CANON EOS 300D photos

The camera:

Max

Here are a couple of photos of Max, a kitten from next door. Note that all of the images here have been resized to 600x400, the originals are 3072x2048(!) at full size though 2 smaller settings are possible. Note also that this size is a 3:2 aspect ratio which is the same as 35 mm film and most photo papers (though not A4)

Taken in large JPG mode in sports mode (f5.6 at 1/200, ISO 400 all set by the camera), I was impressed with such a clear shot on one of my first tries with the camera. Max came a lot closer and I got the next shot shortly afterwards.

OK, the focus should really be on those cute eyes, but I like the photo anyway, it captures his expression beautifully. This one was shot at f5.6 at 1/160, ISO 400 in sports mode again. I'd selected sports mode as these kittens were all over the place and in that mode the focus constantly tracks the subject using the centre of the 7 focus points (hence the focus in this shot is right in the middle of the frame and not on the eyes - I'll get used to it soon).

George - cropped

Another one of the neighbours cats. This is a crop of a full size image captured with the large JPG setting (i.e. not RAW) shot at f6.3 at 1/60, ISO 200 in program AE mode. The image below shows the original with a rough outline of where the crop was taken from.

PT Cruiser - an example of detail capture

PT Cruiser. Taken as a RAW image, converted to JPG and shrunk to 600x400 image size at an 80% quality setting. The following picture is a crop of a small section of the number plate indicating the extraordinary amount of detail this camera and lens is capturing. You can clearly read the name of the garage that supplied the car and their phone number and (just about) post code. Also note the reflective honeycomb pattern that has been captured on the plate. Note that this is quite a shady area of the photo too!

Camera Features

Too many to mention, check out the dpreview review for a full run down. One of the nice things about the camera is the amount of detail recorded about each shot. All sorts of data about shooting mode, aperture, flash settings and so on which are useful for learning about the photographs you have taken. Another good one is that the focusing points used when the shot was taken are recorded with the EXIF data and the software that comes with it (which ain't too bad, but Capture One is better) let's you review the focusing points used as below. Very useful for post-portems of a shooting session.

I'll post more pictures here or hereabouts as they come along.

Here's one:

And two more (the second one processed a bit). Oooh, it's Kev!!

Max again, this is a crop of the second photo (got the focus right this time, still in sports mode):