Follow up to prev post.. and question! Rebel 2000

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Hi, I purchased a Rebel 2000 yesterday I did however end up buying it in the kit form for the reason that I would like to get a feel for the camera and what it is in the end I will prefer to shoot, eg close ups or landscapes or both. Then go out and buy lenses after I am confident. So I got the kit that comes with the 28-90 lens, camera bag, bonus battery pack which I already love as it only needs AA batteries and I like the grip it has, they also gave me a free film and I popped it in and shot 24 pictures, a couple of the sunset over the farmers fields, cows in a field a close up of some drift wood and my cats face...etc. I took most on the manual mode not having done it before I found that changing the shutter speed and Apeture was pretty easy and fun to do. However we have bright snow and I figured when i took the pictures in I would have done something wrong and get them all back blurry, but they have actually all come out fantastic. Except two which I think must have been camera shake since my dogs eyes are up near his ears and he looks like something from a horror movie!! The closeups are extremely clear and the sunset is wonderful... Now I have the general gist of what I am doing I look forward to being able to adding more personal effects to my pictures. Also figuring out the DOF preview. I am glad I went with the Canon I feel like I have made a good choice and have already been pleasantly suprised with a good role of film.... When taking the pictures on Manual I did find my self relying heavily on the under/over exposure meter (Does it have a specific name?) and would change the apeture and shutter speed to get that in the middle, is that a bad habit to fall into? Or is it ok to use that as a guide? Thanx again Tasha (SLR owner of 1 day)

-- Tasha P (bunnirabbitry@hotmail.com), February 19, 2002

Answers

Congratulations, Tasha, on your new camera. Sounds like you're having a great time with it. Remember one very important thing: you learn from you mistakes. Don't be afraid to make those mistakes. Most of us who have been doing this for a while have thrown out more photos than we have kept. Enjoy!

-- Lee (Leemarthakiri@sport.rr.com), February 19, 2002.

well Tasha, its not at all a bad habit of using the exposure meter for getting correct exposure. infact, i guess, many photographer using AF cameras must be replying on this to get a correct exposure. actually its a good idea that the camera gives you the exposure values (shutter speed and apperture values) for correct exposure (as you called it a GUIDE) depending on the metering i.e. evaluative, partial, center weighted, spot etc.

where did you buy the camera. the battery pack is ofcourse a very good equipment, especially when it comes to stability. it gives a better grip, extra the weight for more stability and saves a lot of buck for the batteries.

-- sajeev (chack74@yahoo.co.in), February 19, 2002.


Tasha - Sounds like you are off to a great start, with a very good selection in gear. Keep using the meter as you are. One thing you'll want to pay close attention to (Sajeev alluded to this) is what metering mode your camera is using. I think you have a small amount of control over this in Manual mode on the Rebel 2000 - check your users manual. You'll be most successful with your pictures if you know exactly what portion of the frame is being metered.

A tip for your bright snow: your camera wants to make the metered scene as close to 18% grey as possible, so it will underexpose bright snow and make it look darker than it should (if the snow dominates your metered area). You can compensate by overexposing (indicator above the middle of you meter) by one or two stops. You'll have to experement with how much compensation to use.

Congrats on your purchase.

-- Derrick Morin (dmorin@oasisol.com), February 19, 2002.


In response to Sajeev, I purchased the camera from 'Blacks' in the Lindsay Square Mall, Lindsay, Ontario, Can. It was the only place I could find that actually had the battery pack as a bonus. I paid $549 Canadian for the kit.. It will probabley go on sale next week or something, I hate when they do that!!

-- Tasha P (bunnirabbitry@hotmail.com), February 19, 2002.

Ouch... Looks like you got ripped off a little. You should try to find a better deal next time.

-- sajeev (chack74@yahoo.co.in), February 20, 2002.


hey, who's that. its not me. the above comment is somebody else's in my name.

-- sajeev (chack74@yahoo.co.in), February 20, 2002.

gr8 !!! now we've got impostors in here...this is what happens when the email- id is externalized. just too bad.

-- Venkat (venkat_p_iyer@yahoo.com), February 20, 2002.

This seems like a good deal to me Tasha. In the UK this camera sells for £260.00 ($591 Canadian) for just the camera and the lens. You also got the bag and battery pack aswell. You can reckon on another £20 ($45 Canadian)for the bag and £45 ($102 Canadian) for the battery pack over here!

This would mean that you'd pay $738 Canadian in the UK for the same kit!

I reckon you got a great deal.

If you've just started get a good book to help you through, or even do a course.

Good books are founds here:

http://www.idiotbooks.com/idiotdummybooksphotography.html

The Idiots Guides are really useful.

When you are ready to get a new lens, I found that replacing the 28- 90mm kit lens with the 28-105mm Canon lens made my images improve a lot in quality. It didn't help me make better composition or metering decisions though.

-- canonlover (canoneosd60@aol.com), February 20, 2002.


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