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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Repelling spider, thanks once again for your great response, may I just ask what do I do with the view finder? Is it better to use when I'm taking photos, or something, (sorry) And if I do it remotely, what can I do?

But I think and believe your probably right, I do have the camera very close to the minifig, like a couple of centimeters away, (about 4-5cm) Which may be very close and reason for this, I just though it could focus it well, maybe it really can't, and as you said I need macro lens for that, see I didn't know there was a limit, so thanks for the information you provided and the link, I found it to be helpful and resourceful.
Thanks Repelling spider!

Hey there AquaMorph,
Thank you for telling me the exact length of how far it is meant to be on the object that was something I was needing to know, and see there was no way I was a least that far away, as said, I was real close up to the minifigs, like a few centimeters from the camera, but then again I really didn't know it can get out focus, it's a lot different to a webcam.
But thank you for your brief, yet helpful info as well.

Thanks very much for both of your replies, if I have anymore issues, I'll let you know via this thread.

Kind regards,
Generalned]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Generalned]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-24T21:37:48Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Repelling Spider]The other thing may be that you have your camera too close to the LEGO. Unless you have a macro lens, which you don't, there is a limit to how close you can get your camera to an object and still be able to have it in focus.[/quote]

The kit lens has to be at least .25 meters or .82 feet away from the subject to focus. Is your camera that far away?]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[AquaMorph]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-23T17:19:23Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Okay I'm having a little trouble understanding what your problem is, but I think it has to do with the viewfinder's diopter settings. Watch this video to learn what that is and how to adjust it: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5682W93os[/url]

The other thing may be that you have your camera too close to the LEGO. Unless you have a macro lens, which you don't, there is a limit to how close you can get your camera to an object and still be able to have it in focus.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Repelling Spider]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-23T15:02:53Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I don't know what, I'm doing wrong, I do appreciate all the help but for some reason something is still wrong,
 it still isn't helping me, I did the exact setting as stated on the link, 
however even when I try to focus on the lego, it never goes all the way focused, it's still a little blurry, and when I said it worked it worked for on people however even on people on the lcd it is blurry and the actual picture is better, 
I'm just confused is it cause I'm not a DSLR person, or could something be wrong? Or is it something else?

Kind regards, 
Generalned]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Generalned]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-23T11:49:42Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Yah, that link summarizes it all. :)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[backyardlegos]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-23T05:38:50Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hey there, VerkkuUkkeliProductions 

Thanks very much for your helpful link, it was great, Really appreciate it, 

cheers bud.

Kind regards, 
Generalned]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Generalned]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-22T03:44:59Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[url=http://www.bricksinmotion.com/resources/view/95/]Here[/url] is information about optimal camera settings. Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, ... ;)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[VerkkuUkkeliProductions]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/130759/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T16:52:15Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hey BackyardLegos,

So the image gets darker the higher the aperture? Very interesting, So what shutter speed would you recommend? I currently have it on 1/100 for shutter speed should it be decreased what would you recommend?

Oh, and I'll check to see if I can find the brightness setting I didn't know there was one for the actual LCD, thanks mate :)

Kind regards, 
Generalned]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Generalned]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T07:49:45Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[What I meant is that when the aperture is increased to a higher number the image will get darker, so you have to use a slower shutter speed in order to make up for the lost light. A slower shutter speed will give you a brighter image. There's a setting in the menu to adjust the brightness of the LCD screen, that should help you. :)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[backyardlegos]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[backyardlegos@gmail.com]]></email>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T06:13:13Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hey backyardlegos thanks for your great and helpful information, I really do appreciate it, Yes I have been using the manual part on DSLR, however thank you for the reminder, I have used autofocus before back a long time ago when I was first learning, and I always seemed to notice a change in the photos, I notice you have to do custom setting which is a pain, I'm slowly getting there, with the webcam it's much easier, as you can adjust it simply through the computer all the options are there, white balance, etc.
What do you mean by that count of the loss of light? Cause as I stated to repelling spider below my camera's LCD has gotten very dark indoors, however when outside the focus is great now.
Thanks for the aperture tip I had no idea about it.

Hey there Repelling Spider, 
I do agree with you shallow depth of field, may definitely be the issue, yes I have realized the hard way what a big difference from a webcam a DSLR is, it's major, thank you so much for your Great response it was very helpful, you and Backyardstudios telling me the suggestion for the Aperture, as that was really the issue, and suggesting f/9 worked flawlessly, thanks man, I really do appreciate it.
The thing is when looking online, they never really seem to mention the EOS 1100d, they seem to talk more about the T3i and T2i which seem to be more common in general, and the thing is on same dslr's the settings are really different, 

Also Just one more question, now that the focus is fine, why has my camera gotten very dark as in the LCD part of the camera, indoors when there is still light? That's the only last thing that seems to be bothering me and the camera, I'd really appreciate that last response, very much. 

Thanks once again BackYardLegos and Repelling Spider for your great responses!]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Generalned]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T04:05:36Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[The problem you are experiencing seems to me to due to the shallow depth of field. This is something very different in comparison to a webcam. In order to get a wider range of focus you'll need to set your aperture f/stop number to something fairly high, like f/9 or f/14.  Even higher. You don't necessarily want to have a super wide focus range though... I rarely ever exceed an f number of 9 I'd say. Read up on how manual mode works and how exposure works on DSLRs. There are plenty of resources online to learn.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Repelling Spider]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T01:26:21Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I don't think this was stated before, set the camera to manual, everything should be manual, even the white balance, which you'll have to use the custom setting (which I find a pain, but you don't really have a choice, only much nicer cameras have manual white balance adjustment). Try setting the aperture (the setting that says f/ ) to a higher number and counter the loss of light by using a longer shutter speed. Also the camera can only focus on a subject so close the lens; on the lens you have it's probably around 0.9 feet or so, make sure all of your subjects are far enough away from the camera. :)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[backyardlegos]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-20T22:57:33Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hey AquaMorph, thanks for your response, I probably will and should get an AC adapter as you are correct, it would be frustrating for it to die during a scene, that'd be a real pain!

At the time I though I had got the twin pack, I was upset to know it was only single one,

I just wanted to ask you, I'm very confused being a first time user for DSLR's in general, I don't know if its me or not,
All the photos I was taking were coming out blurry, even at AF mode, they still were blurred or not as good as they should be, I played around and got better quality however what really, really bothers me, and I don't know if this is normal or not, is when you go to take a photo, and this is through computer I was using EOS utility (Thanks Repelling spider) Anyhow as I take the photo there is a square in the center I noticed you can move it around now the thing that bothers me is it focuses, only were the square thing is, the other parts all get blurry, so How can I take a good shot, when I can only focus on were the square goes?
Thanks again for your response if you can help me out it'd be very appreciative and beneficial.

Hey there Repelling Spider,
Thanks for your response, it's good to know my camera will do well for brickfilming, I do want to use it, and Yes I finally did open it! I did install the EOS utility thanks for the link, and the suggestion, however as I stated to AquaMorph I am having trouble focusing out of the square box, as it is very frustrating, and annoying, and when I take images of a bunch of lego characters, for some reason the ones infront are out of focus, and are blurred while others are ok, and this is on MF as well, to the point you can't focus it no more, and I have seen your videos and they are crystal clear quality, so I might be doing something wrong being the fact, are Lens are the same.

I hope you(s) can help out, I would really appreciate it alot, as I don't want my money to go to waste.

Kind regards, 
Generalned]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Generalned]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/3182/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2013-05-20T14:19:40Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[The EOS 1100D should work great for brickfilming and it would be wise to use it. The lens that came with your camera should work fine. In order to remotely control your camera from your computer, you'll have to install EOS Utility which is a software that should come on a disk that came with your camera. If you somehow don't have the CD to install the software with, simply go to canon's website at [url=http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/eos_slr_camera_systems/eos_digital_slr_cameras/eos_rebel_t3_18_55mm_is_ii_kit#DriversAndSoftware]this link[/url] and you can select your operating system and download it for free. Once you have installed the software, hook your camera up to your computer via USB. Then turn your camera on and open up EOS Utility. There should be an option for you to click Remote Capture.

Don't be terrified of opening it though! Get it out and start learning how to use it! Read the manual and find out the specifics of how to operate it. For brickfilming, you are going to have to use it in Manual Mode and set a custom white balance. So perhaps reading up on those two things would serve you well. Then go and try out those two things and start making some tests.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Repelling Spider]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/124535/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-05-20T13:08:17Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Upgraded from webcam to D-SLR What NOW? Animation wise? software wise?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[DSLRs are a large investment for brickfilming. You are probably going to want to get an AC Adapter for your camera so it constantly has power when filming. There is nothing worse than the batteries dying on you when in the middle of a scene. The camera you bought is decent low level DLSR. It will take decent photos and will do just fine for brickfilming. Lenses are tricky and expensive. For now I would stick to the kit lens and get comfortable with the camera. This will give you a better idea of what you want in a lens. Just play around with your camera and you will pick up on how to use it in no time.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[AquaMorph]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-20T13:04:53Z</updated>
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