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awesome info and advice on using flash (Canon EOS specific, but useful stuff can be found for everyone)

http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/index.html

Thanks for the Info, i am looking at getting a Cannon rebal XTI if things go right in the next few days...

While pointing your camera at the sky, waiting for the next plane to come along, you might want to try some of these weather and astronomical photography tips...

http://www.weatherscapes.com/index.php

http://www.pbase.com/lightrules/lenstests

good site to compare lenes.

does any one have any links to websites selling second hand (other than e-bay) ,this is the only one i could find http://www.mpbphotographic.co.uk/

If you're looking for expert and user reviews for a wide range of digital cameras, this site (http://www.smartratings.com/photography/digital_cameras), should be worth looking into. It has a compilation of all the reviews for every product listed.

All I know is I wish I would have known shooting in RAW allowed to easily adjust white-balance after the fact. I will be using that from now on.

The links just helped me a ton, plan on takin pics at the local airshow this year, thnx for the help

http://www.borrowlenses.com/

this site has teamed up with Fencecheck, some great prices to borrow a great lens either for a weekend of a full week!

Some software to consider,

Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture if you're one of 'those' people

Guys,

yesterday i visited Duxford flying legends and was keen to try out the prop blur settings. This was my first "prop" flightshow and i couldnt achieve prop blur . As soon as i set the shutter speed below 1/600 the pictures where getting whiter and whiter, going to 1/65 made the pictures completly white.

Any advise and help is appriciated.

Cheers

Sounds like you were in manual and didnt adjust aperture and/or ISO accordingly. Slower shutter speeds needed for prop blur let in more light, so you have to subsequently reduce the light for a correct exposure by letting less in (aperture to f8,f11,f16,f22) or reducing light sensitivity (ISO 50,100,200 instead of 800,1600,3200). The three are interrelated, so if you halve the shutter from 1/125 to 1/60 you will need to go from f5.6 to f8 or from ISO 400 to 200 to maintain roughly the same exposure - although both may introduce other effects you may or may not want.

It is possible in very bright light - especially with point and shoots, to find the light so bright that the camera can't achieve a speed slow enough without over-exposing. I had that at Silverstone once with my S1IS when trying for wheel blur. For a DSLR this situation is less likely because you normally have access to much smaller apertures, but the solution is to use a ND filter or a lens which has more f stops.

Thanks for your input U-96. I think i need couple of shots til i get it right.

Thanks for sharing man!

Is there such thing as a "good" tripod? Would like to buy one to film my daughter playing softball.