Thread: New camera

Thanks eveyone for your responses. I've loaded the software that came with the camera and I'll try post some soon.

The funny thing is that when I first started using the camera I was impressed with the "film speed". That is, I thought that the digital technology was producing the equivalent of a fast film speed in the old chemical film terms (which meant that you could buy 200 iso film and close down the aperture for a good depth of field ot take fast "sports photos at a high shutter speed, and so on).

But after showing SWMBO the photos that I took indoors "without a flash", she pointed out that a flash had popped up on the top of the camera. I have to admit that I didn't know about it and had spent $500 on a flash.

I'll get there....

Hehe, don't worry, the external flash isn't wasted. The onboard jobbie is powerful, but doesn't bounce!

You can turn off the camera flash and try again at something stupid like ASA3200 equivalent.

I'm looking forward to seeing the shots!

Cheers,

P

Rossluck,

Just a quick note about software. The programs that came with the camera are quite good enough to do anything you might want. A lot of people never use anything else, so give them a try. Rest assured that if you don't find them to your liking, there are a lot of alternatives out there and you are sure to find something that suits. You don't have to spend a bomb on it, but you can if you want to...

woodbe.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Hehe, don't worry, the external flash isn't wasted. The onboard jobbie is powerful, but doesn't bounce!

You can turn off the camera flash and try again at something stupid like ASA3200 equivalent.

I'm looking forward to seeing the shots!

Cheers,

P

I went from this

to this after playin with some settings!

and from the same spot... just swung around on the tripod


Not bad considering its off the balcony of our hotel room, Picton Sth island NZ

I have the 350D canon also, and what a great camera they are. I could not afford a Macro lens for it yet so I bought a threaded ring so I can screw a 50mm lens off my old Olympus SLR onto the face of one of my 350D lenses and this is the result.
This is not a cropped image. The depth of field is however very small, just a few milimetres.
I am looking forward to getting to know how to drive the camera properly when time permits.

I have the 30D and agree that it is a fine camera. I simply use Windows viewer to shrink my photos. Right click on the .jpg and select 'edit'. Use the 'image-stretch/skew' command and take it to about 25%. No real loss of image quality and the files shrink considerably.