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Nov 25^th, 2007 at 4:23am

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Happy day today... I finally got it...

Yep, I'm officially a dSLR-freak now... Grin

And around Christmas, I'm getting me a nice Canon 70 - 300 mm IS USM lense to top is of... and kill my piggybank...

Cheers,

Omag ... birthday boy...

PS: come on battery, load, load, LOAD like the wind!

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Reply #1 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 4:29am

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Happy Birthday. Smiley

That battery shouldn't take long to charge. Look forward to seeing your first efforts. Smiley

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Reply #2 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 4:37am

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Happy Birthday Kris

Now get that baby fired up and show us what it can do!!

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Reply #3 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 5:52am

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Congratulations and Happy Birthday, You have always posted such nice shots, I can wait to see what you do with that, a good choice. Mark

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Reply #4 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 7:38am

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Ah yes, good choice Kris Cool

Can I recommend.....

A spare battery

A cheap wide aperture lens

A superb flash unit

And anything that goes up to 400mm Grin

Good luck, still having loads of fun with mine Wink

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Reply #5 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 7:43am

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61_OTU wrote on Nov 25^th, 2007 at 7:38am:

Can I recommend.....

A spare battery

A cheap wide aperture lens

beat you to those recommendations Wink

I would recommend a Hahnel battery grip coming with 2 spare batteries.....it costs about £50 but makes the camera so much easier to hold

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Reply #6 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 8:02am

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Happy birthday, Kris. Great camera by the way. Would love to have one like that. Unfortunatly it's a bit out of my price range.

Crash Wink

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Reply #7 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 8:05am

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61_OTU wrote on Nov 25^th, 2007 at 7:38am:

Ah yes, good choice Kris Cool

Can I recommend.....

A spare battery

A cheap wide aperture lens

A superb flash unit

And anything that goes up to 400mm Grin

Good luck, still having loads of fun with mine Wink

Steve

The Fantastic Plastic lense is on my list for the next couple of months... I'll need the speedlite too, in a while...

400 mm lenses are out of my reach at the moment. And I'll think about the grip and batteries...

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Reply #8 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 8:09am

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No-one has said anything about the photo yet.....somehow you've managed to make a piece of technology look really moody....nice lighting

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Reply #9 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 8:10am

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Happy birthday, Kris. Great camera by the way. Would love to have one like that. Unfortunatly it's a bit out of my price range.

Crash Wink

Well, there's a package deal at Saturn, Mediamarkt at the moment, containing the Eos 350D + kitlense at € 399,00 In Belgium. Could be interesting. But hey, it's not just the camera. Buying one means that you'll be spending more cash soon... as I've noticed... Grin

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Reply #10 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 9:45am

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Good Luck with the new camera, Kris!!

I can't wait to see what you can do with this one!!!

Cory

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Reply #11 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 9:53am

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Mictheslik wrote on Nov 25^th, 2007 at 8:09am:

No-one has said anything about the photo yet.....somehow you've managed to make a piece of technology look really moody....nice lighting

.mic

Thanks Mic. Just a quick set-up using the natural light in my livingroom... You can't beat natural daylight... Wink

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Reply #12 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 10:24am

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Congrats! I loved shooting slr. I have an old t-70. But I'm getting a d30 in february!

Quick! Show us what you shot!

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Reply #13 - Nov 25^th, 2007 at 12:22pm

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Mictheslik wrote on Nov 25^th, 2007 at 7:43am:

I would recommend a Hahnel battery grip coming with 2 spare batteries.....it costs about £50 but makes the camera so much easier to hold

.mic

I would 2nd this recommendation, I use the 400D and the Batt Grip helps a ton, It adds a little weight, but makes stable vertical shots so much easier. and I personally, have 4 total batteries, two in the grip, and two charged or charging at all times.. But thats all up to the Need - (I currently live at the Grand Canyon and dont really have a place to Charge up the batteries when hiking down the canyon)

Either way, the Grip defiantly helps out.. If you do end up getting one, Be sure you have controls on the end.. (Shutter etc..) not just one that is the Grip (Simply holding two batteries and serving no other real purpose.)

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Reply #14 - Nov 27^th, 2007 at 3:28am

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I see you have mastered the self-timer mode and taken a picture of your new camera with itself..........one thing you may want to look into is a remote of some sort if the Canon supports one......it's not just a gimmick, actually it's a very handy tool....

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