New camera
Yesterday I bought a new camera, a
Canon EOS Kiss Digital SLR (same as 400d). After almost three years of use my Fujifilm Finepix s5500 can go into semi-retirement. I was getting a little frustrated with the Fuji, especially the lack of manual focus (actually it has manual focus but it is almost unusable).
I bought the camera with the 18-55mm kit lens. I also purchased the 50mm f/1.8 lens. This lens is one of the cheapest available, but that doesn't mean it's not a good one. I look forward to using it in low light situations and for portraits. The large aperture gives a narrow depth of field which creates the bokeh effect as demonstrated in the photo below.
I also purchased a 4 GB memory card, spare battery and a new bag. The price was actually a little less than I expected. The 45od has just hit the shops, so the 400d is being sold at a discount. I will probably spend some more money again very soon on more lenses and accessories.
Here is a photo I snapped today. It was taken in macro mode with the 18-55mm lens. I have cropped it from the original in camera version. More photos will be uploaded to
flickr.
Labels: personal, photography
Capturing the light
I took the above shot in a Taipei cafe with my Fujifilm Finepix s5500 digital camera. It didn't even compose the shot, I mainly took it just to test how the shot would come out in low light. Even though the shutter speed was 1/4 second there is not much camera shake. It takes a little practice to do this and I can't say every shot at these low shutter speeds is free of camera shake, but you can take good pictures in low light without a tripod.
Technorati tags: cameras |
photographyLabels: photography
Taking photos on a bike
rear view of the camera mountI saw this mountain bike out in Bali, Taipei County. It had a camera mounted on the handlebars. It is a fairly simple idea and I'm sure you could find the necessary equipment at any good photography shop. It would allow you to create some very cool movies without putting yourself in any danger. The possibilities are endless really.
front view of the camera on the handlebarsLabels: cycling, photography
Photos on flickr
I started uploading
some of my photos onto flickr today. I was amazed by how easy to use the site was. I used to upload some of my photos to Yahoo Photos, but navigating through and viewing the photos was a bit clumsy.
I added a flickr badge to the sidebar of this blog. You can see thumbnails of some of my photos there and also link to my photos on flickr.
Labels: photography
