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Aug 1, 2012 04:42:11   #
vickilaney Loc: Eastern Kentucky
 
I have the same camera and all of this time I was playing around with different settings, etc, etc. Now I will put it on Auto and see what I can come up with . LOL Great shots and I too love my camera.

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Aug 1, 2012 08:11:02   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
Harvey wrote:
You woud not have too much trouble with the one for this SX40 as it has very few pages.
Fantasticshots.
I hope a bunch of the folks who were putting down these bridge cameras see these.
Wahawk wrote:
Carolina Wings wrote:
cjkorb wrote:
Carolina Wings wrote:
cjkorb wrote:
Carolina Wings wrote:
cjkorb wrote:
Those are nice shots, what part of the camera are you unfamiler with?


The whole camera...I just took the camera out of the box and never read the manuel...just put it on automatic and went out to point & shoot. lol
Bring your photography to the next level and read the manual, find out what the differnt settings are for...shutter speed, apeture, iso. You'll be surprised what you can do. Buy a book on exposure. Don't go through life taking pics on "auto" mode.
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I take photo's explicitly on manual with my Canon DSLR...just wanted to try this camera right away...so tried it on auto. Will read the manual when I get it loaded on my computer and have more time. Unfortunately, most of us women prefer to learn through trial and error as opposed to reading the manual. lol
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I got news for you...so do men.
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Oh that's too funny...and all these years I thought men faithfully read all their manuals...for cars cameras and whatever ;)
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What is a "manual"? Hopefully you don't mean a book to read!! I just file those for times when I have trouble, never have completely read one, and NEVER before using the product!!
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Too funny Harvey...expresses my thoughts exactly ;)

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Aug 1, 2012 08:14:33   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
vickilaney wrote:
I have the same camera and all of this time I was playing around with different settings, etc, etc. Now I will put it on Auto and see what I can come up with . LOL Great shots and I too love my camera.


Thanks Vicki...glad to hear from all of you who also have and love this camera. Will try the manual settings on my next day off...looking forward to learning all about what this nifty camera will do!

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Aug 1, 2012 08:18:50   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
prestonphoto wrote:
LOVE the hummingbird shot - NICE capture for sure. Thanks for posting. I might get an SX40 myself. Great pictures.


Thank you...hope you do get the camera. Let me know if you do...we can compare notes :-D

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Aug 1, 2012 08:24:25   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
sands wrote:
Carolina Wings wrote:
alberth2012 wrote:
Whao! Not very good? I envy you!:thumbup:
Love the pics. Show us more...


Here are a few more:


Great shots Carolina Wings! You may have had the camera on Auto, but you had to compose the pictures and you did a marvelous job. Thanks for posting these!


Thank you...for your kind words!

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Aug 1, 2012 08:27:33   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
Wahawk wrote:
Emmett wrote:
Wahawk wrote:
Emmett wrote:
Wings, very good job straight out of the box. What is the minimum focusing distance on this camera? I like to do macro, but don't have a macro lens. I use my P&S for that at the moment. Thanks for your reply.


Minimum focus is actually 0 cm, but only at the wide angle setting. True Macro requires a close up lens like the Raynox 150 or something similar.


Thank you


This was taken with a Pansy about an inch so so from the lens.
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Nice Pansey Warhawk and thank you for answering Emmett's question for me :-D

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Aug 1, 2012 08:29:38   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
Emmett wrote:
Wahawk wrote:
Emmett wrote:
Wahawk wrote:
Emmett wrote:
Wings, very good job straight out of the box. What is the minimum focusing distance on this camera? I like to do macro, but don't have a macro lens. I use my P&S for that at the moment. Thanks for your reply.


Minimum focus is actually 0 cm, but only at the wide angle setting. True Macro requires a close up lens like the Raynox 150 or something similar.


Thank you


This was taken with a Pansy about an inch so so from the lens.
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Well, that settles it. Santa will get my letter early this year.
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Emmett...so glad to hear your getting one too...we'll all have fun comparing notes and learning from each other :thumbup:

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Aug 1, 2012 08:31:05   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
markar wrote:
Not good? I'd say very good.
Carolina Wings wrote:
Not very good yet as I'm still totally unfamiliar with this camera.


Thank you Markar :-D

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Aug 1, 2012 08:31:48   #
dspoon2 Loc: Rockwall TX
 
WOW!!!! Excellent

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Aug 1, 2012 08:32:32   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
coco1964 wrote:
All very nice shots. Yesterday there was a post regarding shooting with P&Ss that you should really look at. Begs once again to ask the question is it the camera or the person behind it?? The post was under the "Photo Gallery" and entitled "Before I Knew What I was Doing" P&S Thread.........


Thanks Coco...I'll have to check that out.

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Aug 1, 2012 08:33:46   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
dspoon2 wrote:
WOW!!!! Excellent


Thanks so much for the kind words! BTW...love your quote :-D

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Aug 1, 2012 08:37:53   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
photophile wrote:
I enjoyed all of them,especially the dragonfly. I usually can't find the frogs I hear.


Thank you...so glad you liked the dragonfly. I really had to sneak up on that little frog ;-)

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Aug 1, 2012 08:45:29   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
redfordl wrote:
carolina, great shots!! I also have the sx40 and like it!! did you say you had the camera only on auto?


Yes Redford...my camera was on auto...just pulled it out of the box and went out to point and shoot.

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Aug 1, 2012 08:52:14   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
redfordl wrote:
on the sparrow shot how far away from the bird were you? was that a macro shot on the dragonfly. fantastic. On some of my bird shots using manual(sx40), i have been trying to get that soft background as on the sparrow shot which makes it pop.But not always successful. for our pro viewers and users of the sx40,what settings on manual would one use to get the soft background effect as on his sparrow picture? Thanks!!


I was fairly close to that bird and I did use the macro setting for the Dragonfly. Where your other questions are concerned...guess you'll have to ask a Pro...I'm just a backyard amateur ;-)

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Aug 1, 2012 08:55:08   #
Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
 
lotsa50 wrote:
Carolina Wings wrote:
Not very good yet as I'm still totally unfamiliar with this camera.


All 3 are great!!! :)


That's a lotsa (pardon the pun) undeserved praise...but...thank you so much for the kind words :-)

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