On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:19:40 +0000 (UTC),
(jane) wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:00:22 +0200, wrote:

~On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:51:12 +0000 (UTC),
(jane) wrote:
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~On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:17:16 +0200, wrote:
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~dpreview.com is fantastic. I found it last year when looking to update
~my ancient Canon S10 and found out loads of things I hadn't realised
~about that model let alone the new offerings!
~
~It also told me of up and coming models which I might want to wait
~for: I duly waited for two of them, tested them in shops (with my own
~CF card so I could take the photos home and look properly!) and found
~them both wanting. So I've ended up rather seriously poorer with a
~model I hadn't even thought about originally. But then again I had a
~really nice camera for a once in a lifetime trip to Japan, in a cheap
~place to buy accessories
~
~So which camera did you buy for taking gardening photos?

Canon 300D My dad said I have more money than sense, until I
invited him to tell me how much his golf club subs were! He hasn't
mentioned it since...

All the Cokin filters from my ancient Olympus SLR fit it, including
the close-up, so it got its first workout taking pics of the African
violets on my desk! Followed by a trip round the garden snapping all
sorts. I'd forgotten how nice it is to be able to play with the depth
of field rather than hit a macro button and hope for the best...

I shot rather too many photos at Trebah gardens in June. The gunneras
were just perfect (the path goes under them!) and the candelabra
primulas were in full bloom. And I am well pleased with the detail on
the fiddleheads (unfurling fern fronds). Indigenous macro's not too
bad either.

It sounds good, now if only there was a download somewhere to enable
the features they deliberately disabled :-)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos300d
--
Martin