Hallelujah for the Royal Mail!

elroberto · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:25

My 350d's just arrived today and the battery is charging. Shall be shooting like mad for the next few days as I try to learn the camera's layout and menu's (With the only other SLR I've ever used being a 35 year old Manual Practika it looked a bit daunting!) Shall post some pictures as soon as they're fit for public viewing.

RandomTom · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:32

woooooot, im jealous

Raider · 26 Jun 2006 at 21:07

Excellent news! Welcome to the club

My one recommendation is to jam it in Manual mode and mess around with that. Experiment with different F-numbers / shutter speeds / ISO numbers. Will give you a good idea of what the best settings are for different conditions.

brocksta · 26 Jun 2006 at 21:14

congrats mate, i got mine on friday. Definately wack it on full manual and play around with the settings, take as many pics as you can to get the feel of the right exposures for the right shots!

elroberto · 28 Jun 2006 at 18:25

It took me 2 days to get used to the settings. I had it in Aperture Priority but will try it on manual as thayt was what I was used to before anyway. Took some nice shots whilst walking my Dog today. Will process them and share any I like. So glad I took the plunge and bought the 50mm F1.8 lens too, some of the shots from that seemed great.

elroberto · 28 Jun 2006 at 22:57

And then I go and drop the camera off my desk with the 50mm attached. The camera is still in working order but the lens i shafted! :mad:

Optics are fine but what appear to be two metal rings beneath the focusing ring are protruding out and it won't auto focus properly. I shall have to take a shot of it with the kit lens, so you can all share my pain. Anyone got the number for the samaritans?

themask70 · 29 Jun 2006 at 19:29

You'll enjoy the camera, have fun and get posting once you've taken some pics

Mint_Sauce · 29 Jun 2006 at 19:44

Gutted for you mate, that's got to be gut wrenching. You can get them repaired though. Not sure on the details but i'm sure someone else here will know?

elroberto · 29 Jun 2006 at 20:19

Here's three from walking the dog. Haven't done any processing yet, just a quick resize and save as JPEG in Photoshop.

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