No redeye?

[GGirl]

I need some camera help. I don't know much about photography, so please bear with the ignorance.

My son has no iris, so whenever we take indoor pictures with flash - redeye (which really can't be reduced with multiple flashes or photo correction). I noticed that when we go to the professionals, they don't have this problem (including the passport photo place).

Given that his situation won't change, I am willing to invest in a D-SLR if that would work to eliminate redeye. Or, is it just because of the lighting that the pros don't get any redeye?

Thanks for the help!!

[bascom]

D-SLR's are good about having no red eyes, but if that's all you care about, there are some cheaper simpler cameras with no red eye according to reviews I've seen:
-Fuji S5200, S9000. Probably the S6000 (review coming here soon), and the F30 has high ISO so could be used without flash.
-Sony R1. And the H2 and H5 have just a bit of red eye.

[TenD]

This is not necessarily a type of camera problem, but rather a problem with the proximity of the lens to the flash. The closer the flash is to the lens, the more you'll have a problem with red eye. Move the flash farther from the lens and the redeye problem will go away. Bouncing the flash, or indirect flash will mostly eliminate the problem too. Any camera that has a hot shoe will help(that includes compacts, a flash diffuser will help, or a slave flash for some compacts. Lighting from a bounced, or indirect flash will have a more natural appearance too. Rarely in nature does the light just come from in front of the lens, it comes from all around the subject. Bouncing a flash off a white ceiling simulates more natural lighting, indirect lighting, like in a studio also softens the frontal light and lights the whole area.
So in conclusion, you will reduce redeye if you get the flash farther from the lens. You have to decide if the learning curve and expense of a DSLR is worth this. The Canon S3 will fire a slave flash, the Canon G series have a hot shoe to connect an external flash, and of course DSLRs have a hot shoe also.

[steveLe]

you cant fix red eye with and photo editing software? what program do you use?

[GGirl]

Thanks. It would be way too much to edit every last of the hundreds of pictures I take. But, if you have a suggestion, I am happy to have it, as I would certainly like to fix some of the pics I have already taken.

[repoman]

Photoshop and I think Photoshop Elements have a really easy red eye removal tool that works pretty well

[wh0128]

Yes Photoshop CS2, if you have it, and most likely CS do have a red-eye tool that you choose how big the pupil should be and the darkness you want the pupil to be. Or, what I have done with some of my photos take inside, I have used the "Burn" tool in Photoshop to darken the eye and eliminate all the red in it. It works quite well if you ask me.

[RichNY]

Post a few of your favorite pics with bad red eye problems here and we'll show you what can be done and using the cheapest/easiest tools.