Digital SLR Camera's

[clevich]

Well, I'm interested in purchasing a professional quality digital camera. I know I know... the quality in digital camera's doesn't compare to most standardized film cameras, but I'd like to invest in one that would stay somewhat upto date for quite some time ahead. I've been looking at the Canon Rebel SLR, but I know that has been overly commercialized and know there must be something better out there than that. I have a budget of around $1200 and would like any advice or reviews on other peoples experiences with Digital SLR's.

I've also heard that Kodak lenses can work on either film or digital cameras. I have a couple Kodak lenses that I wouldn't mind using on the digital.

Thanks. :)

[DJDeeb]

pretty much every time I see some Pro photographer they are using the Cannon digital rebel.

Although I've heard goos things about Minolta too

[clevich]

Thanks :) I'll go look at Minolta.

[narc]

kodak should stick to creating film, not cameras... thats like buying a car made by Hewlett Packard

go with the Canon Rebel for starters, then upgrade after you feel comfortable with a higher up

1) canon
2) nikon
3) pentax
4) minolta
5) olympus

[clevich]

alright, I'll stick to the Rebel until someone warns me otherwise.

[tvmann]

My friend has one of those Canon digitals EOS 10D I think. Don't know much about it myself, but I checked out some of the image files on his computer & printed too, and the quality is excellent and he's very happy with it. The camera and associated stuff is a little complicated though, almost too much for a non-pro to handle.

He's been into Canon cameras for a long time, has the 35 mm film version too and some nice lenses which also work on the digital. He's always ordering accessories from BNH in New York and is mostly digital now, has 2GB memory cards and a little battery operated hard drive to store collected images when he's travelling.

There was a thread recently about another Canon camera for sale
http://www.fnk.ca/board/showthread.p...t=canon+camera

[ebbomega]

chiming in on the Rebels are teh shit.

And yeah. Nikons are pretty choice too. Narc's list pretty much takes care of it.

[clevich]

Oh.. and by Kodak i meant Nikon.... :083: my bad. Any model's on the Nikon to look at?

[Mr Ektion]

i haven't heard about the Canon Rebel, but it's probably a dope camera. The 10D is fucking awesome. The body is in the thousands (w/out the lenses) which is probably the set back. But the quality (~6.5 mega pixels) is just great. you'll have to save a lot more to buy a larger variety of lenses (of course) to really take advantage of the 10D, but it's well worth it if you're willing to save. When i had my 1gig X8 flash card, it was just bliss.

[Avrum Gold]

digital is where it is at.

the rebel is not a pro camera it is the top of consumer cameras.

I have a nikon d100 that is rated as a prosumer camera.

my father has a cannon 1ds that is a pro camera, and he can print 30x40's that are as good as film. this is him www.goldphotography.com

it is kinda funny in a way to me... I have been shooting professionaly for about 10 years, so 7 years ago photographers where having the same feelings of change, and angst that dj's are going through with mp3's now. but it is just the media. it still needs a person do do the art. automatic camera = winamp crossfade plugin... ;)

see the thing is this...

photograohy has almost nothing to do with the camera and film/ccd. the camera only records what is there. so if you know what you are doing you can take good pictures with any camera that you can control. the more control, the better the camera .

when I used to shoot film I used the cannon eos 1n and an a1 for backup. the 10 d is I beleave a 1n body converted, so it is a pro slr with a digital back, the rebal in 35mm is a consumer camera, so of course when you put a digital back on it it still is.

I would recomend a cannon way faster focusing. or a nikon if you want to use your lenses on older cameras.

minolta and olympas do not make high end cameras like nikon and cannon, and pentax also makes pro cameras. but for digital nikon or cannon.

my 2 cents.

[clevich]

Any Nikon's that you could suggest? I do have a couple lens' already from my film camera.

[narc]

Nikon D70 is a great starter camera, the body itself is around $1,200w/o tax

one thing to remember, its not the camera that makes great photographs, its the photographer, so unless you know what you're doing; a $5,000 camera will get you no where if you don't know how to use it correctly.


for clubs and parties I use a Canon Powershot G3, it does the job fine

for work related and non-club/party/at-risk events I use Canon EOS-1D Mark II

[clevich]

that photo looks a tad grainy

[Mr Ektion]

Originally Posted by clevich

that photo looks a tad grainy

Buddy. that's because it was in a club in the dark. I think that's a great photo. the grain could be due to a smokey environment (it gets picked up by the flash often) or... it could just be grain.. .but i think it's a good shot and quality considering the conditions.

[clevich]

im not saying its bad composition, it's a nice pic. Just that the quality of it turned out grainy.

[filipmaj]

I've got the canon rebel, and it's sweet. Then again, I don't know much about cameras. I like it because it's fairly simple to use and it has many options. My parents just got one of those huge zoom lens thingy, man it's like a pair of binoculars.

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by Narc

kodak should stick to creating film, not cameras... thats like buying a car made by Hewlett Packard

go with the Canon Rebel for starters, then upgrade after you feel comfortable with a higher up

1) canon
2) nikon
3) pentax
4) minolta
5) olympus

Listen to Tom.

He's the MAN when it comes to that stuff. :)