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SERIOUSLY impressed with new camera (lots of pics, watch out 56k)
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I would have to second this statement. I was looking for a digital camera a few months back and was very tempted to go for the Powershot G6 but settled on the Powershot A95 as I'm a complete noob to photography I figure it'll suit my needs for now and allow to me learn what I'm doing with the manual controls. Once I am more comfortable with photography I'll probably upgrade, but the A95 should take care of my needs for a while. With my new Mac mini it makes it a lot easier organizing and touching up my photos.Chip NoVaMac said:Many thanks there. To go off a bit, I felt that this was something that I wanted to share with just a few close friends here directly. Though I haven't been too shy at mentioning some of the changes as side notes to other threads. As zero hour nears I might take your suggestion.
Back on topic: Don't let others sway you in going higher than you want. The C-8080 that I just got is an awesome camera. Some quirks, but for most they are not an issue - unless you are the type to want to argue that one car that goes 6.0 in 0 is better than one that goes 7.0 in 60. Add to that many camera shops are now selling used digital cameras.
Unfortunately, I'm in a similar boat with Chip - recently broke up with my girlfriend of four years and had to have her move out. My decision, but that never makes it any easier. She stayed with me for about a month after we broke up, that time was the hardest... zero hour sucks! So, I feel for you, Chip, hang in there. Plus now one of my favorite photo subjects is now gone. I did get some good photos from around my town when the weather was nice last week (80 F, sunny), but now today is it snowing. What an awful day.
Going OT here a bit
My sympathies to you. We had been together 13 years. Let it pass to say the path they went down in the past year could only hurt me in so many ways, if we were to have stayed together.
Like any divorce, the hardest part is the children. In our case Chewy will be the looser in all this. Chewey has a different relationship is with "mommy" and "daddy". And in many ways he favors his "daddy", at least IMO. It is true what they say, that the innocent ones are the ones that suffer.
My other half never was one for the camera. But Chewey on the other hand, always enjoyed mugging for. And it is a shame that it was only in the last few months that I found the time to try and capture his youthful 3 year old stage. I am also concerned that Chewey never took to warmer weather. And now he is headed to Las Vegas and all that heat. I worry about him, even though he has not left yet. Maybe just a few days if my other half is to believed. I know that they love Chewey as much as I do. But so much is going on in their life, I have to wonder for Chewey's future.
Chewey has so many friends at daycare, and at the park. When he is absent for for time, everybody asks about him. They will miss him, as I am sure will too.
I haven't gone off the deep end yet. For I am the only one trying to get the house ready sell. The other half has only been interested in packing their things, when it suited them. Plus I have to arrange for the sale of the house, and set up my new place. Too much going on in the next month and half to two months to really feel sorry for myself. The only luxury I have allowed myself in that regard to worry about Chewey. And to think how much I will miss him the most.....
(thanks for letting me share....)
feakbeak said:Unfortunately, I'm in a similar boat with Chip - recently broke up with my girlfriend of four years and had to have her move out. My decision, but that never makes it any easier. She stayed with me for about a month after we broke up, that time was the hardest... zero hour sucks! So, I feel for you, Chip, hang in there. Plus now one of my favorite photo subjects is now gone. I did get some good photos from around my town when the weather was nice last week (80 F, sunny), but now today is it snowing. What an awful day.
My sympathies to you. We had been together 13 years. Let it pass to say the path they went down in the past year could only hurt me in so many ways, if we were to have stayed together.
Like any divorce, the hardest part is the children. In our case Chewy will be the looser in all this. Chewey has a different relationship is with "mommy" and "daddy". And in many ways he favors his "daddy", at least IMO.
It is true what they say, that the innocent ones are the ones that suffer. My other half never was one for the camera. But Chewey on the other hand, always enjoyed mugging for. And it is a shame that it was only in the last few months that I found the time to try and capture his youthful 3 year old stage. I am also concerned that Chewey never took to warmer weather. And now he is headed to Las Vegas and all that heat. I worry about him, even though he has not left yet. Maybe just a few days if my other half is to believed. I know that they love Chewey as much as I do. But so much is going on in their life, I have to wonder for Chewey's future.
Chewey has so many friends at daycare, and at the park. When he is absent for for time, everybody asks about him. They will miss him, as I am sure will too.
I haven't gone off the deep end yet. For I am the only one trying to get the house ready sell. The other half has only been interested in packing their things, when it suited them. Plus I have to arrange for the sale of the house, and set up my new place. Too much going on in the next month and half to two months to really feel sorry for myself. The only luxury I have allowed myself in that regard to worry about Chewey. And to think how much I will miss him the most.....
(thanks for letting me share....)
Chip NoVaMac said:
Chip, I'm so sorry for your heartache.
And thank you so much for sharing. I'm glad you got some chances at least, to capture those moments with your son. I hope that he is immediately and forever aware that distance cannot destroy your love for him.
Congrats, e. I'm especially happy with this thread since we just ordered the XT the other day, at what I think is a great price, and we'll have it on Wednesday. I'd heard great things about the quality of the pics, and this just confirms it. Awesome.
I'm a noob with cameras as well, so I'm really looking forward to playing with it. And to hear the battery life (which has been horrible on my current digital) is decent is a big plus.
I look forward to more good shots.
I'm a noob with cameras as well, so I'm really looking forward to playing with it. And to hear the battery life (which has been horrible on my current digital) is decent is a big plus.
I look forward to more good shots.
I have to agree with everyone else who has one of these things - it's fantastic. Now I know just a little more than nothing about actually taking pictures, so I've got a lot to learn. I went out last night without even reading the manual and took a few shots (okay, about 100) and was impressed by several things.
1. Speed. Man, this thing can take pictures. If I'd taken 100 pictures with my Dimage s404, it would've taken half an hour. This took about 10 minutes. I need a bigger flash card.
2. Quality. Wow. I did nothing but point and shoot, and I'm impressed by the color and detail. Despite the fact that the swing shot is taken close to sunset and there's not a lot of natural light, I think it still turned out well.
3. Ease of use. Even for someone who doesn't like to read manuals, this is a pretty simple camera. I dropped the size down to Small Fine due to the limitation of my flash card, and could figure that out with no problem.
4. Features. I can tell there's a lot I can do with it once I take the time to figure it out. I need to get perhaps some new lenses, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, to get better zoom capabilities, and perhaps a specialty lens for fun shots, but that will come later. Right now I need to learn more about exposure, shutter speed, etc.
(Click on images for full-res)
Here's a shot of my son enjoying our swingset:
Here's one of the true sign of spring - a bee visiting our flowering bush:
1. Speed. Man, this thing can take pictures. If I'd taken 100 pictures with my Dimage s404, it would've taken half an hour. This took about 10 minutes. I need a bigger flash card.
2. Quality. Wow. I did nothing but point and shoot, and I'm impressed by the color and detail. Despite the fact that the swing shot is taken close to sunset and there's not a lot of natural light, I think it still turned out well.
3. Ease of use. Even for someone who doesn't like to read manuals, this is a pretty simple camera. I dropped the size down to Small Fine due to the limitation of my flash card, and could figure that out with no problem.
4. Features. I can tell there's a lot I can do with it once I take the time to figure it out. I need to get perhaps some new lenses, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, to get better zoom capabilities, and perhaps a specialty lens for fun shots, but that will come later. Right now I need to learn more about exposure, shutter speed, etc.
(Click on images for full-res)
Here's a shot of my son enjoying our swingset:
Here's one of the true sign of spring - a bee visiting our flowering bush:
Gorgeous shots, emw! Is that your son? He's adorable! The macro of the bee turned out very nicely, too!
To put a thumbnail in your post and make it a link to a full-size, you do this:
Replace all the <> with [] natch. Cuz *I* forgot how to get those to show up in the post without being interpreted! And thumbnail is the link to your thumbnail, and large_picture_link is the fullsize.
The macro of the bee turned out very nicely, too!To put a thumbnail in your post and make it a link to a full-size, you do this:
Code:
<URL=http://large_picture><IMG>http://thumbnail</IMG></URL>Replace all the <> with [] natch. Cuz *I* forgot how to get those to show up in the post without being interpreted!
And thumbnail is the link to your thumbnail, and large_picture_link is the fullsize.
Thanks for the help (I figured to switch the thumbnail and large picture URLs to show the small pic and link to the big one).mkrishnan said:Gorgeous shots, emw! Is that your son? He's adorable!
To put a thumbnail in your post and make it a link to a full-size, you do this:
Code:<URL=http://thumbnail><IMG>http://large_picture_link</IMG></URL>
Replace all the <> with [] natch. Cuz *I* forgot how to get those to show up in the post without being interpreted!
Yes, that is my son. I'll have to post pics later of my daughter and our dogs as well. Still playing with the camera while the kids are at school.
emw said:
Oops, right!
It's easy with photobucket because, as it happens, the URL is exactly the same, except the thumbnail has th_ at the beginning of the filename. But I think you use your own site for hosting? Do post more pics soon!
I got my DRebel!!!
I didn't catch much of the evening light today, because, ahem, there was a competing priority for my attention this evening.
Here's one picture I got though...lemme know what you think. If you think I'm bokeh now, wait until I get my f/1.4!
Just as emw and edesignuk have observed, the vividness of the color is amazing when you go from a point-and-shoot to this! Just like the good old days with my K1000!
I didn't catch much of the evening light today, because, ahem, there was a competing priority for my attention this evening.
Here's one picture I got though...lemme know what you think. If you think I'm bokeh now, wait until I get my f/1.4!
Just as emw and edesignuk have observed, the vividness of the color is amazing when you go from a point-and-shoot to this! Just like the good old days with my K1000!
Nice shot - I see flowers are the subject of choice for us n00bs. I'm looking forward to getting a proper zoom lens.mkrishnan said:I got my DRebel!!!
I didn't catch much of the evening light today, because, ahem, there was a competing priority for my attention this evening.
Here's one picture I got though...lemme know what you think. If you think I'm bokeh now, wait until I get my f/1.4!
Just as emw and edesignuk have observed, the vividness of the color is amazing when you go from a point-and-shoot to this! Just like the good old days with my K1000!
I've been playing with mine for a few days now - but this weekend I'll really have a better chance at it. Too many features for my feeble mind to grasp right now.
emw said:
Hehehe, and I'm trying to get my hands on a lense that doesn't have a zoom!
But yes, these things are amazing! Using a point and click was like spending a couple of years not wearing glasses!
But then again, I will continue to use it -- this is too big to lug around to everything.
i opted for the 20D and The 70-200L, these are the sort of results in getting
no sharpening etc
and
no sharpening etc
and
emw said:Sure, make all of us n00bs look bad!
Those are some great pictures!
im just a newb myself
but thanks for the compliment
AL-FAMOUS said:im just a newb myself
Yeah, okay, whatever!
The owl is very nice. Do you find the 70-200L easy to shoot with hand-held?
mkrishnan said:Yeah, okay, whatever!
yeah, really easy - i chose the F4 version partly because of the weight or lack of it compared to the f2.8 and IS versions, its actually a little sharper than them too and outside i dont miss the extra stop
