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2.8 IS !

 

There is no question about it. Absolutely no question.

If you're tight on budget, just wait... wait one week, one month, six months... it is worth it.

If you're not, just go and get it today.

 

It is worth every cent and every gram of it.

 

Price?

Once you pay it, you're beyond it's only problem. It's only as expensive as you're pictures will look.

 

Weight?

It's not THAT heavy, trust me. I think it's the only negative thing found in forums because it's not as light as the other ones. But when I see this I just imagine a point-and-shooter forum saying "30d? Don't buy it, it's very heavy"

Same thing here. You WILL feel every gram of quality in your pictures.

Do you think Canon would make a heavy lense if they could make a lighter one offering the same quality? Every piece of glass inside of it has a reason.

 

Go for the 2.8, go for the IS, go for the L. Save in things like soap or gas or even food, not in glass, specially this lens.

Hello,

I'm sorry if I post this here, but I think it's a question just for Canon users.

 

I need a bag that I can use to carry my 30D with a 70-200mm f/2.4

I've searched a lot but I can't find Canon users with that specific lens. I've

seen Nikon users saying some bag is OK for their 200mm, but I don't know if it's

similar and I wouldn't want to bet on it.

I have a bag for all my lenses, but you know if you want to go for a walk with

just one lens, it's not a good idea to carry it, even if you're only carrying

the body with one lens attached.

I say 70-200 because it's my biggest lens I have, but I'd like it to carry a

50mm and a 17-40L as well, depending on the day. So it's a bag that can carry

any of those, attached to the body.

I've seen this:

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I don't know if it's enough.

If somebody has a better one (or knows if this is OK or knows if it's not) I'd

appreciate it.

Thanks.

Rafael.

After I take a picture I usually change format (if I took it horizontal I change to vertical) and 'scan' the scene I just shot. Sometimes I get a better picture the second time because I realized there was 'something else' that made the picture different. After a while I have learned to pay attention to what I didn't see in that first glance.

When do you stop kissing?

Thanks for the responses.

 

I use the 70-200mm IS 2.8, and a fixed 1.4, but even though my hands don't shake a lot, I get the "this is my best picture ever (in the camera monitor) this is my worst picture ever (in the computer monitor when I see it all blury).

 

I see they talk a lot about a "quick release" for tripod and monopod heads, but I'm seing $400 tripods!!! :(

Does anyone have a link to a lower price ones?

 

Thank you!

Hello,

I currently have a tripod, but with no deatachable head, so every time I must

run for it (if I'm at a wedding or an event) I must screw the camera and lose

very precious time.

 

I'm looking for a tripod and a monopod, if posible with the same deatachable

head so I can use the same one attached to my camera and just click on the

monopod or tripod, depending on which I'm going to use.

 

If I get a monopod and a tripod but no compatible head, I'd have to screw the

head when I make the change, which is what I want to avoid.

 

Thanks for the input.

 

Rafael.

I went with the 30D instead of the XT.

I did charts, I looked in every single forum on the Internet, excel sheets, asked photographers, ask people who had Canon, and studied for about two months before I made my mind.

 

My point is NOT go for the 30D, but that it was so difficult that I had to do all this, so yes, you're in a tough spot.

 

Some things that helped me:

- Resolution, not important unless you're shooting posters.

- Cleaning system: I'd rather have a not-so-clean Mercedes, than a very clean Volvo. Just keep it clean or send it to the store to clean and forget about it. Not a big issue.

- Body: Professional look and feel, not cheezy plastic one.

- Money: Don't look at the price (you're going to buy a 5D anyway at some point in the future), look at the value and how much both will devaluate.

If you're planning to go professional, go professional with your camera, or at least as your budget lets you. Invest in glass, not bodies.

Hello,

I'm about to buy a Canon 30D and I'm looking for lenses. I'd like to shoot

mostly people. Indoors and outdoors. Portraits and full body. I've seen that L

Canon lenses are rated as extremely good but very expensive, but I also see that

Sigma has lower cost lenses and are very good too.

 

Some of the questions I have (I'm not asking for answers to all of them but I

ask them so you can know how much I know and where do I stand, as an example):

- Do I need to go for a f1.2 or f1.8 in order to have better blured backgrounds,

or do I need a telephoto?

- Has anyone taken pictures from both Canon and Sigma, see the results and say

"I see the difference in quality"?

- Which would be a good place to start for less than $1000 or even lower?

- I'm no pro but I wouldn't like to buy lenses that will make me later think

"why didn't I ask for quality instead of this cheap thing"?

- Is Sigma that bad compared to the L line of Canon?

- Would it be better to save a bit more and buy 3 different lenses for different

things?

- Does Image Stabilization really makes a difference?

- Should I be worried of buying lenses for just the 30D so after I change the

body I'd have to get rid of them?

- etc.

 

I tried to make a lot of questions just as a guide (I didn't do it in a forum

and I got a lot of "that depends" and "but why do you.." so I better limit my

position well using questions so you see what I don't know).

 

The main question would be: If you had to choose a lens (or more) for pictures

of people (indoors, out, faces, bodies) in a not very expensive lens and high

quality pictures, what would it (or they) be and why?

 

Thank you very much.

Rafael.

30D seems to be the right choice, however I'm concerned about the 10MP, I currently have a Sony R-1 and I'm very happy with my 10 megapixels. I can crop madly and still get very good prints.

Hello,

I'm deciding between a EOS 30D and a Rebel XTi (EOS 400D). I have a lot of

different features compared but I'd like to know if any of you have been in the

same situation and solved it, and how did you solve it.

I see (in fact in this same web site) that 30D is superior, but when I see the

10MP and the dust removal feature of the 400D I wonder if I can use the extra

budget to invest on lens instead of the body.

If you have been in my situation please tell me how you solved this.

Thank you very much.

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Those I took with the R-1

I'm pretty happy with it, although if it's sunny and you are using manual focus, there's a 20% chance you won't get the picture right. Shiny, sweat in you forehead, and the tiny screen... they say what you see is what you get... they're right: you are not seing right!

Other than that I'm really happy with it.