Greetings

SnuffySnuffy Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
edited February 23, 2005 in Cameras
Just found out about dgrin over in advrider today and thought i would join in.
I just recieved my first digicam a few days ago, Canon A95. Looks a little scary right now, but will sort things out.

Even worse, i'm new to computors. Wil accept any and all advice.:cry
With 30 something years riding bikes and 15 years trying to take a photograph, i have enjoyed the combination.

Would like to learn to post pics here and advrider but am totally lost.:scratch
I have a lot to learn!

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2005
    wave.gif hi Snuffy, great to have you here.

    No worries, you have a good camera and a friendly crowd here. If you have camera, battery, compact flash card.... and a card reader, you're in business.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Snuffy wrote:
    Just found out about dgrin over in advrider today and thought i would join in.
    I just recieved my first digicam a few days ago, Canon A95. Looks a little scary right now, but will sort things out.
    Hiya Snuffy wave.gif welcome to dgrin.

    The A95 is a highly rated camera with a lot of manual controls, including shutter and aperture priority. It even has an ISO50 setting, which even my dSLR doesn't have. But best of all, it can be fully automatic if you want it to be. The suggestion I give digicam n00bies is to shoot on full auto for awhile, without bothering to monkey with the settings. Get used to how it handles and behaves. Then, you'll find an image or two that just don't come out the way you want them to, so you can tweak a setting or two until you get the results you want. It can be extremely intimidating and frustrating when you start adjusting multiple variables without realizing what each one does. You may even find that it does everything you want it to do on full auto. ne_nau.gif So the best thing to do is just whip it out and start shooting.
    Even worse, i'm new to computors. Wil accept any and all advice.:cry
    Rumor has it there are some computer geeks here on dgrin. What computer do you have? What photo-related software do you have?
    With 30 something years riding bikes and 15 years trying to take a photograph, i have enjoyed the combination.
    You've got me beat by about four years on the bikes, but I think I've got you beat on the photostuff. :)
    Would like to learn to post pics here and advrider but am totally lost.headscratch.gif
    That's actually quite easy. Do you have a photo-sharing service, like smugmug, pbase, .mac, or ofoto?
    I have a lot to learn!
    We all do. 1drink.gif
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Hi Snuffy! Welcome aboard!

    You guys are counting years with bikes? How about a 1964 Matchless 350 in the year 1982? Does that count for anything? God that thing would work for a week and then rest for two. I always got back home with black hands from fixing something on the way.

    Nowadays I don't have the nerve for anything more than a San Yang Duke 125 - something like the Japanese equivalent of the Italian Vespa. rolleyes1.gif
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    Nir Alon

    images of my thoughts
  • SnuffySnuffy Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Thanks a lot for the welcome and advice! Have a Dell laptop 5100 with jasc and the software that came with the camera. Will dive in and explore. Yeah, that A95 came with more giblets than i thought, but i like to explore. We are all curious, right? I have a lot of Pentax cameras and enjoy my old reliable K1000.

    I hope i'm not off base here if i ask questions about the Speed Graphics. I've had one for years and haven't really learned it's potential.

    No, i don't have any photo-sharing services. I did hear of smugmug over in advrider, but have not investigated. Sounds pretty good.

    What's the skinny on advrider, dgrin, smugmug? Sounds all related, one family. If so, i think i'm in the right place.

    Nir, that Matchless sounds sweet. Yep, that's the routine, wrench for day's, ride for hours.

    Well, gonna fire up the beemer, ride, and learn how to take a photo today.
    Will keep it on auto as recommended, and fire away. This ought to be fun!thumb.gif
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Nir wrote:
    You guys are counting years with bikes? How about a 1964 Matchless 350 in the year 1982? Does that count for anything?
    Only if you bought it new! lol3.gif
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Snuffy wrote:
    What's the skinny on advrider, dgrin, smugmug? Sounds all related, one family. If so, i think i'm in the right place.


    nod.gif All three owned by the same dude, Baldy.

    There are other services like smugmug.... but smugmug happens to work exceptionally well. Inexpensive and easy to use, so even though we're predisposed to liking it because of the Baldy connection, most of us also find it's hard to beat.

    $30 a year (less if you use someone's coupon - got one if you need one) you upload your works of art to smugmug. That way your adoring fans can all admire your magnificent creations online. And to let us see the pics, you simply include a URL in your post. Click here to see how.

    And we do want to see yer pics.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • luckyrweluckyrwe Registered Users Posts: 952 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Coupon? <<perk>>
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    luckyrwe wrote:
    Coupon? <<perk>>
    Coupons are worth $5 off the annual subscription, just include it in the "referred-by" field when you sign up.

    Here's mine: ZhWlkhimCnkeI <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/deal.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • SeymoreSeymore Banned Posts: 1,539 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    fish wrote:
    Coupons are worth $5 off the annual subscription, just include it in the "referred-by" field when you sign up.

    Here's mine: ZhWlkhimCnkeI deal.gif
    So, you also get a discount Fish?
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Here's another coupon, if anyone's looking for a discount.

    eDpSpUcfD65cM
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • Charlie BrownCharlie Brown Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    fish wrote:
    Hiya Snuffy wave.gif welcome to dgrin.

    The A95 is a highly rated camera with a lot of manual controls, including shutter and aperture priority. It even has an ISO50 setting, which even my dSLR doesn't have. But best of all, it can be fully automatic if you want it to be. The suggestion I give digicam n00bies is to shoot on full auto for awhile, without bothering to monkey with the settings. Get used to how it handles and behaves. Then, you'll find an image or two that just don't come out the way you want them to, so you can tweak a setting or two until you get the results you want. It can be extremely intimidating and frustrating when you start adjusting multiple variables without realizing what each one does. You may even find that it does everything you want it to do on full auto. ne_nau.gif So the best thing to do is just whip it out and start shooting.


    Rumor has it there are some computer geeks here on dgrin. What computer do you have? What photo-related software do you have?


    You've got me beat by about four years on the bikes, but I think I've got you beat on the photostuff. :)


    That's actually quite easy. Do you have a photo-sharing service, like smugmug, pbase, .mac, or ofoto?


    We all do. 1drink.gif

    wow youre so friendly over here, whats up with that?

    welcome to the site snuffy, youll get all kinds of good advise here, good luck with your photos.


    cb
    I can only hope to progress to the point of one day being a second rate photographer, wish me luck.
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Seymore wrote:
    So, you also get a discount Fish?
    That's right...on my annual renewal. It's good all the way around. Kinda like karma bucks.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Charlie Brown wrote:
    wow youre so friendly over here, whats up with that?
    fyyff, cb. FLIPA.gifne_nau.gif
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • luckyrweluckyrwe Registered Users Posts: 952 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    Can the coupons be used more than once?
  • Charlie BrownCharlie Brown Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2005
    fish wrote:
    fyyff, cb. FLIPA.gifne_nau.gif


    oh come here and give me a big kiss you sexy fool...



    cb
    I can only hope to progress to the point of one day being a second rate photographer, wish me luck.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2005
    luckyrwe wrote:
    Can the coupons be used more than once?
    Lucky, I think that as a purchaser of an account, you can only use a coupon once. I think. But when you have an account, and your own coupon code, you can get credit by having others use your coupon.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited February 19, 2005
    fish wrote:
    Coupons are worth $5 off the annual subscription, just include it in the "referred-by" field when you sign up.

    Here's mine: ZhWlkhimCnkeI deal.gif
    Alternatively, you can include the e-mail address of a current subscriber.

    Smugmug is a great place to host images (IMHO) and very reasonably priced
    too.

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • SnuffySnuffy Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2005
    Ok, iv'e been out riding the last few days. What can i say. Took the A95 out for the first time and all went ok. I gotta read the manual,headscratch.gif couldn't figure out the tele-photo. All pics came out considering i was on auto. I've spent some time searching dgrin for leads to questions i have and got my answers. Thanks to all. Will be using a coupon soon for smugmug soon, so thanks for the offers.

    I found a thread about pro/con on CF card memory size. Both sound ok, but opted for small. Just ordered 2 from a site that DoctorIt suggested to another.
    Thanks Doc.thumb.gif Gonna have questions about smugmug soon. Got to get some more riding in. Weather is great!
  • Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2005
    Welcome Snufster!!
    Just shoot and shoot my man! wave.gif welcome to Dgrin!
    *In my mind it IS real*
    Michiel de Brieder
    http://www.digital-eye.nl
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