Just got my first DSLR

[rogue]

Family got together and got me a DSLR. I'm so excited to get back into photography at a hobby level again. I carry my point and shoot canon everywhere with me so I figured it was about time I started shooting with some real lenses.
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Camera is a Canon Rebel t1i and I have the 18-55 lens and a 55-250 lens. Will get better lenses if I see the need and get real into it again. I haven't touched a real camera body since about 1995 or so :lol:

Some pix. Criticism is encouraged. Obviously not the best location, I just finished washing the car and going through and touching up all the track paint chips...

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I love playing with new toys :willy:

[JustinB]

I got my wife the same camera for Christmas. Very nice piece.:thumbsup:

[awr68]

You are going to love that....there's nothing like a DSLR! Just yeasterday I was able to get pics I would have missed without my DSLR!

Remember to use the 'rule of thirds'....it will make it more pleasing to the eye and not look like a snap shot.

Enjoy!! :thumbsup:

[ccracin]

Remember to use the 'rule of thirds'....it will make it more pleasing to the eye and not look like a snap shot.
Enjoy!! :thumbsup:

Anthony,

Please explain. Thanks. Maybe it will enhance my experience with my XSi.

[LowchevyII]

http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds

check that out, it should help. It helps everyone get away from taking the usual centered image.

Enjoy the t1i. Its a great camera. Wait till you start getting deep into photography, its gonna get expensive and turn into a sickness, not unlike our hobby with these cars.

id also recommend this book: http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9780470521281

will definitely help you get started as well as give you some great tips for shooting. Digital Photography for Dummies is also a great choice as well. Best of luck wiht the new camera

--jeff

[awr68]

There ya have it, thanks Jeff!! :thumbsup:

[rogue]

You are going to love that....there's nothing like a DSLR! Just yeasterday I was able to get pics I would have missed without my DSLR!

Remember to use the 'rule of thirds'....it will make it more pleasing to the eye and not look like a snap shot.

Enjoy!! :thumbsup:


just did some research on that, thanks for the tip.

[rogue]

http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds

check that out, it should help. It helps everyone get away from taking the usual centered image.

Enjoy the t1i. Its a great camera. Wait till you start getting deep into photography, its gonna get expensive and turn into a sickness, not unlike our hobby with these cars.

id also recommend this book: http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9780470521281

will definitely help you get started as well as give you some great tips for shooting. Digital Photography for Dummies is also a great choice as well. Best of luck wiht the new camera

--jeff

Thanks for that link, interesting concepts I'll have to practice.

[LowchevyII]

There ya have it, thanks Jeff!! :thumbsup:

no sweat. anything to help a photog/car enthusiast. i remember getting started and the great people that that helped me learn a thing or two. so why not pass on any info i have?

Thanks for that link, interesting concepts I'll have to practice.

any time, glad to help. need any help with anything, pm me and ill be happy to give you any help i can

[tgvettes]

My GF gave me a Olympus E-620 with 3 lenses for Christmas
Only Lens that is missing is the Wide Angle not sure I will need it though as the std lens seem to be pretty good. Awesome Camera.

Tonny

[Blue70]

Very nice! I'm jealous!!

First stop.... polarizing filter!
It will make all the difference in the world!! :thumbsup:

[MaxHarvard]

That's a nice starter DSLR, enough of a challenge to make things fun, but not so hard that it discourages you :)

Good luck and have fun!

[oldzzy]

Congrats on your new camera, it's a good one! I got my first one last year, and i love it. I found a few good sites on the net that i learned from, and just the other day i received an e-mail from a company that has chosen one of my pics as a finalist for one of their travel brochures! That's the great thing about a DSLR camera, you can take tons of pics and if you don't like them you can just delete them and it costs you nothing. So take lots of pics, it's the only to get better!

[Ron Fox]

I know nothing about the SLR or the DSLR camera's. What does the initials stand for? I only have a point a shoot camera.

Rogue, is your Rebel camera user friendly?

I am looking to buy a new camera but I must do my home work before I purchise one.

Thanks.

[Blue70]

I know nothing about the SLR or the DSLR camera's. What does the initials stand for? I only have a point a shoot camera.

Rogue, is your Rebel camera user friendly?

I am looking to buy a new camera but I must do my home work before I purchise one.

Thanks.

SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex
DSLR stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex

let me see if i can find something to cut and paste something that will explain it better than I can..

ok, found this


One of the biggest sellers in the camera market these days are prosumer Digital SLR cameras. What is an SLR camera? SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. In the days before digital cameras, SLR cameras were the tools of professional photographers. Basically the design is such that light entering the lens is reflected by a mirror up into the viewfinder (eye-piece), allowing the photographer to see exactly what the final picture will look like (focus, depth of field, etc.). In a regular camera, you just see what your eye sees looking through the viewfinder window -- not the same as what the camera and film is seeing. You've seen pictures where an object in the front is in crisp focus, while the background is blurred behind them -- that is what you see when looking at a DSLR screen as you get ready to shoot the picture -- you see exactly what the photo will look like. So a Digital SLR is just a computerized version of the mechanical SLR, using digital memory cards and light sensor chips instead of film. SLRs also use interchangeable lens, all with different focal lengths, allowing for closeup macro photography or long distance telephoto photography.