Darkdragon

I'm not sure how much you already know, so I'll just start at the beginning. The aperture is the size of the opening for your lens. It's also referred to as "f-stop" and "f/stop", I have not ready your whole manual myself, but a lot of camera manuals will use all those terms interchangeably. The larger the number, the smaller the opening. that's because the number is actually the bottom of a fraction, so if you think of it as 1/X it's easier to relate to (at least for me). The fraction is, in simple terms, the size of the opening in relation to the size of the lens. I'm already getting too technical here, but just thought I'd give you a little background info. The point is that when you are NOT zoomed in, you can set your "f-stop" between 3.5 and 8. F3.5 is what would be considered "wide open" for your lens. That means it is letting in the most light possible through the lens to hit the sensor. An open aperture like that will create shallow depth of field in your image, which will then be compounded if you zoom in (your camera will automatically close the lens a little bit as you zoom in, this is a physical limitation of your camera). This is the only setting that will affect your Depth of Field, so I recommend concentrating on learning how aperture works and how to manipulate it on your camera. Looking at page 31 it looks pretty simple to adjust your settings using the < and > buttons, but if you have difficulty I will see what I can do to help (I can't buy a copy of your camera though ) Things to remember: Aperture = F/Stop Smaller number = bigger hole = more light = shallow DoF Larger number = smaller hole = less light = deep DoF A little trick you can try to help you understand how the aperture works, at least it helped me, is take a sheet of paper and use a paperclip or pin to poke a tiny whole in it. Look through that hole at an object across the room. You'll notice everything is in focus. Now take another sheet of paper and cut a dime-size hole into it. Look through that hole from the same position, at the same object across the room and you should be able to notice that the area around the object is not in as sharp focus as the object itself. This doesn't work as well for everyone, but you might give it a try and see if it helps you understand at least the idea behind the way aperture works.

Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions on it, I have the PDF now too.

Happy Anniversary! I can't beleive it's been a year already. I'm so excited to get my order in for some bear traps!

Excellent work! I like the roof style you have created here and the black/brown motif works really well.

Thanks Zepher! Glad you found it funny and understood what was happening. Working without word bubbles is a real challenge and it's nice to know it worked.

"Yeah, that was very unfortuanate, but at the time, for all of us, it was for the greater good. I don't think any of us wanted to kill the majestic unicorn..twice..or trick it into eating that poison dust. There was just no other way to save the Grand Wizardine. It was regretable, almost everything that happened on that quest was so painful. I don't like to remember it, but remembering is the only thing that keeps us from repeating our mistakes."

"Yeah. We all do the best we can, we do what we feel is right at the time. Sometimes that turns out horribly, and we are stuck with the consequences. I just wish the world wasn't punished for our mistakes. But you know, what can we do? We can't run away from it... We can only try to fix it any way possible."

"I bet it was, looking back. At the time though, it must have been a very fearful experiance for all of you. It's good that you have survived and you look very strong now. Hopefully you didn't start any wars...or get any children captured by a witch...umm Won't you have a seat? I'm sure there's plenty of room at our table. I mean, if Namyrra doesn't mind, she was sitting in such a quiet corner here."

And people say raised baseplates and giant wall panels are useless? This looks great! Excellent work ACPin [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

"I think so. I'd like to have more supplies, but I'm quite low on gold. I just hope we can find that missing child. Well, I guess nobody said it's a child, but we are all assuming that aren't we?" "Yes, nasty creatures. Just when you think you have them beat WHAM! another one takes his place. I hope I never see another direwolf, but at least now I know to seal it as soon as I spot it. Wonder where I can get one of those scroll."

After checking the quest #44 list to make sure her name is still there, Cinna sees Namyrra at a quiet table and decides to join her. "Hi Namyrra, it was great to quest with another powerful magic user. Really too bad about those sealing though, I wonder what went wrong. So many wolves, we used so much time on them for one point." She laughs lightly remembering how they kept spawning over and over. "Was it your first time using the scroll? I've actually never used a scroll myself."

How sweet of them to open for my birthday.

Thanks!

Cinna will rest this round.

I repeat my attack on dire wolf G

I repeat my attack on dire wolf F

You, sir, are obviously working TO hard at work. Take more breaks!

I dunno....I think Bob Clock moves backwards.

Excellent work Z! I love the detail of the not-quite-finished painting of the tower The heart shape top is amazing

"Sealed! Yes! I'll attack Direwolf F with a Mauryl from the back row "

"I'll attack Direwolf E with a Mauryl from the back row "

"I'll attack Direwolf D with a Mauryl from the back row "

"I'll attack Direwolf E with a Mauryl from the back row "

Great review! I think I might have most of this set, wow it really was a good deal. I can't even imagine how many I would have picked up on clearance I haven't opened my new Spiderman set, but based on the box art I like the old spiderman figure better. The one from this set is my favorite of all the Spiderman figs I've seen so far.

'twas the new guy!