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Ifloat: what I mean is that my LCD doesn't have a live preview. I tried to get it to work and can get it to work in program mode but it will not work on any to the auto modes: close up/portrait/etc.

Will it work in the auto modes??

Thanks for any help. If it will not work in the auto program modes??

TIA

Gina

OH++maybe we should move on the the lights challenge--many of us are having a hard time with the action in our neighborhood pictures.

Well, I think there could be both snow and action in my neighborhood tomorrow; and I know there are lights. I guess that means I'll have to go outside.

OK, live preview works in Movie, Program, A-Dep, Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, does not work with Creative, Full Auto, or any of the modes like Portrait, Sports, Landscape, etc.

If it isn't working, make sure you have it enabled by pressing the MENU button on the upper left side of the camera, then using the rocker switch on the back of the camera to go to the menus with the wrench tool, and look through there until you find Live View Function Settings, and select Enable.

Carolyn

We got some snow, but there hasn't been much action and I am too lazy to go out in the snow and find any. This is about as action filled as it gets at my house:
BRAIN FREEZE
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4201792882/" title="Brain Freeze by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/420 ... 7fe5_o.jpg" width="411" height="576" alt="Brain Freeze"></a>

The only action here is that I used a slow shutter speed and my dog's jaw is blurry from movement. She ate some snow off the lawn chair and froze her little brain. I used my little point and shoot camera for this shot.

Happy holidays, everyone!

not the action I was looking for but some action none the less!

Another Sheltie action shot...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmq/2783798033/" title="Flying Ears by jmq, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/278 ... 6b86ab.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Flying Ears"></a>

Finally, some action in the snow! I took a hike in the local nature preserve today and caught this little downy woodpecker hammering the tree so hard that he created an avalanche.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4203555313/" title="Downy Avalanche by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/420 ... b238fe.jpg" width="354" height="500" alt="Downy Avalanche"></a>

ifloat - nice shot!

I saw the same action as Mary Beth, but was too busy getting things ready for the 20 folks that were coming for the afternoon - I knew they weren't going to make it, but they kept calling saying they would - they didn't

jayseadee wrote:ifloat - nice shot!

I saw the same action as Mary Beth, but was too busy getting things ready for the 20 folks that were coming for the afternoon - I knew they weren't going to make it, but they kept calling saying they would - they didn't

oh sorry. I feel for you! I was expecting 15-20 on Saturday, no one made it. So I moved it to Sunday and only 6 made it. They happen to be my family .. whom I threatened with bodily harm if they didn't come over and eat some food!

I told Charlie I resolve in 2010 to not do any entertaining aside from family. I find people just really don't appreciate what you go through - effort not to mention expense. And trust me I get invited no where! Enough already!

Was there supposed to be a holiday light challenge? Here is my low-tech offering. Enjoy the season.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4210934543/" title="Ice is Nice by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/421 ... 233b1b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Ice is Nice"></a>

I realized I live in a boring neighborhood. I set out looking for something, anything action related and the only thing I could find were squirrels who were unwilling subjects.

Cool! I didn't think anyone was doing this. I was MIA getting ready to go to Mexico. Things have started to slow down now. I am horrible with my new camera. I am using the auto modes only. My pictures are good--but---you know. I love how fast the shutter speed is and that has helped me capture so many pictures that I would have missed with my old camera.

JMQ--what a beautiful show of the sheltie! I have a maltese and I know how hard it is to get a shot like this!

MBW: that is perfect. What setting did you use to get this picture?

Ifloat: at first I only saw the woodpecker action---then I noticed---the snow falling from the tree. Nice!

Are any of you using auto mode? I might keep using that a bit longer. I watched a lot of the DVD and it is good but there is so much to remember and I think I need more practice with the camera before I start using the manual modes.

Gina

Are you talking about the snow picture? I was in shutter priority mode with a long shutter speed but I don't know what it was off hand.

Before I turn my camera off, I set it to PROGRAM mode. This way if I see something nifty and get excited and grab the camera and just start shooting, I will have a good chance of getting something until I calm down and reset the camera. Plus sometimes I just grab the camera and forget to check the settings altogether!

No harm in using the auto mode. Try using the creative auto mode. It helps to show you how to change your depth of field or shutter speed.

If you are trying to shoot action pictures, are you using the servo mode for the focus? It will continuously set the focus on a moving object like a dog running straight toward you.

Otherwise for stationary subjects I recommend the one shot focus, so that you can focus on the main subject, hold the shutter half down and recompose. Or you can fiddle with the autofocus points to achieve the same thing, but I'm not too good at doing that quickly.

One of my images just won an award at the Photographic Society of America interclub competition, it's the jumping horse:

http://www.psaphoto.org/cameraclubs/Ima ... /index.htm

And for this I used the AI focus mode, which decides for itself whether an item is moving or not, and then tracks it. Just experiment! Pressing the button is free.

congrats to you ifloat!