barbara_chrapek

John (Silvey) - I asked a similar question last week - it may be helpful for you to look under "First time slide user-please help" thread dated April 26, 2006. :0)

Thank you for all your great advice!

Robert - I am planning to get a good tripod and teleconverter (probably 1.4), but it's just a matter of finances at this point, so I'll have to do best with what I've got for now.

Thank you for your comments!

Bueh - actually, I do have the manual exposure option in my camera.. Thanks for your advice, but let's assume I got past the loading film/frame subject stage... I know that slide films have less exposure latitude compared to print films and that bracketing is recommended with slide films. But I'm also curious to hear which slide films work well with wildlife/nature subjects and any other recommendations. Thanks!

I've recently purchased my first roll of slide film (Velvia 100F).

Since I'm a beginner, I could use some advice on shooting with this

type of film. I'm mainly interested in nature (butterflies,

flowers, birds, etc) and I use an old Canon EOS Rebel G camera with

an EF 70-200mm F/4 USM lens. Any advice is greatly appreciated!