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Joined: 12/15/2006 From: Lafayette/Gulf of Mexico, LA Status: offline
Dude, I play with the settings on mine all the time, but I honestly think I need to take some classes on it. I know so little about this thing that I don't even know what it is I don't know.
the D200 is compared to the 30D in a way. or atleast they are related in a sense that they were last years model and the D300 / 40D are this years models having just come out towards the end of '07
get some photography books and read up on shutter speed, aperture,ISO, rule of thirds, sunny 16 and youll get a good basic idea.
oh and theres some CRAZY photography sites like there are car forums. the canon sight im on ( photography-on-the.net ) has many pro's on it that do nothing but photography for a living ... fredmiranda.com has a really good forum and then nikoncountry.com is a good nikon to my knowledge
SLR was a great change for me. I started out with a D40x and found that the controls were too tight. You had to enter menus to change basic settings like shutter speed, ISO and Ap. Very annoying. The D80 was much better and allowed for many settings to be adjusted without entering any menus. However, it felt small in my hands and was rather slow (only about 3 FPS.) The 40D felt much stronger and was quick as hell (6+ FPS.) I love it. Fantastic camera.
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Joined: 2/18/2007 From: The Great White North Status: offline
i think im going to stick with the hole
point and click method with my camera and leave my dad to his, hes been in photography for over 20 years, not even sure how long, this is his first dslr but hes starting to get used to the menus and what not
he also bought a massive photo printer
that ive been printing off car pictures with
which i think im going to get in trouble for eventually
i agree about the photography being a blast ... i love heading downtown chicago and just walking around with the camera. its funny the comments / conversations that get started when i have my 70-200mm lens with the lens hood on and im walkin around. the lens + hood is like 12" long then i have the extra grip on the camera so i can have 2 batteries & do portrait style shots more easily.
good times haha.
oh and if you havent looked into getting the grip for your 40D check it out. its about $200 but you get the benefit of using 2 batteries & it gives you a second set of controls so you can take a portrait style shot with your right hand in the same position as if the camera were in a standard landscape orientation (if that makes sense)
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