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  1. MuttleMcTuttle
    Nice shots Kay - I love the speckled one
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    Good pics, but oh I do hate to see dogs jumping barbed wire... seen what it does when they catch it! Kay, make sure you have enough shutter speed. You'll probably need 1/500 min, and don't forget to set the focus mode to continuous
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    I hope your little bitch will be ok, and that her wound will heal with no trouble. I think you did the right thing, and I hope they will help you out with the vet bill. I'd certainly give the staffy a boot if it crosses your path again
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    No, it doesn't make sense I think you'll find with all lenses that in bright light you'll need a smaller aperture (or faster speed) or things are gonna get over exposed... Although you get most depth of field at the smallest aperture, a lot of lenses are at their sharpest around f8 aperture, so this is the setting often favoured by portrait photographers. The modern zooms are excellent, but I don't think you can beat a decent prime lens for sharpness at all f stops. in my limited exsperience i'd aggree with prime any day lol.. theyre the dogs ganglies. edit.. but shee
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    No, it doesn't make sense I think you'll find with all lenses that in bright light you'll need a smaller aperture (or faster speed) or things are gonna get over exposed... Although you get most depth of field at the smallest aperture, a lot of lenses are at their sharpest around f8 aperture, so this is the setting often favoured by portrait photographers. The modern zooms are excellent, but I don't think you can beat a decent prime lens for sharpness at all f stops.
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    Yes, the best way is to put it on and try it... I'm still not quite sure what you were testing the lens for anyway? If you are concerned that the focus might be out then do a test at a measured distance to check if it's back-focusing. Even new lenses can be wrongly calibrated, and sharpness does depend on the camera too. The same goes for low light capability. Most cheaper lenses suffer from chromatic aberration, few modern ones suffer from vignetting, but there again it depends on the camera. Files from my 5D show a small amount of vignetting if I use the 17-40 at 17mm... sob sob b
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    what are you babbling about now?
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    http://www.ephotozine.com/article/How-ePHO...s-lens-tests-68 http://www.sigmauser.eu/content/view/82/9/ http://www.coloursmag.com/?p=782 There's some reading material for you But lens testing is an incredibly boring procedure, involving tripods, tape measures, lighting variations, etc etc. and you're not a newbie at this photography thing any more, so go take some nice pics with your nice Canon lens The first pics you took seem to have a white balance problem more than anything... Don't forget to test at your camera's optimum ISO setting too, which I believe is 100 iso
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    ok but that isn't the way to test a lens. I'll pm you some links when I get a mo.
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    Do you really, really want to know how to photograph a perfectly exposed, perfectly lit, perfectly focused pan scourer? I'd suggest you do the washing up instead...
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    Good pics, I love that bushy ferret!! and a good bag of chickens too
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    I'd suggest the best thing would be to go to a shop and have a look at some cameras. There are a lot of small compact cameras that will fit in your pocket and take nice photos, but they are often quite fiddly to use. Like I said, Sony are ok, but there are loads of other makes out there too
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    Darcy has hit the nail on the head really... I don't know of a compact type camera that will do the job you require. Some of them have adequate zooms, but they all suffer from the same shutter lag problem, and you will miss an awful lot of shots, so best to look for a S/H dslr with a tele zoom lens. I like Canon, but the Nikon D70 was a good camera too... maybe look at some of the less popular brands like Samsung or the early Olympus or Sony models?
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    Um... could you give us a bit more of a clue please? Do you want a camera smaller than a fag packet that you can slip in your pocket, or a big huge one that you can fit different lenses to? Is a tight budget a tenner or a hundred quid? What sort of photos do you want to take?
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    Very nice Now you've got to learn photoshop so you can clone out the red and make best use of the shadows & highlights tool Excellent sharp detail on the dog's eye and nose, on the first pic, with the background nicely out of focus Love the black & white one too.
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    Beautiful shots in a beautiful location Hannah Nothing quite like N Norfolk, I thought it was Brancaster till I read your post.
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    Yes, the autofocus on Canons is usually pretty good, but depends on the lens too... In the view finder you should be able to see what is in focus, I'm not familiar with the 1000D but most cameras have a depth of field preview button, which will show you what is in focus at your choosen aperture. You can change the focus point, although I tend to leave mine on the centre point, focus, then move the camera slightly when I want the subject off centre I suspect the 1000D has a continuous focus mode for moving subjects, so don't forget to use this when the target is moving fast. For trick
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    You should be well pleased with yourself too - it's not just what you've got, it's how you use it! And you have a good eye for a shot. Some very nice photos there. Which lens did you go for in the end?
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    What model is the camera? Sony is a reasonable make, but it depends what you want to do with it and what type of camera it is... Do you want to take still pictures, movies, or both?
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    I wont sleep tonight because i want to be out as soon as its light to experiment tomorrow Get up and out there before it's light so you can catch the sunrise!
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    That is gross - poor deer Glad you were able to sort it... Fly strike is horrible, as John said, have to be so careful with sheep in warm weather.
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    Very nice pics Kay well done I take it you like the new camera?
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    I like the woodland shots, some really nice ones with the light coming through the trees
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    kay dont listen to these amatures. try out the canon 70/300mm is .. you wont be dissapointed.. top lens for price.. Thank you Byron , so what i want to know now is what is the standard one that comes with the camera going to be good for , or is it just worth me having the 70 200 one & the body ? The 18-55 kit lens will be useful at 18mm when you want to take photos of that pretty house by the lake, pylons in the sunset, a wider view of the swans, whacky close up shots of the hounds, trees, groups of people, that kind of thing. At the 55mm end it'll be ok for closer po
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    Is that supposed to be the IS??,or do you mean the L?.If it's just the ordinary f/4L at that price I'd start shopping somewhere else because at that price it's a friggin rip-off! I have a Jessops converter which works perfectly and the AF is spot on,not everyone is made of money like you Darsey! :stinker: It would seem a pity to splash out on L glass and then nail a bit of Jessop's finest on the end though...
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