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I had a D30 for a few weeks. This was my first digital camera after a few years with film. One trip to the zoo... and that's it! I'm switching to digital!

Here is the picture that did it for me. No Tripod. Just a D30, 70-200/4L and 550EX. behind glass BTW.
my 10D is on the way... bye bye film!

 
The D30 was my first DSLR. It's a great camera. I'm now using a 10D. It's not by any means perfect but it did take care of a lot of the grips I had with the D30 and for the price I paid it's really hard to complain.

Enjoy your 10D. Cheers, Joe

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I REALLY hope that E-Bay 10D works out for you and the guy is genuine, that D30 shot is excellent and it looks like you will make great use of the 6.5Mp camera :) ..

Best of luck

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Yep, a picture says more than a 1000 words.
Have fun with your future 10D.
tc
yonish said:
I had a D30 for a few weeks. This was my first digital camera after
a few years with film. One trip to the zoo... and that's it! I'm
switching to digital!
Here is the picture that did it for me. No Tripod. Just a D30,
70-200/4L and 550EX. behind glass BTW.
my 10D is on the way... bye bye film!
Click to expand...
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Owls are have very sensitive eyes when it comes to light. Surely there must have been a sign next to the cage that discouraged flash usage and you took the picture with a 550ex, one of the most powerful shoe flashes there are! I am no bird expert but we have lots of owls here, including the famous Icelandic snow owl (shot in the chest with a cork in the movie dumb and dumberer) and I have heard this lot´s of times, no flash on owls so if I am mistaken please correct me, it may just be a "urban legend".

Now the point here is not to insult you, I just wanted to point this out to you for future reference and I know that you didn´t do this on purpose. This is a very lovely shot, I really like it. How do you like the 70-200 4 lens? It´s next on my wishlist but it´s probably 3-4 months away.

Respectfully, Abargath.
yonish said:
I had a D30 for a few weeks. This was my first digital camera after
a few years with film. One trip to the zoo... and that's it! I'm
switching to digital!
Here is the picture that did it for me. No Tripod. Just a D30,
70-200/4L and 550EX. behind glass BTW.
my 10D is on the way... bye bye film!

Click to expand...
 
Abargath said:
Owls are have very sensitive eyes when it comes to light. Surely
there must have been a sign next to the cage that discouraged flash
usage and you took the picture with a 550ex, one of the most
powerful shoe flashes there are! I am no bird expert but we have
lots of owls here, including the famous Icelandic snow owl (shot in
the chest with a cork in the movie dumb and dumberer) and I have
heard this lot´s of times, no flash on owls so if I am mistaken
please correct me, it may just be a "urban legend".
Click to expand...
I have made a picture as lighted as this one using the internal flash of the 10D only (and 400 ISO setting), it was once when I had to make a picture fast but the 550EX wasn't on the camera.
It really surprised me.
 
I agree that the owls eyes are sensitive to flash. However, the use of a 550EX is moot. Regardless of how powerful the 550EX CAN be, it only emits enough light to properly expose the shot and then the tube shuts down. So taking this shot with a 220EX, 380EX, 420EX or 550EX would not make any difference. :-)
Abargath said:
Now the point here is not to insult you, I just wanted to point
this out to you for future reference and I know that you didn´t do
this on purpose. This is a very lovely shot, I really like it.
How do you like the 70-200 4 lens? It´s next on my wishlist but
it´s probably 3-4 months away.

Respectfully, Abargath.
yonish said:
I had a D30 for a few weeks. This was my first digital camera after
a few years with film. One trip to the zoo... and that's it! I'm
switching to digital!
Here is the picture that did it for me. No Tripod. Just a D30,
70-200/4L and 550EX. behind glass BTW.
my 10D is on the way... bye bye film!

Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
John-G said:
Abargath said:
Now the point here is not to insult you, I just wanted to point
this out to you for future reference and I know that you didn´t do
this on purpose. This is a very lovely shot, I really like it.
How do you like the 70-200 4 lens? It´s next on my wishlist but
it´s probably 3-4 months away.

Respectfully, Abargath.
yonish said:
I had a D30 for a few weeks. This was my first digital camera after
a few years with film. One trip to the zoo... and that's it! I'm
switching to digital!
Here is the picture that did it for me. No Tripod. Just a D30,
70-200/4L and 550EX. behind glass BTW.
my 10D is on the way... bye bye film!

Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Greta image. Thanks for sharing. You'll do the 10D good. But you know, there's one thing about film that you will miss. You shoot the same image with film and when you have the print you can share it with family or friends or anybody that might be interested. And that's it. Probably end up in a draw or a shobox and then off you go to interact with people. But now you have digital which requires giving yourself to the computer for many long hours. Sure, you can share with us via the internet. But are we truly here? And don't we go away oh so quickly! Never to share a word or glance with. Welcome. Welcome to the keyboard and screen. Welcome to the abstract world of fluff photography. No hardcopy to speak of, just electronic images over the electronic wires to be seen by electronic people. Yes, isn't digital great?
yonish said:
I had a D30 for a few weeks. This was my first digital camera after
a few years with film. One trip to the zoo... and that's it! I'm
switching to digital!
Here is the picture that did it for me. No Tripod. Just a D30,
70-200/4L and 550EX. behind glass BTW.
my 10D is on the way... bye bye film!

Click to expand...
 
Sikjoven said:
Greta image. Thanks for sharing. You'll do the 10D good. But you
know, there's one thing about film that you will miss. You shoot
the same image with film and when you have the print you can share
it with family or friends or anybody that might be interested. And
that's it. Probably end up in a draw or a shobox and then off you
go to interact with people. But now you have digital which
requires giving yourself to the computer for many long hours. Sure,
you can share with us via the internet. But are we truly here? And
don't we go away oh so quickly! Never to share a word or glance
with. Welcome. Welcome to the keyboard and screen. Welcome to the
abstract world of fluff photography. No hardcopy to speak of, just
electronic images over the electronic wires to be seen by
electronic people. Yes, isn't digital great?
Click to expand...
And yes. It is.
 
but Sikjoven makes a great point. In an electronic age, the world and the people in it can become secondary to a synthetic world which can become strangely all too familiar.

Take a stand, become personally committed to relationships with real living breathing people rather than to allow cyber surrogates to take their place in your life. I like photography and the way a picture can be worth more than a thousand words. I like the technology and the artistry. But I love the people around me and the earth and all of its inhabitants that can be depicted graphically on film or via digital files comprised of bits and bytes. I just believe that it's very important to maintain real relationships with real people and I think that was Sikjoven's point.

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Steve Bryant
 
Abargath said:
Owls are have very sensitive eyes when it comes to light. Surely
there must have been a sign next to the cage that discouraged flash
usage...
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I took some photos at our village recently where an animal sanctuary had a variety of birds of prey on show. Before taking any shots, I asked the boss if the birds were OK with flash and he said yes.





70-200mm f2.8 and 550EX. Couldn't avoid the distracting background in the first one!

Chris.
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Freelance sports photography
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I have an Epson which I used for a few months, and then after sitting idle for a week or two the nozzles are hopelessly clogged.
Anyways, it took too long to get anything decent to pass around.
KR2 said:
Sikjoven said:
Greta image. Thanks for sharing. You'll do the 10D good. But you
know, there's one thing about film that you will miss. You shoot
the same image with film and when you have the print you can share
it with family or friends or anybody that might be interested. And
that's it. Probably end up in a draw or a shobox and then off you
go to interact with people. But now you have digital which
requires giving yourself to the computer for many long hours. Sure,
you can share with us via the internet. But are we truly here? And
don't we go away oh so quickly! Never to share a word or glance
with. Welcome. Welcome to the keyboard and screen. Welcome to the
abstract world of fluff photography. No hardcopy to speak of, just
electronic images over the electronic wires to be seen by
electronic people. Yes, isn't digital great?
Click to expand...
And yes. It is.
Click to expand...
 
My folks are paying for my tuition and they helped with a loan to buy my camera. My girlfriend bought me a really nice lens. But here I am on rainy day not sharing with them but typing on a keyboard looking at a screen all by myself. My images from yesterday are processed on the same computer and there they are, several hours worth of work, just digital fluff. When I came home for the holiday my father got out his Spectra and shot off a few packs of polaroids. They were passed around and we all had fun.Sop was the camera. Easy to use and lots of fun. I shot off a bunch of digitals and let nobody touch my camera. Now I have the images to look at, all by myself. What a foolish thing this digital nonsense is. And I'll keep using it, won't I. We all will.
Steve....
Steve Bryant said:
but Sikjoven makes a great point. In an electronic age, the world
and the people in it can become secondary to a synthetic world
which can become strangely all too familiar.

Take a stand, become personally committed to relationships with
real living breathing people rather than to allow cyber surrogates
to take their place in your life. I like photography and the way
a picture can be worth more than a thousand words. I like the
technology and the artistry. But I love the people around me and
the earth and all of its inhabitants that can be depicted
graphically on film or via digital files comprised of bits and
bytes. I just believe that it's very important to maintain real
relationships with real people and I think that was Sikjoven's
point.

--
Steve Bryant
Click to expand...
 
Sikjoven said:
I have an Epson which I used for a few months, and then after
sitting idle for a week or two the nozzles are hopelessly clogged.
Anyways, it took too long to get anything decent to pass around.
Click to expand...
No help needed here. I shoot usually in JPEG, it takes maybe a minute or two of processing if I even want to post process them and it takes less than that to print a couple. You should have gone with the Canon S900. It rivals any traditional photograph and it is very quick. I have had mine for almost a year now with no problems whatsoever. Digital sounds like it may be a little too much for you right now. You are probably better off with your fathers camera.

Rgds
KR
 
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