Crap, I knew it would happen, but this DSLR thing is addictive

[fuzzybabybunny]

Oh, I do hope you'll be bringing at least a laptop or something to dump photos onto. 4GB isn't all that much when you're shooting RAW, and what if something happens to a CF card?

Nice pics BTW 🙂 It's quite amazing what that little G2 could do.

 

[Mday]

spent $1400 on my camera (kit). spent $3k in other stuff, including lenses, already.

 

[winr]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I'm an addict, although I've managed not to become too much of a lens addict, thank god.

http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/

Impressive pics!

I agree. :thumbsup:


virtuamike and GTaudiophile yalls look great also.😀



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[Eos]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Tell me about it. I just dropped $400 on 5 items:

1x SanDisk 2.0GB UltraII CF card
1x B+W 77mm MRC Slim Circular Polarizer
1x B+W 77mm MRC Slim UV Haze Filter
1x 2 Axis Flash Hot Shoe Bubble Level
1x Cokin 67-77mm Step-Up Ring

Talk about expensive!

Currently using...

Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105 F4L IS
Canon EFS 10-22 F3.5-4.5
Tamron 28-75 F2.8

I am still in search of a good prime. I'll either continue to wait for the rumored Canon 50 F1.4 MkII or just spring for the 35 F1.4L. I am also waiting for the rumored Canon 70-200 F4L IS. I doub't I'll ever buy another EF-S lens like the new 17-55 F2.8IS. I predict Full-Frame DSLRs like the EOS-5D will get cheaper and cheaper. EF-S is just a stop-gap measure.

Yeah, but how much cheaper? I'd like to have a full frame DSLR with spot metering, 5 fps, built in grip (or ability to have one attached) for around $1300. Kind of like my EOS3, but digital.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I am hoping the next FF DSLR will cost between $1500-2000. I consider that cheap.

 

[Eos]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I am hoping the next FF DSLR will cost between $1500-2000. I consider that cheap.

I might be tempted at that price. I could avoid the 10-22mm that's necessary with the 1.6x factor of the Canon 30D.

Spend $200-700 more, but save $700 on the lens.

FF DLSR ftw!

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: AndrewR
Fuzzy, good post on the basics of photography. I wanted to post one thing though -- Anti-Shake (Super Steady Shot, or Image Stabilization or Vibration Reduction and whatever Pentax is calling theirs) systems like my Konica-Minolta change the handholding rule of thumb, which is spoiling me now. The new Sony Alpha supposedly allows over 3 stops improvement over the rule.

Anyway, beautiful photos in your collection, as much as I could tell with my recovering surgically modified eyes. Are you in Columbus? OSU maybe?

Nope, not in Columbus.

Yup, there's image stabilization, but there's definitely a difference between in-camera and in-lens stabilization systems. In-lens solutions generally work the best, especially for telephotos, but of course you have to pay a lot to get it in a lens. In-body IS works well for short focal lengths, but do not work so well with telephotos due to the large amount of distance the sensor would have to move around to compensate for telephotos.

Yes, I know about the differences between in-lens and in-camera. My camera body was less than just every IS lens that Canon makes, however. 😉