+  Newcastle-Online Forum
|-+  General» Help» Canon EOS 400D
Username:
Password:
Home Help Search Login Register
Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Canon EOS 400D  (Read 238 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Mick
Offline Offline
« on: December 30, 2006, 11:18:11 PM »
I've ordered one for delivery next week, this is probably a bit late.

Has anybody got one?

If so are they any good?
Logged
just pointing out that based on a CV Souness was a reasonable appointment - HTL's.

Shepherd Out

-12 league places.  The Shepherd legacy

https://www.nufcmismanagement.info/

https://www.nufc-finances.org.uk/
Skirge
Offline Offline



WWW
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2006, 02:23:49 PM »
They are a cracking cam mate  :thup: both the Cannon and Nikon digi SLR's are mint cameras. You lucky fker :D
Logged


CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE NEWCASTLE-ONLINE CHATROOM
Howaythelads
Offline Offline
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2006, 06:32:47 PM »
Quote from: Skirge on December 31, 2006, 02:23:49 PM
They are a cracking cam mate  :thup: both the Cannon and Nikon digi SLR's are mint cameras. You lucky fker :D

I've got the EOS 300D, had it for just over a year now and don't like it much, tbh.
Logged
It's all downhill after the first watt.

No misrepresentation by the mentally challenged Post #301
Open_C
Offline Offline


WWW
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2006, 08:17:58 PM »
I use the 30D.  It's a fantastic piece of kit and, pimping shamelessly, it takes great pictures Smile 

400D isn't very far off it at all in terms of spec, so I'd anticipate that it'll be.. well, fantastic Smile
Logged
Mick
Offline Offline
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2007, 02:46:02 AM »
What's it like for battery life?
Logged
just pointing out that based on a CV Souness was a reasonable appointment - HTL's.

Shepherd Out

-12 league places.  The Shepherd legacy

https://www.nufcmismanagement.info/

https://www.nufc-finances.org.uk/
Open_C
Offline Offline


WWW
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2007, 07:56:32 AM »

It only takes about an hour to get the battery almost fully charged, and I've done shoots of upwards of 200 pictures (big .raw ones as well) without ever having been off the fully charged symbol.  That's just yet another advantage of having to compose your shot through the viewfinder rather than on an LCD screen.

I guess it might make a difference to the battery life if you're using the flash all the time.. as I say, though, I have no complaints at all about the thing.
Logged
Open_C
Offline Offline


WWW
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2007, 08:00:39 AM »

...double post, sorry
Logged
Howaythelads
Offline Offline
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2007, 06:51:46 PM »
Quote from: Open_C on December 31, 2006, 08:17:58 PM
I use the 30D.  It's a fantastic piece of kit and, pimping shamelessly, it takes great pictures Smile 

400D isn't very far off it at all in terms of spec, so I'd anticipate that it'll be.. well, fantastic Smile

Some cracking pictures there, mate. I have all kinds of trouble with my 300D though that I've never had with 35mm film camera's. Perhaps I've just never sussed out how to get good pictures using a digital camera, although after saying that I manage better photo's with my Fuji 6900z than with my Canon. In particular, the sky always looks crap and washed out with the Canon but far more realistic with the Fuji.
Logged
It's all downhill after the first watt.

No misrepresentation by the mentally challenged Post #301
Open_C
Offline Offline


WWW
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2007, 07:52:28 PM »

Cheers Smile   

Aye, it took me a while to get from my Sony compact to being comfortable with the SLR (never had to worry about focusing with the compact, for a start, and as you say the whole white balance / metering thing I find you have to think about much more with the SLR or you get washed out colours and white skies).

I find that setting the exposure compensation down by about one stop gives much more depth to the colours (as well as getting your shutter speed up a bit, which is always nice).  Yeah, it darkens the shots, but photoshop can always recover detail from a dark picture (unlike with an overexposed white sky, which is ruined as soon as you take it).  The other thing is, different lenses do different things, in my experience: my mate uses Sigmas, which are great lenses but which I always feel the need to play with in photoshop to get the colours right.  I use Canons, and find that they give more natural colours out of the box.

Best thing you can do (in my experience, anyway) is get a copy of Photoshop CS2 and use the camera's RAW mode (I assume the 300D does it), and do all your white balancing and exposure setting on your PC after you've taken the shot.  It took me a while to get used to (and it's still awkward for me, because I'm colour blind - hence 80% of my shots being in black and white), but it gives you much, much more control over your colours.
Logged
Howaythelads
Offline Offline
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2007, 09:11:38 PM »
Quote from: Open_C on January 02, 2007, 07:52:28 PM

Cheers Smile   

Aye, it took me a while to get from my Sony compact to being comfortable with the SLR (never had to worry about focusing with the compact, for a start, and as you say the whole white balance / metering thing I find you have to think about much more with the SLR or you get washed out colours and white skies).

I find that setting the exposure compensation down by about one stop gives much more depth to the colours (as well as getting your shutter speed up a bit, which is always nice).  Yeah, it darkens the shots, but photoshop can always recover detail from a dark picture (unlike with an overexposed white sky, which is ruined as soon as you take it).  The other thing is, different lenses do different things, in my experience: my mate uses Sigmas, which are great lenses but which I always feel the need to play with in photoshop to get the colours right.  I use Canons, and find that they give more natural colours out of the box.

Best thing you can do (in my experience, anyway) is get a copy of Photoshop CS2 and use the camera's RAW mode (I assume the 300D does it), and do all your white balancing and exposure setting on your PC after you've taken the shot.  It took me a while to get used to (and it's still awkward for me, because I'm colour blind - hence 80% of my shots being in black and white), but it gives you much, much more control over your colours.

I'll give it a go. The 300D does allow RAW mode.
Logged
It's all downhill after the first watt.

No misrepresentation by the mentally challenged Post #301
garth
Offline Offline


Save a whale eat a Japanese
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2007, 03:16:37 PM »
You should always shoot in RAW mode, if you want you can always make copies in other format which is the best thing about Raw files. I have a 20D I have to say I'm quite impressed with it I still love my film cameras though.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2007, 04:55:55 PM by garth » Logged
www.aussiemags.net
indi
Fuckwitted Cock-for-Brained Arsehole (AKA Admin)
Offline Offline


I believe in joy!!
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2007, 06:40:21 PM »
Quote from: Open_C on December 31, 2006, 08:17:58 PM
I use the 30D.  It's a fantastic piece of kit and, pimping shamelessly, it takes great pictures Smile 

400D isn't very far off it at all in terms of spec, so I'd anticipate that it'll be.. well, fantastic Smile

Some great shots there, I'm particularly enjoying "stupid horse". Laughing
Logged
!! SHEPHERD OUT !!

I ain't no number
I don't need no ID round my neck
So Mr Politician
I got born and named like blood runs red
Cause I, I aint no number
Don't require no ID round my neck
So Mr number maker
ID cards won't stop no hijacked jet

:toon1:
Howaythelads
Offline Offline
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2007, 08:37:32 PM »
One of my dogs....

https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/Howaythelads/Holly.jpg
Logged
It's all downhill after the first watt.

No misrepresentation by the mentally challenged Post #301
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  

« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Theme by m3talc0re. Powered by SMF 1.1.1 | SMF © 2006, Simple Machines LLC MySQL | PHP | XHTML | CSS
Page created in 4.296 seconds with 19 queries.