Digital SLR camera?
By adminHi,
My partner is thinking of buying a digital SLR camera (We are based in the UK). As far as digital photography goes, We would prefer to stick with Canon as a brand.
We’ll be using it for days out, family occasions (As we don’t get to see either of our families that often) and at random locations – we love an adventure.
Also could anyone advise me on fish eye lenses? we would want one to go with the camera – although im clueless when it comes to cameras/lenses so any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
We would also be using the camera for architectural photography.
Sorry – Budget would be the range of £350-£600. Thank you x
Whoops! I mean’t buget would be up to about £650.
thanks again
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April 5th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
i have a panasonic dmc-fz7 and it’s fantastic. i have used it for many diffrent conditions and got some fantastic results. but i have also got some impressive results on a cheap £20 digital camera.
if you would like some sample pics i could send you some if you give me your email address.
April 5th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
If you have a Canon 35mm system, buying the newest Canon 40D (£800) will be a wonderful addition to your system. All your skills from shooting the fully adjustable Canon 35mm are totally transferable to the new Canon EOS DSLR’s. Depending upon the lenses you already own, you may not have to buy any more for now … Like a Canon EF 28-80mm lens.
As far as the lens you will need for architectural, you will find the super wide angle lens like the Canon 10-22mm (£650.00) a perfect addition to your lenses.
Fisheye lenses have limited applications, so the £590.00, may not justify buying one.
April 5th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Just know that when you choose Canon over other brand, you are making a decision to buy only Canon mountable lens. Nothing wrong with that, but wanted you to be aware of it. Fish eye lens are very wide angle lens that distort pictures. Most people use it for wide landscape shots. It’s great for architectural shots, but if you are also using it for family pictures, you’re picking the wrong lens. What you need is a general use lens with a zoom in the range of 17-70mm. At the 17mm end, it’s wide enough to take group shots in a small room and take nice wide landscape shots. At 70mm, it’ll get you close enough to give good portraits. If you really have money to blow, try to find one with a constant aperture of 2.8. It will give you the best results in day and night photography. If you want more zoom range, go for one that has a range of 18-200mm. This is equivalent to 11x zoom power. However, you won’t be able to find one of these with 2.8 constant aperture.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
You don’t mention budget, Canon, Sigma and a few others do suitable lenses for you application, but at various costs.
Fisheye lenses: Goofy effect, great for wide shots of sports arenas, not much cop for anything else, and pricey. If you must buy, google for a russion fisheye in Canon EF mount, they are out there and far cheaper than the branded Canon or Sigma equivalents.
If you must, here is a review of the fisheye lens I was talking about:
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/Canon%20EOS%20Lens%20Tests/254-peleng-8mm-f35-fisheye-converted-to-eos-mount-test-report–review?start=2
If you want a wide angle then your choice is going to be dictated by the body you buy.
At this point you need to decide whether you are going to go full-frame or APS-C, the main difference being cost and field of view.
APS-C digital SLR cameras are cheaper and you can get the very good sigma EX 10-20mm for around £320, this gives an extreme wide angle of 16mm equivalent, full frame without the bowed corners you’ll get on a fisheye.
Of the bunch I would opt for the EOS450, the extra resolution and live view are handy.
If you use this with a hotshoe spirit level and a tripod, by making sure the back of the camera is vertically level you will avoid the converging lines from perspetive (i.e your architecutre shots will look like the building is standing upright rather than at an angle)
With such a wide angle lens you should be able to fit in the tops of most buildings (except skyscrapers) and crop out the foreground.
The other option is to buy a specialist tse lens, or the tilt shift hartblei lens. For both you are better going for a full frame camera such as the EOS 5D
April 5th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
I have a Cano EOS 450d, this is my first DSLR after converting from 35mm. In my opinion you won’t go far wrong with this camera and http://www.7dayshop.com are doing the camera with kit lens for £529.