Hi i bought my 550D already! however whenever i'm releasing the shutter, the lcd screen there's always this flash busy. why is that so?
I own a 550D with the kit 18-135 but kinda regret and I should have gotten the body alone and get a Tamron 17-50 f2.8 .. haiz..
If i were you, I would invest in the best lenses I can and go out there and shoot.
Unless you plan to print exhibition size prints ( I know, I have had an exhibition! and even then) you will not see a discernable difference between 500D and 550D at "usable" ISO's (upto 3200).
You will notice a difference between a 100 dollar kit lens and a 1000 dollar L lens from Canon.
Canon, (in my opinion) makes cameras for people who are not photographers, more camera geeks- cramming 18 megapixels in a camera which outresolves even canon's best lenses. (whip out your Leica R to EOS adapters!)
So, save yourself money by getting a 500D (even better, get a 40D- it feels great in your hand, and wont break if you squeeze it a little too hard!)- but most importantly buy some great L quality canon glass, or zeiss , or leica R glass, or nikkor prime lenses
A good picture will look good doesnt matter what the camera. (And most of these people "advising" have probably not shot a decent picture in their life, they just have huge dry cabinets full of pristinely kept cameras and lenses!!) ..let me rephrase that- I am SURE they havent shot a decent picture in their life.
Hi,
I just bought my 550D and it feels very much like the 500D... If you are not into video then perhaps you can consider the D90 but note that it has 12MPs only and lenses moer advanced than the standard 18-55 might not be taken advantage of.
Well, I'm looking for a macro lens as well... The 100 f/2.8 looks real good but it is expensive. The Tamron is going for 500 dollars at SLRrevolution in Funan, but I'm not sure about the 100mm. Tamron is ok in good light but in low light, autofocus is a little slow... nothing beats USM.
Cheers,
RSm540.
Well IHMO more MPs mean you can crop more. Unless you are really good at composition, then you don't really need so much cropping
"..lenses moer advanced than the standard 18-55 might not be taken advantage of..."
I meant that kit lens might be rather soft when not stopped down. And this means in low light, you can't have lower ISO values But still I sometimes change my 550D's MP to 8MP because there is not much difference due to noise and softness in low light. The only time I know of such an ability is in a camera like the D700, where the resolution goes down to 5MP when you switch to DX mode. Even that, the pixel density is the same, as the MP count is reduced only because the size of the sensor used is smaller.
So 18MP vs 12MP is actually the same if your lenses used are not sharp.
(Well, 18MP will take up more space on your computer )
"..lenses moer advanced than the standard 18-55 might not be taken advantage of..."
I meant that kit lens might be rather soft when not stopped down. And this means in low light, you can't have lower ISO values But still I sometimes change my 550D's MP to 8MP because there is not much difference due to noise and softness in low light.
So 18MP vs 12MP is actually the same if your lenses used are not sharp.
(Well, 18MP will take up more space on your computer )
It's like this one. When the camera can't focus, you will not be able to release the shutter.hey people!
I'm a newbie, just to ask that why my 550D can't auto focus when there's low light and when i wanna release the shutter, it doesn't allow me to do so. Is there something wrong with the camera or its just like this?
hey people!
I'm a newbie, just to ask that why my 550D can't auto focus when there's low light and when i wanna release the shutter, it doesn't allow me to do so. Is there something wrong with the camera or its just like this?
hey people!
I'm a newbie, just to ask that why my 550D can't auto focus when there's low light and when i wanna release the shutter, it doesn't allow me to do so. Is there something wrong with the camera or its just like this?