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Title: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 26 July 2011, 14:39
... well a new/old camera.

decided against a full blown dslr for the time being and found a canon A1000 IS on the ebay for £25.00 delivered.

basically decided on this to have a play around with and get back into the basics of photography again and for the price i paid i couldnt resist.

so going to get some shots over the coming week and will be posting them up for your critique  :smiley:

ps i will be saving up for something much better i just couldnt afford to splash out on a dslr at the moment.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: DubFan on 26 July 2011, 15:34
Not bad for the price.
It's a cheap way to learn about the basics of image composition. Once you've got better with that, then you can progress to cameras with more controls and options.

There are plenty of tricks for using a compact camera so that you can get good photos out of them, learning how to use the different modes to best effect.

Anyway, get snapping and enjoy.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 26 July 2011, 21:29
There are plenty of tricks for using a compact camera so that you can get good photos out of them, learning how to use the different modes to best effect.

and post production  :smiley:

Look forward to seeing the photos.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 26 July 2011, 22:16
only got pixlr at the moment  :lipsrsealed:

looking forward to having a play around  :grin: just ordered a sd card as i dont have one!
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: shepgti on 26 July 2011, 23:37
only got pixlr at the moment  :lipsrsealed:

looking forward to having a play around  :grin: just ordered a sd card as i dont have one!

get lightroom :cool:
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 27 July 2011, 08:43
only got pixlr at the moment  :lipsrsealed:

looking forward to having a play around  :grin: just ordered a sd card as i dont have one!

get lightroom :cool:

get photoshop or the GIMP, lightroom is just a wrapper for adobe camera raw, which is a very powerful tool, however it's quite limited in that you're applying adjustments to the whole image, you use the adjustment brush to zone areas but without layers it's quite limited in comparision.  Really you want lightroom and photoshop or photoshop and learn how to use camera raw
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 27 July 2011, 08:51
ps is expensive  :sad:
pixlr is free  :smiley:

i can't get gimp on my lappy for some reason? it won't let me download it.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 27 July 2011, 11:01
ps is expensive  :sad:

depends where you get it from  :wink:

have you tried downloading the gimp from another machine / web site?
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: shepgti on 27 July 2011, 11:24
i agree cs5 is better than LR but it is becoming a pain to get hold of :wink:

gimp is quite a big program so you will need a decent laptop (buy a desktop!)
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 27 July 2011, 11:42
i agree cs5 is better than LR but it is becoming a pain to get hold of :wink:

is it?

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop  :huh:

apparently the problem is getting a key and patching the hosts file  :drool:


gimp is quite a big program so you will need a decent laptop (buy a desktop!)

anything with an i5 or i7 chip and at least 4GB of RAM :afro: ideally you'll want an GPU that supports the acceleration in PS too
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 27 July 2011, 12:05
i agree cs5 is better than LR but it is becoming a pain to get hold of :wink:

gimp is quite a big program so you will need a decent laptop (buy a desktop!)

lol yeah i was thinking about going out and buying a new pc just to edit my pics from my new £25.00 camera  :rolleyes: :wink:

ps is expensive  :sad:

depends where you get it from  :wink:

have you tried downloading the gimp from another machine / web site?

i will happily accept a cheap copy of ps  :wink:

as for another comp i only have my lappy and my work pc? think i need to do some research lol the only photo editing i have done is in a dark room or in media class at school (probs ps1?)

i need to learn how to use my camera now and remember what all the settings do  :embarassed: its been a while! some of the buttons labels have rubbed off and it came without a manual so i'm having a bit of trouble lol.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: shepgti on 27 July 2011, 22:48
i agree cs5 is better than LR but it is becoming a pain to get hold of :wink:

is it?

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop  :huh:

apparently the problem is getting a key and patching the hosts file  :drool:


gimp is quite a big program so you will need a decent laptop (buy a desktop!)

anything with an i5 or i7 chip and at least 4GB of RAM :afro: ideally you'll want an GPU that supports the acceleration in PS too

yeah i had trouble doing a host patch recently so dont have it at the moment :cry:
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: T_J_G on 28 July 2011, 17:10
Remember, quality not quantity. I'd rather walk away from an hour shooting with one or two really cracking shots, than 50 not to so good shots.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Stetham on 02 August 2011, 07:17
Buddy I am looking forward to see the photos..!!
Hope you will share some of the best photos here...!! :)
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 02 August 2011, 10:03
thanks dude, i have not even had chance to get any decent snaps yet, i'm struggling with battery life!!

can anyone recomend some good AA's? put some duracels in the other night, litterally had a play with the settings and took a few test snaps in the house and now they are dead. Also had some rechargeables lying around from the little boys wii, charged them up to max and they will barely turn the camera on!!! the lense pops out then it goes dead!!!

i need cheap but long lasting or a good rechargable pack with lots of spares.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 02 August 2011, 10:30
thanks dude, i have not even had chance to get any decent snaps yet, i'm struggling with battery life!!

can anyone recomend some good AA's? put some duracels in the other night, litterally had a play with the settings and took a few test snaps in the house and now they are dead. Also had some rechargeables lying around from the little boys wii, charged them up to max and they will barely turn the camera on!!! the lense pops out then it goes dead!!!

i need cheap but long lasting or a good rechargable pack with lots of spares.

I use these in my flashes and other things that take AA batteries, would recommend them.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0013IOCO8/ref=oss_product

Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 03 August 2011, 11:38
was in morrisons last night and glanced at the batteries, saw a charger with energizer batteris for 20 squid, "voted the best chargable batteries" blah blah blah.

anyway charged them up over night, they where full this morn and the mrs has just rung to tell me she put them in the camera and they had enough power to turn it on, look at a few pics then it just shut off again!??

have a bought crappy batteries or does it look like the camera is faulty?
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 03 August 2011, 11:56
was in morrisons last night and glanced at the batteries, saw a charger with energizer batteris for 20 squid, "voted the best chargable batteries" blah blah blah.

anyway charged them up over night, they where full this morn and the mrs has just rung to tell me she put them in the camera and they had enough power to turn it on, look at a few pics then it just shut off again!??

have a bought crappy batteries or does it look like the camera is faulty?

what rating are the batteries?

they should have a charge rating on them like 1700mAh, 2700mAh, 3200mAh etc

Does the same happen with fresh non-rechargeable batteries?  these days a decent NiMH rechargeable will out last the standard counterparts.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 03 August 2011, 12:09
2000 i think from memory.

the new duracel batteries lasted a few days with very little use.
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: Ridg on 03 August 2011, 12:46
sounds like it could be the camera, try it with fresh alkaline and see what happens.  You should be able to google for an average shutter count and see how that compares.

Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: shepgti on 03 August 2011, 14:11
could be the camera, ive got a kodak compact that eats through brand new decent batteries in 5 mins flat. shocking camera
Title: Re: got a new camera :-)
Post by: mellow yellow on 03 August 2011, 16:03
could be the camera, ive got a kodak compact that eats through brand new decent batteries in 5 mins flat. shocking camera

hhmmmm hope not!
sounds like it could be the camera, try it with fresh alkaline and see what happens.  You should be able to google for an average shutter count and see how that compares.



i'll give that a go cheers  :wink: will be spending more on batteries then the camera soon lol