new 10d user

[neecy52]

after reading nearly all the posts on the 10d page, i bought one last week. i'm getting used to handling the camera and its capabilities and limitations. i bought the canon 50mm 1.4 and the tamron 90mm 2.8 to go with the canon 28-135 is and 100-300 is i used with my elan 7 and the 2 550ex and ste-transmitter i had. i've loved canon cameras from my first f1 which i still have and use, to my g2 which softened my jump to digital. what i like best about my 10d is the instant feedback. i sometimes get so excited about what i see in the viewfinder that i don't pay enough attention to the info in the lcd, and having that 4 sec review helps me keep my feet on the ground and stay focused. i have almost total control over the image and my goal is to deliver an image that the printer won't need to do a lot of fooling with. there are some images i do best with slide film, some i love to do with my 4x5 and my 10d is just so much fun. after reading your posts and looking at your galleries i just wanted to thank you all for reintroducing me to the joy of photography.

[Belmondo]

Clearly you are more than a casual user. We look forward to hearing what you're doing, and maybe even seeing some of your work.

Welcome, fellow newcomer.

Tom

[Hatem Eldoronki]

belmondo wrote:
Clearly you are more than a casual user. We look forward to hearing what you're doing, and maybe even seeing some of your work.

Welcome, fellow newcomer.

Tom


Same here..

[CyberDyneSystems]

Welcome to the forum :)

Sounds like you have a nice rig there "for starters" hahaha....

Looking forward to more posts and some sample pics :)

[lightandlife]

neecy52 wrote:
... and my 10d is just so much fun. after reading your posts and looking at your galleries i just wanted to thank you all for reintroducing me to the joy of photography.

Perhaps someone else can quote Edison better. He said something like "success requires 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." NHK (a Japanese TV) this month featured a young artist, who never had any art education, and whose painting is very popular in Japan. This painter said Edison is wrong. It should be 1% inspiration and 99% fun. You are a good example.

[danphoto1]

I couldn't agree more with 99% fun part. I started about 5 or 6 years ago with and olympus point and shoot digital and then moved into a olympus 2000 then a 2500L slr fixed lens which cost as much as the 10D body now when I purchased it. I have a Mimyia 645 that I rarely use now. The work flow is fast fun and furious. The results are great and the self gratifcation is almost instantanious, My camera has provided me with a a hobby recoups some of the money That I spend on it. It has made me many new freinds. I have gone places that I would have never gotten to and it even got me a free trio to Az to take photos. so enjoy go out shoot shoot then shoot some more