Help Cards

[jim k]

I am new to digital SLR and have a canon 450D and I dont get enough time due to my job to get to know my camera really well. I find that there are so many things to remember and I struggle with soaking it all up.
I was wondering is there any thing that the site could make available for printing off, so that I and others could make a laminated crib card for various topics of photography. Like guides of things to remember or shortened versions of the techniques pages. I think these would be really helpfull I would do it myself but I dont really know where to start and I might get it wrong.
Jim K

[Robster]

Hi Jim K
The Magic lantern guides come with a couple of credit card sized quick reference guides in the back of the book.
I can recommend these books and there is one on the EOS 450/ rebel xsi as I have a copy, they cost about £10 and are far more useful than the instruction book.
I hope this is of help, most good book shops keep it.

Robster

[jim k]

I think i have one of them books I loaned it out. I will need to retrieve it and look at the back strange I never seen it before now. are these gides you speak of seperate from the book?
Jim K

[Robster]

Hi Jim.

Its the very last page of the book and it lightly laminated and folds into three, come to think of it my 450 came with a pocket guide also credit card sized, take a look in the box or in the instrction book.
Both give the basics on metering modes. white balance, overrides, exposure copensation, braketing, picture styles and also how to get a coloured tint in monochrome or give the efect as if you had a red green yellow or orange filter on lens. plus other odds and ends.
Robster

[Amy Davies]

Hi Jim,

That's certainly an interesting idea and something we'll definitely bear in mind for the future.

Thanks for your suggestion, any more keep 'em coming!

Amy

[ether]

Originally Posted by jim k

I am new to digital SLR and have a canon 450D and I dont get enough time due to my job to get to know my camera really well. I find that there are so many things to remember and I struggle with soaking it all up.
I was wondering is there any thing that the site could make available for printing off, so that I and others could make a laminated crib card for various topics of photography. Like guides of things to remember or shortened versions of the techniques pages. I think these would be really helpfull I would do it myself but I dont really know where to start and I might get it wrong.
Jim K

What a good idea

Ed

[JohnDoyle2]

Amy: are you suggesting that, Future Magazines might possibly consider publishing these ‘help / prompt’ Cards in your magazines?