Why I love digital
 

My 7D was waiting for me when I got home from work Friday. I took it out of
the box and knew I was going to love this camera. But looking at all the
buttons dials, knobs and little hidden gizmos on it, I figured I'd be
playing with it at least a couple of weeks just to get the basics. The
reviews all said it was easier than it looks, and they were right. After
some backyard shots to see what it would do and figuring out how to put
settings into its memory, I went out today and shot 104 pix from the air to
see how it handled and how the anti shake worked. Got a good day for it.
Mostly clear with a little haze, but not bad and just enough wind to make
things a little bumpy down low.

The great thing about digital-Get home, plug the card into the PC and view
away, while the conditions are fresh in my memory. Don't worry about
shooting a partial roll. No drive to the photo finisher. No drive back to
pick up the prints. Anything I want to blow up-at least to 8x10-I can do
right at home. (BTW-I have a darkroom for both BW and color. This is much
more fun.)

Out of 104 shots there were maybe a half dozen that were too blurred to use,
but I knew I was getting bounced too much for any stabilization system to
take it out. The shutter fires the instant you push it and the antishake
takes out all but the worst bumps.

If I ever figure out how to put up a halfway decent website, I'll post some.
This camera brings back the parts I missed about my Nikon 8008s, and it does
pretty much everything better than even that camera.

There are still a lot of options I've got to check out, but basic operation
with a lot of flexibility can be mastered in a couple of hours.

OK UC. I know you're out there.

mike

P.S. Oh yeah. I ended up getting it from ibuydigital.com. A&M sux.

Hey Mike,

It sounds like you are having a great time with you camera.

So when you were shooting from the air where you the one flying?

There are a lot of places that can host photo, each person seems to
have the own favorite, I use Pbase.com, $23/year for 200MB of storage.
Pbase pretty much does everything for you and is very easy to use.

Scott

Hey Mike,

It sounds like you are having a great time with you camera.

So when you were shooting from the air where you the one flying?

There are a lot of places that can host photo, each person seems to
have the own favorite, I use Pbase.com, $23/year for 200MB of storage.
Pbase pretty much does everything for you and is very easy to use.

Scott

mike regish wrote:
My 7D was waiting for me when I got home from work Friday. I took it out of
the box and knew I was going to love this camera. But looking at all the
buttons dials, knobs and little hidden gizmos on it, I figured I'd be
playing with it at least a couple of weeks just to get the basics. The
reviews all said it was easier than it looks, and they were right. After
some backyard shots to see what it would do and figuring out how to put
settings into its memory, I went out today and shot 104 pix from the air to
see how it handled and how the anti shake worked. Got a good day for it.
Mostly clear with a little haze, but not bad and just enough wind to make
things a little bumpy down low.

The great thing about digital-Get home, plug the card into the PC and view
away, while the conditions are fresh in my memory. Don't worry about
shooting a partial roll. No drive to the photo finisher. No drive back to
pick up the prints. Anything I want to blow up-at least to 8x10-I can do
right at home. (BTW-I have a darkroom for both BW and color. This is much
more fun.)

Out of 104 shots there were maybe a half dozen that were too blurred to use,
but I knew I was getting bounced too much for any stabilization system to
take it out. The shutter fires the instant you push it and the antishake
takes out all but the worst bumps.

If I ever figure out how to put up a halfway decent website, I'll post some.
This camera brings back the parts I missed about my Nikon 8008s, and it does
pretty much everything better than even that camera.

There are still a lot of options I've got to check out, but basic operation
with a lot of flexibility can be mastered in a couple of hours.

OK UC. I know you're out there.

mike

P.S. Oh yeah. I ended up getting it from ibuydigital.com. A&M sux.



Don't forget one of the best features of digital for learning, the EXIF
data to tell you WHY your picture didn't look like it should!


--
Ron Hunter

mike regish wrote:
My 7D was waiting for me when I got home from work Friday. I took it out of
the box and knew I was going to love this camera. But looking at all the
buttons dials, knobs and little hidden gizmos on it, I figured I'd be
playing with it at least a couple of weeks just to get the basics. The
reviews all said it was easier than it looks, and they were right. After
some backyard shots to see what it would do and figuring out how to put
settings into its memory, I went out today and shot 104 pix from the air to
see how it handled and how the anti shake worked. Got a good day for it.
Mostly clear with a little haze, but not bad and just enough wind to make
things a little bumpy down low.

The great thing about digital-Get home, plug the card into the PC and view
away, while the conditions are fresh in my memory. Don't worry about
shooting a partial roll. No drive to the photo finisher. No drive back to
pick up the prints. Anything I want to blow up-at least to 8x10-I can do
right at home. (BTW-I have a darkroom for both BW and color. This is much
more fun.)

Out of 104 shots there were maybe a half dozen that were too blurred to use,
but I knew I was getting bounced too much for any stabilization system to
take it out. The shutter fires the instant you push it and the antishake
takes out all but the worst bumps.

If I ever figure out how to put up a halfway decent website, I'll post some.
This camera brings back the parts I missed about my Nikon 8008s, and it does
pretty much everything better than even that camera.

There are still a lot of options I've got to check out, but basic operation
with a lot of flexibility can be mastered in a couple of hours.

OK UC. I know you're out there.

mike

P.S. Oh yeah. I ended up getting it from ibuydigital.com. A&M sux.



Don't forget one of the best features of digital for learning, the EXIF
data to tell you WHY your picture didn't look like it should!


--
Ron Hunter

Scott W wrote:
Hey Mike,

It sounds like you are having a great time with you camera.

So when you were shooting from the air where you the one flying?

There are a lot of places that can host photo, each person seems to
have the own favorite, I use Pbase.com, $23/year for 200MB of storage.
Pbase pretty much does everything for you and is very easy to use.

Scott

Wouldn't work well for me as 200 meg wouldn't be nearly enough!
I do like their quality, however.


--
Ron Hunter

Ron Hunter wrote:
Scott W wrote:
Hey Mike,

It sounds like you are having a great time with you camera.

So when you were shooting from the air where you the one flying?

There are a lot of places that can host photo, each person seems to
have the own favorite, I use Pbase.com, $23/year for 200MB of
storage. Pbase pretty much does everything for you and is very easy
to use. Scott

Wouldn't work well for me as 200 meg wouldn't be nearly enough!
I do like their quality, however.

Smugmug.com is 30/year, no ads, and unlimited space for your photos; you
don't have to resize them to upload them. You can look in the domain of my
(real) email address; it links to my smugmug site. I don't claim top photog
skills but I do love the unlimited feature of smugmug.

---
Michelle
(SeaShel)

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Ron Hunter wrote:
Scott W wrote:
Hey Mike,

It sounds like you are having a great time with you camera.

So when you were shooting from the air where you the one flying?

There are a lot of places that can host photo, each person seems to
have the own favorite, I use Pbase.com, $23/year for 200MB of
storage. Pbase pretty much does everything for you and is very easy
to use. Scott

Wouldn't work well for me as 200 meg wouldn't be nearly enough!
I do like their quality, however.

Smugmug.com is 30/year, no ads, and unlimited space for your photos; you
don't have to resize them to upload them. You can look in the domain of my
(real) email address; it links to my smugmug site. I don't claim top photog
skills but I do love the unlimited feature of smugmug.

---
Michelle
(SeaShel)

free the fish to reply

Ron Hunter wrote:

Don't forget one of the best features of digital for learning, the
EXIF data to tell you WHY your picture didn't look like it should!

Histogram?

Ron Hunter wrote:

Don't forget one of the best features of digital for learning, the
EXIF data to tell you WHY your picture didn't look like it should!

Histogram?