boberic wrote:
Fishing lure ? What kind of fish?
Not sure what fish you may catch but you should probably use a white lens cause they would be sure to attract more fish.
winterrose wrote:
P.S. was that a bit of product placement? :-D Rob.
Maybe... 8-)
Actually I don't plan on selling much oil in a photography forum. I focus on the commercial & retail market. Just info for the curious on exactly what I was talking about and also links to the law.
Warranty concerns are a very real thing and I deal with them every day. The fact someone would be concerned with voiding a warranty is to be expected because of all the misinformation out there. Almost nobody knows about this law and the OEMs certainly aren't going to advertise it.
Now, if you buy an extended warranty, that is an entirely different animal and you must abide by their terms, no matter how outrageous. This is an optional contract you enter into with full advance disclosure of the terms. You are free to not buy it.
winterrose wrote:
Warranty.
Not sure what you mean by this but according to the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act, aftermarket or 3rd party parts can not void the warranty unless it is proven their use directly caused the problem.
If your focus motor fails, your warranty is intact unless it is determined your adapter caused the failure by shorting it out or something. (A possibility)
I am very familiar with this law because I sell the world's best oil (bestusoil dot com) and I have to constantly answer questions about new car warranty. The dealer wants you to use their branded oil of course because they make money off it and some will even go as far as telling you using any other oil will void the warranty but this is not true under US law.
ROCKY JA wrote:
When I wrote "Each frame counts, shoot wisely," I didn't expect this many hits. It was meant as a tool to assist other photographers in becoming more aware of their creative talents. It wasn't meant to hurt or anger anyone. Please except my deepest apology.
Rocky
I hope you didn't think I was offended. This is a great thread and I got to read about how someone who has been around longer than I have used to do things. I say to each their own and would never look down on someone for shooting either 1 or 100 photos. Everyone has a different background and different reasons for doing what they do. It is really hard to know what experience someone has without knowing them personally.
I guess what I am trying to say is don't judge the method, judge the result.
A Canon Rebel wil work just fine for you. The current latest version is the T5i but most reviewers say there isn't enough new to justify the cost increase and the older T4i is a better value.
The standard 18-55 zoom kit lens will serve you well as a starter lens. You should resist the urge to buy a bunch of additional lenses & accessories until you discover the limitations of what you have. Your needs will then lead you in the right direction.
RAK wrote:
Yea I went to Hawaii and took a brick of 200asa 36 exposure high end slide film. Used half the brick in nine days of shooting. Film and processing made up one third of the price of the trip. I became much more frugal after that, especially since only about a third of the shots were worth keeping.
OK, maybe venturing off topic here but getting hung up on your budget trip to Hawaii and wondering how I went wrong spending what I did...
Brick--10 rolls--right?
5 rolls at let's say $12/roll = $60
Processing (mounted) about $15/roll = $75
$135 X 3 = $405 for a 9 day trip to Hawaii & 180 color slides. (60 keepers)
Either my numbers are way off somewhere or I am traveling with you on my next trip to Hawaii.
blacks2 wrote:
I worked for a small town newspaper in the mid fifties and I was assigned a 4x5 Speed Graphic, you got 5 film holders loaded, ten shots, you were very careful what and how you shot as your job depended on it. Today with digital and I use it a lot, its like having a machine gun compared to a single action rifle, out of a hundred one will hit the target.
A few decades later my newspaper was using 35mm film. We were given rolls of 12 & 24. The film was bought in big bulk rolls and loaded into reusable canisters. I would have 6-10 rolls with me at a time. Rule number one was use the entire roll. All of the photos were probably good but one would be "best".
Two shots per film holder? I would probably be VERY careful with my shots with that kind of constraint. Sounds like your maximum was less than my minimum.
I am not in the news business anymore but I wonder what the standard is these days now that everyone is digital? Would have been nice to email a story & photos from home. I remember lots of late night trips to the office to drop off film.
I do know the "photographers" are gone at that paper and the darkroom has been removed. All photos are now taken by a staffer in addition to their other duties or are submitted by the public.
Thunder_o_b wrote:
My observation is this. The "spray and pray" digital shooters started with digital. The digital shooters that only shoot a handful of shots on an outing (with most of them keepers) are shooters that grew up with the discipline of film.
Or maybe they are old news photographers. I never got yelled at so much for taking one perfect photo by my editor as I did when I showed up with just one photo. The fact that the photo was good made no difference. It might not have been and I was told to never shoot less than a full roll of film again.
The newspaper provided all the rolls of B&W film I could carry and I shot several rolls a day. Spray & pray--no way! Bracketing, different angles, different lighting, and multiples of the same "just in case" the film was damaged in handling or processing.
I shoot digital now and take lots of pictures now. I don't do it because I don't know how to use a camera, I do it because old habits die hard, because digital film is cheap, and I have yet to hear a valid argument why I shouldn't.
If anyone ever implied I didn't know what I was doing because I was taking too many pictures I probably wouldn't waste my time telling them I was developing my own film before digital was invented. I would probably just laugh & walk away.
Why would you want to limit yourself? I say if you are going somewhere to take pictures take everything you have and limit the other stuff you take to the remaining available space.
If it isn't a photo trip just take a P&S or phone camera and enjoy the trip. I hate to feel like I'm working when I'm on vacation.
Try http://eoscount.com/ for the 7D. Not sure if it will work on the 400 or not.
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