Food setting?

[DanielLoreti]

I have scene optimizer on and it already recognizes food pics so what is the food setting for in the more tab in the camera?

 

[msm0511]

I have scene optimizer on and it already recognizes food pics so what is the food setting for in the more tab in the camera?

I don't really like the food setting. It seems to frame photos weird. Almost adds a vignette type look. If I take pics of food I take 2 pics. One with scene optimizer on, and one with it off. Then I just pick the photo I prefer and delete the other.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I don't really like the food setting. It seems to frame photos weird. Almost adds a vignette type look. If I take pics of food I take 2 pics. One with scene optimizer on, and one with it off. Then I just pick the photo I prefer and delete the other.

I agree with you. That's the same thing I do for food photos.

 

[msm0511]

I agree with you. That's the same thing I do for food photos.

One thing I've also found over time is that desserts for some reason almost always look better with scene optimizer on, but other foods tend to usually look better with it off.

 

[DanielLoreti]

So I tried it out. Seems like food mode blurs the background while scene optimizer doesn't?

 

[msm0511]

So I tried it out. Seems like food mode blurs the background while scene optimizer doesn't?

The few times I used it, it blurs the outer edges like a vignette. Depending on what you're photographing it'll blur parts of the food you want in focus as well. If I make a large dish or try to photograph an entire cake for example it doesn't keep focus on the entire thing. It might work ok for a plate of food, but I rarely photograph a serving. It's usually an entire finished dish that I've cooked myself. I feel like it also does too much software enhancing as well. Scene optimizer enhances food photos, but doesn't do as much as the actual food setting.

 

[dgcorn]

Is there a setting to remind you to take a picture of the food before eating half of it?