Camera Advice

[nemesis]

I am in the position to be able to buy a new camera andwould like your thoughts and opinions on the following:

Cannon DSLR

I have not used a Digital SLR before so any thoughts on the ease of use would be most welcome.

Regards from the Swamp

Eth

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Hi Eth,...the link you posted won't come up for me,so I can't comment either way.But I will say that the Nikon D60 DSLR I bought a couple of years ago,has brought me some great in flight pics of wingies at a few airshows.To be honest,I still haven't mastered taking model pics,but a lot of guys get very good results from 'Pocket' digi's.

[TRM]

hIYa Eth!!!

I modifie the post so that I think you can see the camera that you are referring to...not sure if it is where you were looking to purchase it from.


Either way is looks to be a sweet camera and not to bad fro the price range. I would love to get a DSLR at some point, but get by nicely with my Sony Cyber-shot W230 for now! I am sure a few of the other guys will chime in on their thoughts soon

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Hi Eth...again!...I don't know if you've had any dealings with Simon Hammerton,over on MM at all.....but he is,or was,a professional photographer.It may be worth your while contacting him,but depending on what you want from your piccie taking,what you've shown,would be a good starting point,I reckon!You can always buy more lenses.(I think!)

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Hi Eth

Any Canon DSLR is going to do the job. But I would save on the camera body to spend more on good lenses.

Canon lenses are good - the L Series are superb, but Sigma produce very fine optics for around 2/3rds the price of Canon.

Where the camera body is concerned, don't go mad with megapixels.
All you end up with is monster JPEG files that'll require reducing to post. My main camera is 18mp, but that gives an image file of 6.5-7 megabytes in JPEG or 25 megabytes in Raw.

What is more useful is Spot Metering, where the lightmeter takes its reading from a small percentage of the viewfinder. Useful when shooting against a white background. Most Canon DSLRs have this facility.

Feel free to bombard me with questions.

Simon
Who's just shot himself in the foot.

[spud]

as simon says any cannon is the dogys, I have a 5D Mk II and i put notting but L seriers lenss on it, and yes Its fecking expencive ocd to have,

[406 Silverado]

Basically any DSLR is worth the investment. You can't go wrong. I hope to step up to one soon and will most likely be a Cannon. Have heard many good things about them from top model builders.

I want one too now

[spud]

yep with the eos utility software plug the usb into the pc and launch remote shooting, dead handy

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If I'm shooting pack shots or anything that requires careful placing of subjects, I operate my camera via my laptop.

It's got an 18" screen so I can check my composition carefully before I start.

It's not strictly necessary as most DSLRs have decent size review screens, but when you're doing this for a living it helps.

Simon

[spud]

lol