Recent content by james-bailey

Tricky Trickster & Black Apelachi are the two im going for, lets wait and see!

Welcome Mark, great site to learn and ask questions! Im from the Lake District but was seeing a girl from Ashington up near your way!

Wow what a response, I sure wasnt expecting this hehe! Im very new to the whole SLR thing and found this whole topic a bit confusing but looking forward to going through it all in my own time! So I appreciate all of your input. What I can say, is that before this picture was taken, I was stood...

Thanks guys

Welcome! This is a great forum and very helpfull people at the ready!

I was in the same position as you when joining this forum a few months ago. 2 bits of advice popped up lots: - Going to a shop and seeing what 'feels right - weight, shape and ergonomics I didnt go to a shop as I felt a bit embarrased going in there, knowing I wasnt going to be buying from...

Is it fair to say that its nightime that tripods are usually essential?

Thanks for this, I had previously misunderstood this rule as using the boxes instead of the lines and you have explained it much better! Ta James

Thats what I thought, thanks. So each lens has a sweet spot, does this spot change due to other settings or is it techically the same for each different lens?

Ive seen this term mentioned quite a lot, what does it actually mean? Is it going from like 1.8 to f/5.6? Cheers James

Those filters could be my next buy and explained well in that link thanks! Bit too complicated to take in at the minute tdodd but will have an experiement

I think that was taken with the whole frame metered..

Okay im not quite sure what the Term Spot metering means but im hoping that by doing it properly, would of made this picture turn out better! The mountains in the background are far too bright (over exposed is it?) How could I of made those turn out the colour the looked to the naked...

Sounds like its definitely something to consider then! Thanks for all your views. Looking to sell my 17-85 first but dont have enough posts accumlated to sell on the TP Classifieds forum yet and dont really fancy eBay...

Hey folks ive had my 40d for 6 months or so now and still leaning the basics from my mistakes but having fun all the same. Ive bought 2 lenses along my way. Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens I use the 17-85 mainly for taking scenery shots of lakes from...