the camera in shooting mode AUTO check the Flash settings (Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-In, Off) It may be set to 'fill' causing your photos to be too bright. Also, depending on how close you are to your subject the flash may not be needed. Using the flash when too close to your subject (less then 3 ft.) will cause bright/white photos. Turn the flash OFF if you are taking macro or photos closer then 3ft. If neither of these fix your problem, turn the flash mode OFF, and camera shooting mode to AUTO and in a naturally well lit area, take a photo, if the photo is still too bright, you may have something mechanically wrong with your camera.
This camera is bad for red eye. It's just a problem that happens when the flash is so close to the lens. Red eye occurs when the flash illuminates the subject's retina.
The only solution, really, is to add an external flash that's farther away from the camera lens, which is not an option with this camera. The other, is to get better at taking photos without flash. Higher end cameras have better ways to deal with the red-eye, but these usually involve preflashes that close the subjects pupils (by blinding them with a preflash) before the actual exposure is taken. The Sony DSC-U30 has it as a feature, but it doesn't work very well, I've found. When it does work, it's a nice compromise as it gets rid of the red eye, but it also introduces a delay between pressing the exposure button and the actual taking of the photo.
Unless the light is very dim, I don't use flash with this camera.
After you've taken the photo and have downloaded it, there are ways to edit the red eye out that can be pretty effective.
A P72 should be good enough for 4x6 prints. Are you shooting at the maximum resolution? At 3.2 Megapixels you should be able to print at 4x6" at 250dpi (which although not ideal is better than that of most magazine printing!)
The graininess of your images is not to do with resolution but rather sensitivity and the processing engine in the camera. Are you shooting in bright light, or mainly with the flash? If it is the latter, I'm afraid you're always going to have the picture noise (graininess) with this camera.
If you're going to upgrade, look for a model with good low light capabilities and a good lens. www.dpreview.com is an excellent resource for comparison shopping.
Rendrat: I just got a P72 and am wondering what settings you are using. Are you using Auto ISO? If so, the ISO will increase to 250+ with the flash and any significant zoom. It's a pretty weak flash and increasing the ISO is the only way to get sufficient range. You will definitely notice the noise at ISO 250.
The recycle time using flash gets worse pretty quickly if you are using the onboard flash. The delay is pretty much inversly proportional to the remaining charge in the battery. I.E. the less charge, the longer the time. This happens with any camera.
You might check the time with fresh batteries (or freshly charged) and then after maybe 20 shots or so. I would not find 5 seconds atypical, but 10 seconds sounds like you are pretty close to dead battery.
If you get 10 seconds at the start of a fresh battery, then you may have a problem. Also, capacitor charge time can vary from capacitor to capacitor and a 1-2 second variation between camera flash units, either onboard or off board is probably normal. Age of capacitor can also have an effect.
A common problem is that you have some 3.2 Megapixel (MP) and that image is all of 640x480 or 0.3072 M. That means you could move back from the camera, shoot at 3.2 MP then crop out a 640x480 image that may be in focus.
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