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  • 21-01-2008 10:07am
    #1
    sprinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,510 ✭✭✭


    Hi y'all, just wondering if there's a real basic beginners guide to photography out there that you'd recommend. I'm looking at doing a course later this year and don't want to be too green going in..

    Also are there any courses people would recommend?

    I'm heading to Japan in a few weeks and was thinking of picking up the Canon EOS 400D - seems to come with high praise. Is there anything else I should be picking up? I'd like to test it out over there so the more I know going over the better.

    Thanks
    Dan


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  • #2
    bovril
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭bovril


    The sticky on the top of the page might be of help to you
    here

    If you're anything like me though having the camera in your hand and playing with it on all the different settings will be how you really learn what is what. The 400D is a great camera alright. Read your camera manual and then read it again and then read it again. I still find myself going back to it.

    As for what extras to get with the camera it all depends on what you want to shoot. If you are only starting out the kit lens (18-55mm) or the 50mm 1.8 lens would get you started and you could decide later if you want more lenses after you get used to the camera.


  • #3
    sprinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,510 ✭✭✭sprinkles


    Cheers, been reading the sticky's alright - some great advise but was looking for a guide/tutorial I could print out and read when not online - are there any online guides or manuals?

    I think I'd be along you line of learning by messing with it though


  • #4
    bovril
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭bovril


    try this site http://photo.net/


  • #5
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    The only real way of knowing what you want is to get the camera first, learn how to use it, what the different settings and dials mean (learing to understand apertures, shutter speeds exposure, depth of field etc which come with a bit of time and experience). There is no real book or guide that can teach you that. I know years ago the whole thing with understanding exposure literally dawned on me one day, like the "penny dropped" so to speak.
    I'm guessing you'll be getting the "kit lens" with the camera. It's a reasonably good lens that does the job but isn't fantastic. It gets a bit of a bashing verbally but kit lenses are probably better than they are given credit for.
    If you read through mroe threads you'll see most people either want to get a longer lens (with more zoom for shooting things far away) or they go for a wide lens, usually something like a 10-22mm or 10-20mm depending on the brand and partiicular lens (used for landscapes and very good for tight spaces etc....)


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