New Digital Camera

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27th December 2006, 02:46 PM
Cliff Rogers

New Digital Camera

I got a Canon PowerShot A630 for Christmas. :)

Here is a sample close up of a moth.

The focus is not quiet right for the dept of field but that is 'cos I used manual focus. :rolleyes:
27th December 2006, 03:03 PM
outback

Perty, I love photo toe tography, Don't get no time for it though. :(
27th December 2006, 03:21 PM
Cliff Rogers

Here is another one, we were given this lilly for christmas & it opened while we were out last night.
Came home to this surprise.
27th December 2006, 03:44 PM
Howdya do that

Wouldnt be any good for taking pictures of my wood work. Waaaaaaaayyyyyy too much detail.
27th December 2006, 05:44 PM
bitingmidge

Nice Score Cliffy!

My new camera arrived just in time too, here's one I took last night, somewhere out the back of Sofala!

I reckon we need another Australia Day photo day!

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D
27th December 2006, 07:47 PM
Cliff Rogers

:down: Is that a mountian sheep? :D
27th December 2006, 07:50 PM
fred.n

SHHHHHHHHHSSSSSSS Cliff

The kiwi's will all want one:D :D
27th December 2006, 08:00 PM
echnidna

Do you like mountin sheep Cliff :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
27th December 2006, 08:03 PM
bitingmidge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

:down: Is that a mountian sheep? :D

Nah it's the shearin' kind.

P
:D :D :D
27th December 2006, 08:04 PM
Cliff Rogers

And you're not shearin' it with anybody right? :p
27th December 2006, 08:15 PM
johnc

You can tell it's not a NZ sheep, they train theirs to lay on their backs. That's so they can be kissed at the same time! I'm not sure what that means, honest.
27th December 2006, 09:19 PM
Harry72

Yup a another Australia Day photo day would be good fun!
27th December 2006, 09:29 PM
Grunt

I agree.

These were the rules that IAN007 posted last year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAN007

In another post it was discussed that we should take pictures of this Great Country we call home and post them to share the wonders of this nation with each other and our foreign friends.

So Boys & Girls take pictures in the week starting 19/1/2006 and post them on Australia day 26/1/2006.

Some ideas
Sunsets, Beaches, The Rock, Sydney Harbour, Blue Mountains, Rotnest Island, The Grampians, The Great Ocean Road, WildLife, City Shots or the like.

so lets see how we go

Cheers Ian:)

suggested

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Post location, date and time.

I wouldn't mind having a bit more time to take the photo. How about from 1/1/07 till the 25th. Post any time till the end of Jan?
27th December 2006, 09:57 PM
Cliff Rogers

OK, you are on.... who else got a new camera for Chrissy?
27th December 2006, 11:22 PM
Harry72

Didnt get one for xmas... brought a newy for the NZ honeymoon in OCT tho, check out me 1st time exposure pic taken at the Kauri Museum the blades are only doing about 5rpm and very dark no flash!
2nd pic is a normal shot using the flash and normal exposure.
28th December 2006, 06:12 PM
Benni

Well Cliff
I thought the picture of the moth was pretty cool, so here we are nearly a year on so I guess you are pretty gung ho with that camera by now.

How about some more interesting pictures.
28th December 2006, 06:21 PM
journeyman Mick

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benni

Well Cliff
I thought the picture of the moth was pretty cool, so here we are nearly a year on so I guess you are pretty gung ho with that camera by now.

How about some more interesting pictures.

You're a bit impatient aren't you Benni? Cliff only posted that picture a day ago and probably recieved the camera three days ago!:B welcome to the madhouse BTW

Mick
28th December 2006, 06:36 PM
echnidna

Yeah Cliff,
why yuh dilly dallyin?:roflmao: :roflmao:
28th December 2006, 06:47 PM
Grunt

We all know that Cliff is lazy
28th December 2006, 10:19 PM
Cliff Rogers

Benni???? Any relation to Benny??? :)(
29th December 2006, 01:59 PM
chromis

Yeah I got a Pentax DSLR 1000KD with a Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro Lens. Mainly Pentax because I had an old SLR and the lenses are interchangable.

I have a bit to learn yet...

Cliff those Powershots are pretty popular how are you finding it?
29th December 2006, 02:16 PM
Cliff Rogers

Good shots, :2tsup: I like the look on that spider's face. :D

I haven't done much with my new camera yet, about 10 shots so far, mainly testing what it can do.

I did my homework & it came up very good in reviews on the internet.
The only real problem it has is with red eyes & that doesn't bother me too much 'cos I don't take that many party shots & red eye is easy to fix with software.

I did some searching for prices & scored it from the Camerastore.com.au of $399.00

I lashed out on the memory stick, got a 1Gb Extreme III high speed stick for $65.00

Freight was $16.00
29th December 2006, 02:53 PM
Howdya do that

Hey Cliff,
I'm going to buy a digital camera whilst on holidays. Did you choose this model or did santa? Why?
29th December 2006, 03:22 PM
Cliff Rogers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

....I did my homework & it came up very good in reviews on the internet.
The only real problem it has is with red eyes & that doesn't bother me too much 'cos I don't take that many party shots & red eye is easy to fix with software.

I did some searching for prices & scored it from the Camerastore.com.au of $399.00

I lashed out on the memory stick, got a 1Gb Extreme III high speed stick for $65.00

Freight was $16.00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howdya do that

Hey Cliff,
I'm going to buy a digital camera whilst on holidays. Did you choose this model or did santa? Why?

See my last post.

I did the homework & the ordering & when it arrived, I gave it to Gina to wrap. :D
29th December 2006, 10:16 PM
Harry72

With 8mp it wont take long to fill up that 1g card!
29th December 2006, 10:28 PM
Grunt

It's 10mp so it'll fill it up even faster.
29th December 2006, 11:38 PM
Harry72

Nup, the PS A640 is 10mp... Cliff has the 630.

With mine(EOS400D) 1g is about 200 shots, lucky for 4g cards... 8g cards be nice but a bit exxcy still, better spend on lenses like thisy one http://www.canon.com.au/products/vis...fs10-22mm.html.
30th December 2006, 09:03 AM
Grunt

Oops,

Anyway, you can buy multiple cards. Remember back when you were a boy and you used film? 36 shots to a roll.
30th December 2006, 11:33 AM
Cliff Rogers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grunt

....back when you were a boy and you used film? 36 shots to a roll.

Sheer luxury, I could only afford 12 shot rolls. :(
30th December 2006, 08:24 PM
Harry72

:photo3:Errrrrr photo's were taken on rolls?:wtf1::lolol:
30th December 2006, 10:26 PM
Cliff Rogers

Yeah, last century Harry, before you were 30. :D
30th December 2006, 11:38 PM
Harry72

What I actually lived before 30?:)(:brava
31st December 2006, 02:47 PM
Clinton1

I'm still learning to use my Canon Powershot A430.

Landscape with the image set for small (email friendly) 640 x 480 pixels or 80Kb. My fishing/camping spot.

I've also been playing with the stitch settings for pics of my garden beds, which coupled with macro shots of the individual plants will be sent to the local plant nursery as a part of their 'electronic catalogue display'. :2tsup:
Not too bad results, even without a tripod.

Fun.
1st January 2007, 12:38 PM
chromis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howdya do that

Hey Cliff,
I'm going to buy a digital camera whilst on holidays. Did you choose this model or did santa? Why?

Buy cameras using the same theory as buying a computer. Decide how much money you want to spend, what you want to use the camera for and then buy the best you can with the money you have.

Buy one of the common brands

Nikon
Canon
Pentax