Questions

[srfg]

Hey, :). I'm currently a Powershot S10 owner (boo!), i've really been coinsidering the investment of a G1 though. And after visiting this site, I'm almost sure that I'm going to get one. However, i do have some questions that i'd like to ask before i make my purchase. :)

The manual focus, it seems like it'd be a bigger pain-in-the-ass than it would be useful, how does it work? I have read numerous reviews on this camera, however, these are some of the questions i have not found answers for yet.

The ISO settings, I think my S10 has this also, it's called 'gain'? Is this correct? Because the only thing that it seems to do to my images is add grain. ??

The shutter speed, TV mode, is this similiar to the Bulb mode on my film camera? I want to know what I'm getting here. ;) And, with this shutter control, is it totally manual? Becuase I know that when i bought my digital camera, it said that I would have shutter control with it also. And the only control I has with it was the option to set the shutter to 'slow shutter' mode. I want control where I can actually set how long I want my shutter to stay open. Know what i'm saying? :D

How about the apature priority? Can I actually set my apature, or is this automatic?

What I really want is the control that I get with my SLR film camera. With the S10, I do not get this. And frankly, it's very boring this way, I like to be able to control every aspect of my photos. I'm hoping you fine folks will tell me that this is the camera that I am looking for!!

Thank you all so much! :)

[srfg]

I need a camera that is going to give me the most freedom. The easiest step-down from a completly manual SLR camera. I think the d30 is way too expensive for a 14 year old's budget. Actually, I'm sure that it is. :)

So now, is the G1 the camera I'm looking for. Is it going to give me the freedom I desire? ;) Thanks

[nsminc]

Greetings.
Please someone help.:cry: Just bought an eos rebel XT.
Maybe I didn't have enough coffee or the instructions
are a little too obscure for me.Here are my questions:

1)How do I set the continuous shooting feature?Can I tell it how many shots per burst?

2) Can I set the camera to always take pics at 8 mgpxl or does it select the
appropritae amount of pixels automatically ?

3) I've taken some pics and deleted them all,why does it say that there are
977megs left in my 1 gig card?

4) The instruction book refers to these buttons: ^v (it's supposed to look like a
triangle next to an upside down triangle) and the<> button.Where are they?

You could probably tell that I'm not a professional.I just wanted to buy a good camera to take pictures of the F1 event here in Montreal and other car/racing events here in Quebec.

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.

[Nabil-A]

Firstly, wrong forum.
Try EOS.

Secondly,
try reading your instructions again and pay attention to the first section where an illustration of camera and button names and locations are located.

[Andy_T]

Hi,

welcome to the forum :D

What Nabil-A said.

In addition, try to take a look at the 350D review here (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/). Especially the section 'operation and controls' will be helpful for you.

As to the original poster in the thread, I hope he found the answers he was looking for somewhere else and is now a happy member of the Canon community :lol:

Best regards,
Andy

[John from PA]

SRFG, the Tv mode is "time priority". In others words you set the shutter speed you desire and the camera adjusts the aperture. In Av mode you set the aperture and the camera adjsuts the shutter speed.

Obviously they have different purposes but generally the Tv mode is used when you are taking actyion type photos and you feel a given shutter speed will yield the desired effect to the action. Since the opening in the lens has a significant effect on depth of field Av might be used where a specific depth of field is desired.