how to take hi-res pictures??
OP, Keep your ISO as low as possible, that will cut out some noise. Now what I dont understand it what you mean by hi res pictures. If you blow a picture up too much you will get distortion, but at 10 megapixels you would have to blow that pic up pretty big to get that. Any examples of what your talking about?
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True, and not really all at the same time.
I was very confused with this concept when I first got into photography. Here is what fixed it: I was able to get my hands on a full-frame camera (I also have an XTi, which has the 1.6 crop like mentioned above) and play around with the same lens on the two cameras. At the same zoom (50 mm for example), the amount of zoom in each picture is identical. The subject will be the same size looking through the view finder of both cameras. The difference, is the "crop factor"; or rather, the area of usable image that the CMOS chip in the camera can use to make a picture. The lens in letting the same amount of light into the camera, no matter what camera you have. However, not all cameras can use all of the available light. Our XTi's can not use as much of the light as a Mark VIII so the image area is less, end of story.
What confuses people is when they say the zoom of a 50 mm is really 80 mm on an XTi. They are really misspoken (in my opinion). What they mean is, the angle of the image in the 50 mm on a 1.6 sensor is the same as an 80 mm on a full size sensor.
I was very confused with this concept when I first got into photography. Here is what fixed it: I was able to get my hands on a full-frame camera (I also have an XTi, which has the 1.6 crop like mentioned above) and play around with the same lens on the two cameras. At the same zoom (50 mm for example), the amount of zoom in each picture is identical. The subject will be the same size looking through the view finder of both cameras. The difference, is the "crop factor"; or rather, the area of usable image that the CMOS chip in the camera can use to make a picture. The lens in letting the same amount of light into the camera, no matter what camera you have. However, not all cameras can use all of the available light. Our XTi's can not use as much of the light as a Mark VIII so the image area is less, end of story.
What confuses people is when they say the zoom of a 50 mm is really 80 mm on an XTi. They are really misspoken (in my opinion). What they mean is, the angle of the image in the 50 mm on a 1.6 sensor is the same as an 80 mm on a full size sensor.
I never said it was bad quality, just not as good as spending 10x as much 
You can get some exceedingly great shots out of the little canon and kit lens, its just easier with better equipment.
Have you got the 50 mm yet? I think I saw that you were going to order one (although I can't remember, is it the 75$ 1.8, or the 300$ 1.4). If/when you get it, take a shot with it, and a shot with the kit lens of the same thing, from the same distance, with the same lighting, at the same zoom (50 mm). Tell me what you think the difference is after you are done.
You can get some exceedingly great shots out of the little canon and kit lens, its just easier with better equipment.
Have you got the 50 mm yet? I think I saw that you were going to order one (although I can't remember, is it the 75$ 1.8, or the 300$ 1.4). If/when you get it, take a shot with it, and a shot with the kit lens of the same thing, from the same distance, with the same lighting, at the same zoom (50 mm). Tell me what you think the difference is after you are done.
versatility is really the only plus of a zoom.
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I never said it was bad quality, just not as good as spending 10x as much
You can get some exceedingly great shots out of the little canon and kit lens, its just easier with better equipment.
Have you got the 50 mm yet? I think I saw that you were going to order one (although I can't remember, is it the 75$ 1.8, or the 300$ 1.4). If/when you get it, take a shot with it, and a shot with the kit lens of the same thing, from the same distance, with the same lighting, at the same zoom (50 mm). Tell me what you think the difference is after you are done.
You can get some exceedingly great shots out of the little canon and kit lens, its just easier with better equipment.
Have you got the 50 mm yet? I think I saw that you were going to order one (although I can't remember, is it the 75$ 1.8, or the 300$ 1.4). If/when you get it, take a shot with it, and a shot with the kit lens of the same thing, from the same distance, with the same lighting, at the same zoom (50 mm). Tell me what you think the difference is after you are done.
well initially i was gonna buy the 50mm..but then i thought, let me save some money and get a really good quality L wide angle lens..so
so, when im in india, i might check out some photography store and check out the price there..cant hurt..but im gonna wait either way!
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as for the information needed,
i always shoot in RAW, and i always use a tripod.
when i have a low-light situation, i try to use a higher ISO..but with sunny lights and daylight, i use the lowest 100.
as for transferring RAW, i used aperture 2.
i already ordered a circular polarizer.
but for size chip..i have 4gb sandisk extreme 111.
i didnt like the program that Canon gave me. i have a mac and i like the aperture 2 program, it works well with photoshop cs4 as an external editor.
maybe im missing some setting or function in the menu settings in the XTI?
and what is ASA?
i always shoot in RAW, and i always use a tripod.
when i have a low-light situation, i try to use a higher ISO..but with sunny lights and daylight, i use the lowest 100.
as for transferring RAW, i used aperture 2.
i already ordered a circular polarizer.
but for size chip..i have 4gb sandisk extreme 111.
i didnt like the program that Canon gave me. i have a mac and i like the aperture 2 program, it works well with photoshop cs4 as an external editor.
maybe im missing some setting or function in the menu settings in the XTI?
and what is ASA?
That's the film speed aka iso in digital.
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