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My new Canon Rebel Eos!!
My new Canon Rebel Eos!!
Thank you for the suggestion! It is because of the feedback on this forum that I made the purchase.
I bought it this weekend. I want to get it out and play but it is a Christmas gift from my husband and sons--so I have to wait for our family party.
I heard there are a lot of tips on youtube so I am viewing them now. There are so many!! Hopefully, I will know how to use it before I
need to use it.
Does anyone else have any other suggestions??
During a girls-night-out one of my friends mentioned the camera. She used the camera for her nieces senior pictures. My niece graduates this year and the photographer had a computer problem and lost all of her pictures. I told her to give me a shot. (hello a photographer that doesn't back up!!!)
Gina
I bought it this weekend. I want to get it out and play but it is a Christmas gift from my husband and sons--so I have to wait for our family party.
I heard there are a lot of tips on youtube so I am viewing them now. There are so many!! Hopefully, I will know how to use it before I
need to use it.
Does anyone else have any other suggestions??
During a girls-night-out one of my friends mentioned the camera. She used the camera for her nieces senior pictures. My niece graduates this year and the photographer had a computer problem and lost all of her pictures. I told her to give me a shot. (hello a photographer that doesn't back up!!!)
Gina
You can take it out and use it. The media is removable. You can use the one you got with the camera and either leave your test/learing shots on it or erase it when you are done. You could also buy another card and use it for your practice. The battery is rechargeable and will probably not have much of a charge on it when you buy it. Use it and put a charge on it before you wrap the camera up.
The best way to learn how to use these things is to get out and shoot under a variety of conditions. Look at what you get and try other settings to see what you get then. It also helps you to learn where the controls are. Once you learn that, the operation of the camera becomes second nature. You can, for example, think about the shot instead of how to zoom.
Have fun with it.
JIM
The best way to learn how to use these things is to get out and shoot under a variety of conditions. Look at what you get and try other settings to see what you get then. It also helps you to learn where the controls are. Once you learn that, the operation of the camera becomes second nature. You can, for example, think about the shot instead of how to zoom.
Have fun with it.
JIM
Man it's like some dream we live down here....
Which EOS did you buy?
The T1i has a Creative Automatic mode that makes it easy for beginners to fine tune their images, such as making the background sharper or blurrier, the exposure lighter or darker. I dont use this myself, but I just looked at it and it seems nifty.
If you google for EOS Tutorials, you can find a lot of websites with great easy to follow instructions on how to get the most from your camera.
jimg20 is right...best way to learn it is to use it. I have snapped the shutter over 13 THOUSAND times since May first, 2009. Sometimes I take the same image over and over, with different settings, with or without fill flash, at different focal lengths, etc so I can compare them.
I usually leave my EOS set to Program mode as a default. Then if I am shooting action, I quickly switch to Shutter priority. Shooting flowers, I go to Aperture priority. I have customized my menu settings so that all the choices I need to make for any shooting situation are grouped where they make the most sense and are easiest to reach quickly.
Right now Amazon is selling the 55-250mm Image stabilized zoom for $217. I paid $250 for it in April 2009 and it was a bargain at that. It's a great walk around lens to learn with. Someday I'll buy that "L" glass, but for now this lens is fine.
Remember if you are using an image stabilized lens to turn the IS off when the camera goes on a tripod.
If you look at the Flickr website, you can find lots of pictures taken with your model of camera. Then click on "more properties", and you can study the EXIF data to see what camera settings people used.
My Flickr photostream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/
Enjoy your new camera!
The T1i has a Creative Automatic mode that makes it easy for beginners to fine tune their images, such as making the background sharper or blurrier, the exposure lighter or darker. I dont use this myself, but I just looked at it and it seems nifty.
If you google for EOS Tutorials, you can find a lot of websites with great easy to follow instructions on how to get the most from your camera.
jimg20 is right...best way to learn it is to use it. I have snapped the shutter over 13 THOUSAND times since May first, 2009. Sometimes I take the same image over and over, with different settings, with or without fill flash, at different focal lengths, etc so I can compare them.
I usually leave my EOS set to Program mode as a default. Then if I am shooting action, I quickly switch to Shutter priority. Shooting flowers, I go to Aperture priority. I have customized my menu settings so that all the choices I need to make for any shooting situation are grouped where they make the most sense and are easiest to reach quickly.
Right now Amazon is selling the 55-250mm Image stabilized zoom for $217. I paid $250 for it in April 2009 and it was a bargain at that. It's a great walk around lens to learn with. Someday I'll buy that "L" glass, but for now this lens is fine.
Remember if you are using an image stabilized lens to turn the IS off when the camera goes on a tripod.
If you look at the Flickr website, you can find lots of pictures taken with your model of camera. Then click on "more properties", and you can study the EXIF data to see what camera settings people used.
My Flickr photostream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/
Enjoy your new camera!
Thank you Jim and Ifloat!
Jim, I am going to go ahead and charge it but I don’t feel right about using it. Maybe that is silly.
I am looking forward to having the controls being second nature. The tutorials all say that the camera is very intuitive.
I float: I got the T1i. I am very excited about having video. I do have a video camera but it seems like I never have it when I need it. I always have my camera—so I will be using it for video I am sure.
Creative Automatic will be perfect for me!
If did google for EOS Tutorials and found a great one right on the canon website. I thought about taking a class. Also, I found a person that has a 3 hour CD on the EOS that is tempting me.
I am looking forward to taking the same picture with different settings. There is a place for me to save settings. I plan to have a nighttime setting, for sure, and I am not sure yet what else. I will figure that out as I work with it. One thing I am looking forward to is being able to snap a picture quickly. Right now my camera takes FOREVER between shots and I have missed SO many.
I am not going to buy any lenses until I really play with the camera and figure out my needs.
I have seen your pictures. They are part of the reason I got the camera!
GG
Jim, I am going to go ahead and charge it but I don’t feel right about using it. Maybe that is silly.
I am looking forward to having the controls being second nature. The tutorials all say that the camera is very intuitive.
I float: I got the T1i. I am very excited about having video. I do have a video camera but it seems like I never have it when I need it. I always have my camera—so I will be using it for video I am sure.
Creative Automatic will be perfect for me!
If did google for EOS Tutorials and found a great one right on the canon website. I thought about taking a class. Also, I found a person that has a 3 hour CD on the EOS that is tempting me.
I am looking forward to taking the same picture with different settings. There is a place for me to save settings. I plan to have a nighttime setting, for sure, and I am not sure yet what else. I will figure that out as I work with it. One thing I am looking forward to is being able to snap a picture quickly. Right now my camera takes FOREVER between shots and I have missed SO many.
I am not going to buy any lenses until I really play with the camera and figure out my needs.
I have seen your pictures. They are part of the reason I got the camera!
GG
I'm excited for you! Nothing is more fun than getting your hands on a new camera.
I don't know where you live, but in the Chicago area there are lots of camera clubs with friendly helpful members who love to make new friends and share what they know. Maybe there is something like this in your area?
I agree, the shutter firing quickly when you press the button is very important. That was my main reason for buying a DSLR.
If you plan on taking movies, be sure you do NOT scrimp on the SD card. Get something like the Sandisk 8 GB Extreme III 30 MB/s or your card may not be able to keep up with the data. Really, this is important. Google around for info on it.
Also remember that the kit lens does NOT have manual focus over ride on the fly. You have to nudge that AF/MF switch on the lens to MF before you twist the element to focus. THIS IS IMPORTANT, because if you dont set it to manual you can strip and ruin your auto focus. I ALWAYS switch it to Manual focus before I put the lens cap on and put the camera down. Some of the more expensive lenses dont have this restriction.
One extra cool thing about this camera is that I can connect it to my huge lcd computer screen and use my computer to control the camera for things like macro shots. The image appears on the computer at a really large size so that I can fine tune my macro focus.
I shoot RAW. The software Canon provides is really amazing at drawing out a good image when you have over or underexposed it, and has decent noise reduction and sharpening tools too.
How it came out of the camera
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4048103536/" title="Original Egret by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/404 ... b080_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Original Egret"></a>
After fixing the exposure with Digital Photo Professional software that came with the camera (and I cheated and put in a different sky with Photoshop)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4048094238/" title="Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Egrets by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/404 ... 0e77_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Egrets"></a>
Can you tell I really like my T1i? Have fun.
I don't know where you live, but in the Chicago area there are lots of camera clubs with friendly helpful members who love to make new friends and share what they know. Maybe there is something like this in your area?
I agree, the shutter firing quickly when you press the button is very important. That was my main reason for buying a DSLR.
If you plan on taking movies, be sure you do NOT scrimp on the SD card. Get something like the Sandisk 8 GB Extreme III 30 MB/s or your card may not be able to keep up with the data. Really, this is important. Google around for info on it.
Also remember that the kit lens does NOT have manual focus over ride on the fly. You have to nudge that AF/MF switch on the lens to MF before you twist the element to focus. THIS IS IMPORTANT, because if you dont set it to manual you can strip and ruin your auto focus. I ALWAYS switch it to Manual focus before I put the lens cap on and put the camera down. Some of the more expensive lenses dont have this restriction.
One extra cool thing about this camera is that I can connect it to my huge lcd computer screen and use my computer to control the camera for things like macro shots. The image appears on the computer at a really large size so that I can fine tune my macro focus.
I shoot RAW. The software Canon provides is really amazing at drawing out a good image when you have over or underexposed it, and has decent noise reduction and sharpening tools too.
How it came out of the camera
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4048103536/" title="Original Egret by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/404 ... b080_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Original Egret"></a>
After fixing the exposure with Digital Photo Professional software that came with the camera (and I cheated and put in a different sky with Photoshop)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootandpoint/4048094238/" title="Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Egrets by Demicent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/404 ... 0e77_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Egrets"></a>
Can you tell I really like my T1i? Have fun.
Not a Canon owner but you might want to check out this online forum. Lots of pix and advise from folks who use Canon. And excellent amateurs and professionals postings. Questions are always answered.
www.dgrin.com
www.dgrin.com