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Winter Point and Shoot

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RichieBizzle 05 Jan 2014

Hi all,

Every year I go Winter Climbing and every year I come back and am desperately dissapointed in the quality of my photos... this is particularly true when the sun shines over in Europe!

Truth be told I know next to nothing about photography and I don't expect that to change so can anyone recommend a good quality point and shoot that tends to work well in snowy/icy/sunny conditions?

I have been using a Canon Powershot S90.

Thanks all,

Rich

Dan Arkle 05 Jan 2014

In reply to RichieBizzle:

Hi Rich,
Unfortunate news - the S90 is good, light, now cheap and very capable - I use one while climbing and haven't felt the need to upgrade yet.

Whilst something like the Sony RX100 (universally well reviewed)is newer and better ( I haven't used one in winter, so won't comment on that), I think that learning to shoot in manual, RAW and buying Lightroom is probably the way forward for you.

Richard Carter 05 Jan 2014

In reply to RichieBizzle:

Could you show us a sample? I suspect all you need to know if how to add a bit of exposure compensation (google it) for when the light conditions aren't great. RAW, Lightroom, etc, is a quick way to suck all the fun out of taking pictures when you're out on the hill!

alastairbegley 05 Jan 2014

In reply to Dan Arkle:

i use the rx100 and the quality of the photos is great. But in winter gloves it is pretty hard to use.

Siward 05 Jan 2014

In reply to RichieBizzle:

Have you tried selecting the 'snow' setting on the camera?

gunbo 05 Jan 2014

In reply to RichieBizzle:

Was going to suggest the snow setting you get on some cameras I dare say changing your white balance would help as well

TobyA 05 Jan 2014

In reply to RichieBizzle:

I've got the S110 so it might be a bit better than yours but probably not that different and I'm dead chuffed with it, I think it does amazing stuff considering I'm just doing think-a-bit-point-'n'-shoot rather than messing with all the manual settings. These pics were all taken that way http://lightfromthenorth.blogspot.fi/2013/12/an-early-winter-bikepack.html and I think turned out great - this one in particular http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bLgaeT2N-NY/UqRRAkac7qI/AAAAAAAAG5g/BWeM9SQGD-A/s... is one of my fave.

Maybe just try a bit more? I don't mean that in a patronising way, but a bit of thought really helps - I also take a lot of note of what colour the sky is, if you get it blue you might have to accept that the climber on the ice in foreground is a bit darker, but try and always catch them by or in some sunlit part if possible - http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=125124 http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=193561 http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=215691 (all 'bum shots' taken while belay, except the last, which is my bum and taken by mate who grabbed my camera while belaying me).

Lots of good tips in here http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=5907 as well, some of which you can try and put into play while belaying although not all.