Got New Top of the line Digital Camera

[EricBu12]

Just bought the Cannon EOS Digital Rebal 6. 3 MP (megapixal) Camera. Came with 2 lenses from ritz Camera. Bought a external flash and a better case for it. My dig. Pictures will be much better from now on..... These pics were taken with an olympus Point and shoot... .





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[nickleinonen]

hmph... i want to get me one of those, but the price is not letting me...



i really like the interchangeable lenses...

 

[JLEONARD]

My wife has a Cannon G-2, but wants to upgrade to the Rebel... she sold her film Rebel, but kept some of the lenses... .

What did the rig set you back?

Jay

 

[EricBu12]

Total with shipping was $1300 with 2 lenses (Sigma 28-90 & 70-300 Zoom) Included a bag but it is a cheap one. Works OK... But not for a Profes. Camera.



Flash I bought at Inkley's. The flash was $80 and a module for the digital camera that attaches to the flash was $70



The Bag is a Lowepro I bought at inkley also, was $35



So Total was $1450 or so... .

 

[PRout]

Nice looking camera.



Even though Im a very weak novice when it comes to cameras, Ive got all my money's worth that was spent on my digital. Pictures are priceless, and I say good for you for getting a good one, as it is worth every penny.



Pictures are worth a thousand words.



Was wondering what are the main differences between yours & say the olympus 750 that I got last year. What features do you like & use the most?



Mine just has the lens that came w/ it, and added a 250mb card. It has pretty good zoom, but seems to be a little dark on the auto settings sometimes.



Is there any rule of thumb manual settings that you camera buffs prefer that a novice can try in theirs?

 

[TowPro]

I also wanted the Canon, but price was way out of reach for a hobby. So I bought a Fugi S5000 and I love it. I was just taking pictures at a motorcycle race last weekend. It prints great as big as my printer will go. Its all the camera I need, at least for now

 

[EricBu12]

That Fugi looks like a nice camera. At 3. 2 MP it does good and is like a SLR camera. My Mom has a point and shoot Olympus 4. 0 MP and it does good but it is limited as well.



I just did a few more shots outside and used the Polarizing filter. Now it did darken it down a bit as the camera didn't know what to think of it. . but when I adjusted only the brightness and contrast, the colors and light were like you had polarized sunglasses on. Bright, but clear and no haze.....



I have a 256 MB compact flash card and at a fine medium setting, I can take 120 pics. At large fine, 77 pics. There is a small fine, at about 200 pics. There is on all these, a compression size... so fine and comp... . 6 sizes in all.



This is my first digital SLR. I will have to pour over the manual for some of the "creative" settings to see how that does... .





Shortshift... . That 750 is like my moms except you have a hotshoe on hte top. That is great for extending the flash range... . The camera settings and such on my moms is sorta confusing, got menus and sub menus, then my modes to try to figure out... . The cannon I have is much easier. On the dark images you said, you have to remember that a digital camera reads the light like a video camera does by adjusting the aperature acording to the light, not what your subject is... . so if you are taking a shaded subject in bright light, it will read the light and not the subject... So either move so the subject is lighted or use the fill in flash.



Another trick is to focus the center on a dark area to force the camera to open up then take the pic. What happens then is the bright area in the background gets washed out...



So the SLR type where you have more of a manual controll over the ASA and shutter speed and aperature like a 35mm SLR is making this camera superior over all others. Go to the cannon site and see the sample pics they have and zoom way in. The detail is Great.

 

[KBennett]

Sweet camera! I wanted a camera with interchangeable lenses but too much $$$ for my taste.



I really like my Fuji S5000. It's a lot of camera for $299.

 

[Doc Tinker]

OK - Now take pictures of the Olympus and other stuff, with the Canon, so we can see the difference



Doc

 

[EricBu12]

OK here they are. now it is a little more pixalated because I had to downsize it. if you save the pic on your computer and zoom in, you will see what I mean. .



When I have my regular pic, I can read the black label on the bag!! (www.lowepro.com) But you can see a definate improvement in the quality... .



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[stick]

Eric:

I know what you mean about the picture quality, these pictures don't do it justis. I love my Rebal. Iv'e got the 18-55mm and the 75-300mm with image stabelizing lenses. I wish I could afford a Canon "L" lense, but I would have to sell the truck, and the ain't happening!



Stick

 

[EricBu12]

Boy! Look at all the poverty out there. Lots uf us guys (me included) spend thousands on turbos, boxes, Air Filters, gadgets, and cool stuff... ... But not for cameras... . oh well.



I know that $1400 is alot but it is a camera that can do anything including bulb pictures up to 2. 5 hours!! This is truly a professional camera. I spent last night and today pouring over the cannon online site www.photoworkshop.com that has lessons on how to get the most out of it. on the left bars, click on digital learning center.



The range of the shutter is Bulb, then 30 seconds time exp. , on up to 1/4000th of a sec. you are able to adjust the ASA like in film but you can do one pic one way, then go up or down on the next. There is a Depth of Field Setting and a neat thing where you take night shots background and a flash forground subject.



There are 12 modes from fully Automatic to manual settings.

I have a 28-90 Macro Zoom and a 75-300 Zoom .



The Zoom Numbers are wrong for digital. thse numbers represent a factor of 1. 6 so my Zooms are comperable to a 45-144 and 120- 480 in a 35mm camera... .

I probaly should get a smaller wide angle 18-35 or (29-56 comp)

 

[PRout]

Very cool Eric, and thanks for the reply.

 

[JLEONARD]

What's the shutter lag like on the Rebel?

Jay

 

[EricBu12]

Hardly anything, you can shoot about as fast as a film with a motor winder. Great for action sequences. There is a mode function for single shots or multiple. Also for those times you need to be very still on a tri-pod, you can use the self timer after the shot is composed. (takes 10 seconds)



When doing action panning, it will continue to track and focus the subject untill you release the sutter. The effect is a sense of speed with the background blurred sideways.

 

[TowPro]

Here is one from the Fuji 5000

Cloudy day, the subject was moving torwards me at around 25mph (can see just a little blur in the tire), I was around 40 yards away. Keep in mind this file is around 1. 5 meg file. After it loads your browser may shrink it to fit, if you click down near the RS bottom a box might open up so you can make it go back to full size. If it does, keep in mind that size is around 4 -8 X10 pages so you will see some grain, but it prints out on 8. 5 x 11 just like a photo on my Epson Photo 785EPX (if I can keep ink in it!)



Not that I am an expert, but because of the lower light conditions, and the moving target I was pushing the shutter speed higher at the expence of apature size. I hear if I would slow down the lens speed the apature would get smaller which would allow more of the background to be in focus.



for those of you that never been to new jersey, all the crap hanging on the sides of the picture is green brier. Nasty strong vines with pickers all over them.



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[EricBu12]

That is a good picture towpro. caught it very cleanly!

 

[JLEONARD]

Eric,

Thanks for the reply. No shutter lag is a good thing.

Trying tonight to talk the wife into going into the digital wedding, etc. , album business.

Not really taking the pics, but organizing and doing the digital art work into a really great looking album. She's been doing scrapbooking for about 3 + years in the 35 mm format, and digitally for about 6 months. She is very talented IMO.

Anybody have any opinions about the merits of this idea?

Sorry to change/redirect this thread.

Jay

 

[KBennett]

Originally posted by TowPro



Not that I am an expert, but because of the lower light conditions, and the moving target I was pushing the shutter speed higher at the expence of apature size. I hear if I would slow down the lens speed the apature would get smaller which would allow more of the background to be in focus.

Nice pic. Makes me want to get the WR400 out for spring

And you are correct. Reducing the aperture opening will give you better depth of field. Slowing the shutter speed may cause blurring though. Have you played with the film speed?



Here are some Fuji S5000 I have taken:

Our truck

Coors from the top of lookout mountain, about a mile at full 22X zoom

 

[TowPro]

Not yet, I am still learning. It looks like when I speed up the film speed I the image size changes back to 1 meg?



I have to play with it some more, then read the book a couple more times

Originally posted by KBennett

Nice pic. Makes me want to get the WR400 out for spring

And you are correct. Reducing the aperture opening will give you better depth of field. Slowing the shutter speed may cause blurring though. Have you played with the film speed?