Photograph and Camera talk
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Entry level DSLR, which one….
Nikon D3000
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Cannon EOS 400D
Help?
Ask Tommy, it's presumably he who will be using it most…...
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Thanks Todd
Bollocks Giles
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you cant go wrong with either system Gav. Personally, I feel Nikon makes a superior body but, Canon makes better glass.
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I will take my conflicted thoughts to Tokyo and search the second hand dealers of Akihabara for a bargain.
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Still conflicted…....
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^I'm adopting/ stealing that as a rule of life
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Canon.
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that isn't the first time G has placed that quote, but it still makes me chuckle.
i've actually come to the determination that's how i unwittingly picked my spouse, or maybe that's the other way around :o
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only 8 toe fellow i know that introduced a bunch of folks to 21oz denim out of japan. that checks the originality box if you ask me.
in any event ask tommy what camera he likes as he takes most of the flicks anyway
some how feel i've read that before -
Auto focus will often be a bit slower to focus than ordinary lenses. Some macro lenses have a focus limiter though, so I would recommend that! A few of sigma's macros are quite nice, the 150/2.8 for instance.
many modern "normal" lenses can focus plenty close enough for most of our needs, and a macro lens is bound to have some trade off, be it higher cost, larger physical size, longer focus throw, slower AF, etc. so if you don't have a strong need for the macro performance I'd ignore them. Just my thoughts
hmm i don't think I really need that extra few cm of focus.. but it would've been nice to have if it won't compromise on focus speeds. What would you guys suggest for a lens then? I'm using a full frame Canon 7D and would like a lens of about 12-18mm? It's a pain for me to use my 30mm Sigma F/1.4 indoors..
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I have no experience with superwides, out jn that range you're getting into fisheye lenses and specialty stuff. Why the want for such a wide lens?
oh sorry i've been mistaken! i mean somewhere along the lines of 17-22mm. I've came across the Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM. but seeing that it's a macro… it has slower focus speeds right?
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Decision made, just purchased a Nikon D3000 with and 18 - 55mm lens kit, now I just have to work out how to use it.
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oh sorry i've been mistaken! i mean somewhere along the lines of 17-22mm. I've came across the Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM. but seeing that it's a macro… it has slower focus speeds right?
seems like a decent lens and I can't say that macro lens always equals slower focus speeds, I just don't know, I'm sure the focus speed would be plenty fast for what you would need it for
seems like a good general purpose lens, I'm sure you can find some in depth reviews from real users, if it fulfills your needs then go for it
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Decision made, just purchased a Nikon D3000 with and 18 - 55mm lens kit, now I just have to work out how to use it.
well done Gav.y little brother has one of these as well…as soon as you figure out what lens you need, I'd upgrade on that though, since the kit lens isn't thy good...still good enough for getting into it! enjoy
