Canon Rebel XTi

[gregr]

Took me a while... had to go download the manual and find the right section. According to the manual the flash will turn itself on if it's a low light situation. You may be able to work around it by setting a higher iso, bigger aperture or faster shutter speed, but since I haven't used the camera I don't know at what point the camera thinks it's low light. Regardless, the camera has aperture priority so it's a non-issue really.

 

[Nuuze]

I'm guessing I should be okay since tank shots would have the lights on...Thanks!

 

[gregr]

You're welcome. A word of warning though- the tank lights seem really bright but actually they really aren't enough for seriously close macro work *handheld*. Depth of field (the area in the picture that appears in sharp focus) shrinks as you increase magnification, so when you're really close to the subject you need to use very small apertures to get decent depth of field, and that means longish shutter speeds, even with bright metal halides. You'll end up using a tripod or settling for narrow depth of field. This article explains this stuff in detail, with photo examples.
Greg

 

[GSMguy]

i have the xti and ocaisionally the flash will go off out of nowhere in macro but if you get the camera close to the tank it is much better

 

[Nuuze]

Thanks everyone! I ordered the following 15% off sale, almost $350 off:
-Canon Rebel XTi SLR Camera with 18-55 mm Lens - Black
-NB-2LH Extra Battery Pack
-Canon EF 100 mm f 2.8 Macro Lens
-4 GB Sandisk Ultra II CompactFlash Card
-Canon Speedlite 580EX flash
-Canon Deluxe Tripod 200
-Lowepro SlingShot 100 AW All-Weather Sling Bag

Now I got a lot of reading to do on photography!

 

[IBASSFSH]

Wow Nuuze!!!!! Thats a heck of an order!! Where did you order from?

 

[Molino]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8712494#post8712494 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nuuze
Thanks everyone! I ordered the following 15% off sale, almost $350 off:
-Canon Rebel XTi SLR Camera with 18-55 mm Lens - Black
-NB-2LH Extra Battery Pack
-Canon EF 100 mm f 2.8 Macro Lens
-4 GB Sandisk Ultra II CompactFlash Card
-Canon Speedlite 580EX flash
-Canon Deluxe Tripod 200
-Lowepro SlingShot 100 AW All-Weather Sling Bag

Now I got a lot of reading to do on photography!

I agree with IBASSFSH, that's quite the order! Congrats on the new camera equipment. Now all that's required is, like you said, some reading up on the equipment and photography, but more importantly, practice!

 

[Nuuze]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=8714561#post8714561

 

[GSMguy]

i have a rebel xti love it