[Gerbig]

Cl just takes so long lol

[sickfox]

Not selling it will take longer!!

[Gerbig]

Ok got them on there

[Gerbig]

what exactly does a battery grip do?

[jordon]

Originally Posted by Gerbig how much? is it just the body? is it a good camera?

I think you'll be really happy with the D60. It is light-weight, but you can feel that its sturdy...canons, especially the lenses have always felt cheap to me. Its compact size allows for good shots in all situations. Overall, it is a very capable camera....I guess I am partial since the D60 is what I shoot. My best bit of advice would be to read the book, as someone has already said, go through the menu and settings to get a feel for what is possible, and just "mess" with it. You can always reset the settings....
Have fun with it!

[prowatt!]

The Canon "L" lenses are about the best out there $ for $. The Canon DSLR's have a much better A/D convertor than the Nikons (In their consumer cameras). This results in less read noise. Also for long exposures I know that the Canon exhibits much less amp glow than the Nikon, but I doubt you will be taking many if any long exposures.

[jordon]

[QUOTE=M.P. Cobra Fan;3080174]Filters, I recommend two right off the bat. I have quite a few myself. However, get UV filters on every lense. More to protect the glass then anything. Second would be a polarizer. This will help you cut down the glare the sun causes when you have no choice but shooting in the day.[QUOTE]

Some will tell you different things about using filters to "protect" their lenses. I read an article at one time suggesting a filter for this purpose could do more harm than good. For example, the camera is dropped in the field and the filter becomes jammed on the lense and the threads ruined. Others swear by this technique. I have always had a UV filter on my lenses, but for my last few shoots, I went filterless and was actually happier with the results.
My suggestion would be that if you start buying filters, spend the money and get quality ones and not some random ones off ebay or something. Cheap filters will really mess with your results. If the glass is cheap and imperfect, images can be distorted and hazzy....not cool.
I do a lot of b&w stuff and love the red filter. It creates awesome contrast between lights and darks....white clouds and blue sky for example.

[1rnkpny]

I have been looking for explanations too on aperature and SS. Thanks gerbig for bringing the subject up.

[1FUN4RD]

Originally Posted by Gerbig what exactly does a battery grip do?

It does a couple of things.

(1) it holds 2 batteries thus doubling the number of shots you can take before recharging

(2) allows you to shoot vertical/portrait shots very easily as the grip has it's own shutter release button.

It also (for me) made the camera much better balanced
& was 10 times easier to navigate the menu buttons with it attached to the camera.

The battery grip with the 2 high capacity batteries was 145.00 new.

[Gerbig]

Originally Posted by 1rnkpny I have been looking for explanations too on aperature and SS. Thanks gerbig for bringing the subject up.

No problem

Thanks to everyone else that explained stuff to me.

I took some shots yesterday evening and I feel like I have learned something. So really thank all of you for your help

[sickfox]

Ill have some more to post this afternoon. Ill put them up in the photo a day thread. I hope they turned out. Im still using a film camera

[Gerbig]

Ok guys I'm about to go to town and do a shoot at my old workplace and maybe some at the river. I'll make a new thread in the pictures section because I'm gonna post a lot of them. Just check them out and give me some criticism and let me know what I need to do

[sickfox]

Awesome hope you get some good shots!

Don't try to make them to busy, some times less is more!!

[Gerbig]

Well I got some from last night I wanna get some feedback on And I'm gonna post the ones I take today

[sickfox]

Can't wait!

[1FUN4RD]

FYI: after more thought. I will sell the complete package. But have no interest in selling just the camera & lens.

Thanks, Dave.

[Gerbig]

Originally Posted by 1FUN4RD FYI: after more thought. I will sell the complete package. But have no interest in selling just the camera & lens. Thanks, Dave.

Ok I'm still highly interested. Like I said I will have a 5-600 dollar budget when I can get it saved up