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Originally Posted by GregWeld
I went down to the "shed" to get something -- normally the flourescent lights are on 24/7 -- but with the warm weather we're having - I turned them off yesterday. I was surprised by the cool "scene" when I walked in... I liked the colors coming off the floor etc... so ran back to the house and grabbed the real camera. I should have used my mono-pod but it's out in the rig.
I wasn't trying to be artistic or get a particularly killer shot -- I just snapped a couple pics to see if I could capture the feeling.
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The nicer camera's allow that, with image stabilization the 1/5 handheld setting you used produces a "decent" shot. Technology is our friend.
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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal
Sieg hangs out at 'Manley's' ...how poetic  |
Salute!
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Originally Posted by Flash68
I don't know jack about cameras, but seeing you turkeys take some pretty decent amateur pics piques (see what I did there?) my interest. 
I acquired a Canon EOS Rebel XT and it came with a 28-135mm and a 18-55mm lens. I guess I need to start playing around with it because my pics so far don't look anything like yours!  |
My Canon 7D came with a 28-135 IS USM, we had a 18-55 IS that came with the wife's Rebel XTi that I've been using 90% of the time. That 18-55 is "cheap" but reviews well and produces great images, the only downside is the f3.5, if it was f2.8 I wouldn't want another lens.
The advantage Greg and I have over your Rebel is the light metering in our camera's is a little more sophisticated. Shoot on P mode and use the exposure meter in the viewfinder. Shoot multiple shots of the same subject over and under exposing them at 1/2 stop increments and see what the camera's metering system produces.
It appears my camera's meter may tend to slightly overexpose which I can adjust. The type of metering (center-weighted, evaluative, spot, averaged) you choose also impacts the exposure.
Somewhat similar to working with a carb..............
