Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-05 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
apparently, there's some city ordinance about shooting in the raw. I found that out the hard way. On 9/5/06, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wanted a good camera so I got the 30d (since > > most of our fashion photographers use the 20d). > > Well, once you get the hang of it, y

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-05 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
> I wanted a good camera so I got the 30d (since > most of our fashion photographers use the 20d). Well, once you get the hang of it, you should be really happy with the quality you get it, it will blow away results from a P&S. > I'm getting the hang of it, im ok with well lit and outdoor but

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-04 Thread Dave Lyons
well, i have to take most of the photos for one of our models so I have been using a point and shoot cause we dont want "pro" photos, we have pros for that but I wanted a good camera so I got the 30d (since most of our fashion photographers use the 20d). I'm getting the hang of it, im ok with w

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-04 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I just picked up a canon 30d, but i have no idea how to use the damn thing Seriously? Are you totally new to photography or just digital cameras? Plenty of good photography tutorials on the web though, whatever your level of expertise. For a good site to share ideas and photos with other Canon

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
> shake of the camera can often cause problems on long exposures. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:48 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: I am so in love with this cam

RE: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Nick McClure
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:01 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I am so in love with this camera > > my buddy matt did this with a 3 second delay and made it look fine... > > how do we open the exposure up

RE: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Nick McClure
Subject: Re: I am so in love with this camera > > I think I'll play around with it a bit tonight again. I used shutter > priority mode last night. Maybe I'll try aperture priority mode > tonight. > >

RE: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Nick McClure
--Original Message- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I am so in love with this camera > > I think I'll play around with it a bit tonight again. I used shutter > priority mode last n

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Tony
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:11 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I am so in love with this camera > > > > damn dude. > > can you do like an 8 second or some other longer exposure time one and > get the stars too? > > tw > > > > > >

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
exposure is bad with the moon and the starts because the earth is > rotating. The longer the exposure the more movement you'll get. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:39 PM >

RE: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Nick McClure
TED] > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I am so in love with this camera > > yeah, I think you can set long exposures on it, but that was never the > problem. Actually, whenever I set the exposure long, it would just > blow out the moon with b

RE: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Nick McClure
You have to be VERY careful doing long exposures on the moon and the starts. What kind of lens did you use? What was the fstop setting? _ From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:11 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: I am so in love with this camera

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-09-01 Thread Dave Lyons
I just picked up a canon 30d, but i have no idea how to use the damn thing >Thanks! > >Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G > > >On 8/31/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Upda

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-08-31 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Thanks! Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G On 8/31/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well done!!! What kind of lens? > > > Cheers, > Erika > > ##| -Original Message- > ##| From: Zaphod Beeblebrox > ##| Subject: I am so in love with this camera > ##| > > http://tinyurl.com/fahhg > >

RE: I am so in love with this camera

2006-08-31 Thread Erika L. Walker
Well done!!! What kind of lens? Cheers, Erika ##| -Original Message- ##| From: Zaphod Beeblebrox ##| Subject: I am so in love with this camera ##| http://tinyurl.com/fahhg ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quar

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-08-31 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I would, but I don't know how to keep the moon from blowing out. On 8/31/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > damn dude. > > can you do like an 8 second or some other longer exposure time one and > get the stars too? > > tw > > On 8/31/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I couldn

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-08-31 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
yeah, I think you can set long exposures on it, but that was never the problem. Actually, whenever I set the exposure long, it would just blow out the moon with brightness. I shot this one with my Nikon D50 and these settings: Exposure: 1/125 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 300mm On 8/31/06

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-08-31 Thread Gruss Gott
> bZap wrote: > I couldn't stand waiting for a full moon anymore so I settled for a > half moon. This was inspired by Erika's moon pic are year or so ago. > I don't think it's quite as sharp as hers, but it's something that my > Canon Elph could never do. > Holy shit Dude. What's the camera? I'

Re: I am so in love with this camera

2006-08-31 Thread Tony
damn dude. can you do like an 8 second or some other longer exposure time one and get the stars too? tw On 8/31/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I couldn't stand waiting for a full moon anymore so I settled for a > half moon. This was inspired by Erika's moon pic are year or s