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MattyB
2nd of September 2005 (Fri), 08:32
or something.. it was my dads camera, $11,000 (AU) worth!

i went out to dinner for a suprise party for my fathers father ('Popsie')
and when i saw dad come in with that camera, i was entertained for the whole night :D

was my VERY first time using an SLR camera, and this thing was amazing
it had some half a foot lens on it, and a 1 gig CF card, with a sun hood incase i dropped it i'm guessing :P

i took over 200 pics in the 2 hours i was there.

the focus and zoom ring were great fun! and dad was teaching me all about the settings with P M AV and TV modes.
playing with shutter speeds and apeture, taking photos of my toddle cousins and uncles and the cake, etc etc. was great :D:D

i'm SO wanting a DSLR now haha.

i'll be sure to post up some photos once dad emails them to me.

mind you, i'm sure most of them are crap - it was too dark for the autofocus so i was using manual most of the night, and with the huge flash ontop and shooting in JPEG not RAW, they were more a 'snap shot' rather than anything special - none the less, with over 200 shots, i'm sure i can find 1 or 2 to brag about :P

pointless thread - just thought i'd share my first DSLR experience. and with such a camera too!

aam1234
2nd of September 2005 (Fri), 09:09
That's great, but there is a catch too. Now every DSLR will look/feel like a toy compared to your dad's camera (save for 1Ds II perhaps).

MattyB
2nd of September 2005 (Fri), 19:51
well, i came home and had 1 look at my old IXUS 30 and felt like giving it to the next homeless guy i saw.