Down the pub sat by the pond with a pint and a new camera :)

[Rojin]

I've only just bought Lumix FZ30 (well a couple of weeks back) and it's my first "decent" camera so I don't have much to compare it to (had an optio-s previously). I must say that I still haven't a clue what I am doing, but I am enjoying filling up 2.5Gb of SD cards, even though the vast majority are rubbish!

Took a few down the pub the other day, just going through them now and a couple are half decent. Here's a few for now... Still haven't got the hang of re-sizing\cropping

This was at full zoom, handheld btw.

The sort of shot I was trying for, closest I got

 

[Rojin]

Ducks!

I need to get myself Neat Image or something to deal with the noise.

A duck showing off?! "Wheelspin"?

 

[Rojin]

Cheers, main reason I got it for the zoom. I was going to buy a 350d but was worried I might end up with an expensive gadget sat in the cupboard, so I went for this first. See if I like photography (and if I can actually take a picture!) and go from there

I'm trying to decide between Neat Image, Noise Ninja and Noiseware. Problem is there isn't really a clear winner!... doh!

 

[Rojin]

Yup I'm putting together a list of "add-ons", first of all I'm trying to work out what they all do first!