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Got three of them, here. :) dpr://galleries/354468568/photos/1980768

Thanks! But I have to give most of the credit to the camera. This was my first attempt to photograph an eclipse, so I wasn't sure what would work. The setting I thought would be the best ended...

Thanks to you both! Can't wait for the transit of Venus next month. :)

Waited too late to find a solar filter that would fit, so I made one. Bought some eclipse glasses on ebay, used one eyepiece framed by cardboard from the back of a notepad. Worked splendidly at...

Agreed. Maybe the shadow on the stop sign is making it look distorted?

GPS would be wasted in camera, IMHO. So many people have it on their phones that a redundant system just isn't necessary.

1. To use the high-speedburst mode, you have to be in that specific screen mode. You can shoot continuously in any mode by holding down the button, but it will be pretty slow. 2. The...

An SX40 with a larger sensor is about the only thing that going to get me to buy a new cam anytime soon.

Very cool!

Better low light performance, better noise reduction.

...and they still haven't perfected them. For that matter, even the wheel could use some improvement - I just had a nail pulled out of one last month. We probably have a very long road ahead...

Take the [/ img] off the end of the URL. Cool pic, OP.

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Well done!

The HDR image may be more technically correct, but the SX40 image is more pleasing to my eye. You "have the right" to expect anything you want, but your rights don't get cameras made to your...

Check your dial on the top of the camera. Macro won't work in sports mode or scene modes, IIRC. If it doesn't work in Program mode, then you have a defective camera.

The SX40 was just released four months ago. You're going to have a long wait...