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A few more shots from today, I had a go at some running shots, didn't do to bad I thought,

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Thats a pity I know how you feel, Selfies are not my thing, too hard, might have a crack if I get a remote. Not sure about your card issue? I have had a play today, the back yard int he arvo can be tough light so much sun and shadows today, I have a big shaded area from buses too but I had fun, so did the dogs. Ok I have a question for RAW users, can I import a RAW file to LR and then just edit it to a preset and thats it? I am not sure Im doing the RAW thing right as I look at the pics and think they look fine and don't need anything doing to them?? I tweak them a bit, but not much and I think they look ok, they way I hear people talk about RAW files I feel I'm not doing enough to them? ANyway here are two that were RAW with a preset added, do you think they work? Im working on getting the whole body in as I usually only get the top half. Thoughts anyone?

triple post, whoops!

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I am really partial to any white dogs, I just love the lighter colours, very dam hard to keep them clean though especially with a full coat and a park full of horse poo. Raineth, you have a dane right? For some reason I thought you had a lab?

Tanya she is adorable! So alert looking too, her eyes are just beautiful.

We were posting at the same time. :laugh: I guess each camera has so many different functions on it, and the capabilities that the 1000D had would be limited compared to the 7D so I totally get what your saying.

Thanks again for the replies, Linda thats all I am wanting is people opinions, its interesting to hear the replies, Ive just been in the back yard having a good play with my 7D, the pics looked ok in camera will see what they are like shortly! So far impressed with the 7D and what it can do, As far as crop bodies go, a lot of people say its the glass that make a huge difference and that may be the case but would you really get pics exactly the same if you use a cheap entry level camera with the same lens as a more expensive camera? If that was the case there would be one camera and lots of different lenses.

Gorgeous Kirislin, what a doll she is, love the crossed legged pose! She looks like she loves the camera!

:laugh: Its amazing how hard it is to get good shots of them, I love my white girl with a good colourful back ground, I think black dogs are harder to shoot than white. Ive just been to the hospital to do my volunteer work with Tully and her ebign white and the other dog that we go with being black, the photos are always a bit hit and miss, I just snap away with my iPhone. They are like ebonie and ivory. :laugh: Black and White & the good old iPhone!

I had a :laugh: when I read this, can't you just put a big square over the rude bits! No seriously I will look forward to seeing what else you come up with, This method sounds interesting but hard I remember Rev Jos pic of the dog on the hill side, it looked great.

Great capture Annie, white dogs are tough! When I looked at the picture I thought Mmmmm that dog doesn't look like a boxer. :laugh: Then I realized boxer had to be his name! Do you love your 30mm?

Thanks for the replies, it really is interesting to hear what others think especially you guys who do work professionally, I really value your opinions and feel lucky that I can come here and post and get replies from professionals. Snook, I can totally understand how your D700 would be amazing compared to your Canon. I definatley don't think I'm missing out on anything, perhaps if I used a 5D or a D800 it might be a different story but for now I feel blessed to be able to shot with the 7D and who knows it might do me for a good while or forever. I'm really just curious of the differences apart from the very obvious. I just found a good (well I think it's good) comparison between the 5D mk2 and the D800, coming from someone who while not fully professional but heading that way, it was interesting to hear his point of view on both the cameras after extensive tests. Now I need to find a crop v ff to give me even more of an idea. 5D v D800

Hi guys, I have been wondering about this for ages and especially since I got my 7D. When I was in the shop the guy who sold me my camera is a Nikon man and tried to talk me into going back to D7000 but I had made up my mind between the two so I stuck with the Canon, so then he said well if your going to go Canon why not go with the 5D, of course I wasn't prepared for this mainly due to the initial cost, (I had initially thought about it but due to the weight of the full frames didn't think I would manage one) but if I upgrade again (which won't be for a long time) the logical choice would be a to a full frame. So my question is this what sort of differences are there with a full frame body that there isn't with a crop, the most obvious one being the picture is equivalent to the 35mm, which I understand if you shoot a crop next to a full frame with the same lens on the full frame shot will have more picture. So what else do the full frame bodies have, do they have more features? I know the mega pixel rate is higher. I know there is a lot here that have full frame cameras now, Huga, Snook, you guys spring to mind. Kirislin, you have mentioned a couple of times about one of your lenses not fitting on a full frame are you thinking about upgrading?? I remember something someone said a while ago, I think it was Shell and this was one of the things that sold me not he 7D, she said the 5D was not real good for action shots and dogs running towards her, she may have been talking about the mk2 not the mk3, I have read about a lot of issues with the mk2 and the auto focus, have they fixed this problem with the mk3 So hit me people, tell me the ins and outs of the full frame and help me understand why they are better or is it that they are just different. I know I won't regret getting the 7D and couldn't afford the Full frame anyway but just curious and its been something Ive been thinking about for ages, I can read what the differences are but would love to hear in easy to understand language what users think of them.

Puck looks so happy! Lovely shot. Vickie, I have always admired your photos, that one of Shine is just lovely, love the foot up! Huga, your project sounds interesting!

Thought I'd update this thread, it's been a while, maybe some of he new camera owners can add to the list and some old ones can add their new stuff. Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm, Canon 7D, 28-135mm, 50mm 1.8. Nikon D700, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 50mm 1.8, 85mm 1.8 & 28 - 300mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A850, KZ F2.4 24-70, F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D; Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Canin 7D, Canon CSC G1X, 50mm 1.8, sigma 17-70 Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 10-20mm, Panasonic Lumix FT3 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 580EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS, Canon IXUS210IS, Canon x2 III extender. Tibbiemax - Canon 50D, 18 - 200mm, 50mm 1.4, need more stuff!! MrRedDog -Canon Eos 7D, Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II LD, Tamron AF 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Plus a few other bits and pieces: bag, filters and stuff (now it's play time) DogSportObsessed: Canon 1000D, 50mm 1.8, kit lens (that rarely get used) Smisch: Nikon D3000 18-55mm 55-200mm & limited use of a D50 (I seem to be the only one who actually likes the D3000 camera..) Lic_82 - Canon 40D, 55 - 250mm, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8, 28-135mm, various filters and a 430ex speedlite Misha&MIlo - Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D 18-70mm, 75-300mm with a few uv lenses. Fuji finepix S2000 point and shoot Sony Cybershot DSC-TX5 waterproof camera tdierikx - Canon 450D, 18-55mm IS, 55-250mm IS - and backup is a Canon Powershot S5 P&S (12x zoom equivalent to around 400mm apparently) Canon 60D and Tamron 18-270mm lens kja - Canon 40D & 1DIII bodies w/ Canon 17-55 2.8 IS, Canon 50 1.4, Canon 85 1.8, Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, Canon 60 & 100 macros, Canon 135L 2.0, Canon 10-22, Canon 100-400L IS, Sigma 17-70, Tokina 11-16 2.8, Tokina 10-17... Underwater housing & ports & strobes for the Canon 40D. And my happy baby Canon SD1200 IS for go anywhere; except in the water which is my baby (crappy) Olympus 720SW Complete list coz there's just so much freakin stuff LOL wagsalot - Canon 350D, Canon 7D, Canon 50mm 1.8, Tamron 17-50 2.8 IF, Canon 70-300 4-5.6 IS Cairo1: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.8, 18-105mmL, 70 - 200mmL, 10 - 22mm wide angle Sigma ange - Canon 5dII and 450D, 24-70 2.8L, Canon 35mm 1.4L, Canon 50mm 1.4, Canon 85mm 1.2L, Canon 430ex II, kenko tubes, and a few other bits and pieces. MalteseLuna - Nikon D7000, Sigma 18-200 F3.5-6.3, Nikon 50 mm f1.8 (should be arriving any day), Tamron 90 mm Macro (really it is my mom's) - next on my list is a tripod or a flash. Eventingpony - Nikon D7000, 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6, Panasonic Lumix TZ10. Dogfan - Canon 500D, (Kit lens) 18-55mm IS, 50mm 1.8, Tripod of some sort (I haven't looked at it properly yet, lol) Luke W - Canon 40D, Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS, Canon 24-70 f2.8 L, Canon 17-40 f4 L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 100mm Macro, Canon 580 EX, Canon 550 EX, Canon ST-E2, Canon 1.4 Teleconverter, Minolta FlashMeter IV, New Age Outlaw - Sony A700, Sony A33, Sony 50mm f1.7, Sony 16-105 f3.5 - 5.6, Sony 18-70 f3.5 - 5.6, Sigma 24-70 f2.8, Tamron 70-300 4 - 5.6 MUTTRUS --lumix ,canon ixus 220 ,olympus tough, olympus 210 ,NIKON D3100 lens 18-55 AF -55-200 AF ,SONY handy cam Monet n Diva's Mum - Canon 7D, 70-200mm f4, 50mm f1.8 Staffyluv - Canon 7D and 400D bodies. 15-85mm, 75-300mm, 18-55mm (all kit lenses) and a 50mm f1.8

:laugh: Pity we didn't have endless supply of money, I'd have one of everything. Snook, I know what you mean, I love taking pics if the dogs but really want to expand, I'm going bowling with work peeps tomorrow night, I'd love to take the camera and try it out, even if the shots were bad it would still be good practice. Low light and action, they'd probly all be aweful. :laugh:

The sooner they leave town the better! Even at 50% off their prices would still be ridiculously expensive! Tenties how's Bundy/Bailey settling back in with you? Will you look for another home for him? People are just shit hey!!

Yay for Skeeter! He is so adorable!!

I ended up ordering the Sigma 17-70, I couldn't justify getting the camera bag when I could put the money towards another lens, I'll start saving for the 70 - 200 f4 now, might take a while. :laugh: Hope I've done the right thing!

Hope it arrives in one piece. I'm also waiting on a little package in the mail.

So far I have used the timer function, I set it on the tripod or something sturdy and usually put something in the spot where I am going to be and focus the camera on that then press the shutter, you have 10 seconds or whatever time your camera allows you to get in position. I have no idea if this is how its meant to be done but it does work.

Ok thanks, good to know, I must look into getting one. At our obedience school I have only ever met one Frenchie and one Boston, both black the Bostons name was Audrey and she was a crack up, easy to teach and picked up things right away, the Frenchie was called Gigi and she on the other hand was such a handful. :laugh: Would not pay one ounce of attention to her owner and literally just did not listen and was not focused on anything but the other dogs, :laugh: She was hard work and a very head strong little dog. I can't ever seem to tell them apart although I think Bostons are slighter in the frame than Frenchies? Anyway back on topic, Lollipup I swear I typed lollipup but my Mac auto corrects for me, :laugh:

I totally forgot to say thanks for the feed back on my shots, I have been fiddling with the camera tonight and now understand a bit more about the focusing aspect. I watched a tutorial about the AI focus and AI servo mode and was pleased to understand that if the subject is moving the camera can focus (track) as it goes with the subject. One thing I thought was weird when the guy in the shop was trying to talk me into the going back to the nikon D7000, he said the Canon won't focus on every shot in burst mode but the Nikon will, and I thought that was weird because whats the point of having burst mode if that was the case then your first shot would be sharp but the rest shot in that burst would be blurry?? Surely thats not right? Huga love your session with the Lady and her dog, is the dog a Frenchie or a Boston, very cute which ever breed, especially love the one with the dog and the legs. I have ambitiously tried for a long time to get a pic (selfie) of me walking with one of the dogs next to me looking up, boy is it hard! I have one shot that I almost like. :laugh: Must have another crack with the new camera. This might sound like a stupid question but if you are using a remote shutter does the remote focus the camera before the shot or do you have to set the shot up before you take the picture with the remote? and also can you use continuous (burst) mode with a remote? Lollipop did yours turn up yet? And Snook have you got your Mac yet?