You will be able to get very good results with that, especially on a nice sunny day. With care they will be 90% as good as anyting you can get no matter how much you spend.

Good photos are not about the hardware, they are about how you use it.

The cheaper camera's often work fine when used with the middle territorys and you dont require rapid AF.

With good light, pre-focusing on spots and a bit of practice you should be able to take very good shots with that camera. Expensive digital slr's dont particularily take better pictures they just make the process of taking photos easier, untill you get to the extremes of the scale, low light performance, needing fast AF, etc.

cheers for the feedback,really appreciate it, so shall i go for that or is there any thing else.

what about this?looks a bit cheap? any suggestions?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-12MP-DIGIT...QQcmdZViewItem

no, that camera is certainly crap. I used a Fuji before I got a DSLR and it was good - but the fuji you listed is a world better. like has been said don't expect too much indoors - we all hate taking photos indoors. ;)

these are from eden park winter warmer round five after a cropped and edited

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7908

the originals which are alot worse are here


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please let me know if i can improve with the kodak one i first listed,cheers for input,if i went to jessops or currys the would just tell me sales bullshit so i really do appreciate it.!

I assume they were taken with a compact camera, if so they they are not too bad at all.

Fuji?

If you get a Fuji S9500 and spend some time setting it up properly you'll get much better stuff - ;)

i took these with a fuji s6500fd ..indoors hard work but much better outdoors..:)..looking at getting something a bit more advanced later this year.:thumbsup:

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Marty, I started last year with a Fuji s9600. It was ok outdoors, but indoors you just could even get near a decent set-up. You just had to use the best set-up you could get and just hope you got some nice pics out of it.

These were taken with the Fuji -http://www.telsshells.com/ne_regionals_-_durham.htm

Like I say it was ok outside.

I had it for about 4 month and then got a Canon 400D...much, much better, especially indoors. I just need to get a zoom lens for it now....cheap.

The good thing with the fuji was the movie capture mode. That was quite impressive for a stills camera. I did this with the movie mode http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gFqPAZ0yhMo

completely forgot a
bout me posting in this thread!

after a long thought i realised im no photographer but i do want take better pics

i also cant afford 400 quid or let alone 200 at the mo so went for this

i got it 150 deliverd

Id love a DSLR, i have the fuji S6500 and do alot of indoor racing photography and feel that i could benifit from a 400D or what ever (cough*5D*cough) but i cant eve afford that for christmas or birthdays even if i didnt need certain racing gear more.

Marty: first thing you want for that is a 58mm UV filter to protect the lense, only about £12 and it'll protect the fixed lense from scratches, piece of mind.

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very impressed,you have great talent!

Thanks :)

Those where taken about a 2min walk from my house down at the Castle.

Mole, that first one with the picnic bench seems choc full of colour and contrast - have you been playing with HDR? Nice place to have just a couple of minutes away!

Typically, the first decent weekend of the year and I get sod all* photography done whilst Jimmy and Stu are only at a bleedin' rally. Invite next time please chaps!

*When I say sod all, I mean 'not much'...

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...poncy/lcr2.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/oldmill2.jpg

and an earlier '08 shot, just 'cos I like it:

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...memberance.jpg

They are proper 'Byrom's', especially the mill in the mill-pond. With the vapour-trails it's very old & new.

All those last shots are HDR to some degree, A fair few of the rallys shots have been hdr'd too. I would use it very subtly on quite a lot of shots of mine as a way of generally boosting the contrast. I quite often put the original colours back on a hdr that i've done but keep the contrast changes, or if im feeling like some ultra colours I use 'soft light' instead of 'colour' on the layers.

Some stuff from this week as been doing stuff other than corporate events.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/...ce626cd9_o.jpg

Formby sand dunes

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/...284abceb_o.jpg

Evigirls presents Electric Six !!!

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stuff i did for edge hill uni

that 2nd pic - I don't care what it is, where it is or what's going on - I just know it looks like I should be there some how.

Photoshop is your Friend Jimmy:wub:thumbsup::p:lol:

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I think you may get a thick ear of mrs oOple;)

On next wed Jim ;)

I was a bit annoyed at it being cloudy so I missed the lunar eclipse.

Here's one I shot the last time although I only had a 200mm lens then so I was quite looking forward to trying out the 300 with the 2x tele.

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/20..._by_mole2k.jpg

Here's a moon shot with the 300 + 2x.
http://www.mole2k.co.uk/canada/MoonHDR.jpg

I've been practicing on the moon a bit more!
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs29/f/20..._by_mole2k.jpg

Then some macro!
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs28/f/20..._by_mole2k.jpg

amazing pics there mole very impressive :thumbsup:

Are all those lines on the moon tyre tracks from the Lunar Rover? Oh hang on, that would mean someone actually went to the moon which is just silly. I mean, there is no KFC there so why would anyone want to go! Was the Lunar (MG) Rover brushless :)?

Man, those moon shots are ace!

I got some similar to the first pic at the last lunar eclipse, but, like you say it was cloudy this time.

I must get a nice zoom.

What tele converter do you use?
Do you use a tripod for the moon shots? or just free hand.

I use a Kenko something or other, it basically is optically the same as the kenko pro verson but doesnt report itself to the body so the camera wont shutdown autofocus af f8.

I usually would use a tripod although that last moon shot was my 300mm f4L with the 2x teleconverter resting on the windowsill.

Great moon shots, mole.

Just a few from my recent adventures to keep the thread moving...

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http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...poncy/lhic.jpg

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Great shots PB, I really need to get out more with the camera I havnt taken shots in ages.

Same here, last time it got used was NERCR indoor regional, i really want to go out to the chemical plants t night for osme long exposure stuff.

PB, those shots are amazing. :thumbsup:

I decided I really needed to getup and actually do something today, since the sun was out i decided to take some pictures down by the lake.

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I'm new on these forums, but I have to see you guys post up some amazing photos! Here are a few of my fave 'recent' ones!

http://caclark.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p855896238-4.jpg

http://caclark.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p1035811413-4.jpg

http://caclark.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p840784056-4.jpg

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http://caclark.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p129646194-4.jpg

hehe I won't post anymore I promise, I took 3 thousand in 10 days LOL

Cheers!

Nice, Nice, Nice, I want to be there !!!! just what part of Sheffield is that ?

Thanks, it's an area called Kuredu, you basically head out of Sheffield on the A61, and keep going for about 5000 miles :D

Wicked shots mate, the Swan is nailed perfectly!

Cheers!

A few from the past couple of days.

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/...824263.jpg?v=0

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Couple of pictures taken with quite simple Panasonic FZ7
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http://copter.threewee.com/stilo/jot...s/P1020857.JPG
http://copter.threewee.com/stilo/jot...ini/mini_1.jpg
http://copter.threewee.com/stilo/jot...s/P1000588.JPG

Firmer inserts, anyone?

I went to the Zoo!

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