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Hi all, after much debate about which camera to buy, I'm now the proud owner of a Cannon 600d with just the kit lens for now.

Does anyone have any advice on a good course to take locally? Or any other Milton Keynes people like to say hello?

... So excited I'm already taking random shots even though I clearly have no idea!
 
Hi Linda welcome from the "local neighbourhood mod" :D

This guy is pretty good, and is very local too.

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Oh thank you, will get in contact, as I definitely aperture, ISO and light explaining!! :)
 
Linnydot said:
Oh thank you, will get in contact, as I definitely aperture, ISO and light explaining!! :)
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Aperture - The small numbers on the dial,
let more light in than the big numbers.
ie
f/2.8 lets in more light than say f/11.
But then that gets into depth of field "issues"
( sorry if I am teaching you to suck eggs, but I don't know your experience level so I am assuming little or none)
ISO is the sensitivity to light, by upping the ISO you can get a wider aperture, to let more light in. (ie the higher the numbers the more sensitive to light) BUT by going with a high ISO you are also opening the "doors" to noise, that is the old fashioned grainy effect.
Some cameras handle the noise better than others.


Thats it in a nut shell, but, please feel free to post in the beginners forum, and someone
more technically minded, will give you a fuller explanation, I am sure.

We are all here to help :thumbs:
 
Thank you I need all the help I can get!! So is a lens with a smaller number aperture better?
 
Linnydot said:
Thank you I need all the help I can get!! So is a lens with a smaller number aperture better?
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Yes, a smaller f number usually denotes a better quality lens, although you will pay for it :-)

There seem to be a few people from around your area, I'm in Dunstable.

When I stared out with my first SLR I took loads of photos of the same subject and changed only 1 thing between each shot. Try using the AV mode (aperture priority) and take shots of a flower in the garden at f3.5, f5.6, f8, f11 etc and see what affect this has on your images. The best way to learn is to take photos :-)
 
Will do (in between rain) thanks :) New City Photographic Society have a site and meet quite regularly, do you know much about them?
 
:wave: Hi Linda,

Hope your finding TP useful. Im not too far away from you.... Based in Northampton but work in MK.

Nick
 
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