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mac124
20-01-09, 19:28
Been umming and arring for some time now and have finally taken the plunge and got a dslr, now i just have to work out how to drive it. :mrgreen:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/DSCN0497.jpg

Expect a few experimental pics over the next few weeks for you to comment on.
coiler
20-01-09, 21:19
manual zoom ring?

how much?
mac124
20-01-09, 21:50
Yep manual zoom, though its not much, will get a "proper" zoom lens soon. It cost me £315.
Aaron
21-01-09, 00:06
Nice :)
jonwoad
21-01-09, 08:34
Well done... welcome to the club! You can get a 100-300mm lens for around 100 if you know where to look ;)
coiler
21-01-09, 10:58
very nice :thumbsup:
jonwoad
21-01-09, 17:53
http://www.tzplanet.com/about/images/sigma_100-300.JPG

You can get this lens for around 100 2nd hand... as I did
mac124
21-01-09, 17:57
Yeah the lens i want is around £170 but does have image stabilisation built in which is what i want.
jonwoad
21-01-09, 18:02
Which one you after?
jonwoad
21-01-09, 18:03
http://www.larryeiss.com/images/SIGMA-50-500mm700.jpg

Thats what I want!
mac124
21-01-09, 18:06
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
jonwoad
21-01-09, 18:07
Good plan, what you going to be shooting mainly?
mac124
21-01-09, 18:53
Elephants, lions, hippos, zebras etc you know the usual stuff :D
Aaron
21-01-09, 20:23
Planning on going on safari?
mac124
21-01-09, 20:47
Yup this time next year, so hopefully i might have sussed out how to use it by then, and got all the extra odds and ends like extra batteries, another lens, filters etc rucksack to put it all in.

This is going to get expensive isn't it??
Aaron
21-01-09, 22:29
Oh really - where you going?
coiler
21-01-09, 23:12
my bro is currently in kenya @ serengerti national park for 3 weeks, he bought a pentax SLR before he left, got a text last night its 35 degrees at the moment :| :lol:
Aaron
21-01-09, 23:24
I'm going out to Africa for 3 weeks in July/August too.. Can't wait :D
Aaron
21-01-09, 23:24
35 degrees?! Hmm.. I like warm, but not that hot!
mac124
21-01-09, 23:26
Going to do a 4 day safari around Kilimanjaro (sp?) then 10 days on a beach. Don't think i could handle a 3 week safari non stop, as much as i would love to. This time of year is the best time to go, less rain ;)
Biodoid
21-01-09, 23:26
he's going to either chester zoo or knowsley :lol:
Aaron
21-01-09, 23:27
:lol:

Or maybe putting on the Nature Channel (if that exists) and taking some real closeup photos of the tv... ;)
mac124
21-01-09, 23:30
lol yeah right i'd buy a £300 camera to goto the zoo :lol:
Aaron
21-01-09, 23:33
Soooo... Where are you going?! :D
mac124
21-01-09, 23:36
Going to do a 4 day safari around Kilimanjaro (sp?) then 10 days on a beach.


^^^
Aaron
21-01-09, 23:42
Random - that post wasnt there when I posted the thing about the TV.. Ah well..

Thats cool - I'm quite excited about my time over there. Its one thing to see animals in a Zoo, but completely amazing to see them in the wild..
mac124
21-01-09, 23:50
Hehe no worries, i agree about seeing them in the wild its going to be fantastic, a long time to wait though. Still it will give me time to save and get the stuff for my camera, amoungst other things. Bloody injections and stuff will cost near on £100 apparently.
Aaron
22-01-09, 00:13
Yeah, the injections are something I am looking into at the moment too. But I think i've actually had most of them before..!
mac124
22-01-09, 07:59
Same here, when i went Egypt, only need yellow fever and malaria (which are tablets anyway) but each is £50ish.
Aaron
22-01-09, 11:47
Yeah.. I'm not looking forward to the possibile malaria tablet side effects tho...
Monkey
23-01-09, 12:53
In July im going on holiday, amsterdam for 3 days, brussels for the night, dour for 4 days for the dour festival and then paris

Should be good fun