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Barry Miller
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# Posted: 16 Jan 07 07:02
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John Melskens wrote "f you want to shoot pictures in low light situations and just with the available light, then you see the difference between a good and a better lens".
John, your so right of course on the above point and this is exactly where my present camera lets me down so badly, it just cant cope with even minor low light situations. Fortunately i have a home Studio in my spare room with lights that drain the national grid and more slaves than Cleopatra ever had. I am very restricted throughout the range of f stops from 11 to 2,8 and the lens is of course very much a compromise. I have often said that these type of prosumer fixed lens cameras such as the Fuji 6900Z that myself and my daughter are using are no match for the modern DSLRs cameras with quick change super lenses and better range that todays market produce so well and in many cases comparatively inexpensively. However like so many others who have reached a certain age, our cupboards are full of photo gear that we have nostalgically collected over time and no doubt will continue to do so. Many of us just have to draw the line and make do with the budget models and we then have to work much harder to produce half decent photos and use a heck of a lot of ingenuity to do so. It never ceases to amaze me how some of the members here produce stunning shots with quite modest kit, it is admirable to say the least in how they do it.
We have come a long way since a pinhole and flash powder and have much further to go but I am one of those who remember having to change individual flash bulbs until we got the flash cube and even then we only got 4 at one go at first. I didn't even have the choice of colour film until much later in life and when I acquired my first rechargeable flash gun I though I had died and gone to heaven lol. I cant describe my delight of my first 35mm Russian SLR, I think they were named "Zenith" if I remember correctly. It sounded like a .22 rifle going of when I fired the shutter, it took cracking photos at the time though, ........or so I thought. halcyon days of yesteryear ???? not so sure about that if I am to be honest, what could one do today with a Kodak Brownie 127? lol eeeeeeeek
Barry
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 16 Jan 07 07:58
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Barry and John, thans for your comments. Barry you have right that it is the person behind the camera that makes the picture look great or not.
You are so right that you can make beautiful pictures with the low budget camera. They make low budget camera's not to make ugly pictures. I make today a lot of better pictures with a beginners cam than I did in the past. We all learn by the day.
You certainly tells a very nice story about camera's thanks for that.
And John you describe it correct. Thats one of the reasons that I want to buy a better camera. Also you can do more by yourself with this camera.
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 16 Jan 07 17:54
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Today I read the commercials that came through my door. And I see a action in a shop in my city about the Canon EOS 400d wit kit lens for 689 euros. I think I'm going to visit this shop this week. !
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 25 Jan 07 22:26
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I want to thanks all of you for the tips and suggestions. It helped me alot. I read a lot on dpreview. @Pansa thanks for the link.
Today I bought the Canon ESO 400d wit kit lens and 55 - 200 mm lens from canon and the battery Grip. Till now I have a lot of fun.
Can't wait to upload some new pics.
Greetings Oscar
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ruud regeer
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# Posted: 26 Jan 07 00:10
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These tips and suggestions are good indeed.
@Oscar: good choice, congratulations!
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Barry Miller
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# Posted: 26 Jan 07 00:48
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ruud regeer wrote ...."These tips and suggestions are good indeed."
ruud, the above is a very true statement. In the short time I have been here I have learnt so much from the forums and the photos that have been posted. Woophy and other photo sites, combined with knowledge gained from the members who post tips and suggestions has added immensely to my own knowledge base and has helped me to push the photographic boundaries even further. Every time I read the forums I learn something new and I am now passing on this knowledge to my daughter who is also a member here on Woophy and has now moved over from Video Cam to still photography and hopefully, as time evolves, she too will learn from the members tips here. She doesn't often read the forums at the moment so I am fairly safe in saying that youth is sometimes wasted on the young and how can you explain anything to someone who knows everything. However I am sure she will eventually one day read the manual that came with her camera and who knows, she may well come on here and ask questions............one day lol.
However, to be serious ruud, it is often through others that we gain knowledge and these web pages are indeed a font of such knowledge.
Barry
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