Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Shadowman]

Thanks Shadowman, as for feedback I expect a hell of lot as I have never used an editing prog and slap the camera on auto 9 out of 10 shots but finding this site will change me for the better( I think).

There's nothing wrong with going at it in AUTO mode. I tend to keep my camera steady at ISO 64-100 and concentrate on aperture, shutter speed, and exposure. I was at a Chinese exhibit this weekend and the dancers and martial artists were moving so fast that most of my images looked like ghosts. I didn't want to distract them with flash and tried to time their motions to capture a decent image. I find that putting the camera in Sports Mode just doesn't do the job, the shutter speed is often too long. On top of that, my position was between the dancers and the audience and quite a few shots were ruined because of heads popping into the frame.

[Hollyspring]

Hello and welcome to CiC.

Thank you so much for your advice. You're quite right, i need to do more research if im to make sure my photos are of a high quality. The world of digital cameras is completely new to me, ive got alot to learn. Am chuffed to have discovered this site.

[shutterbugjo]

Hi All,
My name is Jo-Ann and live in Edmonton AB, Canada.
I am brand new to photography and starting a little later in life
Semi retired and desperately want to learn to take beautiful pics...I love breath taking photos.
I didn't ask advice on purchasing equipment but I know now should have.
I have a Canon EOS Rebel t1i.
Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Jo

[Dave Humphries]

Hello, i need advice. I have never used a digital camera and am not even very knowledgeable about 'normal' cameras. I need a digital camera, mainly for either close up detailed photos or landscape/countryside photos. I have found one reduced in Littlewoods. Its a Samsung 12m pixel digital camera ES30. It has a 27 mm wide angle lens and a 5x optical zoom. Its reduced from over £200 to £89. I just want to know if it will do. Id like to be able to print large magnified photos to frame and sell and im clueless about what pixels i need. Is this a good buy? Many thanks.

Hi Holly(?),

Unlikely, very, very unlikely!

Donald has sounded the warnings about just buying what appears to be a bargain - often it isn't, it's just 'they' shout louder and secondly it's usually reduced because it didn't sell well on merit alone - although there are (occasionally) exceptions to this 'rule'.

It isn't impossible to sell pictures taken using a decent compact or bridge camera, but it'll be harder and you'd need to be an exceptional photographer - but maybe you are.

Difficult to know what to advise, we could spend £5,000 of your money and get you well kitted out, but even that wouldn't guarantee success. Probably starting with a DSLR is overkill

You want to look for a camera with a good quality lens that allows both manual as well as Auto control of the settings (focus, shutter speed, iso and aperture) and also one that shoots something called RAW, not just jpg. I think something like a Canon G10 or G11 will do all that, but they're £350 odd.

Maybe someone else has some ideas, but this thread isn't the best place for them. Could you start a new thread in the Cameras forum and tell what you want to shoot and how much budget you have?

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[Dave Humphries]

Hi All,
My name is Jo-Ann and live in Edmonton AB, Canada.
I am brand new to photography and starting a little later in life
Semi retired and desperately want to learn to take beautiful pics...I love breath taking photos.
I didn't ask advice on purchasing equipment but I know now should have.
I have a Canon EOS Rebel t1i.
Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Jo

Hi Jo,

Yes, I could return with the quick quip; "you should have bought a Nikon", but we don't do that here (well, not often)

Do 'join in the fun' and post some pictures for critique, or ask questions.

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[joyy]

Hey all! I am new here, so glad to be here. call me joyy, 29 YO. I hope that I would get to know more new friends here and I know how to take a good photograph....

[Shadowman]

Hey all! I am new here, so glad to be here. call me joyy, 29 YO. I hope that I would get to know more new friends here and I know how to take a good photograph....

Well let's see what you got!

And by the way welcome to the group.

[Peter L]

Hi I’m new to the word of DSLR Cameras and hope to glean lots of tips and interesting information from the more experienced photographers. I also enjoy perusing all of the interesting photos that are being posted on the site.

Thanks.

[Peter Ryan]

Hi I’m new to the word of DSLR Cameras and hope to glean lots of tips and interesting information from the more experienced photographers. I also enjoy perusing all of the interesting photos that are being posted on the site.

Thanks.

Hi Peter,

Another Canadian. We will have to put a limit on how many Canooks are allowed. Welcome to CiC and I hope you have plenty of questions. I did visit Calgary some time back when I did a pack-horse horse ride from Lake Louise back to Banff. Great trip and lovely country so I look forward to seeing some images to remind me of that time trip.

[abhivg]

Hey there, just joined. Got my first dslr a month or so back. When I was just getting a feel of my camera, this site helped me a lot. Hope to keep make some new friends and keep on learning about photography

[carregwen]

Hey there, just joined. Got my first dslr a month or so back. When I was just getting a feel of my camera, this site helped me a lot. Hope to keep make some new friends and keep on learning about photography

Hi Abhivg

Welcome to CiC, we are very glad you decided to join us.

If you haven't already done so, it would be helpful if you could put your first name in your profile so that it appears on your posts. See the FAQ if you are not sure how to do this.

Just start a new thread to ask a new question/start a discussion, or reply to existing threads to join a discussion. Or, you could try posting some of your own images to get feedback. We are gentle on new people!

Posting images on this site. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread5745.htm

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Have fun!

[mwrmt]

Good afternoon(at least where I am anyways ). New to the forum as well. Found it Googling for depth of field and how to compose it. I just picked up the new T2i with 18-55 and 55-250 lenses. Both are IS.

I'm hoping to learn how to shoot as well as a friend who really is self taught and an award winner. Maybe that's setting the bar a bit high, but one has to aspire to more right? Also really want to excel with my photo-editing.

The tutorials here are AWESOME, just wish there was printable version as I like to read away from my pc.

Anyways, that's all for now. Off to explore the world that is CiC.

[carregwen]

Good afternoon(at least where I am anyways ). New to the forum as well. Found it Googling for depth of field and how to compose it. I just picked up the new T2i with 18-55 and 55-250 lenses. Both are IS.

I'm hoping to learn how to shoot as well as a friend who really is self taught and an award winner. Maybe that's setting the bar a bit high, but one has to aspire to more right? Also really want to excel with my photo-editing.

The tutorials here are AWESOME, just wish there was printable version as I like to read away from my pc.

Anyways, that's all for now. Off to explore the world that is CiC.

Hi there

Welcome to CiC, we are very glad you decided to join us.

If you haven't already done so, it would be helpful if you could put your first name in your profile so that it appears on your posts. See the FAQ if you are not sure how to do this.

Just start a new thread to ask a new question/start a discussion, or reply to existing threads to join a discussion. Or, you could try posting some of your own images to get feedback. We are gentle on new people!

Posting images on this site. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread5745.htm

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Have fun!

[mwrmt]

Hi there

Welcome to CiC, we are very glad you decided to join us.

If you haven't already done so, it would be helpful if you could put your first name in your profile so that it appears on your posts. See the FAQ if you are not sure how to do this.

Just start a new thread to ask a new question/start a discussion, or reply to existing threads to join a discussion. Or, you could try posting some of your own images to get feedback. We are gentle on new people!

Posting images on this site. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread5745.htm

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Have fun!

Thanks Rob.

Went through my profile and did just that. One question? Can/how does one create a signature? I'll be sure to upload a few pics in the next day or two as I look forward to the feedback for improving my skills.

[leeck]

Hello: my name is CK in Singapore. I am new in SLR camera & hope can leant & understand more on this. I just brought Canon 550D for last them 2 month. Still playing with it.

[PSi]

Hi, I am Paul from Malaysia. Have been playing with DSLRs since 2004 and film since 1979, consider myself quite comfortable around cameras and post processing software but never really bothered to learn the science behind the techniques. Came across this site and have to say it's eye-opening.
Looking forward to no longer just doing but also understanding the how and why.
Cheers

[carregwen]

Thanks Rob.

Went through my profile and did just that. One question? Can/how does one create a signature? I'll be sure to upload a few pics in the next day or two as I look forward to the feedback for improving my skills.

Mike

Just select Forum Actions from menu above then 'edit profile'. On the left you should have 'edit signature'. Insert whatever text you like including any external links (to Flickr page etc) that you require. You only get 4 lines. Send me a PM if you get stuck.

[carregwen]

Hello: my name is CK in Singapore. I am new in SLR camera & hope can leant & understand more on this. I just brought Canon 550D for last them 2 month. Still playing with it.

Hi, I am Paul from Malaysia. Have been playing with DSLRs since 2004 and film since 1979, consider myself quite comfortable around cameras and post processing software but never really bothered to learn the science behind the techniques. Came across this site and have to say it's eye-opening.
Looking forward to no longer just doing but also understanding the how and why.
Cheers

Hi, CK and Paul and welcome to CiC. You both made the right choice, so you must be smart!

If you haven't already done so, it would be helpful if you could put your first name in your profile so that it appears on your posts. See the FAQ if you are not sure how to do this.

Just start a new thread to ask a new question/start a discussion, or reply to existing threads to join a discussion. Or, you could try posting some of your own images to get feedback. We are gentle on new people!

Posting images on this site. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread5745.htm

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Have fun!

[Diane Darlow]

Hi All, We are Derrick and Diane from South Africa. We have recently bought his and hers Canon cameras (an 450D DSLR and SX20) and are hungry for tips from friends who are just as fanatical. Thanks for the site!

[carregwen]

Hi All, We are Derrick and Diane from South Africa. We have recently bought his and hers Canon cameras (an 450D DSLR and SX20) and are hungry for tips from friends who are just as fanatical. Thanks for the site!

Hi Derrick and Diane and welcome to the house of fanatics (AKA CiC)

You can both join if you wish to?

If you haven't already done so, it would be helpful if you could put your first name in your profile so that it appears on your posts. See the FAQ if you are not sure how to do this.

Just start a new thread to ask a new question/start a discussion, or reply to existing threads to join a discussion. Or, you could try posting some of your own images to get feedback. We are gentle on new people!

Posting images on this site. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread5745.htm

Put yourself on our Google map CiC Google map

FAQ (on menu above) https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...b3_board_usage

Have fun!