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SchermulyC
28th October 2008, 12:39
I bought a 400D because it is good enaugh for me - there are some models with more whistles and bells, a question of the price for me. I am not a professional, so - for what I should take a First Class model? The 400D will do it. The only one objective I own at present is an EOF 18 - 55 mm.

Now - I used for about ten years a Fuji finepix 1300.
Small, hidden in every pocket. Fasten & simple, looking through, push the button - done. Stabile, it was fallen several times on hard ground and alived without any sign of quality lost, just its outside got scratches.

I tried the Canon - but have not found the way in.
It seems me as to be a giant mystery machine -
with a menu, I do not understand.
I returned quickly to my old simple Fuji finepix.

Long years before I used a german Voigtländer Bessamatic and owned alot of lenses and filters and had my joy in photography. It was a First Class camera. The objective was with the NASA Apollo program on the moon and delivered absolute true colours. Since I use a digital camera and rolled films do need to be willingly to live under uncomfortable circumstances, I only use the Fuji.

Still the macro and tele photography does interest me - thinking back to the happy times of the Bessamatic mirror reflex.

Do you have a tip for me,
how to dive in the "How To" of the mystery Canon menu?

Another and better way seems me to visit a friend. He sells watches from his own production (he bought a DDR - patent, nobody was interested in for an extreme low price and does let produce in Asia & in Africa). He does take his own product photos because the photos, he let make by design companies have not been good enaugh. I will show some examples of his product photos - they are brilliant!

Junglegeorge
29th October 2008, 02:43
It takes some time to get to know a new camera. I´ll read the manually try differents programs and settings and then check out the results look in the manual again and repeat. I think the important thing is to not to do this when you actually are photographing some event or something, instead take some time without pressure and just play and learn... Good luck, looking forward to see the results :dance:

SchermulyC
29th October 2008, 08:39
Yes, thank you.
To be unpatient does not help.

I often must sneeze while photographing in sunshine.
This is a best friend, a painter, daughter of a during socialism in east Europe well known painters family. Her father is a national heroe of the Republic of Slowakia. He was killed by "communists" (hardliners, the mafia in the socialistic party) during the "Prag spring" (Ministerpresident Alexander Dubcic and his czech reforms). Artists do live regularily in the selfunderstanding to teach the world. Not bad - otherwise fine arts were not seen by the world, were hidden in homes of artists. My grandfather was killed by the Nazis in 1942 in a psychiatric hospital in Hannover, capitol of Lower Saxony. Artists can not be quiet. Under totalitary systems they must step in conflicts to the leaders.



Back to sneezing.
Do not sneeze while photographing - OK?
My best friend on the mediterranean isle Mallorca.

http://ebiz-mlm-nr1.de/album/fuji1300/do_not_sa.jpg
larger copy 1280 x 960
http://ebiz-mlm-nr1.de/album/fuji1300/do_not_sl.jpg



I do own more sneezed photos (often just my shoes, ha, ha!) - looking for other motives and some with this best friend too.

Once I am able to get photos with the Canon camera, I will show - sneezed or not.



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See Salvatore Dali and General Franco. "Congratulations! There must be killed many more!". He was right. What a luck such things are past.

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