Canon L1000D
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paul26982

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247 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Well following on from my other post's, ordered a new Camera, bit the Bullet, please tell me its a good one, Also getting a Lens for it, gets delivered Wednesday clap Im a total noob to photography, but been very interested in it for some years, will be visiting and searching this section a lot.


Canon 1000D SLR







Review

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_canon_eos_1...

markmullen

15,877 posts

263 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Cool, enjoy.


paul26982

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Thursday 28th April 2011
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markmullen said:
Cool, enjoy.
take it thats good then smile

14-7

6,233 posts

220 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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I'm a Canon man myself so quite obviously I will say it's a good choice.

The main thing is, get out and take photographs. Learn to use the camera properly instead of just relying on it to get the shots you want.


paul26982

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Thursday 28th April 2011
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14-7 said:
I'm a Canon man myself so quite obviously I will say it's a good choice.

The main thing is, get out and take photographs. Learn to use the camera properly instead of just relying on it to get the shots you want.
ill be one of these which you see that takes a camera every where you go smile you never know what you might see

14-7

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220 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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paul26982 said:
14-7 said:
I'm a Canon man myself so quite obviously I will say it's a good choice.

The main thing is, get out and take photographs. Learn to use the camera properly instead of just relying on it to get the shots you want.
ill be one of these which you see that takes a camera every where you go smile you never know what you might see
Me too.

Normally accompanied by a tutting wife and child sick of me following things like bee-flys around in the undergrowth!

markmullen

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263 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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paul26982 said:
ake it thats good then smile
Indeed, I'm a Canon man too (and now Mamiya!).

As already said get out and take loads of photos, you can't really break the camera by accident so go for it, shoot everything, try all the settings, see what works for you.

Killwilly

446 posts

217 months

Friday 29th April 2011
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Hi Paul great camera, enjoy it. Not wanting to steer you away from this forum, but check the link below and take a look at what can be achieved with your new camera.:


http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php...

paul26982

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Friday 29th April 2011
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WOW thanks for all the replies, ive been on the forum a long time now and even though just made my purchase' ive always visited this section and especially browsed the random photo's thread, awesome pics in there guys, yeah ill be snap happy, quite like slow shutter effect photos, im quite a lover of fish eye too which im going to have a look into smile

paul26982

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Thursday 5th May 2011
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Received my new Camera smile





Only thing, searched the full house for an SD card and cant find one frown
going to have to get one tomorow now, only have Micro SD's

jimmy156

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216 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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paul26982 said:
Only thing, searched the full house for an SD card and cant find one frown
going to have to get one tomorow now, only have Micro SD's
may i suggest 7 day shop , You may have to wait a few days but you wont find cards much cheaper!

markmullen

15,877 posts

263 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Most Sainsburys, Tesco etc stock SD cards if you want to be up and running tonight.

dxbtiger

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202 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Congrats, took the slr plunge in October, love it.

Get away from auto from the off, the learning curve is steep but fun.

Be prepared to want additions to the kit very quickly, the list never seems to end!

paul26982

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Thursday 5th May 2011
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dxbtiger said:
Congrats, took the slr plunge in October, love it.

Get away from auto from the off, the learning curve is steep but fun.

Be prepared to want additions to the kit very quickly, the list never seems to end!
was going to ask this question, im knew to this world, read half the manual, seems quite simple settings wise its just getting used to which ones to pic for the picture taken

paul26982

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Thursday 5th May 2011
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markmullen said:
Most Sainsburys, Tesco etc stock SD cards if you want to be up and running tonight.
just going to my local asda tomorrow to be honest, cant wait

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

283 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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Tv and Av modes are well worth using, your still relying on the metering but your picking the key settings yourself.

Also switch it from selecting all focus points to one.

dxbtiger

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202 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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paul26982 said:
was going to ask this question, im knew to this world, read half the manual, seems quite simple settings wise its just getting used to which ones to pic for the picture taken
I'll be honest, haven't gone much near full manual mode yet.

Alternate between A (aperture), S (shutter) and the landscape preset. I shoot Nikon so the label will be different but the result the same.

Only time I have opened the manual was to figure out the remote, turns out I was aiming it in the wrong place. Otherwise google the question you need answering and there are 1001 guides.

Alternatively post right here, great advice from effin great photographers, with lots of patience

Simpo Two

92,730 posts

294 months

Thursday 5th May 2011
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I read that as 'manual mode' meaning you get the manual out biggrin

paul26982

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Friday 6th May 2011
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thank you people, great replies, im not expecting great images straight away, got a feeling its going to take some time, obviously aswell as locations etc

paul26982

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Friday 6th May 2011
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just had a quick go as i was impatiant, and wanted to see what some pics where like