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Hello from Okinawa Japan
MK5GTI:
welcome to the forum.... can you do some scan of the Capa photography magazine scan for this forum?
dmills:
Welcome to the forum. I'm here in Hiroshima and have a 60d. Just bought a 5d3, but that won't be arriving for a couple of weeks, as I bought it in the states, and am having a friend bring it over.
Northstar:
--- Quote from: blaydese on June 29, 2012, 08:06:06 PM ---Hello from Okinawa Japan!
To keep this short, I'll just list things:
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Blay..if this post is short, I'd like to see your "long" post :P
Welcome, and congrats on your 60D, you've made a good choice. Three things:
1. Read your manual
2. Shoot on manual
3. Start saving for an L lens
The 50 1.8 is a great lens and it's as sharp as anything starting at about f4.
By the way, thanks for serving and your sacrifice.
Peace
RLPhoto:
--- Quote from: blaydese on June 29, 2012, 08:06:06 PM ---Hello from Okinawa Japan!
To keep this short, I'll just list things:
1. I live and work on Okinawa Japan, work for
DOD and love living here. My wife is Japanese
and our kids were born here, now age 12 & 14.
2. I'm 42.
3. I've been taking pictures since I was about
12 years old. (Not pro, just as a hobby, I've got
about 300GB worth of pictures now)
4. I've been looking for a DSLR forums for about
a month now, and Canon Rumors seems about right.
5. dpreview is just way too much and thus needed a
forum that is mostly about Canon products.
4. Yup, you guessed it, I bought my first DSLR last
week. After months and months of searching and
reading I landed on the 60D:
a) Water and Dust resistant
b) Affordable
c) Popular and most folks seem to think
it's a good starting camera.
d) Lots of accessories, third party parts that fit it.
e) Warranty and the AAFES extended warranty;
if I throw it against a wall, w/lens they'll replace
it for free for two years.
f) Sensor / 18MP
g) Video quality (Kids events etc.)
h) Astronomy Photography
(Yeah could have gone with 60Da,
but got no $$ for that one)
i) I want a heavy, bulky camera, (Yeah crazy huh?)
(There will be a whole another post on
the camera, questions, etc. coming up,
so I'll stop there.)
5. Owned many point and shoot, hybrid
and SLR Film camera in the past. Time to
get with the big boys and girls. And learn
a DSLR, Canon has some great video's on YT.
6. I've had a few pictures published in
military magazines over the years.
7. I'm a HDR landscape and nature preference
kind of guy. But I want to get into studio/
portrait, live action, and more.
8. I'll be asking the same old dumb new
guy questions so please "bear" with me.
I will do a search each time, but I'm only
finding answers to my questions already
about 40% of the time.
I sign off each post with the word "Peace!"
I'm not a hippie, I'm not anti-war, I just
think we should all learn to chill.
Oh and I'm Retired Army. 80% disabled veteran.
Go Army! Beat Navy!
Peace! 8)
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A 7D or A 5Dmk3 is the camera you'd want. Tough as nails but also small with excellent IQ.
awinphoto:
Welcome to the forum... I think what mt spokane was referring to regarding a replacement was an upcoming 70D or 7d2... But dont even sweat it... The 60D is plenty of camera to get your feet wet, get your chops going, and if and when you outgrow it, you can look at the 7d series, 5d series, or 1d series when your experience and budget will allow. AFMA is referring to the manual adjusting of the lens in regards to the Autofocus. Sometimes it is close but do to some tolerance level on the body and lens, it may be a hair off either front focused or back focused and the AFMA fixes that... Odd's are you may never need that, but it's a nice feature to have in an extreme situation... but sending the lens/camera into canon and have them re-adjust within the warranty period works just fine as well. Lens selection, get some general purpose zooms, and when you get to the point where you see habits of using a certain focal lengths such as 35,50,85,100,200, etc... Then look at getting some fast prime fixed lenses... you lose the convenience of a zoom but gain it back and then some in image quality and shallow focus opportunities. Good luck and let us know if you need any help or assistance.
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