Digital Camera Pics

[Bon3thugz43v3r]

I know this probably shouldnt go here, but a lot of you know how to do this and I dont, so here it gos.

My case has a lot of lights in it and what not, and it looks wicked sick at night. I have a digital camera from olympus, thats like 2.3 megapixels or something, and when I take a picture of my case it doesnt show the lights because of the flash. There is no option to turn the flash off, so i just hold down the flash because you can if you want. When I take the pic like that, its just a pitch black picture with a vague lighting in the backround. How do you guys take pictures of your cases at night? Do I need like a flash light or something?

Thx for the help and please dont move my thread :cry:
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[Wiseass]

theres gotta be a way to turn off the flash. heck even on my $60 1 megapixel one I can do that..whats the model # I'll do some research for ya..

[Bon3thugz43v3r]

Its an Olympus D-520 ZOOM

Isnt pushing down the flash the same thing as turning it off?
If it is, then the picture still is going to show up extrememly dark adn you cant see anything in the picture.

[surlyjoe]

sounds liek you need to rtfm, like wiseass says, 99% of cameras in that range have flash as well as exposure control, if you read up I'm sure you'll getsome good pics out of it.
I got one fro my wife for x-mas and am still learning new stuff about it :rolleyes:

try this in the advanced shooting part http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/D-520Z_Reference_English.pdf

[Bon3thugz43v3r]

Originally posted by surlyjoe
sounds liek you need to rtfm, like wiseass says, 99% of cameras in that range have flash as well as exposure control, if you read up I'm sure you'll getsome good pics out of it.
I got one fro my wife for x-mas and am still learning new stuff about it :rolleyes:

try this in the advanced shooting part http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/D-520Z_Reference_English.pdf

heh ive already been there..I guess my question is how do you guys take pictures of your rigs at night?

[Wiseass]

I turn off the flash and change the exposure setting. The ISO number..usually the lower the ISO number, IE ISO200 is better for bright light conditions, ISO400 would be good for darker conditions..although the trade off is that ISO400 and higher will get grainier..

[DaveSauce]

if you do find a way to turn off the flash, make sure you have a tripod.....it is NOT easy to take pictures of your freshly modded case in the dark, lol....

[four4875]

hrmm.. i have a cheapo cam with no flash...... it really needs one! can barely get anything with lights on, let alone dark....

[heezer7]

i have that camera. you can turn the flash off. Hard to tell how. Look in the book. you hit the button used to change the picture mode.

[340Duster]

Just put a piece of electrical tape over the flash bulb for one pic:D

[palee72]

I have a nikon coolpix 950. If you have it set to flash and just cover the flash bulb, the pic doesnt turn out, because it is expecting to adjust with the flash. Turning the flash off causes it to use more of the natural lighting.

You need to get into the menu of the camera and find out where to turn the flash off, otherwise, you'll never get a pic to come out.

I looked at the PDF manual from their websit (Requires Adobe) and on page 20, it tells you how to set the flash up by pressing (what looks like) a right arrow or triangle button to cycle through the flash modes. It looks like there are many settings, some for day, some for night. If you want it off, rotate through them till you get a lighting bolt in a circle with a line through it (the NO sign)... Get adobe then download the manual from here (http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/D-520Z_Basic_Manual.pdf).

[Ravsitar]

I've had to do low light pictures of things with my coolpix4000. I did a little research before i did it. You should turn off the flash, Set the exposure (EV) up some, and slow down teh shutter speed. I've done picts of christmas lights in the dark with shutter speeds of 1 second or more and they look great. Just make sure you use a tripod or a stable surface or you'll blur the pictures.