Canon EOS SLR system NEWBIE guide.

[Damphir]

hey. i just got into photog in last dec, and have shot around 3 rolls. i'm thinking of moving on to a DSLR, what would be a recommended model for me? THANKS

 

[calebk]

Hi damphir, what's your budget like?

 

[Damphir]

uh.. 2.1k? or thereabouts. yeah

 

[SnapJaX]

400D kit? plus in another lens? eg telephoto lens 75-300
But if I had the cash when i bought mine, i would have bought the EF-S 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM, 900 bucks at Cathay M, in place of the kit lens (18-55)

add me msn, maybe can discuss =)
viroxmk5@hotmail.com

happy shooting ^^

 

[calebk]

Small hands? 400D will be fine.
Big(ger) hands? No can do. You probably will suffer from sore finger/thumb after some usage. A 10D can be found under 1k, or if you prefer, a 20D for about 1.2-1.3k in the 2nd hand market. With the remaining cash, may I suggest the very excellent Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens as your mainstay lens. It goes for around 660-690SGD.

 

[dreadlock]

Hi
Chaotic
Many thanks for the detailed post on the SLR Canon for us Newbies. I am a complete learner to cameras and your post has helped me a lot. Keep them coming. much appreciated
Dreadlock

 

[oinkoinkpig]

been playing around with my cam for the last few weeks... arrrghhhhhh very heavy!!!!!

 

[calebk]

been playing around with my cam for the last few weeks... arrrghhhhhh very heavy!!!!!

Then why'd you get a SLR? :what:

 

[xunjas]

been playing around with my cam for the last few weeks... arrrghhhhhh very heavy!!!!!

they dun call them SLR for nothing... it has certain weightage~~

 

[oinkoinkpig]

gt sick of my digi cam.... so choose to take dslr... bt its really heavy...guess its my small frame... lolz ;p

 

[xunjas]

gt sick of my digi cam.... so choose to take dslr... bt its really heavy...guess its my small frame... lolz ;p

pump up some gorilla arms to assist in carying slr~~ hehe..

 

[jon.matthias]

Hey people.

Wanna ask you all something. If you were given a choice to choose between two packages (must have wide lens) and you had the budget, which of the two would you take. The prices are a rough estimate. Should you have any other good build with a wide lens, please reco also.

Canon 30d+ Lowepro Stealth Reporter 300 + Canon 17-40 mm L lens + UV filter+ Cleaning kit = 3.2k
Canon 30d+ Lowepro Stealth Reporter 300 + Tamron 17-50 mm lens + UV filter+ Cleaning kit= 2.7k

Cheers!

 

[calebk]

Hey people.

Wanna ask you all something. If you were given a choice to choose between two packages (must have wide lens) and you had the budget, which of the two would you take. The prices are a rough estimate. Should you have any other good build with a wide lens, please reco also.

Canon 30d+ Lowepro Stealth Reporter 300 + Canon 17-40 mm L lens + UV filter+ Cleaning kit = 3.2k
Canon 30d+ Lowepro Stealth Reporter 300 + Tamron 17-50 mm lens + UV filter+ Cleaning kit= 2.7k

Cheers!

Given your set up, you wouldn't need the stealth reporter. Just get a toploader.

 

[OttOMaster]

Hi dudes

this is my first post and planning to get my first DSLR.

I'm quite fixed on th 30D body, Big hands etc..

however, for lens I need some advice.

I would like to take portraits, stationary cars maybe some close up flowers for a start.

should I go for a;

17/40L
24/105
18/55 f2.8 AFS
28/135

I have a total budget of 3k including 30D body that is going for about 1.8k?

Please help.

otto:angel:

 

[Hoky]

Hi dudes

this is my first post and planning to get my first DSLR.

I'm quite fixed on th 30D body, Big hands etc..

however, for lens I need some advice.

I would like to take portraits, stationary cars maybe some close up flowers for a start.

should I go for a;

17/40L
24/105
18/55 f2.8 AFS
28/135

I have a total budget of 3k including 30D body that is going for about 1.8k?

Please help.

otto:angel:

I think you meant the EFS 17-55 f/2.8 lens above.
It seems that only 17-40L and 28-135 are the only two lens within your budget.

The 17-55 cost about 1700 SGD and the 24-105L cost close to 2100 SGD. Your budget will have blown with either of these two. Also consider getting yourself a NC or UV filter to protect the lens if possible.

 

[xunjas]

If u dun mind topping up, getting the 17-55mm f2.8 would be a great lens... It has L lens image quality plus the extra f2.8.. top up about 200-300 bucks dependin on where u buy.. buy fm cs.com is slightly cheaper compared to stores..

Hi dudes

this is my first post and planning to get my first DSLR.

I'm quite fixed on th 30D body, Big hands etc..

however, for lens I need some advice.

I would like to take portraits, stationary cars maybe some close up flowers for a start.

should I go for a;

17/40L
24/105
18/55 f2.8 AFS
28/135

I have a total budget of 3k including 30D body that is going for about 1.8k?

Please help.

otto:angel:

 

[phantom76]

Hi All,

Newbie question, wats the difference between EF and EF-S lenses?

TIA.

 

[mfopus]

EF-S: Lenses optimized for and usable ONLY on newer crop-frame (1.6X) bodies i.e. 20D, 30D, 350D, 400D etc

EF: Lenses that are usable on all EOS bodies i.e. full-frame bodies (5D,1Ds-series,film) or crop-frame bodies (30D,400D,1D-series) as well

HTH

 

[htthach]

if i want to buy a film body to play with
which is a good body with wide and bringt view finder?
e.g any equivalent of 5D ?

 

[xunjas]

Hi All,

Newbie question, wats the difference between EF and EF-S lenses?

TIA.

reason for ef-s lenses extracted from this article - What is an EF-S lens?

From essentially the introduction of the EOS camera system in 1987 through to 2003 Canon standardized on a single lens mount system for all of their SLR cameras - the EF (electrofocus) lens mount. So throughout this time there was no possible source of confusion, since all EF lenses made by Canon and other lensmakers will physically fit all Canon EOS cameras.

However, in 2003 Canon introduced a new digital camera, the consumer-oriented EOS 300D/Digital Rebel/Kiss Digital camera, which sported a new lens mount design dubbed EF-S. All consumer to midrange digital EOS cameras released since have been both EF and EF-S compatible. For reasons explained in a moment, no film camera has ever been EF-S compatible.

So it’s important to remember that digital camera bodies with EF-S lens mounts are totally compatible with all regular EF lenses. However an EF-S lens can fit only EF-S compatible cameras and no others. (unless the lens is altered - see the section on hacking below).

EF-S bodies have small mirror boxes - roughly 2/3 the size of a regular EOS camera (also known as a 1.6x cropping factor) - because they use image sensors which are smaller in area than 35mm film. They, and APS cameras which similarly used small imaging areas, are thus often called subframe cameras. Cameras which use 35mm film or which use large sensors that are the same size as a frame of 35mm film are commonly called full frame cameras these days.

EF-S cameras thus support lenses with a shorter back focus distance than EF lenses, because the mirror swings further back. This is where the “S” comes from - EF-S lenses have shorter back focus distances. (ie: the back part of the lens can get physically closer to the image sensor since the mirror is smaller) Having a shorter back focus distance allows Canon to produce cheaper wide-angle lenses that work with the smaller image format of a subframe digital SLR, since it’s optically very challenging to create a wide angle lens with a long back focus distance.

Canon have a small but growing series of EF-S lenses available, ranging from inexpensive kit lenses to very good high-quality lenses with image stabilization. There’s even a very interesting 60mm macro lens with an EF-S mount. The super wide angle EF-S 10-22mm 3.5-4.5 USM (roughly 16-35mm coverage if it were full frame) is particularly well regarded, as is the EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS USM, which is an L lens in all but build quality and name.

The main issue to be concerned about with EF-S is the future value of the lenses. Right now full-frame image sensors are extremely expensive to make, which is why nearly all digital SLRs out there have image sensors smaller than that of a frame of 35mm film. But in the future it’s likely that prices on such sensors will drop, at which time full-frame digital SLRs will become more affordable and thus EF-S lenses will no longer be of use except on pre-existing cameras. The two questions are - how long will this take and will you be able to get good use of your investment in EF-S lenses before this occurs? The first nobody knows the answer to, and the second can only be answered by you. For the time being it seems likely that it’ll be some years before affordable full-frame sensors are ubiquitous, so EF-S lenses aren’t necessarily a bad idea, assuming you aren’t planning on upgrading to full-frame as soon as you can.

extracted from - http://photonotes.org/articles/begin...enses.html#efs