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I got a Canon Rebel XT & know nothing. I didn't get a manual. Where can I learn how to use it? |
I'm so new to photography but I always wanted to start a photography business. I'd like to take close up portraits, landscapes as well as close up nature photos. I currently have a 35-105mm lense that came with the camera. I literally know nothing about lenses, this camera or anything. Any help you can provide would be great!!! Thank you so much in advance!!! You can download the manual here: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/contro... For landscapes, you will really need a wider angle lens than the 35 mm of that zoom. Sigma and Tamron make zoom lenses that cover the lower range from about 17mm or so to around 50 mm. That will get you started. Close up nature can mean two things: A macro lense, or a telephoto lens. The macro lens, or a macro capable lens, gets you the cool really close-up pictures of flowers and things. The telephoto lens acts like a telescope for your camera. Tamron makes a lens, branded and also sold as Quantaray, in the 70mm - 300 mm range for about $150.00 USD. It's not a great lens, but is decent. It also lets you take pseudo-marco shots that are sharp. It's nice and light and I use it as a walk around lens when I don't want to carry around a heavier and larger professional lens. I strongly recommend getting a book like 'Digital Photography for Dummies' and working your way through it. That will give you a good foundation. The XT is an excellent camera and can produce pro quality images if you can take pro quality images. Download the manual, get the book and get started. You may hear advice like 'take lots and lots of pictures' to get better. That advice is simply wrong. The real advice is take a lot of intentional pictures working on some aspect of photography. Anybody can take a great picture by accident, especially if you take a lot of them. Accidents can happen to anybody, including pros. When they have an accident it may end up being a lousy photograph. It's rarely the other way around. Vance Source(s): Professional photographer/photojournalist. go to the cannon website and request that they send you a users manuel for the camera . good luck . Here is the complete manual for the Canon Rebel XT. Follow the link below. It is in PDF format. You will need the free Adobe pdf reader. If you dont have it, just follow the link for adobe below. May the force be with you..... http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/pd... http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/re... Being one who learned for many years as he went along (for the most part), I'm a bit shocked by the contrast between "I always wanted to start a photography business" and "I literally know nothing about lenses." It's a bit like getting a car, not knowing how to drive a manual, and wanting to race NASCAR. I'm not saying you can't do it. But it sounds like you need to shoot quite a few shots before you are really comfortable with your Canon. I'd highly recommend going to your local community college and taking a basic photography class. You can read manuals,books, magazines, or websites, but there's nothing to replace carefully guided experiences with your camera. It took me a long time to learn what I have learned, and I still have a long way to go! If you want to take the shorter path, look for some good classes. Here's some info on Canon lenses for you. http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/... And if you have more specific questions, please just ask! Amateur & professional photographer for 45+ years http://www.spmsportspage.com/images/coll... |
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