Your Questions About Canon Digital Slr Reviews

rob answers:

No software is available at this time. But you can certain find a lot of help from the internet. One great thing about digital photograph is that it is free to experiment with. My suggestion to you, if you have the time, is to create a setup at home for camera testing. The setup can be a fruit basket and some flowers with different color or stuff animals with some other toys. Put them under the sun and take pictures of it with your camera under different settings (like aperture priority, shutter priority, different white balance, etc.). Keep a notebook and write down the setting you use for each photo. Next, look at the pictures in your computer and review the setting you used. After a while you will get a feel of how different settings affect the outcome of the pictures. When I got my first camera, I remember the manual can be quite useful too. So don’t forget to read the manual cover to cover. When you start to feel comfortable with your camera, go one a trip with another photographer and start taking pictures. Ask the photographer to show you how to compose a picture and what the best technique to use in certain situations. You can learn a lot from another photographer. Last thing is to look at a lot of photos from the pros. Try to see why the photographer compose the picture the particular way and if you would have done differently.
Now, for indoor photo is a different story. For indoor photography, it is almost all about lighting and focus. You have to know the range of your built in flash. To do so, take picture of your setup with flash indoor. Take pictures of the setup at different distance. You will learn how far you can put the setup before the picture becomes too dark and how far before the objects are too bright. You will also learn the limitation of your focus system in the dark. If you practice enough, you will always be able to take good pictures regardless what camera you use.
For digital editing, you can do basic editing with Paint Shop Pro because it is a cheaper software and can do most of the thing that can be done by Photoshop. Use the help menu when you get stuck. Also you can joint online forum and post your questions.

rob answers:

There appear to be two problems with HD video on DSLRs, and the issues are common to all DSLR cameras as far as I can tell.

1: Slow focus, In movie mode DSLRs are slow to focus, and they don’t have the adaptable focusing modes available even on cheap camcorders.

2: To Zoom on a DSLR you usually have to twist a ring on the lens. The effect of this, is that the whole camera tends to rotate a little every time the zoom is used.

rob answers:

It is only a good investment if you understand that once you choose a camera brand within the DSLR cameras, you will be married to it and its lenses. The cost of later changing systems is prohibitive (not like changing brands of P&S cameras) since none of the lenses you buy for your camera will be usable on a different system.

In fact the actual investment you make, will not be in the camera, since due to technology advances you will be buying a new body every three to five years, but the investment will be in the lenses you will use for decades.

For under $550 you can buy the other brand that the pros use and get two lenses… A 18-55 mm and 55-200 mm lens. At present that is a good investment.

Before you buy any DSLR, go into a camera store and actually hold some of the brands in your hands and see which feels the best to you and which ones are the easiest to navigate when changing settings.

rob answers:

Best lens has more to do with what kind of subjects you shoot.

If you shoot a lot of field sports then the 70-300mm is the lens for your.

If you shoot a lot of landscapes or architectural then the Canon 10-22mm will be a good choice.

For general photography, then choose the fine Canon 18-55mm lens.

You can look for the costs of these lenses by visiting either Adorama, B&H Photo or Ritz Camera.

As with all Nikon and Canon lenses, buying a good use lens is always a viable option.

rob answers:

Selecting a DSLR is a very personal choice and each of the cameras you have selected will give you excellent results if used properly. I recommend going to the web site below which is designed to help people evaluate the choices and understand what the terminology means -

http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/

I am a former camera salesman and had a lot of experience with various cameras when I selected my first DSLR about 4 years ago. I chose an Olympus camera for a variety of reasons but mostly because I knew they are an innovative company that make extremely high quality optics and electronics. I have not regretted my choice and am considering starting a photography business as a retirement career. I am quite certain I can get professional results with my Olympus cameras.

Here is a link to my Flickr page. Nearly all of the pictures (except scanned 35mm and Examples sets) were made with Olympus DSLR cameras and Olympus lenses.

Http://www.flickr.com/photos/robs-photo-memory/sets/

HTH. Good luck!
Email me if you have more specific questions.