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Camera Advice Would Be Appreciated....
NeilM:
I have never had a 'proper' camera before and a couple of weeks ago got a Lumix G2, almost immediatley I realised I am a complete idiot and have no idea how to use it, I just use the stupid button (Intelligent Auto) and think perhaps I just liked the colour :ashamed:
Now obviously I am not going to take any responsibility for my stupidity, this time I'm going to blame Ian, Lee & Co for posting such good photos and making me think it was easy :wink:
However your never to old to learn and I'm not one to shy away from a challenge, so next Monday morning at 09:00 I'm going back to school, I've enrolled at a local collage for a course on Digital Photography.
I've had my name stitched onto my clothes labels and got out my old school satchel :signLOL:
Neil
chungster:
Neil.....we all have to start somewhere! None of you ever saw the first pics i took with my D40x at Oulton Park (was GT's / VW Cup races).... they were just hilarious to say the least :signLOL: :signLOL:
but its all about practicing and knowing what ISO/Aperture/Shutter/F Stops etc etc does to pictures. Thing about having a DSLR as you just have to play and practice with it...hence i caught on with Time Attack/EDC (lucky really) and managed to have 2 years of 'Tog passes to use and take zillions of pics.
I have a good friend who also gave me handy tips along the way (he's a semi pro wedding togger now) and it seems there's some serious dedicated toggers on here too who can give good advice and stuff.
and the main thing is, have fun whilst taking pics! The moment u snap a nice clean pic...it'll all be worth it. :happy2:
andrewparker:
--- Quote from: Richn83 on September 14, 2010, 03:07:14 pm ---I obviously dont want to get this thread off topic from RR camera discussion, but it looks like capture One is designed for RAW images is this true or are they just advertising it as dealing with RAW?
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Yes, Capture One is predominantly a RAW file processor, though you can open and process other image file types. I guess if you're serious about photography and shoot with a dSLR then you'll be shooting RAW, and Capture One is what I'd recommend to process RAW files. I haven't worked with a professional photographer recently who hasn't used Capture One.
--- Quote from: Richn83 on September 14, 2010, 03:07:14 pm ---Andrew you seem to have a professional experience I dont have an SLR (Lumix TZ8) and want to be able to correct and enhance photos, what would you run on a MAC thats going to be intuitive but still have all the features?
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If you're au fait with Mac software then I'd probably suggest you look at Aperture. The reason it didn't work for us is the way it organises images in libraries, which just doesn't make sense in our studio environment. It's my main criticism of iPhoto too.
I wouldn't rule out Lightroom either. I used the beta version years ago and wasn't impressed but I hear good things about it now. I guess the answer is to download the free trials and have a play - open the same image in each programme and see what you get out of it.
Richn83:
cheers andrew thanks for the advice. I will be giving as many a trial before I part with my hard earned, I have already got the photo shop trial underway but just finding it a bit challenging to get into from scratch. And im just discovering the issue with libraries with iphoto and I assume aperture getting the photos out again is difficult.
andrewparker:
--- Quote from: Richn83 on September 14, 2010, 09:31:52 pm ---And im just discovering the issue with libraries with iphoto and I assume aperture getting the photos out again is difficult.
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That's my experience of it. I see iPhoto as more of a media manager, with basic editing capabilities. Aperture is obviously far more advanced when it comes to editing, but it's still not simple to just open up an image, process it, then save it out where you specify*.
* I have only used Aperture 1 so things may have changed. I may download the trial and see what's new in Aperture 3.
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