{"id":171,"date":"2013-12-23T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=171"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:17:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:17:48","slug":"christmas-with-the-p-setting-on-the-canon-sx40-hs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Christmas with the “P” Setting on the Canon SX40 HS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(A little over the top on the lighting intensity but that is how I’m rolling with my P mode this days.)<\/span><\/p>\n

My “big” camera is a Canon SX40HS Powershot. It is a nice point and shoot with a Superlens which combined with great low light capabilities makes for great concert photos and is “concert legal” because it is is small and doesn’t have the separable lens. The only time I’ve ever been interfered with is at a Sting concert last year at an Indian casino in Thackerville, OK<\/a> and all the ushers were doing was waving their finger at me. I’d put the camera away for a little while and then resume when they got busy waving their finger at somebody else.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(I think ice and Christmas lights go well with the P  mode.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyways, the camera has been pretty much locked into the “A” for Automatic setting most of the time unless I used the low light option at a concert. I was using maybe 1% of the camera’s capabilities and I was okay with that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The problem was that I was a little frustrated with several things. First off, taking pics inside under artificial light often gave everything a yellow cast and then taking pictures of things like Christmas lights didn’t turn out very satisfying. Also, taking of back lit objects led to dark shadows. I learned to live with all that. I don’t strive for perfection in my photos, I just forge on ahead and go with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Heather and Rascal, with no yellow! And some detail on Rascal. He usually comes out as a black blob.)<\/span><\/p>\n

But recently I’ve learned about the “P” setting on my camera and a whole new world has opened up. It’s got adjustments for everything that has been troubling me. It gets the yellow out of inside shots. It has ways of correcting the exposure on back lit objects. You can emphasize or deemphasize colors. I feel like I have a whole new camera!<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Nana, the world’s great MIL and Fiona.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, I read the manual a little bit but the fastest way to learn this stuff is via Youtube videos. My favorite are those made by an English lady who goes by “Snapdragon.” Here is her 5 minute video on the “P” mode.<\/span><\/p>\n