a horrible chapter in our endeavor to become illustrious world famous photographers

[Rephargotohp]

Yeah, I hope you didn't take offense to what I asked. I didn't read the post where you asked what camera to buy. I guess I should have.

and Yes a lot of schools want to have students learn on B & W film which is good

And you are not alone in the "Have no clue" about metering and that's OK. Its just something that is very eccential to shooting manual and I do understand it was just your second day out. I just made some assumptions and I shouldn't have

 

[c.cloudwalker]

but the manual is sooooooooo boring. ;-)

OMG, another person who hates to read.

Come on, for your camera the manual is probably no more than 20 pages long. Pages that about 4x6 and so full of illustrations that you probably will spend 20 minutes reading it. Tops.

Try just a little bit harder.

 

[cgipson1]

Tirediron is right! I assumed you knew about metering... and how to use it, so didn't bother commenting on that. Definitely the first skill you need to learn...

I found this for you... it may not apply to your particular model.. but should still be helpful...

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/app/pdf/slr/Rebel_Ti_manual.pdf

Canon EOS 1000/Rebel* Manual

thanks. Yeah we have the actual manual in each of our cases. And I have it in PDF on the computer as well.

maybe I should put more time into the manual and less time into PG .....

but the manual is sooooooooo boring. ;-)

You have actually done pretty well.. ( amazingly well, considering that we now know you didn't RTFM!).. but yes, you have to know how to use your tools.. before you can start building something worthwhile! Study part of the manual.. then practice it until you know it!

 

[cgipson1]

Try this on for size.. they aren't as boring as the OEM manual.. and actually contain a lot more information!

Amazon.com: Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS Digital Rebel EOS 300 D (A Lark Photography Book) (9781579905897): Rob Sheppard: Books

Hell.. PM me your address.. I will send you one! lol!

 

[naptime]

Thank god your daughter is cute.

You're so nasty/scary looking you may not last long here on your own :lmao:

J/K.

There is most probably a manual online for your camera. Any problem finding it, let us know. Someone here will find it for you. But, yes, your camera has a meter and it should be your starting point.

we have it thanks.

as soon as i go back into learning mode, i'll start with the chapter on metering.


about to try and finish scanning in these negatives, since we've found a method that works, albeit time consuming.

 

[naptime]

Yeah, I hope you didn't take offense to what I asked. I didn't read the post where you asked what camera to buy. I guess I should have.

and Yes a lot of schools want to have students learn on B & W film which is good

And you are not alone in the "Have no clue" about metering and that's OK. Its just something that is very eccential to shooting manual and I do understand it was just your second day out. I just made some assumptions and I shouldn't have

no offence taking what-so-ever.

i realize not everyone reads every thread. i'm sure in two months there will still be people wondering why on earth we went with film instead of digital


i appreciate ALL advice given from anyone that takes the time to do so.

 

[naptime]

but the manual is sooooooooo boring. ;-)

OMG, another person who hates to read.

Come on, for your camera the manual is probably no more than 20 pages long. Pages that about 4x6 and so full of illustrations that you probably will spend 20 minutes reading it. Tops.

Try just a little bit harder.

SEVENTY SIX PAGES !!!!!! :thumbdown:

no, i don't hate to read at all. i actually bought my manual. hers came with one, but i wanted to have my own in case i needed to referance it while out and about. so i bought mine. and then i found it digitally as well, so i could have it on my computer, phone, touchpad, whereever. i actually have read it. twice. i just have absorbed it all yet or made sense of some of it. tech manuals give me a headache. but i read them.

we have the basic book of photography as well. each have our own copy. all 568 pages. i've started to delve into it. but of course, it starts off with composition and rule of thirds. nothing about metering. that's why i haven't learned it yet. heck, even in our manual metering is talked about on only two pages. 40 and 49. and neither makes a whole lot of sense to me..


would it break any forum rules if i posted those two pages, and maybe someone would be willing to help me understand it? i can post a picture of the page. otherwise i can just type in whats written. because i just now read both of the pages again. and all i read was a little bit of klingon mixed with some russian.

 

[naptime]

Try this on for size.. they aren't as boring as the OEM manual.. and actually contain a lot more information!

Amazon.com: Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS Digital Rebel EOS 300 D (A Lark Photography Book) (9781579905897): Rob Sheppard: Books

Hell.. PM me your address.. I will send you one! lol!

looks like this one is probably the closest to ours. since we have rebel 2000's

Amazon.com: Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS Rebel T2: EOS Rebel K2, EOS Rebel Ti, EOS 300X, EOS 3000V, EOS 300V (A Lark Photography Book) (9781579907396): Artur Landt: Books

 

[Vtec44]

but the manual is sooooooooo boring. ;-)

hahaha I feel the same way. I typically try Google first before reading the manual. There, I said it. lol

 

[c.cloudwalker]

SEVENTY SIX PAGES !!!!!! :thumbdown:

Oh fook! :lmao:

Ok, you're excused (not really) and my apologies, lol.

I don't know what the "law" would say about you posting the two pages but I'm sure you can tell us what it it you don't get without reproducing the whole thing and we can probably explain it.

 

[cgipson1]

but the manual is sooooooooo boring. ;-)

OMG, another person who hates to read.

Come on, for your camera the manual is probably no more than 20 pages long. Pages that about 4x6 and so full of illustrations that you probably will spend 20 minutes reading it. Tops.

Try just a little bit harder.

SEVENTY SIX PAGES !!!!!! :thumbdown:

no, i don't hate to read at all. i actually bought my manual. hers came with one, but i wanted to have my own in case i needed to referance it while out and about. so i bought mine. and then i found it digitally as well, so i could have it on my computer, phone, touchpad, whereever. i actually have read it. twice. i just have absorbed it all yet or made sense of some of it. tech manuals give me a headache. but i read them.

we have the basic book of photography as well. each have our own copy. all 568 pages. i've started to delve into it. but of course, it starts off with composition and rule of thirds. nothing about metering. that's why i haven't learned it yet. heck, even in our manual metering is talked about on only two pages. 40 and 49. and neither makes a whole lot of sense to me..


would it break any forum rules if i posted those two pages, and maybe someone would be willing to help me understand it? i can post a picture of the page. otherwise i can just type in whats written. because i just now read both of the pages again. and all i read was a little bit of klingon mixed with some russian.

go for it.. we will help as needed. You should also google metering.. lots of good info on it out there....

 

[naptime]

i will. i promise.

gotta get in the next room and scan in some of these negs before she heads off to her moms.


got a quote earlier from a local photo store that does work with b&w negs... pssshhhhh not a chance...

they want $5.00 per instance (strip/roll) PLUS .60 cents PER scan if we do them all or .75 cents per scan if i want to pick and choose. an instance to them, is every strip that goes in. whether its a full roll or cut strips. and ofcourse, last night i had a full roll for walgreens. got impatient, decided to try and scan ourselves at hme, and cut them into 4 photo strips.

so, now, if i have them scan every image it would be $30.00 for the 6 strips. plus $14.40 for the 24 scans. and tax. $47.00 PER ROLL !!!!!!!!!!! and we have three rolls !!!!

no thanks...

i'll do an inferior scan for now, and save our money to buy an actual film scanner for the house.


$150 bucks to scan in 3 rolls of film onto a cd.. puuuhhhlease.


if they were uncut it would still cost, 20 bucks per roll.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

OMG, rofl!

Welcome to the wonderfully insane world of photography.

Sorry. I really wish it was different.

 

[naptime]

OMG, rofl!

Welcome to the wonderfully insane world of photography.

Sorry. I really wish it was different.

the guy did let me know how wonderful their scanner was. and how many thousands of dollars the equipment cost. and how many thousands of dollars the software cost. he was also very good at letting me know that these would be high resolution scans. and they would run ICE on them.

i reminded him that the pictures look like crap to begin with.

you can polish a turd all day. at the end of the day you still just have shiny sh*t

 

[Destin]

Naptime, you are my favorite new member here. You actually want to learn, and that actually makes me want to help you learn. Thank you for not getting all butt hurt when someone makes a joke or something, it's a refreshing change of pace around here.

As far as metering... Read this: Tips for Using Exposure Metering Modes - A Guide and Tips for Using Exposure Metering Modes on Your DSLR it explains the basics in laymans terms rather than the mumbo-jumbo that canon uses in their manuals.