This is my latest passion anyone else on the forum wanna chat about it. Where are the best tips to be found and what tricks can you recommend. Want to get into macro photography and looking for tips.
PS I have a Canon 350D
PS I have a Canon 350D
Digital SLR photography
I am also learning new tips with photographing. I have just canon powershot a75 
I like taking pics of all animals, and nature, usually of flowers 
I like taking pics of all animals, and nature, usually of flowers DSLRs are powerful tools, but I feel that they are a bit much if you're someone just starting out with photography. Film SLRs can be gotten rather cheaply and, to me at least, provide a very good way to learn all the basics (and then some) of photography.
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Yeah, I love photography and recently completed a photography course, although it was a film based course it provided lots of tips that can be used in digital photography.
I'm thinking of getting a digital SLR - Olympus E-500. It's fairly affordable and looks like a good bit of kit.
I'm thinking of getting a digital SLR - Olympus E-500. It's fairly affordable and looks like a good bit of kit.
I have a Canon S1 that suits my needs.
If it is ever lost or stolen, I will replace it with a Canon S2.
I love that it uses rechargeable AA batteries.
If it is ever lost or stolen, I will replace it with a Canon S2.
I love that it uses rechargeable AA batteries.
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Yeah Yeah I have a cannon EOS 400d just new and it's well lovely.
I get a bit obsesed with it. How frustraiting it is to have something really awsome to take pictures of and you don't have your camera with you. I love to take pictures of natural things flowers and landscaped. check out the website I made all the photography is my work www.pelicanpark.com.au
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I get a bit obsesed with it. How frustraiting it is to have something really awsome to take pictures of and you don't have your camera with you. I love to take pictures of natural things flowers and landscaped. check out the website I made all the photography is my work www.pelicanpark.com.au
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Digital SLRs are nice and all, but I'm fine with my film SLRs: a pair of old Film Nikons do just as much for me as any digital would do.
I'm a college student on a tight budget, so I didn't go the DSLR route. I ended up buying a Canon PowerShot S3 IS. It's not quite as fancy, and it doesn't take attachable lenses, but it still takes very nice pictures.
I'm also a college student who just got a DSLR this past December, a spiffy Nikon D50. I don't do any real macro (have no macro lenses), just close ups with my current lenses and then cropping. More than anything I want a really good wide angle lens right now. Being a college student I'll probably go with the Tokina 12-24mm cause its the cheapest price for something around that focal range.
As for resources, I'd recomend just going to a bookstore and just spend a few hours there reading some good books on it.
As for resources, I'd recomend just going to a bookstore and just spend a few hours there reading some good books on it.
I love taking pictures, not that I'm the best at it, but I wish I had an SLR camera. It would be pointless considering I'm not that good yet. I don't have any tips though, but I'm interested in the hobby of photography. 
i have a 30D for kitesurfing photography. We do a lot of sequence shots for this i need good fps over mega pixel. I think it does the job quite nicely. when u buy an slr you dont just buy a camera you buy a camera and lens system. Canon has the best and biggest range of available lens's. You can't really go wrong.
I also have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 that i use in a water housing for deep water shots and as my general everyday camera.
I don't think u can get away with just an slr, to bulky and cumbersome and you always get weird looks from people.
I also have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 that i use in a water housing for deep water shots and as my general everyday camera.
I don't think u can get away with just an slr, to bulky and cumbersome and you always get weird looks from people.
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Erm, I think the Nikon system is just as big (if not bigger) as the Canon system. Historically Nikon was better and Canon was cheaper, but now they're both expensive and good. Really, the main factor in deciding between the two is what kind of lenses you have left over from your film days. If you've got Canon lenses, get a Canon DSLR. If you have Nikon lenses get a Nikon.
anyone can recommend me any digital non-SLR camera but performs as good as DSLR camera..?
there's alot of digital non-slr cameras. You just need more manual options that are not available from basic point and click like the canon g7, or s5 si.
they still are pretty bulky but have manual controls which alow you to make more artistic and professional shots.
btw. slr cameras are known for their quality but it's very dependent on the lens. You won't be able to replicate slr quality because you will never get the lens quality with a non-slr but premium lenses comes with a premium price.
they still are pretty bulky but have manual controls which alow you to make more artistic and professional shots.
btw. slr cameras are known for their quality but it's very dependent on the lens. You won't be able to replicate slr quality because you will never get the lens quality with a non-slr but premium lenses comes with a premium price.
Hi. I've got a Canon Digital Rebel with 6 mp. It's a big bulky thing, but I love it. I bought an additional lens that extends to 300mm, which is the equivalent of 480mm in digital, so I can get great tele shots of sports, and birds. The macro lens is great for close-up's of insects. A great site to post pics is http://pbase.com. I've got a gallery out there at http://pbase.com/anitajj. I'm thinking of getting a tiny little camera to have in my pocket, since the biggest drawback of the big camera is that at first I was all gung ho about taking it everywhere I went, but after a year or so, I don't tend to drag it along, since it is quite big. It has to be a "special occassion" for me to bother. But a tiny little thing... that I'd probably carry more often.
Have fun with the hobby. It's a life-long kind of thing. I belong to 2 different camera clubs and have met many other photographers thru this hobby.
Anita
Have fun with the hobby. It's a life-long kind of thing. I belong to 2 different camera clubs and have met many other photographers thru this hobby.
Anita
I have a canon 5D and a 350D along with the 24-70 f2.8L and 60mm f2.8 macro. I would highly recommend the 60mm f2.8 macro since your interested in macros. Its the sharpest lens i've used and i've borrowed alot of my friends lens to try them out. If your doing bugs another options is the 100mm f/2.8 macro lens and it gives you more room/zoom and less chance of scaring away the bugs when your getting too close with the 60mm.
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Try a Fuji Finepix
I currently own Canon PowerShot G6. I love that digital camera but the only problem is, that it is too slow. It's almost impossible to take a photo at quickly moving object because it takes too much time to sharpen image before taking a photo. That's why I decided to buy a DSLR. I haven't bought it yet, but I will take a order in few weeks. I can't wait for it anymore 
Bulek: Congratulations on your decision. What DSLRs are you thinking of? I'm personally a Nikon guy, but really you can't go worng with just aboyt any DSLR.
The one I'd actually like most is the Panasonic/Leica DMC-L1. At $1900, it doesn't come cheap, but most of that money goes for the kickass Leica lens. If you want a similar body, but would rather save up for the Leica lens at a later date, go for Olympus's E-volt line which use the same lens mount as the L1
The one I'd actually like most is the Panasonic/Leica DMC-L1. At $1900, it doesn't come cheap, but most of that money goes for the kickass Leica lens. If you want a similar body, but would rather save up for the Leica lens at a later date, go for Olympus's E-volt line which use the same lens mount as the L1
Digital photography is so cool. No film to buy, but the software is a bit expensive at the begining but after that not much expense at all if you print your own photos.
I've got an Epson photo printer with an ink supply setup and it is great.
I've got an Epson photo printer with an ink supply setup and it is great.
I own a nikon d40...the quality is not bad even people keep saying that this is just for beginner in SLR photography.. But I also have a Panasonic Lumix LX2 which is just a compact camera but comes with many features just like in a SLR camera..Most of the times I prefer to bring the LX2 because of the compactness even I know that the picture quality is not so great as in d40..
After borrowing my father's SLR for years, I bought a Pentax k10d some weeks ago. I am very pleased with it, though I am just learning to know it.
Photography is just an obsessing hobby of mine, but I like what I am doing.
Photography is just an obsessing hobby of mine, but I like what I am doing.
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