Comments on: Another lens or just the one?

By: Gabriel...

Gabriel... — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:54:25 +0000

Just get what you can afford… you can pick up lenses as you go. I’ve always liked something in the 28-70mm range with a macro, then a 70-200mm… but that’s non-digital. In the beginning the more important piece of hardware is the flash. See if you can get something with a slave/master option, but definitely get something to replace the internal flash which comes with the SLR’s.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0508/05082206canon430ex.asp

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:13:03 +0000

I’d like a better image app on the mac but the way this one transfers to folders that are date/time stamped works for me. I like that. Tagging? Possibly - I found Stimulus ages ago if it’s still around.

And I need to setup nightly copies to the MyBook too.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:38:03 +0000

The teachers at the schools I work in love iPhoto. (only because it’s easy for them to use)

They don’t listen to me when I tell them the images are held on the macs, not their home drive. I always laugh when they loose 4gb of images for the kids photo stories that they really need.

We’ve given all schools 320gb external hard drives to back these up (as well as the home drive) but they don’t listen :-)

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:56:54 +0000

No - there is no connection I can see, but then I wouldn’t launch iPhoto. It begins with that damned i :)

I have a card reader so I’ll use that so save wear/tear on the usb connection. Bonus is I can just remove it, no ejecting needed.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:06:21 +0000

I don’t connect the camera directly to my macbook, I use a card reader. Can’t think I’ve actually tried to connect it that way

Would have thought that iPhoto would mount though?!?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:07:21 +0000

Terry - yep. I gave Jacq all the right bits of paper and she is sorting that. It works out at 45 quid so that’ll get another battery :)

And a UV filter will be bought Monday.
Just need to play with the menus and controls now . And decide which software to use. I have Graphic Converter, Photoshop Elements 4 and Pixelmator. GC seems to handle the jpg files best but I have only briefly tried things so far.
I was surprised it didn’t mount too, that I needed the EOS utility. Still, so far so good :)

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:27:23 +0000

Did you get details on the cashback offer?

http://canonlensacc2008.onlinerebates.com/howtoclaim.aspx

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:44:47 +0000

+1 on the UV filter -it’s a great protector of the lens.. I’ve had at least one occasion when the filter took a blow that shattered it, but left the lens intact. For the sake of a few quid, it’s a life saver!

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:17:35 +0000

I hold the camera in my right hand, take the lens cap off and it goes straight into my back left hand pocket. You will get used to it :-)

Filters do come in handy. A UV filter can be useful just to stay on your lens to esentially protect it just incase anything hits the front of the lens. You can pick them up pretty cheaply.

If you are doing any shots of water, a circular polariser filter it really good (also useful for taking pictures of rainbows which I found out standing in a field…) You twist the filter and you can see it changing the look of the shot. Also good for use in daily use too.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:44:50 +0000

I got the package as above but the mkII wasn’t in stock. It’s paid for and I;ll get it later.

One thing surprised me - no cord to attach the lenscover to the barrel or hole in the cover to make that happen. I assume that real photographers don’t lose these things :) I thought I had a filter to protect the lens too but it doesn’t fit - might get one of those, though it just needs plain glass really.

Other than that I just need to clear some work before playing though in reality it’ll be tomorrow daytime for real stuff.