My New Camera Canon 20D

[MH_91]

Heyy all !
i hope all doing well , and had great weekend

this is my 1st time Publishing my works in this Forum .
lately i bought new camera ( 2 month ago )
Canon 20D with lens Sigma 18-200mm , before i just had a Sony DSC-w300 , i did great job onit , but most the time it was only in Auto Option soo i wanst doing anything special. just my angle of the pic and lighting .

but since i got my 20D , its been crazy world for me !! (since this my 1st DSLR camera) i really didnt know what am doing at all !!!

i turn the option into Auto and the flash pop up i wanted with out flash , it didn't Obey what i was telling him lol . soo i start to do Massive of Research ! , the shutter , the AV , Lighting ! , looking at tutorials and see how ppl take pics , and how they make it More nicer with photoshop or any other software .

the 1st week for me it was testing week !! testing everything ( most of my pics were over Exposed or Dark ) because of the slow shutter or fast shutter or because my AV was low or was High .

slowly and slowly i start to learn how it work , and how you can play with the setting

am just saying all that stuff , to tell the beginner ppl , that dont give up easily !! , DSLR need a lot of partice till you get used to it ,

i just have one Question to ask ,

is it better to use RAW setting or JPEG setting ? and why


this is my works

Please Comment on my pics ,if there is any Tip for making my work better please say
thank you
and have great Day\night

MH.

 

[Brian L]

congrats. Looks like your already having fun with it. Nice buy.

 

[MH_91]

congrats. Looks like your already having fun with it. Nice buy.

yeah am having lots of fun with it now ! but at 1st it was kind of nightmare lol ,
thank you very much for you'r comment ..
have good night

 

[MH_91]

only one comment ! thats really sad !

 

[Big Mike]

only one comment ! thats really sad !

It could have something to do with poor spelling, grammar and punctuation of your post.

 

[Derrel]

Have you tried the RAW + JPEG mode, and set the camera to capture Black and White images with the Yellow Filter option, using the Sepia toning feature?

The 20D will shoot a beautiful B&W JPEG image for you. Set the sharpening pretty high, since the 20D outputs a rather soft 8.2MP image. Set the Yellow filter option because that helps give some tonal differentiation, like one would have gotten with a K2 yellow filter back in the B&W era using panchromatic film.

The sepia toning look just looks cool from the 20D. The JPEGs will be properly filtered, sepia-toned, and sharpened. But the RAW data will still be RAW, and will have all the color information needed to use DPP or other software to make beautiful color JPEGs.

 

[MH_91]

Have you tried the RAW + JPEG mode, and set the camera to capture Black and White images with the Yellow Filter option, using the Sepia toning feature?

The 20D will shoot a beautiful B&W JPEG image for you. Set the sharpening pretty high, since the 20D outputs a rather soft 8.2MP image. Set the Yellow filter option because that helps give some tonal differentiation, like one would have gotten with a K2 yellow filter back in the B&W era using panchromatic film.

The sepia toning look just looks cool from the 20D. The JPEGs will be properly filtered, sepia-toned, and sharpened. But the RAW data will still be RAW, and will have all the color information needed to use DPP or other software to make beautiful color JPEGs.

i just tired and the Result were pretty goood !! is it better to use the Camera B&W or take like Color pic and then PhotoShopit B&W is it going to be different ?

 

[Derrel]

Well, it is going to be different--a Photoshop conversion can be done dozens of different ways. I also like to bump the contrast up two clicks when using the 20D's in-camera B&W capture in RAW+JPEG mode.

There's a number of ways to do B&W conversions in post processing, but one thing about shooting in-camera RAW+JPEG captures is that you can see and evaluate the images on the LCD without the distraction of color. Shooting in-camera B&W forces you to look more at the line,shape,and mass elements of design in the field. A B&W image is often more about line and shape and mass of the subjects/elements, and it's a way to focus more on compositional matters than on color. SO, for me, if the desired end result is a B&W image, I think it actually is *better* to shoot,review,and evaluate a B&W image in the field, rather than mentally try and translate color into B&W.

A successful B&W photo is not always identical to a successful color photo.

 

[ksven]

Canon 20D. Thats what i'm saving up for at the moment. :] damn minimum bi weekly pay. And i really love the light graffiti

 

[MH_91]

Well, it is going to be different--a Photoshop conversion can be done dozens of different ways. I also like to bump the contrast up two clicks when using the 20D's in-camera B&W capture in RAW+JPEG mode.

There's a number of ways to do B&W conversions in post processing, but one thing about shooting in-camera RAW+JPEG captures is that you can see and evaluate the images on the LCD without the distraction of color. Shooting in-camera B&W forces you to look more at the line,shape,and mass elements of design in the field. A B&W image is often more about line and shape and mass of the subjects/elements, and it's a way to focus more on compositional matters than on color. SO, for me, if the desired end result is a B&W image, I think it actually is *better* to shoot,review,and evaluate a B&W image in the field, rather than mentally try and translate color into B&W.

A successful B&W photo is not always identical to a successful color photo.

i will practice on B&W latter on and see the difference between PhotoShop B&W and the B&W from the camera !

thank you for the comment

btw i didnt know . which pic you like the best

 

[MH_91]

Canon 20D. Thats what i'm saving up for at the moment. :] damn minimum bi weekly pay. And i really love the light graffiti

you i totally feel what you been throw !

and thank you for your Comment
have good day =)

 

[Brian L]

only one comment ! thats really sad !

It could have something to do with poor spelling, grammar and punctuation of your post.

That was a mean answer to his statement of this is sad only one comment. When did we start saying this like this in a forum bout photography....



Hmmmmmm. Just saying.

 

[MH_91]

only one comment ! thats really sad !

It could have something to do with poor spelling, grammar and punctuation of your post.

That was a mean answer to his statement of this is sad only one comment. When did we start saying this like this in a forum bout photography....



Hmmmmmm. Just saying.

just to let you know guys English is my 3rd Language, soo am doing pretty good here !!

and Brian was right , here its about PhotoGraphy , not English Grammar and spelling !!

thank you Brian

 

[battletone]

I notice you have about 4 hot pixels from the look of it. I assume you had to photoshop out some of those red dots from some of the lighter and white photos? I see them on a couple of your photos.

I am new to this two. Mine XSi has one hot pixel. I don't know what is "normal", but 4 seems like a lot.

 

[MH_91]

I notice you have about 4 hot pixels from the look of it. I assume you had to photoshop out some of those red dots from some of the lighter and white photos? I see them on a couple of your photos.

I am new to this two. Mine XSi has one hot pixel. I don't know what is "normal", but 4 seems like a lot.

XSi is Canon 450D

yeah i notice that from the 1st day , i heard if you clean the Sensor , the "dead Pixels " will be gone .
but i dont know how to clean the sensor .