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Thanks for the invite Misty and keep up the great work!

anybody seen my profile ? coz i am new in this site and i dont have too much experiance of this site so i need to know how can i see comments of myne and much more so if you guy's dont mind then just teach me some abt this site thanking you and especially thanking to my friends who join me on this site

I don't use screen protectors. My Nikon has a screen that rotates and flips so the screen is against the body and the exposed part is metal. My Canons have screens built into the back and I just take my chances. They seem pretty tough though, and I try to be careful. Of course, my film cameras have no screens.

If the film does not change colors or dim the view much, it could provide some protection against minor scratches.

You might want to check out the latest blog on the Main page: Canon SX10IS user review. He is speaking about screw on lenses.

I'm sure the "Auto" setting you're talking about is for the exposure and not the zoom.

Somewhere on your camera is a control that allows you to zoom in or out on your subject. Typically, the first part of the zoom is the optical zoom, the last part of the zoom range is digital. On my Fuji FinPix S500, the zoom function is indicated on the LCD by a moving line on a bar at the top. Once the optical zoom is maximized, the line reaches a tick mark on the bar and the zooming pauses. Once the line passed the tick mark, it's using digital zoom (and it zooms in much faster thean optical).

Hope this helps.

Mike :)

i apologize hah but tomorrow if i remember ill put some up

Misty,
The biggest problem with zooming and noise occurs only when you use the digital zoom. Using the optical zoom won't affect the noise because the shot still uses the full pixel matrix of the camera's sensor.
The digital zoom however, achieves its 'zoom' by digitally zooming in on the sensor image. Thus, you have fewer pixels making up the photo and thus any noise is amplified.

Mike :)

I Misty,
The cameras I use all afford me more control than the Sx10 IS. For digital, I mainly use the Canon 40D or 300D. I shoot a lot of RAW and try to keep the ISO at 100 if lighting allows.
As far as picture size goes, I'm not sure how the Sx10 changes sizes. I can suggest you try to keep the size as close to the camera's native size as possible (and I don't know what that is without doing some reseach).

Mike :)

you have excellent work...