dSLR Advice

[the great roberto]

Looking at Canon.
550d or 60d ?

OK so two different cameras or at least prices. Most likely ( if I do buy) go for the 18-135 IS lens with eitehr camera.



Any experience on either please ?

 

[silverclaws]

Nope, neither, am a Nikon owner, but two websites which I trust in terms of unbiased reviews ;

http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/

http://www.dpreview.com/

 

[Tad]

Nope, neither, am a Nikon owner

Likewise.

I've heard that Canon make great quality photocopiers


Sorry, cheap shot, I couldn't resist, just got flashbacks to when I was in the photography game full time

Canon/Nikon/Sony/whatever They all make a range of models at about the same price of about the same spec that pretty much take pics as well as each other.

 

[Bensherman]

If you're looking at Canon try photography on the net website, there's loads of threads on there.

Cheers


Matt

 

[Aeronaut]

60d out of the two if forced to choose Canon, but another Nikon user here. Just got the D7000 last week... and love it!

 

[MikeD]

550D and spend the difference on more lenses

 

[Augustus]

Neither.

Ignore the march of DSLR's and buy a proper 'LR'... a TLR ~(like this one) and then get yourself down to my friend and I's darkroom we are opening and discover (re-discover) the wonders and beauty of retro photography.






(if anything like the 350d/ 30d era (which i imagine they are very much so), they'll be very similar innards with different packaging/ build.

They'll all do what you could want them to do probably and they'll all produce dfine results. Go and try them out in your hands and see which one you'd prefer to handle/ lug about on a daily basis.

As referred to before on here I think this sums it up perfectly...

*My pal's 350D and my 1DMKIIn have near identical innards. Same Pega Mixel count, similar sensor, same processor etc...

*Both will take a picture of Hugh Grant coming out of his house and chucking a bin at you.

*Both will deflect said bin and save your noggin.

*Only one will carry on taking pictures of him wandering off down the street mumbling and swearing about things that should happen to you.

 

[Piperdave]

2 1/4 square...now you're (*) talking. Mum used to use these all the time. Very reluctant to go to 35mm :?

Monochrome of course?

Dave

(*) please not correct usage of you're, not your! IFMO when people don't get it correct. :cry:

 

[the great roberto]

550D and spend the difference on more lenses

Thats where im at at the mo. The 60d does not appear to be a worthy sucessor to the 50d. However the 550d does seam to be more than the 500d.

 

[JohnH]

Neither.

Ignore the march of DSLR's and buy a proper 'LR'... a TLR ~(like this one) and then get yourself down to my friend and I's darkroom we are opening and discover (re-discover) the wonders and beauty of retro photography.

I'm going to a "70s" themed party on Saturday night and will be taking my retro SLR. I'm just hoping that no-one realises that the OM20 was released in 1983....