PROBLEM WITH MY NEW XTI!! lol

I got my new XTi for christmas after lusting for it for months (years?) on end and was blown away when i finally got it! I'm sure we all know that feeling!

Ok so here is my problem... The other day i grabbed my camera bag and started to head out the door when my wife informed me that we were having her parents over for dinner... and i was cooking! So later that evening i figured i'd try some night shots... remembering that i had to look something up on here, i set down my bag and logged on. Once i found the bit of knowledge i was searching for i stepped outside ONLY to find that it was raining... NOW i'm sitting at work for 12.5 hours with only a PhotoPro magazine and POTN to tide me over...

THAT is my only problem with my XTi... the fact that it is sitting in my camera bag, neglected and alone! *sigh*

Join the club, I've shot about 100 shots in anger over the past three weeks, its sooo depressing!!!

Ya gotta tri-pod? Set up your "AB's and shoot inside...............

Same here...waited all day to go outside with mine for the 1st time and it was foggy dreary gross all day!!! grrr....I could have gone anyway but lost motivation and read my manual instead!

I spent last night reading the manual and then setting up and playing with C.Fn. 4 so at least i'm learning in the meantime i suppose!

No need to be melodramatic, there ARE things available to be shot indoors, you know.

time to make a ghetto lightbox!

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My apologies... being melodramatic was not my intent. We too often read about those who find fault with their gear.

I was just going for a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor about how the only fault i can find with mine is a lack of TIME!

I love POTN and want to thank everyone for the knowledge they pass along to people like myself!

I was sure you were going to say you left your bag with camera out in the rain.

Glad you didn't.

If you have pets, you can chase them around the house with the camera until they relent and let you take some pictures.

bill boehme wrote in post #4639300
If you have pets, you can chase them around the house with the camera until they relent and let you take some pictures.

or bribe them with food, that always seems to work

ive taken so many pictures of my dog that he sits and poses for me now. haha

Ya, sometimes the weather is just not fun.

Been really cold and dreary around here lately...not the best photo weather.

Still Life is good during wet weather. I've practiced on cereal boxes, lamp shades, camera/lens boxes, books, coins, etc. Good practice! You can always delete the shots.