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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2795312, member: 19463&quot;]For every coin image improved in post production there are a hundred made worse by people who don&#039;t understand the controls of the camera and wreck what could have been a reasonable photo.&nbsp; Most cameras have what is called &#039;automatic&#039; settings which is just another way of saying &#039;let the camera guess because you are too lazy to think&#039;.&nbsp; Some auto settings work pretty well and some suggest that the camera programmer was not aware of terms like color balance, focus, contrast and brightness.&nbsp; I love my Canon cameras but they have never been very good at recognizing situations lighted by 2800 degree Kelvin tungsten bulbs.&nbsp; Many people like their human faces warm and rosy so this is not so much a problem as it is a feature.&nbsp; Auto settings are made to err in a direction pleasing to 99% of the people who use them and a thousand times as many people shoot smiling children than do patinated ancients.&nbsp; The fact that people get as good photos as they do is a bit amazing.&nbsp; If you want good photos of anything, start by reading the instruction book and learning what the camera maker will allow you to change that might improve your results.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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