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05-13-06, 10:27 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
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New to the Digital SLR Family. (56k might want to stay away)
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We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
-- John F. Kennedy, 1962
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05-14-06, 11:00 AM
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Going with the flow...
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: FL
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WOW - awesome shots - congrats! WHERE was that vacation???
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05-14-06, 11:25 AM
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Lexus Fanatic
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
WOW - awesome shots - congrats! WHERE was that vacation???
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We were on a cruise to the caribbean. The first two shots are from St. Martin; the third is from St. Thomas, and the final two are on the ship. 
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We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
-- John F. Kennedy, 1962
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05-15-06, 10:30 AM
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Fitness Freak
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: San Diego, California
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Nice camera, great shots 
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05-17-06, 12:17 PM
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Arizona
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I've had mine since November and love it.
What mode are you shooting in? Have you used SLR cameras in the past? What camera did you step up from?
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05-17-06, 01:47 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
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As of right now, I've just been using the "Green Box" mode. Nothing too fancy, as we are still trying to figure the camera out. It is my Dad's new camera, so he has been reading the manual cover to cover. We have used SLR cameras in the past, and have a collection of SLR Film cameras. I personally use a 4.1 megapixel Sony Cybershot and my Dad used a Nikon 6 megapixel "in-betweener" (Not quite a small digi cam, not quite an SLR). So this is the most potent Digi that either of us has ever used.
We picked this one out as my Dad already has a Canon film SLR that is fairly new (like 7 or 8 years old) and he has a multitude of Canon Lenses and filters. Being able to interchange with those lenses was a requirement for a digital SLR, so we chose the Canon.
Here is another messing-around-shot... seems like it can take some serious photos! 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexgs40099/
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We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
-- John F. Kennedy, 1962
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05-17-06, 04:16 PM
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Arizona
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Once you start reading how to set the manual mode, you'll open up a whole new world to yourself.
I suggest you also take a couple hours to sit down with the camera and the manual and see what different settings do. I personally learn best from experimentation. The books are nice for guidance, but I wouldn't really understand what effects would do until I tried them.
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05-17-06, 04:40 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
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Originally Posted by AZ-GS300
Once you start reading how to set the manual mode, you'll open up a whole new world to yourself.
I suggest you also take a couple hours to sit down with the camera and the manual and see what different settings do. I personally learn best from experimentation. The books are nice for guidance, but I wouldn't really understand what effects would do until I tried them.
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I'm with you... That's why im just snapping photos of everything in different modes. Some of them, well most of them, suck. But, that's what trial and error is all about!
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We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
-- John F. Kennedy, 1962
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05-17-06, 07:39 PM
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Arizona
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It's always fun playing with different settings and speeds. Too fast a shutter, and you've got a parked car on a track. Too slow, and you've got all blur. There is always a happy medium to achieving the desired look.
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