znod

Time to throw that Rebel camera away! that Junk!

P.S. let me know which dumpster you use so i can go ummm be a trash picker.
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Behind the Safeway at Scottsdale and Shea.

znod

We like your rendition very much. All's fair in love, war, and Photoshop--the latter being a very interesting philosophical artisitic/photographic issue--of which I am sure you are aware. I tend to try to copy what I see when capturing and what I think I saw later when Photoshopping. No criticism, but the sky wasn't that blue, the houses aren't that dark, and my car didn't look that dark. Hey, but in a parallel universe, they are bound to have looked just like in your version. ~{;^}

znod

For a long time, I had a collection of RX-7s--one from each generation--all heavily after-marketed performance-wise. I started selling them off when I got the 545i (94 and 87 sold/gone). No room, and they were becoming painful to keep up with mechanically/physically. I think the 85 is sold, but won't know for a while for sure. And, thank you for the very nice brochure comment.

znod

Thanks Stream, and there's that great photo of your car again--the one I always stare at.

znod

I think I am going to get reflectors, but I have slightly mixed emotions. There is something about the car being all silver down below. On the other hand, it looks somewhat unfinished without the reflectors. I am leaning toward getting them. Thanks for your comments.

Bimmer32

It really is amazing. One good thing about Phoenix is that it does not rain much. One bad thing about Phoenix is that it does not rain much.
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I'm still figuring out how to attach an image within the message. I have a couple pics of the mini me of my 545i. I think it's really neat, but I don't know how to attach the image. I bought the Canon Rebel digital exactly a year ago. It takes very nice pics and I mainly use the manual mode. The built-in flash is not very sufficient. I'm sure your wife probably has an external flash for her digi. Very nice pics.

Bimmer32

Oh and I'm still using a cheap 17" CRT monitor.
[/quote]Exposure times/shutter speeds were 1/250 sec; F-stops were f13 or f14; and ISO was 400--with minor exceptions.
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Outdoor shots like that should only need iso 100 to 200 max. 400+ is only for dusk to night shots and increases granularity (sp).

znod

It really is amazing. One good thing about Phoenix is that it does not rain much. One bad thing about Phoenix is that it does not rain much.
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I'm still figuring out how to attach an image within the message. I have a couple pics of the mini me of my 545i. I think it's really neat, but I don't know how to attach the image. I bought the Canon Rebel digital exactly a year ago. It takes very nice pics and I mainly use the manual mode. The built-in flash is not very sufficient. I'm sure your wife probably has an external flash for her digi. Very nice pics.
[/quote]Thanks much B32. My wife still is using manual mode mostly and has not purchased an external flash yet. She will get to manual mode more soon as she has used SLRs "forever."

If you want to attach your images, then use the "Browse" and "Add This Attachment" rectangular buttons right above the "Add Reply" rectangular button. You will need to choose an image size. For the batch above, I chose a width of 11 inches. From the little I know about image processing programs, if you choose the width, then the height generally will be set automatically. Also, you probably want to save the version you want to put on the Web at 72 dpi (resolution). I try not to make my Web images wider than will fit on reasonably sized monitors so that the need for viewers to scroll is avoided.

EBMCS03

Hummm 1/250 its still quite bright... what if you tried about 1/400ish lowering the high Aperature to maybe F10. Or even keeping it up in the F13/14 area.

Ya and why ISO 400? thats too much... High ISO in digicams arnt that good... Not sure about the Rebel tho... but usually it Makes the pics too grainy... I never go above 100 even at night. I rather use a longer shutter speed w/ tripod instead.

P.S. I'm no pro but I experiemnt around a lot.

Bimmer32

Hummm 1/250 its still quite bright... what if you tried about 1/400ish lowering the high Aperature to maybe F10. Or even keeping it up in the F13/14 area.

Ya and why ISO 400? thats too much... High ISO in digicams arnt that good... Not sure about the Rebel tho... but usually it Makes the pics too grainy... I never go above 100 even at night. I rather use a longer shutter speed w/ tripod instead.

P.S. I'm no pro but I experiemnt around a lot.
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. . . and a remote or timer, right? ISO 400 on a Rebel is very well an untrained eye because it has a bigger mirror (CMOS) than most camera. Thanks Donv, I'll try to post the mini Me of my 545i.