michael_villarmia

No one is saying its going away, but with the data given in the article, its very likely that the price of film will go up.

Might I suggest the 50mm or 100mm macros? Macro shots of the amazing Hawaiian vegetation might be worth something to you.

I wouldn't truat a ziplock bag with my equipment. Depending on the importance of the shoot, I'd either buy one of those expensive water proof bags or not shoot at all. Also, depending on your lens, some of the above methods may not work. My recommendation is to shoot until it starts raining, then at that time stuff your equipment in ziplock bags and put them back in your gear bag.

Yes, the annoying strobes are still present. And, IIRC, the reviewers used no flash assistance.

The 1.4x teleconverter adds magnification through optics. You find the 1.6 crop factor on DSLR due to a smaller sensor size. There is no magnification going on here at all. Optically, you are looking through a 200mm lens. Macman is saying you may choose to shoot at f/4 indoors, but you'll have to increase your ISO rating to 3200 to compensate for the lack of light.

DUCK VOICE: Aff-cclack.

Custom function 4 will move the AF to *, if thats any help. Why would you need it on all the time?

Thats a decision you're going to have to justify for yourself. If you want everyone else's opinion, run a simple search. 90% of the responses are going to be to buy more glass.

>> What does the 3 have that the 7n doesnt besides the 45 point AF?<p>

 

Weather sealing, spot metering, better built body, optional motor drive to name a few. Also, the Elan7N has a pop-up flash and E-TTL II that the EOS 3 does not.<p>

 

Another point that you may have overlooked is the weight. The EOS 3 is a lot heavier than the Elan 7N.

You won't be able to catch that plane with the body and the kit lens, regardless of how good the ECF is. IIRC, the ECF is rated at 45mph, so if the plan is going anything faster than that, the tracking servo won't be able to follow it. Perhaps investing in some books on panning will server you better.<p>

 

Michael

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PS: Buy the Elan7. College <b>IS</b> expensive (Sorry, I had to!).

The 24mm on the 10D wouldn't be "superwide", but more normal. You can try the 15mm, but not sure what kind of quality you'd expect to see with the cropping effect. If you're bent on shooting digital, either settle for lack of super wide lenses, shoot the 1Ds, or shoot film.

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Just finished rifling through the latest Pop Photo at my local B&N and

saw a short snippet about the new Elan 7N. The Pop Photo review states

that the Elan7N has better low light focusing than *any* other Canon

EOS body. Under a test, the Elan 7N was able to focus, yet the other

cameras did not. The article did not state which cameras were used for

the test, though it was mentioned that both film and digital cameras

were tested.<p>

 

 

 

Don?t take my word for it. Check out the article yourself!<p>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael

Check out #photography on a few IRC networks if you're looking for some people to chat with.

Do your parents a favor and not buy anything. Instead, take some really, really good pictures of your parents and have them enlarged/framed. Then, present it to them on their wedding anniversary as a gift. The next time your birthday rolls around, say you can take even better pictures with a Canon 1Ds. They'll be more than happy to make the purchase for you.

I don't believe there is a QD model for the Elan 7N available in the US.

It may not be as useful for film cameras, but perhaps for digital? Also, how about a search that allows you to sort by lens used? I don't see it entirely useless, other than the fact that details may be falsified.

If I had to pick three light weight primes, I'd go for the 24mm 2.8, 50 1.4, and the 100 2.8 macro. Great combination of functionality.

Since your question was about Tamron vs. Canon, I'll say go for Canon most of the time. This way, you'll run into less compatibility issues and won't have a problem should you ever resell the lens.<p> Aside from that, my recommendations are to sell the Nikon system and the other zooms and buy a 24/50/85 prime kit. May be a little expensive, but the optical quality will be better than what you are looking through now.<p>If your complaint is that its too expensive, then take some extra time and save up for better glass (primes or zooms). Mediocre glass isn't worth it. Get a 50mm now for $70 and wait until you have more money to buy the better lenses.<p>I'll get off this soap box now. *evil grin*

100% viewfinder may be irrelevant if he is taking film to a lab. Also, as previously stated, a weather proofed camera is rendered useless with cheap lenses (in adverse weather conditions). If you really want advanced features, you're going to have to pay for it. Just because its an EOS 1 doesn't mean its more bang for the buck (in this case, $200 bucks).

Simply, do you need weather proofing or better AF performance?

A2e is great if you need spot and is really inexpensive used.

I don't think its a huge issue. Crippling like this has been found in computer components for years. Its a lot cheaper for a company to produce a hundred of the same chips and cripple 50 than it is to R&D 50 and 50 chips.

Its still available, but the site was just "slashdotted" (too many people trying to log on to one website, exceeding bandwidth for its servers and potentially crashing it).

What about a 50/28 prime combo? On the Canon DSLRs, these would equate to 80mm and a 44.8mm lenses. Both excellent for what you are looking for.

I actually saw this last night and was impressed with the pictures. Unfortunately, I did not see any mention of film or camera used.