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Canon XSI 450D

Ashutosh — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:11:09 +0000

I bought my first digital SLR. A Canon XSI 450D.

Time to upgrade cameras?

Ashutosh — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:05:56 +0000

I’ve been thinking about selling my Nikon 5700 and buying something more advanced. I’m definitely very satisfied with the camera and would recommend it to a “prosumer”; plus it’s also become relatively cheaper from when I bought mine exactly a year ago. Even though the Nikon 5700 has a bunch of manual aperture and shutter speed settings, I’m still looking for something that allows for more control; specifically in contrast and focus. Auto focus is great when you’re not out to take pictures for the sake of pictures (aka parties) but when you want to capture something specific auto-focus doesn’t cut it.

Thus, I think its time for me to upgrade into a SLR.

I couldn’t get a regular SLR since film would soon cost more than the camera based on the number of pictures I take, so its got to be digital. I’ve heard that Canon just came out with a Digital SLR < $1000 dollars and even though it seems like a fantastic deal, upon reading more reviews of it its great for its price but lacks a bunch of the features of the 10D which it was based off. DPreview.com has a feature by feature comparison between the 10D and the 300D.

The 300D is $799 – $899 while the 10D is more like $1499. I’m going to watch prices during Thanksgiving and decide hopefully what I’ll be upgrading to before we head off to New Zealand for winter break.

If you own either of these, drop me a line and let me know your take on it.

Cell Phone Message

Ashutosh — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:32:15 +0000

If you sent me a message to my cell during my vacation, email me your mailing address and I’ll send you a custom made post card printed with one of my own photographs as I promised. Aren’t you excited? You really should be.

And if I know you in person fell free to do the same if you want a postcard.

Empty Looks Ugly

Ashutosh — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:08:39 +0000

I was pretty content with having nearly bare walls in my room until yesterday. Suddenly that’s all changed.

So I pulled out the old color printer and started printing some of my own pictures out. I wish getting posters printed would get cheaper. Right now a 16×20 print runs for about $15 dollars from Costco. Instead I’ve setteled with 6×8 printed on a HP Photosmart 1215 printer. Not huge by any means and they don’t cover even 5% of my walls but at least there will be a spot of color on the beige.

I’ve heard that artists (not that I’m an artist or anything) get tired of their own work and hate seeing it again. I’d imagine that’s because they work on it for so long. Well in photography, I see, I adjust, and I click so I really have no excuse to be sick of the pictures. Yet

Update: The walls look a lot nicer. Your welcome to come over and see for yourself.

File Size

Ashutosh — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:07:42 +0000

As I’ve been taking more and more pictures with my camera (Nikon 5700) I’ve come to realize that its not worth reducing file quality. I started shooting at 1024×768 and have moved up to 1600×1200 as my default size. Even though it still isn’t full size on my camera I find that 1600×1200 is a good compromise between size and quality. On a 256 MB card:

Depending on the compression ratio and what size CF card your using add subtract to find out how many pictures you can hold.

When the camera is set on Fine Mode I can take a total of 260 pictures at 1600×1200, which is usually more then plenty for a day. On longer trips when I dont have access to a compter, instead of turning down the resolution I’m thinking of buying a ImageTank. Roughly $250 dollars but they hold 20 gigs of pictures, which would be like 40 completly full (256 mbs cards). Works out a lot cheaper then buying twenty 1 gig CF cards.

Now if only Apple would come out with a CF card to IPOD converter : )