ok, looks like i'll be getting the 400D, saw a kit of it on amazon, all adding up to £385...Also my uncle is a professional photographist, and he lives only down the road....so he can help me out

ok, i'll confess the only reason i want one is because of the twisty zoom thing, and the fact the pictures are AMAZINGLY clear...and you can zooom onto a picture after you've taken it a lot, and it still being clear, + my brother does dentistry and he needs to take photos of people's teeth, and zoom onto them clearly, where a macro lense should do

Quote from ajp71 :

You're 13 and want to spend £500 on a camera that's harder to use, far more likely to be damaged and (when you use it) give no better pictures than something a fifth of the price. Seriously having a hobby is great but going and spending that much before you know if you even like it is stupid. My cousin has been into photography as a serious hobby since he was younger than you and has just bought a 400D, it's a serious investment. My uncle is a professional photographer and has a 5D. Despite not being interested myself I've got a bit of an insight into the kind of cost involved in photography taken seriously, you'll find the costs are in tens of thousands, not hundreds of pounds for things that seem relatively simple.

i think you misread something, did i ever say i want to spend tens of thousands and become a professional photogropher, i just took a little interest, as my dad was buying a new camera to replace his cybershot 7.1mp...and my brother is putting in £200, i'm putting in £130, and my dad is putting in £50
...i'm not going to be buying some fancy pants lense, i just wanna take pictures of stuff and occasions and when i go on holiday, but in a nice clear sort of way. You seem to have caught the wrong end of the stick, once again....

but this is really nice this camera...i've watched pictures on youtube and stuff, and i understand that by changing apertures it opens up the aperture to let more light in, or less in, which makes the picture brighter or dimmer...I'm showing interest, because i've just come from South Africa for a wedding, and there were about 5+ photorgraphers there, and they let me try their SLRs, they were at Canons...the showed me how to take a good photo, although the first weren't that Great, they came out a bit dark, i opened the aperture up, and it came brighter, but they also taught me how to use the auto focus, by pointing the camera at a lighter part, auto adjusting the aperture to be bright, and then pointing it at the darker bit, so it comes light aswell But i wasn't really too keen on that bit.

Thanks

I think the 400D has grabbed me...£385 on amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/off ... qid=1199382414&sr=1-1

Is that new?

Quote from XCNuse :

Harjun.. you buy that D40x you're the biggest idiot in the land, the D40x is absolutely USELESS, great, it's got .5 FPS faster shooting, are you really going to take something that shoots at 3 FPS out to sporst? I doubt it, not without fast lenses, meaning spending thousands of dollars on those 400mm 2.8 lenses.

Great, it's got 10 MP, that means absolutely ... nothing, MP is the biggest gimmick in the world, so what if you get those few extra thousand resolution images, what good are they?
A picture is a picture, it's the inspiration and the mind behind the camera that makes it art, not how big or perfect in quality the image is.

Photography is an art, not a science.

then what camera do you recommend...the EOS 400D?

but i've been taking pictures with my dads digital for ages and everyone, like, all 20 of my cousins and family really like them

Quote from Don :

lol dslr sucks you cant take vids with it and the photo appears on the lcd only AFTER you take it and lol only 3x zoom for that price that sucks

but if you buy a different lense can't you go upto 40x zoom?

Quote from tristancliffe :

Harjun - I'll put your name on my racing car (or your Dad's business, or whatever), if you'll pay for my race tyres in 2008! No jokes, absolutely serious.

why would i want my name on your car lol...

Anyway, this seems to more of a laughing thread than a serious one, but i like the D40X, but the grip seems really long

ahh...ok then, thanks Nuse, you seem to know what you are saying, but you see, my dad and brother will also be using the camera, and i know all about apertures and stuff, because my dad has a Sony Cyber-shot 7.2 MP...its a year and a bit old, but it does the job.

I've seen this
http://www.bigcitydigital.co.u ... kon-d40x-kit-with-954.htm

do you know where i could get it cheaper?

Thanks to those who helped.

Hello guys, happy new year .

I've recently taken up an interest in photography, and i was just looking for a decent entry-level Camera, from around £300-£400...I've seen that people use different lenses, and that they are for different distances, but i wont be zooming miles into something, so something sensible with over 10X zoom would be alright.

Also, does anyone know of any online guides to photography? If so, please can you show me?

Thanks, and happy 2008
Harjun

works fine for me, so when you gonna release a new song

Quote from Gmm :

I own a 8800GTS 320mb but I sold it, I don't play games (I don't have free time). I only play LFS occasionaly, and I have to practise too much

Thanks!

also, why you got vista looking really old, your rig should run it smooothly

Quote from Equi :

Just send me the song and i'll mix it
(i send my msn adress in a PM to you )

And thnx again for enjoying the songs ^^,

If any one want me to mix songs for them just give me the song name and i'll se what i can do ^^,

ok, i replyed your PM, thanks man I love you! your songs are just IMMMENSE...are you like, a dj or something? and do you use a programme for mixing? if so, what is it, how long did it take you to learn it, is it easy? man, i got loads of questions for your songs

Quote from Gmm :

Here mi machine;

C2D E6750 2.66@ 3.7ghz 1.552v cooled by Tr Extreme Ultra 120
Gigabyte P35-DQ6
Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC-8500 DDR1000 4-4-4-4
Ati X1800XT 512mb and a 7900GT
WD Raptor 74gb & WD 500GB
Seasonic M-12 700W, Stacker 830, Samsung 226BW
Logitech G7 black/G15/G25 (I don't have time to enjoy it )

Here his limit:

http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1mft3.gif

And there a foto:

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6280/dsc04030wg1zc2.jpg


Bye!

very nice rig you got there, beautiful, are you gonna think about upgrading the graphics card some time? or are you just a light gamer

Quote from greg_slideways :

Beacuse, I saw the name...Thats explains it all i need to know why in the world Did he choose that name?!

lol, because he must have thought it was funny.

why did you bump a nearly 2 month old thread...? ok....

Quote from Jakg :

4th best School in the country my arse...

it is, search Haberdashers Aske's School for Boys.....also, i thought he meant Pi, as in a computer does 1M Pi in 17 seconds...

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

Nope, just a request to not spam the forum pl0x

/me exits, stage left

me too... bye

[quote=DieKolkrabe;642459]Leave pi to my threads, k?
/quote]ooh...that was a bit of attitude

Quote from ajp71 :

Nothing like the good will of an anonymous donation.

nope, i asked Krammeh if i could donate to him

Quote from LFSn00b :

you dont know what pi is?

its a calculation...

Quote from =C.R= Boomshanka :

awww wow good man donations are good

yer im not retiring LTC just yet

i just like the fact there organizing insim race events tiz mazin idea hope to see u at the uf1 race whooop whooop

whens the UF1 race on NPC? there is a christmas cruise tomorrow on LTC its just that i dont wanna quite LTC cause i got 700 licence points, FZR, FXR, XRR etc.

Quote from JO53PHS :

Oh no were not onto discussion about pi again

Theres already 3 threads I know of containing references to pi.

Put that in the pi thread that you made

whatt does it mean by pi? i thought that was how fast a computer can do pi in, if so, what computer does 1M pi in 3 something seconds, or is that one slow comp, just doing 1 pi

Quote from rc10racer :

If your after a new backbone system and have a spare £1600 on yourself go for this system then.

EDIT: the ram was meant to be 2 2x1GB

whoa, that machine is a beast, 8Gb of RAM 8800GT in SLI, but, i would rather get 2 8800 GTXs in SLI, instead of that CPU Cooler, a Thermalright Ultra 120

but, its alright.

Boomshank RAC is fine, also at NPC, i only got UF1 , also, no way i will leave LTC, i donated £20 to them

like an R33 Skyline

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