I know I cant use flash to take photos of trains at night. So does anyone know if/how I can disable the flash on my little Canon Ixus camera. I know it has a setting for night shots. I want to take some pictures for this weeks photo comp with movement at night.
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Any chance of letting us know which particular Canon Ixus you have, they have made 11 different models between 2007 and 2008. I will have a stab at answering though.
Somewhere on the camera should be a flash button
normally like this. You would normally have to press this until a symbol such as this
appears on the LCD screen. This forces the flash off on all compacts I have come across.
Hope this helps, and don't forget a tripod for those 'flash disabled' moments
Somewhere on the camera should be a flash button
Hope this helps, and don't forget a tripod for those 'flash disabled' moments
Thank you Matt. I have found it and disabled it. My camera is a Canon Ixus 950IS.I have a very old tripod somewhere ( in the loft probably) but it would probably be too big as it was for an old Canon SLR camera from the early 80's. I'll have to put out hints for a birthday present from my family.Meanwhile I'll find something to rest the camera on.
Big is good in the world of tripods. Because heavy means sturdy and the screw hole in the bottom of your compact should be indentical to the SLR you would have used before. It may look like a pinhead on Shwarzeneggers body but it will get you the shots. Glad I could help, enjoy
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should be standard, my 35mm SLRs and 2008 Samsung S860 share the same tripod screwlinks
O L Leigh
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It will have to be a wall or fence for now.
Nothing wrong with that. Almost all of my long exposure shots have been taken this way.
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Nope. I cant use the tripod. It doesnt have a screw fitting on the top. Its a sort of slide in slot. I told you it was ancient. Probably older than you.Thanks anyway. It will have to be a wall or fence for now.
The slide in slot will have been for the part with the screw to attach to a camera
Also, using walls or fences or whatever is a good idea, it's what I almost always do. I've now backed that up with a little tripod I got for £7 at Jessops, which has short extendable legs (they esxtend from ~3in. to ~6/7in.), so I can get the shots level
The slide in slot will have been for the part with the screw to attach to a camera
Also, using walls or fences or whatever is a good idea, it's what I almost always do. I've now backed that up with a little tripod I got for £7 at Jessops, which has short extendable legs (they esxtend from ~3in. to ~6/7in.), so I can get the shots level
Must have lost that little bit sometime. Never mind I will look for a cheap little tripod next time I'm in town.
I managed to get some flash disabled shots yesterday so thanks everyone for the advice.
Sue
Thanks Craig I'll have another look at it. Nothing looked movable though.
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