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red eye reduction

Nov 7, 2004 9:41AM PST

My wife and I have an Olympus C-50 Zoom 5 megapixel camera. We have two young children at home and want to take lots of pictures of them. However, even with the red eye reduction feature turned on, our kids' pictures always end up with bright red eyes.

Does anyone know any ways to eliminate the red eyes that appear on human photographs?

Also, is there anyone out there that has a digital camera they would recommend for taking human pictures where "red eyes" has not been a problem? How about a recommendation for a digital camera that takes great pictures in low light?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
J&J

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Nov 7, 2004 10:41AM PST
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Re: red eye reduction
Nov 7, 2004 12:27PM PST

Look at the distance between the lens and the flash.
The closer they are together, the more likely you will have a red eye problem.

Remember the old film cameras where the flash was a separate unit that sat on top of the camera. There was no red eye problem.

Many of the more expensive digital cameras have a "hot shoe" on the top of the camera, for attaching an auxilary flash unit. This will eliminate red eye.

You may have already noticed that some people will have red eye and some will have little or none. Differences in the eyes.

A tip, have the people not look at the camera.

"Digital cameras that take great pictures in low light.":

Any of the SLR (single lens reflex) cameras.
Very expensive - $950 to $4,000 and upward.

The Canon G5 or G6 have a "bright" f2.0 lens.
That gives them an advantage in low light.

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