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I decided to go for the canon instead of sony and must admit this is going to be fun trying to understand this whole new thing. Can anyone gives me tips on how to remember what things are?

ive never used a canon camera since being a kid and that was a normal put a film in thing that you had to get processed at a shop.
 
Best tip is to read the manual and play with the new camera - lots. You'll soon know it like the back of your hand.
 
You'll get to grips with it quickly enough, they are pretty to easy to understand (must be I use one :D )

Sit down have a play and am sure theres a button somewhere to set it back to factory standards somewhere if you muck it up :D
 
I found it very hard to firstly get use to the 450D... nearly 2 years on and its a dream... I can't really find a massive fault for it. Pukka bit of kit! :)

How I got to know it, was to take pictures in P, then slowly started to adapt to using ISO, and metering in P. Then once I had that, I slowly moved to TV & AV. And then finally moved onto M. Took me a couple of months but I'm defiantly there now... And now I know what I can get from the 450D, I'm not planning on giving it up (The camera that is!) anytime soon! :D
 
Louise, I see that you're in Aberdeen and there must be someone up your way who does what I do in London, get people started on DSLRs.

Instruction books are impossible to read until you know the basics, DSLR for beginners guides are one option as are youtube and dvd guides but personal tuition is the rapid leg up you need to get to grips with Av, Tv, P and all that.

Good Luck. John

www.phototuition.net
 
im in college for photography but cannot get onto the DSLR course till ive done a few others before hand ive been ok with my sony its jus ive changed cameras and the menu and setup on this is far too confusing
 
Leave the menus alone, it'll do for now until you are used to the camera.

Put the dial on top to AV, this is aperture priority mode. Move the scrollwheel below your right index finger to the left, this will open up the aperture (more light, faster shutter speed, shallower DOF), move the wheel to the right will close down the aperture (less light, slower shutter speed, increased DOF).

On the top right of the camera is a button marked ISO, press this and look at the screen on the back, it probably shows AUTO as being selected - next to the screen on the back are four button arranged in a circle - press these to change the ISO setting - select 200 and press SET in the middle of the button circle.

Looking through the viewfinder, at the bottom you are shown the aperture, ISO and lots of little lines which is the exposure meter - don't worry aobut this just yet.
Hold the shuter halfway down, you'll see some red dots flash - these are the focus points the camera has found. At the same time a shutter speed will appear at the bottom.

If shutter speed is less than say 1/8th then open up the aperture, if you can't open it any further then increase the ISO setting. If the shutter speed is very high (e.g. 1/4000th) and flashes close down the aperture and/or decrease the ISO setting.

As others have said find a book for the camera - there are several guide tye books you can get for each model of camera that will help you use it. Look in Waterstones.
 
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