Hi -

Actually I was thinking your camera was the C-720 - an 8x optical zoom with
many of the same functions of the 10x Uzi. Yours is a bit more different,
with no s-prog.apparently for sports, landscape, portrait and night
shooting. But that's ok - you still have the shutter, aperture and manual
modes to do the same thing.

Choosing the mode is a bit different too. From the online review I see, to
select the mode, you turn the dial on top of the camera to A/S/M and then
use the on-screen menu to select Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority
or Manual. To adjust, you then use the buttons on the jog dial. Yes, if you
go too far, the f-stop and shutter speed numbers on the screen will turn red
to alert you. You actually can go to even a larger aperture than I can, 2.0
versus 2.8 on the Uzi.

Again, increasing the aperture opening (smaller number)will limit depth of
field but allow more light. Narrowing the depth of field toward your max of
F/11 will decrease light but allow you to focus on near and far objects -
especially good for landscape. Check your camera manual for info. There also
is this on your camera:
 http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/C2020/C20A.HTM

Yes, the ISO is manually adjustable on your camera, but apparently produces
nosier images than the Uzi at higher ISO.

As far as exif info, as John said, it is info embedded in the photograph
header and includes all of the camera settings, date and time and an image
thumbnail. If you have the Camedia software, you should be able to see the
exif info by opening a photo, and clicking on File/Properties. Keep in mind
that the exif info will be destroyed if you have edited the photo in many
common image editing programs, such as Microsoft Photo Editor. Even rotating
and re-saving a photo will destroy the exif. If you want to preserve it,
download the free exifer program at www.exifer.friedemann.info This will
allow you to back up the info before you edit a photo and restore it
afterwards. But it will be gone for good in any photo you have edited thus
far.

You also can download the free and VERY popular image viewer Irfanview
www.irfanview.com AND the plugins, or at least the exif plugin. This
software will allow you to view the exif info and edit anything without
overwriting it.

A final neat free software is pixvue www.pixvue.com . It adds lots of this
data to the right-click (context) menu and the properties menu. It also has
a photo database function.

All these programs also give you access to the newer IPTC data, which allows
you to embed captions, copyrights, searchable meta data and lots of other
stuff. You also can add a user comment to the exif data. All of this is very
cool and lots of fun!

Good luck.


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Anthony Giorgianni

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"fweddybear" <fweddybear@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> My results, shooting without flash and totally on auto (prog) mode, were
> mixed. Many shots came out extraordinary, but many out were blurred. I
just
> did a lot of research on this. Here are my thoughts:
>
> The problem really is the indoor light. I was shooting in a exposition
> center with many overhead fluorescent lights (maybe not actually
> fluorescent)  that seemed very bright but really weren't. As a result,
even
> shots in which people
>
> snip snip....
>
>     Anthony... I have put the iso to 100 instead of auto... and set it to
> shutter priority.  I have tried shooting a few shots at 400, and it is
just
> way too grainy for me.....  I do not have a sports priority option.  As
for
> setting the depthof field, I have looked thru the manual and still trying
to
> figure out how.  Although I believe there is some way to adjust this, I
> think at certain iso settings, it is just preset.  I also am having
trouble
> finding how to adjust the shutter speed.  I also have never heard of exif
> info.... and havne't seen it mentioned in my manual.  What exactly is exif
> all about??
>
> Fwed
>
>