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[xena298]

ok ..this is my first post here..have a question for any that would be able to guide me...what would be the best BRAND of filters for my cannon rebel x1i eos...?

[Colin Southern]

ok ..this is my first post here..have a question for any that would be able to guide me...what would be the best BRAND of filters for my cannon rebel x1i eos...?

Hi Xena,

Welcome to CiC - great to have you with us.

I'm assuming that you mean for a "Canon" (I don't think they make filters for cannon's -- it would probably slow down the steel ball when they fired it on the battlefield!)

First question would have to be "what kind of filter" (UV? CPL, ND, GND?) - need more information

Second question, what lenses are you using (so we know the diameter).

Third question - the best filters run into many hundreds of dollars - do you really have an unlimited budget?

[ahrneely]

As this is the Welcome Thread, allow me to welcome myself to the forums.

My name is Ryan, though professionally I tend to go by "Ahr" (which is the phoenetic spelling of my first initial). I live in a very small 'hamlet' (I don't think it can technically be considered a town since it is five square blocks and consists of a population of 50) called Luther in the state of Iowa here in the U.S. I moved here after a 10-year stint in San Francisco, California and am loving the difference in both ecological and social climates.

I found a passion for photography about 15 years ago and followed it as far as attending Brooks Institute of Photography, but like so many who allow their passion to dominate their lives, I became quite burned out on photography and wound up in a completely unrelated field.

Though I have continued to shoot as a hobby on a very limited basis, now that I am here in the middle of nowhere with fabulous surroundings, I feel the bug to delve back into things and see where it leads me (I'm in the process of putting together a part time portraiture business and scouting locations for my own landscape work).

As I have shot film for most of my life, I'm just now starting to take a serious leap into the world of digital photography and this sites tutorials are some of the most clear-cut and concise answers to many of my questions on quality. I'm sure more questions will pop up (in fact, one just did, so I'll post that in the appropriate forum next).

Anyway, thanks for allowing me the privilege to join you fine folks here at Cambridge in Colour and I look forward to having many debates on the world of digital photography in the future.

Cheers

Ahr Neely

[Colin Southern]

As this is the Welcome Thread, allow me to welcome myself to the forums.

My name is Ryan, though professionally I tend to go by "Ahr"

Hi Ahr,

Welcome to CiC - great to have you with us. Sing out if we can help with anything

[maloufn]

Hello all,

My name is Dr Nasseem Michael Malouf, an amateur photographer keen on improving my skills. I am a PhD in nutrition and a dietitian and recently published a book on lifestyle managemnt of Type 2 diabetes in which I included many straightforward photos to explain certain nutriton principles eg the sugar and fat in a food explained in teaspoons.

I live in Sydney Australia and work in private and hospital sectors.

Have always been keen on photography but had no formal training. I have recently done a couple of short courses and am very keen on improving/understanding photographic principles. I love your tutorials - and am slowly going through them.

A long way to go but joining you guys will certainly help. Looking forward to meeting you all on the site.

Regards

Nasseem

[dshawarch]

I am a recently retired architect that is just getting into photography. Any tips will be appreciated.

[Colin Southern]

Hello all,

My name is Dr Nasseem Michael Malouf

Hi Nasseem,

Welcome to CiC - Great to have you with us

I think we must collect Doctors and Professors here - you're about the 4th off the top of my head!

As always, we'd be glad to help - the first thought that comes to mind though is that's it's an interactive process - usually best achieved one step at a time (much as the best way to build a wall is one brick at a time) - so in that vein (pun intended!) it's really helpful if you can ask questions - tell us what you need - and show us pictures that you'd like help or feedback with. Then you can take the suggestions & ideas onboard - "raise the bar" - and come back for round two.

Looking forward to the process

[crisscross]

I am a recently retired architect that is just getting into photography. Any tips will be appreciated.

Hi Xarch

I also retired from being an architect 4 years ago and slid straight from record pics of building process to photography

I hope that you will retain the sense of design you already have and apply it to your creative photography; so many photographers now go on a course run by someone who went on a course...etc so that there is often nowhere near enough original thinking

Don't feel you need to photograph buildings; having retired you can now admit to yourself that the majority of modern buildings are actually ugly

But if you do, pay attention to vertical perspective as well as horizontal; it is rarely necessary for the vertical to be absolutely vertical, but it makes a lot of difference to apparent height as to whether you partly correct vertical convergence or exaggerate it

[Dave Humphries]

I started out with film SLR's (Pentax sfx and sf7) in the late 80's then went to digital compacts (was traveling a bit then) and am now back into SLR's - digital of course.

I used to be Canon but have now moved to Nikon. I currently use a D90 with the 18-200VR and I have a Tokina 11-16 f2.8 inbound as we speak

I like to shoot mainly nature/landscapes but also enjoy mechanical things - aircraft/cars/boats, etc.

Hi Steve,

So, it seems, you've tried a few different brands over the years.

I'm a little late welcoming you in this thread as I think we have conversed elsewhere by now

Anyway, here it comes .... welcome to the CiC forums from ...

[Dave Humphries]

Hi everybody!
I'm a programmer and owns a firm that makes software for image analysis/processing.
I'm also a amateur photographer that right now is struggeling with profiles,papers and such for printing on a epson pro 3800,pheuw - thats hard work!
I prefer to photograph nature,not so much people or things. I'm also a mega geek when it comes to photagraphy related technical stuff. Please bear with me...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you guys behind cambridge in color, informative,fun and elegant. Fantastic job!

Hi Pesa,

I see you're already up to 4 posts, so you have obviously found your way around the place, it merely remains for me to welcome you to the CiC fourms officially.

There, job done, anyway, great to have you join us.

Best regards,

[Dave Humphries]

I am just joining this site because I found the information & tutorials available very informative and discussion topics interesting. Not sure how I came across it but that's the nature of the Internet, isn't it!

I am from Canada and not really new to photography but always learning. Main subject interests are birds, wildlife & landscape photography. I have an assortment of Canon bodies & lenses and use Photoshop & Lightroom for post processing.

Look forward to participating in the discussions & posting some images to share.

Allen...

Hi Allen,

Good to have you join us and I think you got to making your second post today, so that's great.

I also have a tendency to photograph birds and wildlife, it can be a challenge

Hope we see and hear a lot more from you in future.

Welcome to the CiC forums from ...

[Dave Humphries]

ok ..this is my first post here..have a question for any that would be able to guide me...what would be the best BRAND of filters for my Canon Rebel x1i eos...?

Hi Xena,

Welcome to the CiC forums from me, great to have you join us.

I don't want to go into too much detail here in the intro thread, but I don't think it comes down to being as simple as "which brand" because this will depend upon;
a) what sort of filters we are talking about; UV, CPL, ND (e.g. screw on) or GND (in a holder)
b) what you want to use it for (UV for protection?)
c) what your budget is
d) PLUS - many of the filter manufacturers make different grades of filter, thus you might buy the cheapest grade of the recommended brand and be disappointed in the quality.

Best way to take this forward is for you to start a new thread in the General Photography Discussion forum I think, with a little more information so we can advise you better.

Best regards,

[Dave Humphries]

As this is the Welcome Thread, allow me to welcome myself to the forums.

My name is Ryan, though professionally I tend to go by "Ahr" (which is the phoenetic spelling of my first initial). I live in a very small 'hamlet' (I don't think it can technically be considered a town since it is five square blocks and consists of a population of 50) called Luther in the state of Iowa here in the U.S. I moved here after a 10-year stint in San Francisco, California and am loving the difference in both ecological and social climates.

I found a passion for photography about 15 years ago and followed it as far as attending Brooks Institute of Photography, but like so many who allow their passion to dominate their lives, I became quite burned out on photography and wound up in a completely unrelated field.

Though I have continued to shoot as a hobby on a very limited basis, now that I am here in the middle of nowhere with fabulous surroundings, I feel the bug to delve back into things and see where it leads me (I'm in the process of putting together a part time portraiture business and scouting locations for my own landscape work).

As I have shot film for most of my life, I'm just now starting to take a serious leap into the world of digital photography and this sites tutorials are some of the most clear-cut and concise answers to many of my questions on quality. I'm sure more questions will pop up (in fact, one just did, so I'll post that in the appropriate forum next).

Anyway, thanks for allowing me the privilege to join you fine folks here at Cambridge in Colour and I look forward to having many debates on the world of digital photography in the future.

Cheers

Ahr Neely

Hi Ahr,

Good intro post.

Welcome to the CiC forums from me, great to have you join our own little community, which, while geographically larger than 5 blocks, seems to have just as many people in

Best regards,

[Dave Humphries]

Hello all,

My name is Dr Nasseem Michael Malouf, an amateur photographer keen on improving my skills. I am a PhD in nutrition and a dietitian and recently published a book on lifestyle managemnt of Type 2 diabetes in which I included many straightforward photos to explain certain nutriton principles eg the sugar and fat in a food explained in teaspoons.

I live in Sydney Australia and work in private and hospital sectors.

Have always been keen on photography but had no formal training. I have recently done a couple of short courses and am very keen on improving/understanding photographic principles. I love your tutorials - and am slowly going through them.

A long way to go but joining you guys will certainly help. Looking forward to meeting you all on the site.

Regards

Nasseem

Hi Nasseem,

Yup, I can testify that joining this site will certainly help your understanding of photography, it might well have an adverse effect on your wallet though - photography can get expensive.

Anyway, welcome to the CiC forums, hope to have a follow up post or question from you soon.

All the best,

[Dave Humphries]

I am a recently retired architect that is just getting into photography. Any tips will be appreciated.

Hi dshawarch,

Good to have you join us.

In respect of tips, if you haven't already found them, do check out the Photography Tutorials linked from every page, or just ask a question in the most appropriate forum and we'll do our best to answer.

Welcome to the CiC forums from ...

[dullierobre]

Greetings!

I'm new to this community and just wanted to introduce myself and say "hello".

Finally a reliable site with active people that I can read - that is refreshing!

I am here to learn & get involved. How can I best participate?

Laters!

[sonnytev]

Hi , all!

I'm sonnytev and I'm from the Philippines, Manila to be exact.
I work for YKL Color Laboratory, the local distributor for Fujifilm.
I currently use a Fujifilm FinePix F30 and S20Pro.

[Dave Humphries]

~ Finally, a reliable site with active people that I can read - that is refreshing!
I am here to learn & get involved. How can I best participate? ~

Hi dullierobre,

Welcome to the CiC forums and thanks for the kind words.

This is an excellent place to learn so, to answer your question - almost any way you like;
- Ask a photography related question
- Post an image or two for comment and critique (C&C)
- Post an image or two into one of the Challenges, we have two on the go; a rapid turnaround Mini Competition or the monthly Challenge, see the top of each thread for the simple 'rules'
- Start an album (under the "Community" menu item above)

Or do all four

Looking forward to you next post,

[Dave Humphries]

~ I'm sonnytev and I'm from the Philippines, Manila to be exact.
I work for YKL Color Laboratory, the local distributor for Fujifilm.
I currently use a Fujifilm FinePix F30 and S20Pro.

Hi Sonnytev,

Welcome to the CiC forums from me, great to have you with us.
I'm a former Fuji user myself

All the best,

[frogtographer]

Good Morning,

I'm a filmmaker, photographer and educator. After shooting film for some time I'm just now coming to digital imaging. I've found the tutorials useful and I'm here to learn. Thanks for the opportunity. My current cameras include a Canon 7D that I just getting to know, a small Sony Point and shoot, a TLR Rollei, a 16mm Arri SR and a 35mm Arri 3C.

Its 4am and -29 degrees F in Montana at the moment. Cheers, Phil