Photography tips, tricks and hints.
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notnalc68
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Stotch
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X2 for the Canon. We have the same one as well, and though I don't know much about the Nikon, I know the Canon has been great to learn on. Here's a couple taken with the Canon Rebel about a month after we bought it at night, when it really shines compared to a camera phone:
notnalc68
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Dever
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The best advice I ever got on equipment was to invest in better lenses and other gear before you sink money into a camera upgrade. Even "entry level" DSLRs can take amazing pictures with high quality lenses, a polarizer, and a sturdy tripod.
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Amrth
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I think these are prime lens shots.. Lovely pictures in this thread.. I'm a hobbyist too.. wish I could upload some pictures.. here is a link for some of mine https://500px.com/amrthganapathy (Hope this is allowed)
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Stotch
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Actually I was using the kit lens included in that package. I believe it is an EFS 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6.
More interesting photos and info here too: Jeep Stars Night Scenes
notnalc68
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That's the best news I've had, all day. Now I won't buy a lens for a while.
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Ddays
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You can take amazing pics with those kit lenses. I still use mine probably 80% of the time. Long distance and low light conditions (like a basketball game inside a gym) are when you will be wishing for better lenses. You should be able to compensate some by monkeying around with the camera settings
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BobNH
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Nice! I'm tardy to the party as I hadn't seen this thread until now, but my wife got me tje Nikon D3400 package you had also considered. Loving it so far, and I am sure you will be equally happy with that Canon, those are crisp shots.
Here's a couple from mine, and I have miles to go before I'm up to speed on all it can do. None were tripod, and most were full 300mm zoom steadied by hand.
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Here's a couple from mine, and I have miles to go before I'm up to speed on all it can do. None were tripod, and most were full 300mm zoom steadied by hand.
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notnalc68
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Nice! I'm tardy to the party as I hadn't seen this thread until now, but my wife got me tje Nikon D3400 package you had also considered. Loving it so far, and I am sure you will be equally happy with that Canon, those are crisp shots.
Here's a couple from mine, and I have miles to go before I'm up to speed on all it can do. None were tripod, and most were full 300mm zoom steadied by hand.
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Those turned out nice. [emoji1303] It came down to price, and recommendations for me. I know nothing about it, and still use the automatic settings.
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BobNH
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Ya, these things are complicated lol. Just what I needed-more phone apps. I moved from auto settings to aperture priority and now have locked my iso at 400. When I didn't, it would let me takr any pic I wanted, but then make them all grainy because I wasnt paying attention to how high the iso would go.
You'll get used to it fast. IMO, get a huge, quality card for it, not just any sd card. They aren't super expensive, but are soooo worth it for quality.
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You'll get used to it fast. IMO, get a huge, quality card for it, not just any sd card. They aren't super expensive, but are soooo worth it for quality.
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Stotch
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Nice! Those shots look good. Makes me want to get mine out and practice some more. Learning how to set the shutter speed, ISO and everything is a little trial and error, but once you get the settings down you'll be able to do anything.
Overland_stormtrooper
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a bunch of yrs back when I got my first dslr that was a more complex than the point and shoots I had been using up to that point I was scouring the web looking to learn how to for this setting or that setting and I came across this site http://photographycourse.net/ they put it in the simplest term to make it easy to understand compared to all the you tube vids and various other learn photo site that I have ever come across ...
notnalc68
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Overland_stormtrooper
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Np i liked how they broke things down into terms that are pretty easy to understand ..
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