Camera Guru Required - NLC!

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:21 am

Absolutely right John, and i will end up doing the same! The kit lens can't be that bad and as you say is a good starting point!

Dave

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 pm

Brand new 350D with std 18-55 lens went on e-bay tonight £375. Thought that was ok.

So it's you lot who've been bidding against me

woody · Post by **woody** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:51 pm

My girlfriend's got me a D50 for my birthday in a couple of weeks. I have been looking at buying either that or a 350D for some time, but as has been said, after handling the two it had to be the Nikon.

I accept what's been said about Nikon's (compared to Cannon's) and kit lenses in general, but it's my first 'proper' camera, so cshould provide a good place to start.

poah · Post by **poah** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:19 am

the 24-105 is a fine lens and couple it with the 10-22 EFs and 100-400 IS L you have 10-400mm covered and a dent in your pocker for 2k lol

depends what you want to shoot will depend on what lens you buy.

check out http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk

I have EFs 10-22, tamron 17-50 f2.8, EF 100-400 L and sigma 30mm f1.4. would like sigma 50-100, and a couple or primes 85mm f1.8 & 135 F2 L to round off with

Mr Momo wrote:Also just bought a 400D - nice to handle and integrates all the info functions on to the 2.5" LCD.

but prefer this..

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s30794/0/L ... 143&comp=n

anyone else got recommendations on Canon lenses

David Bryce · Post by **David Bryce** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:42 am

Just to clarify guys, I'm not suggesting you spend a silly amount of money on your lenses, I do but then I have to!

Without even mentioning all of my Hasselblad gear I have at least £4k of just Nikon glass in my bag: 10.5mm 2.8, 50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.4, 17-55 2.8, 70-200 2.8 and 18-200 VR. I need 'pro' glass with fast apertures, it's how I make my living.

Nikon and Canon 'kit' lenses can usually always be bettered by the equivalent Sigma lenses for not much more. The Sigma 18-125 is a great little lens for only £175 giving roughly the equivalent of 28mm-185mm in 35mm film camera terms (depending on the 'crop factor' of the DSLR used)

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:09 am

I feel a SE Photography trip to Mr Bryce's House - to learn about some of the basics for those of us who are moving to our first DSLR from point and shoot!!

Anyone else!.....

Cheers,

Dave

David Bryce · Post by **David Bryce** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:56 am

LOL, feel free to visit my studio guys, I may even offer a discount to SE members on my usual hourly rate

poah · Post by **poah** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:28 am

David Bryce wrote:Just to clarify guys, I'm not suggesting you spend a silly amount of money on your lenses, I do but then I have to!

its an addiction

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:32 am

Well... my Polariod Land Camera does everything I need, and the little cube flashbulbs are on the way back! Digital Photography! pah.

Jim

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:35 pm

David Bryce wrote: Without even mentioning all of my Hasselblad gear

If you are after another Hasselbald lens for nothing then I could point you in the general direction of one

The last time I saw it was as it parted company from a Hasslebald body when my mate and I were photographing the Soviet Aircraft Carrier, Kiev, n sea trails off the West Coast of Scotland 30 years ago. He somehow mixed up the shutter button and the lens release button

The lens nearly hit the Kiev

I couldn't stop laughing all the way back to Faslane.

Very tempted to get a DSLR but resisting well

I had one of the first consumer digital cameras, an Apple QuickTake 100, which was launched in 1994. Luckily I worked with an Apple Reseller at the time so was able to play with the latest gadgets. They were also one of the first to release a SCSI CD-Rom player that could also play Photo CDs through a TV.

Glad digital photography took off and I think its great that you can get prints as cheap as 5p over the counter in local supermarkets.

Iain