entry level DSLR advice
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- johnny_wobble0
Any of you experiment with old manual lenses on these new Canons? I understand the adapters and small sensors will crop a wide angle lens making it act as a longer lens, but it would be worth playing with, right? The adapters and lens are cheap enough and I can't afford new Canon lenses. So, anybody? Let's see some.
I've got a couple of Minolta lenses already and an adapter on the way.
- VikingKingEleven0
I got the Sony A200 for entry level. Granite I don't know much about cameras but its pretty nice.
- antagonista0
All of the Canon and Nikon entry level DSLRs are excellent. And either of those systems is going to give you loads of options good glass.
- antagonista0
If you want info overload, go to dpreview.com
- vaxorcist0
I would seriously consider an old, bounce-able flash, like a sunpak 333 or similar... use in manual mode indoors bounce off walls behind and to the side.... amazing portraiture possibilities once you get used to it.... and they're cheap used, like $50-100
- Don't put an old flash on a Digital SLR. You can fry the camera.nb
- Boz0
just want to say.. I upgraded a while back from t1i to t2i..and it's NIGHT and day.. the video is fantastic.. there are some issues with t2i but overall you can get fantastic results.. mind you I'm not a photographer and don't even do it on an amateur basis.. but I just wanted a high quality camera..and this was it.. the only reason why I would buy another camera at this point is if the technology advances and I can get a better quality camera in a much smaller package.. other than that, it's perfect.
- yeh man, t2i is the clear class leader, by miles. amazing video, excellent high iso, lots of lenses. im jealous! :)Hombre_Lobo
- johnny_wobble0
I'm settled on the T1i, body only for $550. I didn't even think of this until last night, but I've got an EOS Rebel 2000 35mm, so I dug it out and it has an EF 28-80mm kit lens I can use. Then I can use the rest of the cash towards a 35 or 50mm prime lens. Thanks for the advice. Guess I shouldn't have even needed it though. :)
- jaylarson0
Sorry, I roll with Nikon and they're lenses are compatible way back. So I don't know much about canon. But I know they switched a few years ago (a decade) and now things are locked in and you'll need adaptors.
But tinker around on www.slrgear.com, www.fredmiranda.com, and www.photozone.de, www.photo.net, and www.dpreview.com for reviews and gear via specialized communities.
Good luck. I like the second shot—you kept the highlights pretty under control.
- yeah, I'll need adapters for anything other than new-ish autofocus canon lenses. that's what I'm doing.johnny_wobble
- thanks. that second shot was set up or anything. daughter was holding a bone up for her while I was playing with settings. :)johnny_wobble
- wasn'tjohnny_wobble
- Hombre_Lobo0
yeh pixter, the t2i is the best choice for high quality video on a budget. its video is great, in good light its pretty indistinguishable from a 5d mk II.
- topic0
to say the image, especially video footage from a t1i is indistinguishable from that of a 5dmk2 shows a great deal of ignorance regarding the subject. though the images/video may be captured at a similar or even greater size. the sensor is suffering from a crop factor of 1.6. this will result in a narrowed field of view forcing you to have to back up to fill the frame and ending up with flatter images. there will also be a loss of natural vignetting with that field of view. you'll actually only be capturing about half of what is going through the lens on the sensor. to use a crop factor lens is to waste available lens light and view.
congratulations on your purchase none the less.
- whatever...if you're good with the T2i, and think, and light well, you can make nice video...vaxorcist
- crop factors are not the root of all evil, they're just a technical choice....vaxorcist
- i hope you're not talking to me, i said t2i, not t1i. and +1 vaxorcist. Crop factors arent the be all and end all.Hombre_Lobo
- topic0
"to use a crop sensor camera" that is
- boat0
I know you said entry level DSLR, but I would go for a micro four thirds instead. Like a pen or a gf. For what you are shooting, plus they are great cameras and better than entry level DSLR imo.
- Terrible idea. Then you're investing in a limited lens system. Toy cameras.antagonista
- Miguex0
- http://www.google.co…Miguex
- thats what i got as a starter DSLR, has 1080p HD video too and ligfht weight.
HijoDMaite - i love it!HijoDMaite
- yup, love this thingmoldero
- in answer to the video, the answer is yes. the 5D blows it out of the waterautoflavour
- i have this... great, great entry-level camera... the sensor on this one is big too... better lenses, and you can make some sick looking stuff...showpony
- love it!jfletcher
- ok_not_ok0
T1i - $650