blonde Camera Club

[Graham C]

Nice site, cheers, will have a proper look next time I'm doing it. 

[Sheriff Fatman]

I still have the 450D, it's a good camera.  Don't be too daunted with all the functions, you don't need to use them all.   I mainly shoot in Aperture Priority mode  (AV setting).  It's an easy setting to start out with as you don't have to worry about exposure times just yet.  You can set the depth of field and shoot away.    Trial and Error is the best way and rather than say xxx is the best way to do things, it's probably easier if you see what you want to do and if you find you can't do it, ask away.  You get used to looking through the viewfinder   When I'm on the Mrs's point and shoot, it always catches me out that you don't need the viewfinder now.

In the mean time, Scott Kelby writes some excellent photography books that just let you know what you want to do.  If you want to take photos in the dark, he doesn't faff about explaining why you need a certain exposure in a certain way but simply says "DO THIS" and away you can go.   This is the book I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Photography-Book-Step---step/dp/032147404X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1356911242&sr=8-3

A useful photography site/forum is http://www.dpreview.com/, worth a scout around there if you are interested.  I find there's always some handy tips in the relevant forum sections - the Canon Rebel SLR forum in our case (US Version of it was called the Rebel btw)

Thanks Graham, much appreciated.

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Attempt at fireworks on phone camera.

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[bobAlike]

I took this with my iPhone in panorama mode overlooking the lake in the middle of Epcot in Florida.
Not the best quality by any means but I still like the feel of it.

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[Woodsey]

I took this with my iPhone in panorama mode overlooking the lake in the middle of Epcot in Florida.
Not the best quality by any means but I still like the feel of it.

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Good exposure for a phone cam mate 

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Nice pic Mr BobAlhat.

[Sheriff Fatman]

I've been experimenting with the new (old) camera, but have been restricted to indoor shots by the weather.  Still getting used to using the viewfinder though (incredible how reliant on the screen I'd become).

Absolutely love this picture and, to me, it demonstrates how worthwhile it will be to try and master this DSLR.  There's so much more clarity, especially in the eyes, that I just never seemed to get with the old camera.

Could have framed it better though!

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[millidonk]

Lovely pic Sheriff, thanks for sharing! Yea get rid of the red in the top left then get it on the wall!

Think I am going to get a DSLR this year.

[kinboshi]

Nice photo Curtis. You could crop it in Photoshop (or similar) to frame it better. It can make a hell of a difference to the end result.

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[Sheriff Fatman]

Cheating!

(But obviously corrects the user error!)

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I hope you're not letting that camera work out the correct aperture, shutter speed, focus, saturation, contrast, brightness etc etc....


Because that would be cheating 


 

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[Sheriff Fatman]

I hope you're not letting that camera work out the correct aperture, shutter speed, focus, saturation, contrast, brightness etc etc....


Because that would be cheating 


 

Damn your logic Mr Dog! 

I'm saving all that gubbings for after lesson 1: Point camera at something and get required image in frame properly!

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The end of the ah.. fair

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