[Andrew33]

May 12, 2009 at 1:18 pm

I used camera yesterday “in the field” for the first time, conditions were very good and took some nice shots, but again when I got home and processed them I’m a little disappointed with the sharpness. It has to be me! BTW, I would like to buy a polarizing filter, can anyone suggest a good one? thousands on the internet but I could be buying a piece of crap!

[Andrew33]

May 12, 2009 at 8:31 am

Cheers Dave!

I rang Canon this morning and I’m entitled to the training and they’ll post the voucher to me.
Result!

[Andrew33]

May 10, 2009 at 10:14 am

Dave, I’ve absolutely no idea! I just kept checking the site every day and eventually it allowed me reserve it for collection the following week. I fully expected it to “never arrive”. They even sent a text to my mobile to tell me it was ready for collection even though it was still showing as “out of stock” on their website. So I went to the Liffey Valley store on Wednesday fully expecting to be told it was an error and they didn’t actually have it in stock, but lo and behold, they did! But they are showing the item in stock in the north for £480ish.

[Andrew33]

May 10, 2009 at 8:01 am

No, it doesn’t include “training” but to be honest, my personal feelings about “free” training etc usually involves parting with some moola.
I picked up my camera during the week even though Argos never actually showed it “in stock” I managed to reserve it online.
Haven’t really had a chance to use it yet, hopefully tomorrow.

[Andrew33]

April 22, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Thanks very much for all the replies, I think my card is going to take a bit of damage tomorrow, €514.95 worth of damage to be exact!

[Andrew33]

April 15, 2009 at 10:29 am

You’re right NFL, its over pixellated, I thought thats what “noise” was, you can also see a mottling effect on underside of rear “wing”.
Camera is a Canon Powershot,
JPG
F-stop f/2.6
exposure 1/400 sec
ISO 80
exposure bias +1

I’m using Photafiltre or Paint.net for processing.

[Andrew33]

April 15, 2009 at 8:38 am

The whole sky is overcast but the lighter coloured cloud is very bright. Maybe pic is overexposed, I really don’t know.

[Andrew33]

April 3, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Cheers Robbie!

[Andrew33]

April 3, 2009 at 6:16 am

I live close to this location and pass them twice a day so it was quite easy for me to wait for the right lighting.

[Andrew33]

April 2, 2009 at 10:47 am

Yep Dee, I understand the concept of leaving room for a vehicle to move into, but in the pursuit of getting image down to 1024 to upload (max allowed on some sites) I cropped pics down to the bone which does stunt them from an artistic viewpoint. :wink:

[Andrew33]

April 2, 2009 at 9:12 am

Yeah John, you can drop the 33 bit, thanks for the comments.

[Andrew33]

April 1, 2009 at 12:57 pm

YEP!!

[Andrew33]

March 31, 2009 at 9:09 pm

Thanks all. I’ll try and pick out a few reasonable pics and post ’em.

[Andrew33]

March 31, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Pixelle wrote:

Do you mean the SX1 IS by any chance? Dpreview.com wasn’t very enthusiastic, only giving it a “recommended [just]”

Hi, yes! sorry, I got my S’s and i’s mixed up. its the SX1-IS. I was in one camera shop today and he dismissed it and tried to sell me a DSLR. I’d like some sort of balanced opinion on the thing.