Needing a new camera

[bunnie1978]

How? I tried to find a way to do that... I like some of the auto modes, but prefer not to have the flash automatically pop up.

[jon carman]

There should be a flashless mode. Other than that you might have to go in and change your settings to mess with that. I just let the camera do the thinking for me and shoot. I use the flash because it gets a cleaner shot of the fish. When I go flashless, it always seems to blur a little bit.

[bunnie1978]

It is harder without the flash. It's useless on the standard lens, but the autofocus works really great with the 1.8 lens, and that's a really low light lens. I took some new pictures today with that lens and 1/200 shutter speed. The tank is not bright, but here are a couple of the shots.







I used a flash on a couple of the pics of the darker fish I think. Saphire really sparkles with a flash.

[signde]

Feb 4, 2011 9:46:28 GMT -6 bunnie1978 said:

How? I tried to find a way to do that... I like some of the auto modes, but prefer not to have the flash automatically pop up.

i glanced through your manual. you are right it will try to fire the flash in those modes. i just realized i never use them.

on my s90 there is a hardware button to disable the flash but it doesn't look like it is available on the digital rebel.

there is a flashless mode that is available in the dial on top of the camera. obviously that conflicts the modes you are trying to use.

it can be done however. it appears you can disable the flash completely in the camera settings. settings > flash control > disable.

[bunnie1978]

You are right. I wonder if that's just not in the manual or if I missed it. It wasn't easy to figure out how to have live view in all the modes either, but that is possible, and using autofocus. I haven't tried it though.

[signde]

it is definitely in the manual, that is where i found the information above.

i always shoot through the viewfinder so even though i have live view on my slr i never use it.

[vladsbtch]

Man, I wish I had the extra money to get myself a new camera. I feel lucky my son bough himself a new camera and gave me his old camera. It is nice and take the necessary pictures. Someday I will get a good camera. I think mine will work fine for now though.

[bunnie1978]

I wouldn't ordinarily prioritize something that's not a nessesity, but knowing what my life I probably going to look like for the next half a dozen or so years, I thought, if I don't do it now I won't have another opportunity.