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fear7950

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I have a Canon XT and I want to take a good picture of the mountains in Southern California. The lens I have are a 18-55 and 28-135. The pictures will be far away overlooking the city with the mountains in the background. I want the picture to have deep detail and be sharp. I have read some shooting note with setting to take landscape pictures with a EOS 5D
  • Lens : EF17-40mm f/4L USM
  • Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec
  • Aperture Value: 8
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • White Balance : Auto
  • Picture Style: Landscape

What camera setting should I use and what lens.

Little Help!!!!!!
 
First off you're going to need a tripod.

Use your widest angle.

Get out of the "idiot modes" and into Aperture Priority (I believe Canon calls it Av). Set your aperture for around f11 to f16. If your camera has a mirror lock-up setting use it. If you have a remote release, now is the time to use it as well. Otherwise, use the timer.

You may want to bracket a few shots, I would go with one full stop and take two under and two over. This way, you can either pick the best exposure or combine them in PhotoShop.
 
First off you're going to need a tripod- That I have

AV is what Canon calls it

mirror lock-up setting - Need to look in to that
 
I would second the Polarizer if it is clear or, a bright cloudy day. I take a pic then review, then adjust and, shoot another one, till I get what I want. Or you could shoot a bunch at diffrent settings to play with HDR, if you have CS2.
 
Yup, There's sooooo much more to learn, but you are on the right track by asking! You have a vision for your shot so you are wayyyy ahead of most people, I never think about what I wanna shoot, I just go out and have fun. But for your vision, you have a good idea of the 'basic' settings you will need to make a decent shot, the artistry of it is up to you!

For this specific shot, use a tripod, your XT and your 18-55 kit lens at its widest setting, 18mm. Set to AV mode, f8-f11 will actually give you the sharpest settings for the majority of consumer lenses. In AV mode the camera will choose the exposure setting for you. Note that smaller apertures despite having DEEPER focus wont give the sharpest focus due to the way bayer algorithms work (ie the dots of light they pick up are small and arranged in such a manner as to make the sharpness differential negligible. Make sure you stay at ISO 200.

MLU is accomplished in the CUSTOM FUNCTIONs menu.

I recommend you shoot it in Raw+JPG mode. Doing so will get you a jpg file you can use immediately. Getting the RAW file will get you a much larger image file that you or someone you know who is a photoshop or RAW photography expert can extract a lot more detail from.

BUT, most importantly, KEEP READING. Check out great sites like www.photography-on-the.net, outback photo, Canon's XT website, and others. Learn the basics of SLR photography, its not as hard as it seems and once you are out of the 'idiot modes' on the dial can be soooo much more rewarding.

Don't expect your greatest work in your first few weeks of shooting, go out have fun learn learn learn, experiment, screw up and learn from your mistakes!

Sam
 
while a 5D is a great ff camera, do you want to spend $$ just to take landscape pictures. The XT, 20D, and 30D are perfectly capable of taking great landscape pictures. I would spend the $$ on good glass like the 17-40. IMHO I would get the Canon 10-22 if you want to take good landscape pics with the XT.
 
darktiger said:
while a 5D is a great ff camera, do you want to spend $$ just to take landscape pictures. The XT, 20D, and 30D are perfectly capable of taking great landscape pictures. I would spend the $$ on good glass like the 17-40. IMHO I would get the Canon 10-22 if you want to take good landscape pics with the XT.
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Well if he has the money spend it. I met a guy a couple of weeks ago, who has a D200 to take pics of trains. He travels all around the country on his vacation shooting pics of trains running down the tracks. I was like WTF?
Im sure he will shoot other things as well. But whatever floats your boat.
 
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