http://www.dslrfreaks.com Before you press the shutter, and long after. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:23:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don't worry, I'm still alive and kicking. Just don't have a helluvalot of time to write posts at the moment. Currently I'm the process of finalising ArtInvolved v2, which I hope can go live very soon. Besides, we recently got kittens and it's very tempting to play with them rather than ... http://www.dslrfreaks.com/2008/09/still-alive/ Emma got me a brand new Canon EOS 40D for my birthday! I've been taking pictures with a EOS 20D for the last 3 years, so this is 2 generations of upgrade for me, and I'm loving it already. The first impressions so far are also good. It looks pretty much ... http://www.dslrfreaks.com/2008/08/new-camera-eos-40d/ So you got yourself a new camera, unpacked it and all you see is buttons, wheels and sliders. What do they all do! Below I'll try to explain most of the buttons and what they do, for a typical Canon camera; in this case my wifes Canon EOS 20D. Obviously, the ... http://www.dslrfreaks.com/2008/08/camera-basics-all-these-buttons/ And we're off! The main reason this blog got started is because I find myself wanting to join the hype and blog about something. But rather than keeping an online diary where visitors can read what I had for breakfast I prefer writing about something other people may find ... http://www.dslrfreaks.com/2008/08/welcome-to-dslr-freakscom/