SLR camera thread

THATmanMANNY said:
I still haven't opened my Canon EF f4.0-5.6, 75-300. Came with kit.

I used the EF-S 55-250 IS though. I opened that one since it has IS. So I thought it'd be useful on my vacation.

Should I keep the 75-300 or not? Or sell? I don't know if the extra 50mm is gonna help. Or I don't know if that lens happens to have good quality suitable for some shots. Opinions?
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Get rid of the 75-300. This is arguably one of the worst lenses in the Canon line-up. I have hands on experience. The 50mm is not going to help when your glass sucks. In general, let your feet be your zoom. I think people should have more primes than zoom lenses.


The 55-250 IS is pretty good. The IS, while not a cure-all, gives ylou up to 4 stops, compared to a lens without IS.
 
So what are the good basic guidlines for Nikons? With particular interest in stuff having to do with the D3100? I think I'd like a macro lense of some sort eventually, but I'd like to know if there is better bang for the buck stuff than what I have... I have a Nikkor 18-55 and also a Nikkor 55-300(I think). I got these in a package deal, so they're not anything super fancy. I do like to take close ups of things and I also shoot a lot of action, kids, sports, cycling, etc. I like to get cool shots of the nature too but I dont think I need a dedicated lense for that mess.
 
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I got a Canon Rebel T3i recently and so far so good but I have yet to try out all the "special effects". I still have my old Canon AE1 Program and I ever want to go old school. Just sayin'.:popcorn:
 
You have to check out the new Sony Alpha cameras. The A77, A65, A55 are great full size cameras and the NEX7 is also pretty sweet.
 
caferacer said:
It depends on your budget and which lens your brother has.
T3i, T2i and T1i are good cameras, and all have a flash built-in so you may not need get a flash at the beginning. Unless you have the budget to cover the T3i plus some lenses, the T2i is not bad, and you can buy some lenses. You can take HD footage with any of those.

Adorama has a warehouse in NJ so you have to pay sales tax. On the other hand B&H doesn't, and you don't need to pay it.

I recommend a 50mm f 1.8, it's around $100. With its high ISO capability, you can take pictuers even in candle light.

I hope this helps.
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Have a ? i'm new to this but if i have a 18-55mm is lens why buy a 50mm lens isnt this the same thing.
 
fstrike said:
Have a ? i'm new to this but if i have a 18-55mm is lens why buy a 50mm lens isnt this the same thing.
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The aperture on the 50mm can go down to F/1.8 so you can get bokeh (background blur) like this:

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You can never do that on with the Canon kit lens. The lower F stop also allows you to get more light into the camera w/o having to go to crazy ISO's. Also the 50mm is sharper.
 
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Even in an XC shot timing is key. These two shots were taken a split second apart and the one on the left is a keeper, the one on the right is garbage. It's all about body position...


wow, super harsh to use "garbage' there no?
 
martin said:
Even in an XC shot timing is key. These two shots were taken a split second apart and the one on the left is a keeper, the one on the right is garbage. It's all about body position...

wow, super harsh to use "garbage' there no?
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Harsh to most, but not so harsh to "photographers" who're all about getting the perfect shot. If you have 2 very similar photos and one photo is better than the other, then the other photo is garbage cause the one on the left is the one you're gonna use, print, sell, put on a magazine, etc.. The one on the right will literally go in to the trash can.

But I disagree about this "timing". I would call it more luck than timing. There's no way a photographer is gonna be able to time it exactly where he wants the subject's body position when the subject is moving at a high speed. You just take a lot of shots and hope one of them pans out. If you have more skill, more will pan out for you on average than if you don't have skill.
 
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i used cheapos camera to shot these three different carpet moss in HM,wayne.

i always take more than 3shot to shorted out them later.
it wasn't the best shot..i used nikon coolpix S9100 the sunlight help alot
and with corect angle of using nature light,even the cheapest camera can produce nice pic.but not SHARP enough comparing to $$$$ cam.

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ok, so i've read all this, done a little research and think i want to go with the same camera that Manny picked up (Manny, can you chime in on how you like it?). i pretty much want to take pictures of my kids (sports/riding) and general photography. i *think* for my needs/budget.

my questions are with regards to lenses. for what i want to do, knowing that you get what you pay for with lens, which should i be looking at? stock the camera comes with a EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Type II Lens which has received pretty good reviews and, again, i *think* should suit me well for most of my needs. my main question, i guess, is for shooting action shots like sports and such. my budget for the second lens will be somewhat modest.

any/all advise (except from Luke and Nikon nonsense 😀) would be appreciated.

thanks!
 
save your money and get body only. then buy a prime 50mm lens

after that if you have any money left over start looking at the variable ones
 
martin said:
save your money and get body only. then buy a prime 50mm lens

after that if you have any money left over start looking at the variable ones
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would that be something like this?: Cannon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM
 
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