Question for Canon camera users (Read 626 times)

How big are those? Are they threaded? They look like some sort of lens covers. Other than that I have no idea...and I have a pretty extensive background in Photography and 2 Canon DSLRs.

HAve you got a satnav.....It's hard to tell without some kind of scale, but it looks just like the magnetic mount which came with my (other) Garmin

YES, that's it. We have a Garmin for our car. We are using the suction cup instead of that. Thanks Kirsten and Phil !

Well that's killed this thread.....I should have let a few more people come up with wrong suggestions first

Nooo, I was frustrated enough that I couldn't guess what that was for, I went to bed irritated, and I just got up, and saw your reply, perfect timing, or else I would have gone nuts for who knows how long. So thanks again.

Phew, I'm glad it wasn't something for the camera, or I'd be questioning my knowledge of camera gadetry.

Kirsten, I have a question regarding the Canon camera though. Eachtime I used the "running man" feature, the pictures end up blurry. any ideas what I could be doing wrong also the same for when I use the nighttime feature to take pictures in the dark with little light, it end up blurry also.

Kirsten, I have a question regarding the Canon camera though. Eachtime I used the "running man" feature, the pictures end up blurry. any ideas what I could be doing wrong also the same for when I use the nighttime feature to take pictures in the dark with little light, it end up blurry also.

Hmmm...I don't use the auto settings very much, but those must set the camera to use slow shutter speeds. I'm sure the nighttime one does that, since it's designed to expose dark-setting photos without flash. The running dude one must be attempting to use a slow shutter-speed to show motion...which works well if you have the camera on a tripod or are following the moving subject to show speed, but not so good if you want to freeze motion. Have you ever tried aperture-priority (Av) or shutter-priority (Tv)? Those settings are nice, since they are kind of a compromise between auto and manual (I use Av probably 3/4 of the time). You set the aperture or shutter of your choice, then the camera takes care of the rest to make sure that you get a good exposure.

Hey zz, we recently got a Canon EOS 30D. Can you recommend any resources, online or otherwise, that will help us learn how to use this camera well and get the most out of it?

There was a good 10D group that I used to hang out on. I'm sure there's a similar group for 30D owners, probably a lot of the same folks. Duh, here it is: Yahoo Group