[B]GREAT FALLS - MD[/B]

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[B]Experimenting with Shutter Speeds, tried to catch the drops of water as opposed to a flowing stream. Of course slow shutter speeds meant darker picts and I was afraid to bump up the ISO for fear of granulating the image... but here it is none-the-less [/B]

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[B]Here Duckie[/B]

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[B]The Digital Rebel XT allows you to take black and white photos in tones of Purple, Green, Blue (and a few others), This is an example of the green tone.[/B]

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[B]Another photo experimenting with the high shutter speed[/B]

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[B]Wide Angle Photo[/B]

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Re: Digital Rebel XT Experiments - Vol 1. - Caution 56K

Nice one of the lock - assuming u used a telephoto it's nice and clear. Where were they taken?

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Used the shitty stock lens which came with the camera, 18 - 55MM. Will be dropping another packet on the 17 - 85MM IS Series lens.

Photos were taken at Great Falls, MD

PS: The Lock ?

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[quote=Kamal]PS: The Lock ?[/quote]

The top photo - In the UK a lock is what allows a canal to go up and down hills.

[URL="http://www.spring-alpha.org/images/module_04/huddersfield/canal.jpg"]http://www.spring-alpha.org/images/module_04/huddersfield/canal.jpg[/URL]

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aaah gotcha.... :)

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Not too bad for a first time dude, hahaha....keep posting them. The falls pics look really good I'm telling ya...

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I am looking to buy the Rebel XT....any comments about it?

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Nice pics K, but a little remark tho: you have to work a little on the composition of your pics (yeah, being a bit of a bitch now, but still).

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[quote=DancingQueen]I am looking to buy the Rebel XT....any comments about it?[/quote]

Great Camera. I've done a lot of research personally and continue to read up on it and it's the best camera in the price range out there. A close competitor is the Nikon D50 (in terms of price) but its a 6 MP camera and the DigicII Processor that the Rebel XT and Larger Cousin EOS30D use is way superior, both in terms of picture quality and the fact that both the EOS and RebelXT are 8.2 MP cameras. I've read that the Nikon D70 is potentially a close competitor but I for one am a Canon Fan (having had the G5 before this one).

The cheapest I found the RebelXT was at Newegg.com / ZipZoomFly.com which was about $660 (after the $100 rebate). I got mine at Circuit City for $750 because I got 17 months 0% interest. Be sure to get a mondo CF Card - I got the 2 Gig CF-II card.

The only downside of the camera is that IF you're NOT ready to dabble with purchasing an even more expensive lense, SLRs are an expensive Point and Shoot option. If you buy the camera at the $600-$700 price range, chances are you'll get the shitty 18 - 55MM lens which sucks. I've had several pictures in which a person facing me with the sun to their right had the right half of their face extremely brightly lit and the shadows were extremely dark. It could also be that I have to play around with White Balancing but I never had that problem in the G5. Could it be the lens has shitty light filtering ? Possibly. I WILL get the better 17 - 85MM lens which also comes with Image Stabilization (something the cheaper lens lacks) but this lens will run me a cool $600. So BE PREPARED to spend a LOT with SLRs.

The other thing is the learning curve. Personally, I dont like using the AUTO mode anymore, I LOVE messing with the depths of GREY / Colors in Manual mode. So if you dont have the patience to learn, SLR's can be a kick in the rear.

[quote=KinKyJ]Nice pics K, but a little remark tho: you have to work a little on the composition of your pics (yeah, being a bit of a bitch now, but still).[/quote]

Composition ?

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[quote=Kamal]Composition ?[/quote] In Belgicum, a composition is what allows a canal to go up and down hills.

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:roflmao: Kiddin' bro!

Composition is the way you order the elements you're photographing in the picture. I'll give you an example with the duck pic. The void space is behind the duck and the duck is watching to the right lower corner. The pic would look better (balanced) if the duck would be in the top right corner and the void in the lower right. Dunno if I'm making sense...

Anyway, here's a link with some good tips 'n' basic principles: [URL="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/digital-photography-composition-tips/"]http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/digital-photography-composition-tips/[/URL]

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actually with that Duck Pict, the direction she was swimming, I wouldn't have caught the reflection of the sky in the ripples behind because the shade of the trees was in the front of the duck.

I know what composition meant, I wanted to know which pict specifically you were talking about, should've rephrased my Q ;)

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Ok then, here's another tip for you: when photographing wide angle (last pic), put your wiener back in your pants before taking the pic (lower right corner) ;) :D

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:lol:

looks like I uploaded the wrong one..... oh well.... Vol. 2 will come this weekend ;)

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for the long shutter speed, are you using a tripod?

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[quote=speciale]for the long shutter speed, are you using a tripod?[/quote]

haven't taken one with a long shutter speed YET but I will be experimenting a BUCKET LOAD with photo's this weekend.... and yes I will be using a tripod ;)

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[quote=Kamal]haven't taken one with a long shutter speed YET but I will be experimenting a BUCKET LOAD with photo's this weekend.... and yes I will be using a tripod ;)[/quote]

cool. post them up. I am about 1 month away from getting the 30D and I can't wait.

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duder, I went to Penn Camera (pro shooter store on the outskirts of DC) lens shopping and I spoke to one of their sales guys.

He said the ONLY difference (as I mentioned earlier) is the 30D is only more powerful with a faster shutter speed and a higher ISO (I think as high as 3200 but anything over 800 is not recommended anyways so I dont see the point) and he told me that eventual image qualitywise, both camera's are IDENTICAL.

He said (in his opinion) the 30D would shine for those photographers at Sporting events who needed to take 20 photos in rapid succession.

Save the extra $500, pick up the 350D and get the 17 - 85MM IS Lens, ya wont regret it.

Oh - and I'll post some pictures this evening. It was so frickin sunny / hot on Saturday and I mis-timed my photo session to late afternoon instead of pre-post twilight and totally lucked out on getting good photo's. I'll still post what I caught though.

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^^ well they also both use different sensors which is a big factor and as for the iso, I always use ths lowest possible so no difference to me. The one thing that I am picking the 30d is the fact that there is a less introduction of noise at the higher iso settings such as 400 and up. I hate cleanning noise out of pics since IMO takes away from the original shot. Also, the focus is different on both.

Your right on saving the money and spend it on a good lens. The lens is just as important as the camera, but it too me too long to decide on a model and at this point I am not changing it and going with the 30D.

Both of them do a great job. Keep posting some pics!!!!

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they dont use different sensors (assume you mean the AF points), 30D just has 9 as opposed to the 7 on the 350D which imo isn't that cruicial a deal esp since you can just reposition the shot to one of the 7 available AF points. but to each his own, let me know what kind of lens you decide to go in for.... ;)

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also quoting DPReview

[QUOTE] As you can see there's almost no visible difference in noise levels between the EOS 350D and EOS 20D, our measured results (see graph below) show that the 350D's noise levels are very slightly higher between ISO 800 and 1600. Image sharpness is also virtually identical with a slight softening at ISO 800 and 1600 but nothing like the levels we have seen from other cameras. [/QUOTE]

link to ISO comparison - [URL="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/page19.asp"]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/page19.asp[/URL]

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the sensor size is a hair bigger on the 30D

check out this gallery where I think most of the shots were with a rebel. pretty nice

[URL="http://www.pbase.com/hanweihsieh/boston_cityscapes"]http://www.pbase.com/hanweihsieh/boston_cityscapes[/URL]

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Thanks for the info Kamal. I am aware that SLR can be a pain...I was big into photography a few yrs go before digital took over. Finally getting back into it and can't wait :)

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[quote=DancingQueen]Thanks for the info Kamal. I am aware that SLR can be a pain...I was big into photography a few yrs go before digital took over. Finally getting back into it and can't wait :)[/quote]

Sweet, well if / when you need a photoblog put up, I'll throw you one free of charge ;) courtesy of MJWebhosting

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^^^ really? That is awesome, thanks! :)

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yea.... though it will be a subdomain of mercuryblogs.... so you'll get a link such as

[url]http://www.YourNameHere.MercuryBlogs.com[/url]

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nice :)

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^^^ In the past: want some candy little girl? Nowadays: want some blogspace little girl? :mrgreen: