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Just ordered my 30d. I'm stoooooked.

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Scottness
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Upgrade time! My new Canon 30D should be here on friday. I can't wait to get out and shoot. Anybody have some tips on extras that are really helpful, lenses, shooting pointers, camera features that you use a lot, etc. I'll be using it for a wide variety of things (ski photo ofcourse, family, outdoors, fishing, ocean/surf, sunset, dogs, etc.).
Oct 25 2006 10:40AM
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ECfreeski3
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i dont have any tips really (except shoot all the time and youll get so much better) but thats sick man, thats gonna be such a fun camera
Oct 25 2006 8:08PM
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Skipig25
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have you shot canon before, and do you have any lenses? Did you upgrade from a different canon, or is this your first DSLR? Anything really would help. And message a leader of the photography cult if you're not already in it
Oct 25 2006 8:18PM
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ski_cartel
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yea the best thing you can do is shot, shoot and shoot some more. Get fluent with your camera, learn to see different angles and see shots. 
Oct 25 2006 8:53PM
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Skipig25
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definatly. read the manual, the go shoot a lot. then when you have questions go back and read it again. and get involved with some photo discussion, whether in real life or online. you'll learn a lot. try the photog cult here, www.Fredmiranda.com and www.photo.net
Oct 25 2006 9:03PM
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Scottness
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^thanks pig, Fredmiranda.com is off the heez. I'm not new to photography, I'm mainly looking for 30D specific tips. But "shoot, shoot and shoot some more" is probably the best advice anyhow! It looks like I'll be covering the ICER Air event in SF for NS, so we'll see how it turns out.
Oct 26 2006 7:43PM
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Snowcase
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Have you ever had a camera before/shot with one?
Oct 27 2006 5:44PM
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Scottness
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No, I've never had a camera before. Well a little plastic Tyco one when I was 5. Does that count? What kind of question was that?
Oct 27 2006 6:10PM
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Snowcase
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Just wondering if you have any experience with cameras at all. Thats usually helpful before buying an slr.
Oct 27 2006 6:17PM
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d686
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question to all: who is the leader of this photography cult of which you speak?

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the thing to avoid when getting serious about photography is worrying too much about equipment. remember that amazing photos are about composition, vision, and style. any DSLR body allows you to take magazine calibre photos with the right lens.

the 30D is a great camera and a nice bonus for you doing ski photography is that it has 5fps, which is the minimum if you want to get good looking sequences out of it, but there are no specific tips for that or any other camera.

the biggest difference you'll see in photos is from the lens: buy yourself the sharpest/fastest prime (prime = non-zoom) lens you can afford (something with a 1.4 or 1.8 aperture) and just start snapping. remember that a $300 prime lens will get you photos as sharp as a $2000 zoom lens.

also, get a flash and experiment with lighting.
Oct 27 2006 6:26PM
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oSe
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go to cults, then view cult list, then find the photog cult and then look at the dudes name 
Oct 27 2006 7:36PM
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pmills
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www.dpreview.com will have a good review for you to read through... i found it easier to read than the manual


but hop over to the photog cult
Oct 28 2006 3:38AM
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