Jemini
You have received some very good suggestions but I feel they have missed a point and it comes back to how a camera "sees" the picture. All it does is record the colour values in shades of grey. The way to get the colours back so that you see…
your iso settings are important. consider 0 to 400 iso for daylight and 600 iso upward for night or dark areas. Your quality settings are also important. Take RAW for example or HQ or Super HQ. These settings determine the (Q) quality of each photo…
For fast subjects, to stop action or freez action, put your shutter up to at least 250 or higher, depending on your conditions, during the day for example, use a low number on your F stop like 4.5 what ever your lens will handle, day time use ISO 100. A steady hand, depress the shutter halfway as you focus then the rest of the way. Knowing where your action is and what will happen is key also. If I can I will post a photo of a dog jumping through a hoop I took. Good luck, and yes...a lot of practice helps.
I have been informed that the only difference is people that are taking pictures everyday and working on it or some of us that do it on occassion for fun. I make time now and always take the camera everywhere! So can't wait to see your pics!!
Hello Jemini. Am wondering if you found a solution to your slight lack of colour problem (without using Photoshop?). Have you been able to get the results you're looking for?
What software are you using? Photoshop runs the same on either. Speed will be improved by increasing processor power and ram. I have always gone with PC because I can get three times the processing power for the same money, but after some recent nas…