Photo competition winner

ponder said:
Congrats Nicci, enjoy the new toy!

At least you're consistent! Your turn will come sooner than later I reckon ;)
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Hehe, thanks. I am not too concerned. I enter for the fun of it and was just happy to make the final.

I'm glad Nicci won, she will put the new camera to good use.

I would have sold it and bought a real camera(Nikon) :D

/flamesuite on
 
Congratulations Nicci, very well deserved.

Just one thing: if this is your first SLR/DSLR, you know of course this is the start of the REAL learning curve. If you need any help, please feel free to ask.


Oh, and befriend your bank manager. Soon you'll want an external flash. And a decent tripod. And longer, faster lenses. And...and....and :D
 
johanopperman said:
Congratulations Nicci, very well deserved.

Just one thing: if this is your first SLR/DSLR, you know of course this is the start of the REAL learning curve. If you need any help, please feel free to ask.


Oh, and befriend your bank manager. Soon you'll want an external flash. And a decent tripod. And longer, faster lenses. And...and....and :D
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EX 270 II or one of these Would be my recommendations. Former if you want a smaller flash for indoor shooting that's less bulky/ungainly on so small and unbalanced a body, latter if you want a larger flash with a head that can be turned around, greater flash power and are willing to deal with how large it is.

Until then though, good idea to learn what you can do with just the onboard flash first - to learn why you might need an external flash unit at all.
 
Thank you again for the congratulations everyone!

johanopperman said:
Congratulations Nicci, very well deserved.

Just one thing: if this is your first SLR/DSLR, you know of course this is the start of the REAL learning curve. If you need any help, please feel free to ask.


Oh, and befriend your bank manager. Soon you'll want an external flash. And a decent tripod. And longer, faster lenses. And...and....and :D
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Ah yes, I have been advised that the Manfrotto tripod is probably the best. I have googled a bit, but there are so many, so I need to actually go inside the store to see what the best is for my needs.

nanonyous said:
EX 270 II or one of these Would be my recommendations. Former if you want a smaller flash for indoor shooting that's less bulky/ungainly on so small and unbalanced a body, latter if you want a larger flash with a head that can be turned around, greater flash power and are willing to deal with how large it is.

Until then though, good idea to learn what you can do with just the onboard flash first - to learn why you might need an external flash unit at all.
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thank you for this - I will have a look at this tonight, as I am falling behind in work because I am googling whole time haha!!
 
Nicci said:
Ah yes, I have been advised that the Manfrotto tripod is probably the best. I have googled a bit, but there are so many, so I need to actually go inside the store to see what the best is for my needs.
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A short article well worth reading: http://bythom.com/support.htm. Shorter version: you can try to get by with a cheap tripod, and end up owning a cheap tripod and a proper tripod, or you can just buy the proper tripod the first time :)

You could also read this and this to get a feel for what to look for in a tripod.

(I should note that all the above articles usually end up recommending seriously expensive equipment. I am not suggesting that you buy a R7000 tripod, merely that the articles will help you to choose.)
 
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Thank you very much! I will read all this weekend! I just want this day to get over now :D
 
My very first piece of advise to you would be:

Your VERY first purchase, should be a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Very cheap (think it's now just over R 1,000). Learn as much as you can about photography (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, depth-of-field, hyperfocal distance etc. etc.) and know your camera body inside out. Then put your camera on manual, keep that 50mm lens on the body for the first 6 months and practice practice practice.




*PS: remember this advice is brought to you by the person who didn't get one single vote and ended up stone last in the competition :D
 
johanopperman said:
My very first piece of advise to you would be:

Your VERY first purchase, should be a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Very cheap (think it's now just over R 1,000). Learn as much as you can about photography (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, depth-of-field, hyperfocal distance etc. etc.) and know your camera body inside out. Then put your camera on manual, keep that 50mm lens on the body for the first 6 months and practice practice practice.




*PS: remember this advice is brought to you by the person who didn't get one single vote and ended up stone last in the competition :D
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Thank you Johan for the good advise! I appreciate it. I will look into then buying a lense / tripod / bag first. I need to also learn what each lens is used for (different size mm f/ etc) so that I know which lense does what. Thank you so much for all the invaluable advice - I am sure I am going to keep you photography gurus very busy ;)
 
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