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The Abyss
Location: Woodstock, Ont Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 183 on 10/29/2010 3:30 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | hey im completely new to camera models, I used to use just whatever was lying around, but this time I want a good SLR camera. after doing some research, ive found what i think to be a good choice, but again, who am i to say whats good lol. i found the Nikon D5000, and i think its the one for me. i asked a friend what she thought and said it was a good choice, but i needed to add lenses and stuff to it to be better, and to take the quality pictures, as well as the artistic pictures im wanting to attempt to take. heres what ive been told to buy. Nikon D5000 50-200mm lens 52mm lens filter polarized filter puffer
is this too much, or the perfect set up? are there things there that arent necessary? i did a bit of research, and what ive found is that its pretty pricey, but i guess you get what you paid for? what do you think?
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| The Seeker
Location: Greater Toronto Area Gender: Male Total Likes: 20 likes
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| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 196 on 11/4/2010 10:30 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Washu
What do you shoot (other than UE of course) and what do you find lacking in your 450D? I have a 7D and if I only shot UE then I would have gone with a 60D instead. The 7D is an awesome camera, but it's also expensive overkill for a lot of things. Look at the features of the T2i/60D/7D and see what best matches your needs. Depending on what lenses you have spending more of your budget on them might be wiser.
| oh, trust me... I've done my research... and I shoot portraits every once in a while.. I ALWAYS shoot candids when im out with friends, I shoot a lot of sports stuff... mainly hockey... so the 7D seems my best bet... good ISO range, good noise reduction, good fps rate, it has video (although im personally not crazy about video) it has better, faster shutter speeds, a better shutter life, it has the DUAL processors... it's just overall, a FAR better camera then my XSi... and I have had my XSi more then long enough.. I just feel the need to upgrade, and i need to extra performance the 7D offers for shooting hockey. mayy sound a bit ridiculous to some.. but it certainly would NOT be overkill for me... I used the first one in Canada on Demo... been in love since.. I've just been trying to save up.. I already have 4 lenses as well...
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| Uzi-
Location: Central Nebraska Gender: Male Total Likes: 9 likes
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 197 on 11/4/2010 10:52 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by The Seeker
oh, trust me... I've done my research... and I shoot portraits every once in a while.. I ALWAYS shoot candids when im out with friends, I shoot a lot of sports stuff... mainly hockey... so the 7D seems my best bet... good ISO range, good noise reduction, good fps rate, it has video (although im personally not crazy about video) it has better, faster shutter speeds, a better shutter life, it has the DUAL processors... it's just overall, a FAR better camera then my XSi... and I have had my XSi more then long enough.. I just feel the need to upgrade, and i need to extra performance the 7D offers for shooting hockey. mayy sound a bit ridiculous to some.. but it certainly would NOT be overkill for me... I used the first one in Canada on Demo... been in love since.. I've just been trying to save up.. I already have 4 lenses as well...
| I recently upgraded from an XSI to a 7D and couldn't be happier. The speed and focus accuracy on moving subjects is unreal and as good as it gets this side of the 1d series. One other thing that really surprised me is super low noise in long exposures at ISO 100. I think it looks better at 18mp than the same length exposure from the XSI at 12mp. Of course the higher ISO's do get noisy but 1600 compared to the XSI is worlds better and 3200 isn't terrible. Unless you have the coin to go for the 1d series its as good as it get for fast action. The 5DmkII probably would probably be a little slow in the FPS and Focus areas compared to the 7d. Although the 5dmkII would be better if you where just strictly shooting UE and Portraits if you can handle the full frame price tag. I bought the 7d because it was the best thing I could get for fast action, weddings/portraits and UE combined, sure it has some compromises and I would love it to be full frame but nothing is perfect. I would recommend the 7d hands down over anything with an else with an APS-C sensor unless you have nikon lenses and could go the D300s route. From what I've seen it performs just as well.
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Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male Total Likes: 24 likes
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| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 199 on 11/9/2010 2:32 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I think I am going to replace most of my kit with primes as far as I've seen examples of a cheap prime vs say the 24-70L the cheap primes beat L-zooms hands down. I buy all my exploring/climbing/camera gear, piece by piece at a time. samyang 14mm, canon 24mm (because it's so damn tiny), ___undecided___ 35mm, ___undecided___ 50mm, canon 85mm [ and Zenitar 16mm will be on the list if I go for a 5D ]
I still haven't decided t2i, 7D, 50D, 60D, 5DmkI ... which of these will produce the best night shots (I know the t2i won't it's on the list for size/compatibility reasons)? $1500 is my absolute limit for a body <$1000 is preferable.
I feel I am really beginning to pushing the sensor of the XT even using RAW files, I can't extract as much as I would like too. I really like the small, compactness of the XT, but I've lugged an EOS-3 around and I really really really like the way it handles. I wish I could get a Digital EOS-3 for $200!
I don't plan on intentionally getting rid of the XT: it will probably become the sacrificial camera, outfitted with the samyang 8mm and a 50mm or 24mm prime; it will die when I dive into the next tidal marsh to evade homeland security. And I'll probably buy another one off ebay for the same purpose.
I want something I'm not going to have the urge to upgrade for a while and something that will give me the best image quality for late night wanderings when I don't have to make the decision: my gear or my record.
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