Got a Canon XS

[blacknightteg]

I wanted to give it a shot. i had thought about nikon. but then i realized that i had some parts and stuff for another canon slr i used at one point. so i said what the heck and got the XS. im just taking pictures of certain things i think would look cool. but nothing special. ill post them up tomorrow after work so i can get criticism.


alright. so i got some time and finally uploaded the pics. i couldnt take really any good pictures besides these since it was night by the time i got to use it. but i took pics of what was right next to me. keep in mind they are not edited as i dont have my PS uploaded on my comp yet. but here they are







now i took multiple pics of the same things to get the shot that i wanted and thought looked good. so yeah. there you have it!

[thecoolcutter]

I am looking into getting that camera Wish I had the $$$ for 50D

[james]

this thread is worthless without pics. at least post up something.

[blacknightteg]

i said i would today. shut your mouth. lol

[Dirty Octopus™]

get on it please!

[thecoolcutter]

I'm gonna stay camped out on this thread until I see some pics.

[blacknightteg]

sorry for the delay! i have been busy all day, i have some stuff to do for the next few hours, but some will be up tonight!!!

[blacknightteg]

bump. got em up. look at first post! i know their big sorry!

[Dirty Octopus™]

im no photo guru but lower your ISO and let some more light in

[blacknightteg]

i didnt want them brighter or anything, i wanted it that shade. the closest to what my living room looks like with that one light on it.

[thecoolcutter]

Nice pics ...

My cousin has an XS we went out to eat a few hours a go and I took a picture of the food. First time I shot with an XS.

[Dirty Octopus™]

i didnt want them brighter or anything, i wanted it that shade. the closest to what my living room looks like with that one light on it.

thats fine but you're shooting at 1600 and there is no need to shoot that high when you can lower the ISO to get less grain and let more light in. you will have less grain like i said and you'd have the same amount of brightness or lack there of brightness as you have now

[blacknightteg]

thats fine but you're shooting at 1600 and there is no need to shoot that high when you can lower the ISO to get less grain and let more light in. you will have less grain like i said and you'd have the same amount of brightness or lack there of brightness as you have now

i wasnt shooting at 1600

[Dirty Octopus™]

i wasnt shooting at 1600

YES. you were



we're just here to help not chastise you

[Dirty Octopus™]

nice pic thecoolcutter

[james]

white balance man. xbox controllers are white, not yellowey

[GLulic]

white balance man. xbox controllers are white, not yellowey

lol maybe his is "yellowey".

[blacknightteg]

white balance man. xbox controllers are white, not yellowey

its the type of lighting that was on the controller. i wasnt trying to get picture to look pristine and bright cause the room i was in was no where near it. as i said. those pics besides the to black n white ones were as close to the lighting in that room as i could get. i only had one light on and it happened to be shining on that part.

[james]

its the type of lighting that was on the controller. i wasnt trying to get picture to look pristine and bright cause the room i was in was no where near it. as i said. those pics besides the to black n white ones were as close to the lighting in that room as i could get. i only had one light on and it happened to be shining on that part.

its not about making it look "pristine" or whatever....xbox controllers aren't yellow, they are white. That is the point of a white balance - to make white true white and black true black. If you shoot raw, you can fix this later in the raw editor. if you shoot jpeg, you can set your white balance off a piece of printer paper... watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5HaRTmbozc

[blacknightteg]

no, you were right. i just realized it after i had posted that. but yeah. it still looked better that the others that i had taken. i just got the camera that night so i just started to play with it.

[Dirty Octopus™]

no, you were right. i just realized it after i had posted that. but yeah. it still looked better that the others that i had taken. i just got the camera that night so i just started to play with it.

yeah thats cool i can dig it! but i was just giving you some info for future references.

[blacknightteg]

ah no i understand. but at the same time. it looked the best on 1600. atleast to me anyways. and i guess thats what counts.

[blacknightteg]

oh. damn alright, i knew about white balance. i had thought about changing it but i didnt get around to it. i just wanted to start taking pics. but i see what your saying. thanks for the video. ill definitely keep it in mind.

[boostedb16]

fuck it, set the WB to auto and take picture's.

[blacknightteg]

pretty much what im doing. as long as im happy with my shots thats all that matters.