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_dave_ · Key Member Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent

Ok decided to go and buy the following

canon eos 40d with the 17-85mm IS lens
canon 580exII flashgun

still getting use to the cam but took some shots of the doggy, very close to having pups! and of some daffodils (using my 60mm f2.8 macro) for a wall picture in my kitchen

they have been resized twice so may have lost some quality but you get the picture (ha)

_dave_ · Key Member Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent

none of the above pictures have been edited, they are straight from the cam! oh and i bought a Sandisk Extreme IV 4gb card too..

Stuart · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject:

Glad to see your enjoying it...shame its a canon.. Laughing

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slippery42 · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: Camera

_dave_ · Key Member Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent

i bought a canon as my dad has always used canon and has lenses for it, plus ive used his old cameras in the past and enjoyed using them so thought id stick with it Smile

what about my pictures! Razz

Stuart · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

..I like the first 2 pics of the dog,very nice and sharp as for the flowers they llook underexposed and slightly soft to me...I would have used a smaller aperture than f3.2 on these.
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Stuart · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

Slightly brighter..
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_dave_ · Key Member Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent

cool good stuff, i will be editing them anyways in photoshop to get them looking there best. I had the camera set to Apperture priority i believe. f2.8 would have looked a bit crisper probably.

thanks for your comments Very Happy

Stuart · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

A smaller aperture is a larger f number mate..2.8 would not have made them sharper it would mean even more of the flowers would be out of focus due to narrow depth of field....I would try maybe f8 to start and see how you go..
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snakeypete · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: Camera