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Offline mellow yellow

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got a new camera :-)
« 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.
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #2 on: 26 July 2011, 21:29 »
Quote from: DubFan on 26 July 2011, 15:34
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.
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #3 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!
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #4 on: 26 July 2011, 23:37 »
Quote from: 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!

get lightroom :cool:
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #5 on: 27 July 2011, 08:43 »
Quote from: shepgti on 26 July 2011, 23:37
Quote from: 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!

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
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #7 on: 27 July 2011, 11:01 »
Quote from: mellow yellow on 27 July 2011, 08:51
ps is expensive  :sad:

depends where you get it from  :wink:

have you tried downloading the gimp from another machine / web site?
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #8 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!)
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Re: got a new camera :-)
« Reply #9 on: 27 July 2011, 11:42 »
Quote from: 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:

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:


Quote from: shepgti on 27 July 2011, 11:24
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
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