Needing an experienced Canon EOS 400D user guidance

Canon EOS 400D

Recently my brother-in-law bought something I’ve been craving for long, a DSLR camera. Even though I’m more of a Nikon fan, this Canon EOS 400D still does help in filling up my hungars towards DSLR cameras.

The first time holding a DSLR camera feels like giving away my first time. It was something that I loved real much and never got one. I have to admit that I almost had an orgasm holding the camera. Yea well I know its a bit exaggerate to say that but I just wish to have one so badly. No wonder so many photographers was saying that the camera is like their wife!

The Canon EOS 400D is a DSLR that comes with 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with improved microlens array, fill factor and lower noise. It also has a 9 point auto focus sensor with f2.8 support. With all these attractive functions, it sure keeps me up all night long testing the shots.

One problem is that, I’m still new to those aperture, ISO and shutter speed settings. So I’m sort of having problem shooting a picture properly.

I’ve been a reader of DPS long before I’ve actually hold the real thing. I do understand quite a little about what he’s been talking about. But it just got so much harder when you’re holding one yourself.

Please leave me comments for any thoughts or experiences you wanna share with me as a beginner photographer. Thanks!

Author: FlikTeoh
Posted on: April 26th, 2009
Filed under: Personal // Photographing
Tagged in: Canon // DSLR // Hobby // Photography
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  • Zermoid
    Yep, Fartz here, I check in every so often......
  • ehm..not have experience. But i also want to have one camera like that.
  • FlikTeoh
    Aha! Do we have fartz here?! =p

    Hey hey thanks for guiding... Will try it more often and hopefully I can accept those photos I shot soon and upload them lol =)
  • Zermoid
    Nice thing about digital is learning is cheap, I ruined alot of expensive film and processing when I was starting out with a 35! Now you just delete and try again!
  • Zermoid
    Hey, more of a film SLR than Digital person, but Aperture is your lens opening, ISO would be your film speed in a 35, guess it electronically mimics film speed somehow, a higher ISO can take pictures in lower light than a slower ISO speed. Shutter speed is how long the exposure is, 1/30 second and under most people need a tripod, typically 1/60 second is used for flash pictures, at least with film, and 1/125 or faster is recommended for sports or action shots, of course the faster the shutter speed the larger aperture you will need to properly expose a given ISO of film. Since you can change the ISO at will I guess you could up the shutter speed and not have to change the aperture to compensate as you would normally have to do with film. Also the larger the aperture the shorter the depth of field, which can be useful for playing with depending on whether you want your subject and background in focus (long depth of field and small aperture) or want subject focused and background blurred. (Short depth of field and large aperature)
    I'm also new to digital so not sure the exact translation from film to digital standards. But I assume the basics are the same.
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