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I am not a very good photographer,

Very nice, Now you need one of these http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/4 ... EX_DG.html
so you can go spotting.

Congrats on the new camera, it should bring you lots of joy! Start reading about the basics and in no time you'll be experimenting like a madman...

www.photozone.de is a good source for lens-reviews, as this will probably be your next purchase...  ;)

And don't forget to show us some of your work!

[quote]Very nice, Now you need one of these http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/4 ... EX_DG.html
so you can go spotting.

Congrats on your purchase!

[quote]Congrats on the new camera, it should bring you lots of joy! Start reading about the basics and in no time you'll be experimenting like a madman...

www.photozone.de is a good source for lens-reviews, as this will probably be your next purchase...

Congrats!!

Very nice snag, and at a decent price too. It won't be long until you're drooling over extra lenses, trust me.

[quote]Congrats!!

[quote][quote]Congrats!!

Check on e-Bay for spare batteries - 1700mah BLM-1 is available now for the Olympus cameras and you may find them to be satisfactory......both Wendy and I have two extras each, and along with high speed CF cards, you can also get 2 gig xD cards to give you 4 gig in the camera. Never get caught short of memory or power. Either of which will end the days shooting immediately.

Check on e-Bay for spare batteries - 1700mah BLM-1 is available now for the Olympus cameras and you may find them to be satisfactory......both Wendy and I have two extras each, and along with high speed CF cards, you can also get 2 gig xD cards to give you 4 gig in the camera. Never get caught short of memory or power. Either of which will end the days shooting immediately.

Thanks for that ,

You'll need to convert the raw-file into a jpeg-file before you can unleash photoshop elements upon it. You should have received a program with your cam to do that.

I use raw during my concert work, so I can adjust whitebalance, sharpness, birghtness, contrast, etc in raw-format. Then I convert the pictures into Jpeg-format and resize them using photoshop elements + some sharpening (Unsharpmask or sharpning) after the resizing...

Be aware that raw-files eat memory. On a typical concertshoot I'll use about 6 to 8 Gb of memory ( 400 - 500 pictures)

During airshows I use jpeg, so I can put many, many more shots on my total of 8 Gb cards...

I tend to use raw in low-light conditions and the more demanding shots, Jpeg when shooting in daylight or if I need lots of shots in a row. Jpeg-files are smaller, so they are written faster to the CF-card..

Cheers,

Omag