Official Canon 550D User Thread

[voxies09]

ah.. I just received my GSS from my ebay exactly 10days

 

[Odyssey-Boy]

That's all? No compartments to store spare batt or sth? :bsmilie:

Pardon my noob qns.



But odyssey saw the original one for $199..

Yeap, $199 cash payment for the original Canon BG. I saw it at Tampines One, there's a shop selling cameras.. mp3s.. clothes i think .. not too sure.. I wonder whether if i throw $195 cash on the table and they will let me have it ? But their 50mm f/1.8 is not quite a good price tho.. i can get it $120 at SLR Revo, maybe I can try throwing $115 cash on their table whether they can give it to me ?

 

[voxies09]

Yeap, $199 cash payment for the original Canon BG. I saw it at Tampines One, there's a shop selling cameras.. mp3s.. clothes i think .. not too sure.. I wonder whether if i throw $195 cash on the table and they will let me have it ? But their 50mm f/1.8 is not quite a good price tho.. i can get it $120 at SLR Revo, maybe I can try throwing $115 cash on their table whether they can give it to me ?

lol, let me know again...

 

[auden09]

I agree! although i dont have a point for comparison, i think color reproduction is really great. I would just like to note though, i once used my boss' D90 and it can capture a blue sky quite easily (what i mean by blue sky is that it's bluer than the pic i shot). i'm a bit envious on that part because i cant do that on my 550D. maybe its a user issue (w/c is me.haha) care to share how to make skies bluer in the picture?

yeah the d90 takes nicer skies. but u can do that too in photoshop. lol...for someone like me who doesnt shoot in raw...the camera's in-built color reproduction is damn impt. i'll wait for d90s then see how. originally d90 was my choice of camera....but then no stock, so went to 50D...den now 550D...lol. how to make your skies bluer? switch your picture style to landscape mode. anyway nikon's trick to doing that is up-ing the saturation and having a default blue tint.

 

[soons]

yeah the d90 takes nicer skies. but u can do that too in photoshop. lol...for someone like me who doesnt shoot in raw...the camera's in-built color reproduction is damn impt. i'll wait for d90s then see how. originally d90 was my choice of camera....but then no stock, so went to 50D...den now 550D...lol. how to make your skies bluer? switch your picture style to landscape mode. anyway nikon's trick to doing that is up-ing the saturation and having a default blue tint.

What you need is just a GND filter. Natural or Blue.

 

[auden09]

wah thats something i havent explored. anyway wad's that?

 

[voxies09]

google it

 

[blueacidic]

Hello fellow 550D mates, would like to clarify if there's any issue with standard kit lens 18-55mm, which causes distortion like this and unable to capture straight lines?

Please review the link HERE, as stated by another CS-er.

 

[blueacidic]

@blueacidic
you can store two batts in the battery grip. Aside from the shutter button, there are also controls like a dial, focus/zoom button and AE lock. Try to google images of it to get an idea :cheers:

Alright, noted and thanks!

3rd Party battery grip should be priced less than $130 from my source.

Do share your sources with us when it's out! Haha, will be waiting :bigeyes:

i assume 3rd party battery grip will not come with complete built-in function as original canon grip

Is this true?

ah.. I just received my GSS from my ebay exactly 10days

Congrats! It's really awesome!

 

[blueacidic]

Yeap, $199 cash payment for the original Canon BG. I saw it at Tampines One, there's a shop selling cameras.. mp3s.. clothes i think .. not too sure.. I wonder whether if i throw $195 cash on the table and they will let me have it ? But their 50mm f/1.8 is not quite a good price tho.. i can get it $120 at SLR Revo, maybe I can try throwing $115 cash on their table whether they can give it to me ?

Hahaha let us know then!

wah thats something i havent explored. anyway wad's that?

google it

It's something called the neutral density filters if not wrong. There are many kinds of filters around.. Read up and search and prolly you can get the effect just buy purchasing the filter as soons mentioned!

Good luck!

 

[voxies09]

Hello fellow 550D mates, would like to clarify if there's any issue with standard kit lens 18-55mm, which causes distortion like this and unable to capture straight lines?

Please review the link HERE, as stated by another CS-er.

hopefully it doesnt affect the 18-135mm

 

[salvator]

$195 for the Ori Canon BG? Does it comes with xtra batt.. :lovegrin:
wanted to get one... cause i just managed to shoot 300+ batt blinking.:bsmilie:

 

[Jonathan Ang]

yeah the d90 takes nicer skies. but u can do that too in photoshop. lol...for someone like me who doesnt shoot in raw...the camera's in-built color reproduction is damn impt. i'll wait for d90s then see how. originally d90 was my choice of camera....but then no stock, so went to 50D...den now 550D...lol. how to make your skies bluer? switch your picture style to landscape mode. anyway nikon's trick to doing that is up-ing the saturation and having a default blue tint.

Btw, you can do that with a circular polarizer too. Sky looks like a nice deep blue contrast. And other bonuses to boot.

just make sure u don't have a front element focus ring that moves else it will be troublesome whahahah..

 

[blueacidic]

Hello fellow 550D mates, would like to clarify if there's any issue with standard kit lens 18-55mm, which causes distortion like this and unable to capture straight lines?

Please review the link HERE, as stated by another CS-er.

Gotten my answer after the guy replied to me.

If any of you wish to know. Can check out this LINK

 

[sinner1974]

Yeap, $199 cash payment for the original Canon BG. I saw it at Tampines One, there's a shop selling cameras.. mp3s.. clothes i think .. not too sure.. I wonder whether if i throw $195 cash on the table and they will let me have it ? But their 50mm f/1.8 is not quite a good price tho.. i can get it $120 at SLR Revo, maybe I can try throwing $115 cash on their table whether they can give it to me ?

Haha throwing cash on the table....:nono:
Your $$ so tua ki ar??? :bsmilie:

 

[Jonathan Ang]

1) I will use my S5 IS with external flash at 1/30 shutter speed at F2.7 or 10-22mm lens, set Aperature at F8 and shoot with fill-in flash.

2) Use 10-22mm at 10mm, tell ur subject to stand more than 1 meter away from camera, then shoot. This lens focus at infinity from 1m onwards

3) Use a polariser.

U will need to get Canon EF-S 10-22 to get max DOF when DSLR. Oh yeah, a tripod too.

Just too add in - use a relatively slow shutter to expose for the ambient light (background) and a 2nd curtain / slow sync flash, so both background and subject (people) is properly exposed :bsmilie:

 

[ShaneKua]

How to make skies bluer? Just download this picture style!

http://www.canon.co.jp/imaging/picturestyle/file/clear.html

I always use this in night shoots to bring out the nice skies and silhouettes.

 

[Jonathan Ang]

Ask you guys...anyone attended the free lessons?

What did they teach you ? Haha was considering letting my gf go instead. I spent almost 12 hours a day reading photography for the last 4 weeks online (cuz IA, more free - ) and about 10 books from the library already. If it's good stuff there's no way I'm not passing up the chance on learning at all :bsmilie::bsmilie:

eg - i don't tweak the profile settings much as i prefer to shoot raw for important shots, but would be good to learn more

 

[hyori]

i got a spare batt for 550D any takers?

 

[takashi miyo]

Settings under Custom Function C.Fn-2, ISO Expansion, ON (page 192 of manual).

i got it.. thanks man:thumbsup: