I am sure it is a dumb quenstion but I could use your help....

[devsalvi]

Hi BES,


I thought i should mention this since you are starting off with your new 40d and this is what i did when i first got my hands on my 40d. If you look at the image galleries on this site (http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Gallery/), Bryan provides exif data (shutter speed, aperture, focal lenght and iso) besides the image. It gives a good idea of what setting work for what kinds of pictures. Again, these will NOT always work because of the unique light conditions. But i think its a good place to start experimenting.





Cheers!


Dev

[BES]

Hi BES,


I thought i should mention this since you are starting off with your new 40d and this is what i did when i first got my hands on my 40d. If you look at the image galleries on this site (http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Gallery/), Bryan provides exif data (shutter speed, aperture, focal lenght and iso) besides the image. It gives a good idea of what setting work for what kinds of pictures. Again, these will NOT always work because of the unique light conditions. But i think its a good place to start experimenting.





Cheers!


Dev
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Great tip, thanks! it takes me half an hour to set something up though, i do not know my cemera yet [:$] it is awful that I am sooo slow.

[devsalvi]

You are welcome BES.

[Oren]

Hey BES, I don't see a private message feature here so I guess mail could work too.


The only problem with mail is spam - so I'll give you my 2nd mail and not my main. I never check this mail anymore so once you send the pictures please let me know. This is my mail: clicknet (at gmail com)


I tried to avoid from more spam so I wrote it this way as seen above, I hope you understand the address.


If possible, send me photos at ISO 400, 800, 1600. 3200 would be great too if not too hard. Since it's 100%, the files might be very big, if that is a problem then just send one at ISO 800 and one at 1600.


Thanks again BES, I really appreciate it.

[Rodger]

BES,


Im going off topic from your original question. Sorry.


You mentioned that youaren'tvery good with photoshop. (Neitheram I), but you should check into a photoshop tutorial book by Scott Kelby. I recently got "the photoshop cs book for digital photographers" and it has taught me so much. I believe there is a book for every version of photoshop (elements included), but Im not sure. You should be able to find them at Borders or Barnes and Nobel. Also, depending on what elements version you have, you might want to upgrade. Elements 7.0 is 40% off until April 23rd. Just some ideas.


When you first get everything it is very overwhelming. I got my first DSLR this past Christmas. Just shoot as much as you can and read as many tips as you can find. It will become easier and you will get faster at knowing and changing the settings to match the situation.


-Rodger

[BES]

BES,


Im going off topic from your original question. Sorry.


You mentioned that youaren'tvery good with photoshop. (Neitheram I), but you should check into a photoshop tutorial book by Scott Kelby. I recently got "the photoshop cs book for digital photographers" and it has taught me so much. I believe there is a book for every version of photoshop (elements included), but Im not sure. You should be able to find them at Borders or Barnes and Nobel. Also, depending on what elements version you have, you might want to upgrade. Elements 7.0 is [url="http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/09/cs4-04/photoshop-elements-sale-discount.html]40% off[/url] until April 23rd. Just some ideas.


When you first get everything it is very overwhelming. I got my first DSLR this past Christmas. Just shoot as much as you can and read as many tips as you can find. It will become easier and you will get faster at knowing and changing the settings to match the situation.


-Rodger
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Thanks Roger. That is a great advice. I want to make sure I can first take a decent picture before I can monkey with it in photo shop. But I can see it can be put into a good use and I am fascinated by what others do with it. I will take your advice to heart. I agree, it is very overwhelming. I used to just P/S, not even thinking of any settings, now I am trying and getting all confused. I am having issues with understanding the "triangle" and how to set it all right so I just keep trying. Not sure why it is so difficult for me to comprehend, I think I am just "overteching" it. But I have to say I do not have right now enough time to spend with my camera (work is busy as hell) so I just do what I can and when I can). I hope to get better just by practicing and finding out by trial and error what works. I am seriously contemplating some "photography for dummies" before I start crying [:'(]


Yesterday someone told me "if you got Nikon, you would not have any issues, you would just set it in P and let camera do the job for you". It made me feel worried that perhaps I have too complicated piece of equipment for first timer. Ugh, Nikon people should just be more supportive []

[Oren]

You can put your 40D in P mode as well. In my opinion though, that would be waste... what's the point of having a DSLR if you shoot in P mode?? The results are still better than with P&amp;S, but for me at least it sounds super dumb thing to do. Maybe just shoot with a 1Ds mark3 on Auto mode... [:P]