I have a Nikon Coolpix P100, its a large point and shoot. If there is anyone else with it that can give me advice I would apprieciate it sooooo much! Also any advice on taking professional looking pics with a point and shoot would be apprieciated. Thanks.
As for professional-looking pictures, just focus on learning good composition and paying attention to lighting; those two in themselves are more important than a fancy camera—even if you have an awesome camera, if you can't get those down, the pictures will still look bad.
Stephany is right. Composition matters, and if at all possible, avoid the built-in flash. Nothing says "snapshot" like the pitiful flash on point n' shoot cameras. So, try to get your subjects in a good light that doesn't require the flash and you'll be amazed and what you can shoot.
Agree with above. Your camera can open to an F stop of 2.8, and if you dial up the ISO from 250 to 800 or higher, you can get some great shots with existing light and a steady hand! Your mind's eye will get you great images; the camera is an end to that mean.
The nice thing about P&S is everything is in focus... it is like shooting on 8mm film... wonderfully deep depth of fields and it is small... I would not call it large at all... great for street photography... personally... I would stay a little back from the long end of that zoom... don't get lazy... if something is far away... get closer... for the first bit don't zoom at all...
@orchidfire Ya I have read through the user maunual and its on my all the time, buts its hard to understand when its written by experts and not normal people
@professorphelps Ya i love it, I got mine last yr as an anniversary present. Its got alot of capability for a P&S and cant wait to learn all the different settings. It also actually has an amazing flash. Im still so used to using the regular P&S and this one is so much bigger
@eclair: I have the same camera too. To do bokeh, you must zoom into something that has light, like let's just say something that is sparkly, then you hold the button half way to see what the picture would look like then you hold it completely down to take a picture.
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Have you read through the user manual?