I must have been REAL good....

HAP · 12-23-2003, 04:43 PM

Santa gave me an early present!

I just got a Canon EOS 10D digital camera.

This thing is an SLR and uses the same lenses as my wife's Film camera the Canon EOS Elan IIe.

It has a max resolution of 6.3 megapixel, several auto modes, manual white balance from 2800 - 10000K (sound familiar) and enough customizable features to keep me busy until next Christmas...

Now Daddy needs a printer...!

Jakets · 12-23-2003, 04:52 PM

Well I'm certainly green with envy.
That's my dream camera
Lets see some pics.

J

mwrager · 12-23-2003, 05:00 PM

Now thats a camera

Craig Manoukian · 12-23-2003, 05:13 PM

How much did Santa have to pay his elves for that beautiful camera? Way cool HAP!

HAP · 12-23-2003, 05:14 PM

I'll try and get some pictures on soon. I'm still reading the instructions....though I have snapped a few test shots. Nothing worth posting yet.

I am so stoked right now I can hardly sit still! This thing is way cool!!

It comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. Does anybody know anything about this program? Is it good? Or, is there something else that I should spend my time learning?

Thanks!

Craig Manoukian · 12-23-2003, 05:17 PM

This should help HAP!

Image processing in Photoshop (actions included)

HAP · 12-23-2003, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craig Manoukian
How much did Santa have to pay his elves for that beautiful camera? Way cool HAP!

Well, Craig, lets just say I could have gone diving for a week in the Caymans...now I can stay in Texas and take pictures on my little slice of the ocean...I think in the long run this was a better deal considering all the pics of my kids I'll have now that film is no longer a problem...

HAP · 12-23-2003, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craig Manoukian
This should help HAP!

Image processing in Photoshop (actions included)

Thanks, Craig! I should have known Travis would be on top of it for me...

Craig Manoukian · 12-23-2003, 05:22 PM

Did you get it on-line?

Thanks

Jakets · 12-23-2003, 05:30 PM

From What I know of Elements it is basically Photo shop. Same Algorithms and tools. The software is written for people outside the photo industry and want to manipulate digital images. The terms used are closer related to common terms instead of industry terms for ex. Colour correction is done with a ring around so you just pick the best image instead of sliding bars that control Magenta, yellow, and cyan. It great software and as a freebie I would say nice score.
It being bundled with the D10 probably means the profiles for the camera are already loaded into the software. This will be an added bonus for correct colour rendition.

J

HAP · 12-23-2003, 05:52 PM

Thanks, Jakets. I've got some major reading to do. I do love a new project...

Craig...I did get it online. I checked several sites and found it cheaper at some by as much as $200. But, at the end of the day, I wasn't comfortable with the sites because they weren't associated with brick and mortar stores. I checked with Wolf (Ritz) camera. They were out in all the Dallas area stores and online. I got it off Fry's Outpost.com. Overnight shipping was 8 bucks!

Travis · 12-23-2003, 06:07 PM

Congrats Hap! Now this is a camera I can absolutely, positively recommend.

What lens(es) did you get? Since you're in the area, feel free to drop by for a tutorial, or if you want to try on one of my lenses.

T

HAP · 12-23-2003, 06:37 PM

Thanks, Travis. After the holidays I'd definately like to get together for some advice.

I got the 19-35 mm lens. Since the digital focal factor of this camera is 1.6 that makes the lens equivilent to a 30-56mm film camera lens which is pretty standard. I also have two lenses that I can use from my wife's camera. Those are a 28-105 and a 70-300 with the corresponding focal factor correction not applied.

I'm not ready to dump film all together but this is definately a step in that direction...

Travis · 12-23-2003, 07:25 PM

With those three lenses I would see if you can talk santa into a set of kenko extension tubes or, even better, a Caon 500D close-up diopter. You should be pretty set after that.

I have a 70-300 as well, it's a Sigma APO macro super. The red-headed stepchild of my camera bag, it's just plain outclassed by the Canon lenses.

But we can chat more about that later... for now, enjoy your new toy!!! And don't forget I've got some frags here waiting for you.

T

HAP · 12-23-2003, 08:15 PM

My wife has confiscated my amex card....

I'll have to be happy with this setup for a while before I can get any more new toys.

That shouldn't be a problem....

I haven't forgotten the frags, T. The holidays are crazy, you know? We'll hook up next year.

We're off for San Antonio tomorrow morning to spend the holidays. I'll pm or call you when I get back.

Have a great Christmas!

12-23-2003, 04:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
HAP Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lewisville, TX...but my heart is in Chicago! Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	I must have been REAL good.... Santa gave me an early present! I just got a Canon EOS 10D digital camera. This thing is an SLR and uses the same lenses as my wife's Film camera the Canon EOS Elan IIe. It has a max resolution of 6.3 megapixel, several auto modes, manual white balance from 2800 - 10000K (sound familiar) and enough customizable features to keep me busy until next Christmas... Now Daddy needs a printer...! __________________ Definition: Aquarium (n) A hole in your living room in which you throw money. [And I thought this would be cheaper than going to Aruba to dive - Yeah! Right!!] Oceanic 75g Reef Ready, DIY stand and canopy, 50g sump/refugium with 125lbs+ Fiji live rock, Turboflotor Multi Skimmer, 2 – 250w Metal Halides running Ushio 10k lamps, 110w Actinic, DIY moonlight, several corals (mostly softies but a few SPS and LPS as well), a bi-color blenny (Benny), a yellow Tang (Jet), 2 percula clowns (Frick & Frack), a blue spotted jawfish (Spot), a red-lipped blenny (Red), a dragon goby (Puff), a psychedelic mandarin (Mandy), a diamond sifter (Jewel), a green bta, a rose bta, a couple serpent stars, a coral banded shrimp and several crabs and snails who will remain anonymous...

12-23-2003, 04:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jakets Fire Coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment	Well I'm certainly green with envy. That's my dream camera Lets see some pics. J __________________ 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. ZEOvit System, Bubble king 300Ext, PM CAreactor, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Blog

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12-23-2003, 05:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 17,903 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	How much did Santa have to pay his elves for that beautiful camera? Way cool HAP! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-23-2003, 05:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
HAP Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lewisville, TX...but my heart is in Chicago! Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	I'll try and get some pictures on soon. I'm still reading the instructions....though I have snapped a few test shots. Nothing worth posting yet. I am so stoked right now I can hardly sit still! This thing is way cool!! It comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. Does anybody know anything about this program? Is it good? Or, is there something else that I should spend my time learning? Thanks! __________________ Definition: Aquarium (n) A hole in your living room in which you throw money. [And I thought this would be cheaper than going to Aruba to dive - Yeah! Right!!] Oceanic 75g Reef Ready, DIY stand and canopy, 50g sump/refugium with 125lbs+ Fiji live rock, Turboflotor Multi Skimmer, 2 – 250w Metal Halides running Ushio 10k lamps, 110w Actinic, DIY moonlight, several corals (mostly softies but a few SPS and LPS as well), a bi-color blenny (Benny), a yellow Tang (Jet), 2 percula clowns (Frick & Frack), a blue spotted jawfish (Spot), a red-lipped blenny (Red), a dragon goby (Puff), a psychedelic mandarin (Mandy), a diamond sifter (Jewel), a green bta, a rose bta, a couple serpent stars, a coral banded shrimp and several crabs and snails who will remain anonymous...

12-23-2003, 05:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 17,903 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	This should help HAP! Image processing in Photoshop (actions included) __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-23-2003, 05:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 17,903 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Did you get it on-line? Thanks __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-23-2003, 05:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jakets Fire Coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment	From What I know of Elements it is basically Photo shop. Same Algorithms and tools. The software is written for people outside the photo industry and want to manipulate digital images. The terms used are closer related to common terms instead of industry terms for ex. Colour correction is done with a ring around so you just pick the best image instead of sliding bars that control Magenta, yellow, and cyan. It great software and as a freebie I would say nice score. It being bundled with the D10 probably means the profiles for the camera are already loaded into the software. This will be an added bonus for correct colour rendition. J __________________ 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. ZEOvit System, Bubble king 300Ext, PM CAreactor, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Blog

12-23-2003, 05:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
HAP Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lewisville, TX...but my heart is in Chicago! Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks, Jakets. I've got some major reading to do. I do love a new project... Craig...I did get it online. I checked several sites and found it cheaper at some by as much as $200. But, at the end of the day, I wasn't comfortable with the sites because they weren't associated with brick and mortar stores. I checked with Wolf (Ritz) camera. They were out in all the Dallas area stores and online. I got it off Fry's Outpost.com. Overnight shipping was 8 bucks! __________________ Definition: Aquarium (n) A hole in your living room in which you throw money. [And I thought this would be cheaper than going to Aruba to dive - Yeah! Right!!] Oceanic 75g Reef Ready, DIY stand and canopy, 50g sump/refugium with 125lbs+ Fiji live rock, Turboflotor Multi Skimmer, 2 – 250w Metal Halides running Ushio 10k lamps, 110w Actinic, DIY moonlight, several corals (mostly softies but a few SPS and LPS as well), a bi-color blenny (Benny), a yellow Tang (Jet), 2 percula clowns (Frick & Frack), a blue spotted jawfish (Spot), a red-lipped blenny (Red), a dragon goby (Puff), a psychedelic mandarin (Mandy), a diamond sifter (Jewel), a green bta, a rose bta, a couple serpent stars, a coral banded shrimp and several crabs and snails who will remain anonymous...

12-23-2003, 06:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
Travis Smilie Bartender Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,557 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Congrats Hap! Now this is a camera I can absolutely, positively recommend. What lens(es) did you get? Since you're in the area, feel free to drop by for a tutorial, or if you want to try on one of my lenses. T __________________ Help build the Encyclopedia of ReefKeeping Find over 1400 Reef Aquarium Articles at The Reef Aquarium Index

12-23-2003, 06:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
HAP Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lewisville, TX...but my heart is in Chicago! Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks, Travis. After the holidays I'd definately like to get together for some advice. I got the 19-35 mm lens. Since the digital focal factor of this camera is 1.6 that makes the lens equivilent to a 30-56mm film camera lens which is pretty standard. I also have two lenses that I can use from my wife's camera. Those are a 28-105 and a 70-300 with the corresponding focal factor correction not applied. I'm not ready to dump film all together but this is definately a step in that direction... __________________ Definition: Aquarium (n) A hole in your living room in which you throw money. [And I thought this would be cheaper than going to Aruba to dive - Yeah! Right!!] Oceanic 75g Reef Ready, DIY stand and canopy, 50g sump/refugium with 125lbs+ Fiji live rock, Turboflotor Multi Skimmer, 2 – 250w Metal Halides running Ushio 10k lamps, 110w Actinic, DIY moonlight, several corals (mostly softies but a few SPS and LPS as well), a bi-color blenny (Benny), a yellow Tang (Jet), 2 percula clowns (Frick & Frack), a blue spotted jawfish (Spot), a red-lipped blenny (Red), a dragon goby (Puff), a psychedelic mandarin (Mandy), a diamond sifter (Jewel), a green bta, a rose bta, a couple serpent stars, a coral banded shrimp and several crabs and snails who will remain anonymous...

12-23-2003, 07:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
Travis Smilie Bartender Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,557 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	With those three lenses I would see if you can talk santa into a set of kenko extension tubes or, even better, a Caon 500D close-up diopter. You should be pretty set after that. I have a 70-300 as well, it's a Sigma APO macro super. The red-headed stepchild of my camera bag, it's just plain outclassed by the Canon lenses. But we can chat more about that later... for now, enjoy your new toy!!! And don't forget I've got some frags here waiting for you. T __________________ Help build the Encyclopedia of ReefKeeping Find over 1400 Reef Aquarium Articles at The Reef Aquarium Index

12-23-2003, 08:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
HAP Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lewisville, TX...but my heart is in Chicago! Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	My wife has confiscated my amex card.... I'll have to be happy with this setup for a while before I can get any more new toys. That shouldn't be a problem.... I haven't forgotten the frags, T. The holidays are crazy, you know? We'll hook up next year. We're off for San Antonio tomorrow morning to spend the holidays. I'll pm or call you when I get back. Have a great Christmas! __________________ Definition: Aquarium (n) A hole in your living room in which you throw money. [And I thought this would be cheaper than going to Aruba to dive - Yeah! Right!!] Oceanic 75g Reef Ready, DIY stand and canopy, 50g sump/refugium with 125lbs+ Fiji live rock, Turboflotor Multi Skimmer, 2 – 250w Metal Halides running Ushio 10k lamps, 110w Actinic, DIY moonlight, several corals (mostly softies but a few SPS and LPS as well), a bi-color blenny (Benny), a yellow Tang (Jet), 2 percula clowns (Frick & Frack), a blue spotted jawfish (Spot), a red-lipped blenny (Red), a dragon goby (Puff), a psychedelic mandarin (Mandy), a diamond sifter (Jewel), a green bta, a rose bta, a couple serpent stars, a coral banded shrimp and several crabs and snails who will remain anonymous... Last edited by HAP : 12-23-2003 at 08:18 PM.

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