you lookin' at ME?
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Dec 2, 2011 22:00:49 #
Got my D7000 about 7 months ago. I found some great Tutorials on YouTube for all the different settings. Also kenrockwell.com has several pages of imfo on the camera.. Looks like your off to a good start.
Utah Native wrote:
one of the Jays on my deck. first photos with my new d7000
Dec 2, 2011 22:17:56 #
gizzy.whicker wrote:
LOL Or maybe this one?
Utah Native wrote:
you win
LOL Or maybe this one?
You sure can be proud of that Nikon. All the things I've read about it have been good. I know it takes time getting used to all the different settings. So many choices, so many combinations in the Program modes. I'm currently using a Canon SX40 HS, but all digital cameras offer the same basic features, the buttons are in a different location is about all. I've always thought using spot evaluation/focus in the Program mode was one of the more import things to practice on. Yours is a DSLR, so of course a lot depends on the lens you're using. Just keep on practicing, practicing, practicing, and it all comes together sooner than you realize. And of course having fun is the most important part.
Dec 2, 2011 22:38:30 #
i upgraded from a d70 that i have had for years. didnt have the one feature i wanted i.e. the ability to give me exposure with my old f lenses. this one is great for that but i shoot mostly manual. learned that way and cant get used to letting the camera do it for me
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Dec 2, 2011 22:52:32 #
gizzy.whicker wrote:
quote=gizzy.whicker quote=Utah Native you win /q... (show quote)
so what do you think of the SX40?
Dec 2, 2011 22:56:16 #
i am not at all familiar with cannon other than they do some great camers. originally when i was looking for my first dslr i considered cannon but decided against it because i owned so many nikon lenses and it seemed foolish to dump them and go cannon. there have been times when i wished i had gone that way. lol
Dec 3, 2011 10:50:53 #
gizzy.whicker wrote:
Yeah, I'm lookin' at ya. Ya wanna make somthin' of it?
Hey, Gizz, who did the carving? Tell him nice work. I like carvings.
Dec 3, 2011 10:59:55 #
so what do you think of the SX40?[/quote]
Well sir, it began a couple or three winters ago when the DixieLee & I were cruising up along the Mississippi river looking for Bald Eagle photo opps. We had the Nikon DSLR, with some lens', including a 300mm, but still... that ol' Mississippi is a mighty big river, and it seemed like all the really good photo opps were either way out in the middle near ice flows, or clear across the other side. We didn't have a ga-zillion dollars to spend on a ga-zillion millimeter lens, with Image stabilization, so when I was nosing around Walmart one day not long thereafter I happened to pick up a Canon SX30 IS and got to wondering about that 35x (840mm equiv) optical zoom, and took a chance on $400. And we've never turned back. For its convenient size and consideration of cost, I was amazed at the shots we began getting. When the SX40 came along, with its added features, we bought that too. From experience, as well as from reports from others, opinions are that the SX40 HS rivals, and in some areas, exceeds many DSLRs. My primary interest in the camera is it's uncanny ability to zoom far beyond the 35x optical, clear up into the digital range of 140x (3,600mm equiv), hand held, and still produce acceptable images. When the powerful IS locks on, even at that extreme range, it's like an unbelievable miracle. In my humble opinion, Canon hit a grand slam home run with the SX40 HS. Below is an example of the extremes of this camera. Sitting on DixieLee's back deck, fully retracted (24mm) you'll note an outhouse in the center of the picture (100 feet distance) that she uses for storage of gardening tools. Still sitting in the same chair, elbows clasped tightly to my sides, and zoomed all the way out to its maximum digital range, the second image is an un-cropped image of the 12" copper "sun" face that's mounted on the door of that outhouse. To me, the proof is in the pudding, or in the zoom, in this particular case.
Well sir, it began a couple or three winters ago when the DixieLee & I were cruising up along the Mississippi river looking for Bald Eagle photo opps. We had the Nikon DSLR, with some lens', including a 300mm, but still... that ol' Mississippi is a mighty big river, and it seemed like all the really good photo opps were either way out in the middle near ice flows, or clear across the other side. We didn't have a ga-zillion dollars to spend on a ga-zillion millimeter lens, with Image stabilization, so when I was nosing around Walmart one day not long thereafter I happened to pick up a Canon SX30 IS and got to wondering about that 35x (840mm equiv) optical zoom, and took a chance on $400. And we've never turned back. For its convenient size and consideration of cost, I was amazed at the shots we began getting. When the SX40 came along, with its added features, we bought that too. From experience, as well as from reports from others, opinions are that the SX40 HS rivals, and in some areas, exceeds many DSLRs. My primary interest in the camera is it's uncanny ability to zoom far beyond the 35x optical, clear up into the digital range of 140x (3,600mm equiv), hand held, and still produce acceptable images. When the powerful IS locks on, even at that extreme range, it's like an unbelievable miracle. In my humble opinion, Canon hit a grand slam home run with the SX40 HS. Below is an example of the extremes of this camera. Sitting on DixieLee's back deck, fully retracted (24mm) you'll note an outhouse in the center of the picture (100 feet distance) that she uses for storage of gardening tools. Still sitting in the same chair, elbows clasped tightly to my sides, and zoomed all the way out to its maximum digital range, the second image is an un-cropped image of the 12" copper "sun" face that's mounted on the door of that outhouse. To me, the proof is in the pudding, or in the zoom, in this particular case.
zoom closed = 24mm
140x digital zoom (3,600 mm equiv)
Dec 3, 2011 11:03:02 #
Emmett wrote:
Hey, Gizz, who did the carving? Tell him nice work. I like carvings.
gizzy.whicker wrote:
Yeah, I'm lookin' at ya. Ya wanna make somthin' of it?
Hey, Gizz, who did the carving? Tell him nice work. I like carvings.
Hello Mr. Emmett. I really don't know who did the carving. I'm pretty sure it's just something that came from a gardening center, something my DixieLee picked up and it's out there in her flower garden.
Dec 4, 2011 02:28:36 #
gizzy.whicker wrote:
Hello Mr. Emmett. I really don't know who did the carving. I'm pretty sure it's just something that came from a gardening center, something my DixieLee picked up and it's out there in her flower garden.
Emmett wrote:
Hey, Gizz, who did the carving? Tell him nice work. I like carvings.
gizzy.whicker wrote:
Yeah, I'm lookin' at ya. Ya wanna make somthin' of it?
Hey, Gizz, who did the carving? Tell him nice work. I like carvings.
Hello Mr. Emmett. I really don't know who did the carving. I'm pretty sure it's just something that came from a gardening center, something my DixieLee picked up and it's out there in her flower garden.
I hope nobody minds me jumping in but when you were doing carvings and funny faces, I had to put these two in there.
Somewhere in Santa Fe
Pacific Grove, Ca - I call him walter
Dec 4, 2011 09:54:33 #
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