Some advice on my Canon 350D?

Wow, thanks for the replies!

I’ll have a good look through the links that you’ve given me, and hopefully get some good results at the end of it! 🙂

Thanks again!

Hi Mania
Global has the best idea, it’s what I did when I first got my 300D a couple of years back. Take many pics of the same subject, say your back garden or street scene or similar. Take all pix from the same viewpoint but with a different setting for each.

I set up on a tripod in the garden and tried pics at all the various white balance modes first. Then different ISOs, Then different shoot modes – P, TV, AV, etc. All with each lens in turn. Took it off tripod tried the same series but hand-held (to check my built-in camera shake tolerence).

Took camera indoors. Another series using the flash (built-in) and then Canon attachable flash-gun. Tried all the settings with all my lenses, etc. As with Global, took notes and compared later on-screen. Got to know what the kit would do at different settings with different lenses then, out onto a road. Stacks of images of cars going past to see how my panning was and what shutter speed/aperture combi worked best for me. Then down to East Midlands Airport to run a series on aircraft – all lenses, all settings – took notes.

All this took time, about a week or so (I’m retired), but the exercise gave me an appreciation of what the camera would do in my hands. After that it was just application of that knowledge, modifying it as needed and in light of later results. But at least I knew what I was modifying and why!

You can’t really just use settings that others use, you really have to work out what you can do with your kit. No good trying to run before you can walk.

🙂

Hi Matt,

I have a Canon 350D. One evening I experimented with settings. Have a look at my website: http://alexpeake.fotopic.net/c1073347.html

I’ve noted the ISO, F-stop, Focal length and shutter speed. All photos were taken on TV mode.

Hope this can be of use,

Alex Peake

Hi Matt
For basics like understanding aperture and DOF you coud try canons own Enjoy site;
http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

Not sure how knowledgeable you are, but a good learner book to understand the relationship between shutterspeed , aperture and iso and how they relate to being creative with your camera is Bryan Petersons’ ” understanding exposure” . If your library doesnt have it they should be able to get it in from another branch for a nominal amout.

Regards
John

Hey everyone!

I got a new Canon EOS 350D for christmas, with two new lenses: (not including the one that comes with the camera) 28-80mm and 75-300mm.

I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips/advice that could help me with different settings I should use for different light/weather conditions?

Even any links to sites with this info would be helpful, I havn’t managed to find anything that states exactly what I want to find out yet.

Thanks in advance!

Best and cheapest way of working the settings of your new camera will be looking and reading at that manuel that came with the camera.
inside this it will explain just about all you need to know regarding what settings do what . will also give you a better understanding of what the camera and settings all do.