Canon Digital Slr Zoom Lenses
question about a digital slr?
okay so my camera is a canon rebel xsi and i was wondering about the lenses. right now i have a the basic lens that comes with the camera.
i was looking at this lens EF75-300mm
i know it doesn’t zoom but what does it do?
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No, the 75-300mm is in fact a zoom lens. It’s a 4x zoom (4x75mm=300mm). This is one of Canon’s basic telephoto zooms. Image quality is ok but not great and no where near any of the L-series lenses. A better lens of this type is the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM. The 70-300mm is an image stabilized and optically superior lens to the EF 75-300mm. They run about $550 but, are often close enough in image quality to the EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM that people like myself opt to save some money and go with the $550 lens instead of the larger $1050 L-series lens.
Now before you go spending a bunch of money on glass you don’t know how to use, I strongly recommend taking an introductory photography class. Quite often your local camera store can provide these classes for under $150. Longer, full semester classes may cost several hundred dollars but it sounds like you’d benefit heavily from that too. The bottom line is telephoto lenses are a lot like buying higher manification binoculars or telescopes. They allow you to bring distant objects into detailed focus and shoot them from a greater distance than is possible with the 18-55mm lens that came with your camera.
Canon Digital Slr Zoom Lenses
Digital SLR Vs Compact Point and Shoot Camera
All in all, there are three main categories of digital cameras: the Digital SLR camera, the Compact Point and Shoot camera and the High Performance Digital Point and Shoot.
The Digital SLR camera boasts with a high mega pixel, the lowest being 6.3 and extending higher up. The Digital SLR is great because it offers full manual setting options while the Compact camera has only a few manual settings. The manual settings will help you establish the precise environment for taking a great picture, so you have more control over the quality.
The Digital SLR features also interchangeable lenses. This provides quality pictures, as you will be able to change the lenses according to the light and the context. On the other hand, the interchangeable lenses may be a drawback for the SLR cameras, as they cost a lot and some people don’t want to bother changing lenses only to take a picture of their dog barking.
The shutter lag time is non-existent with the SLRs, but this might be a problem when it comes to Compact cameras.
The Compact Point and Shoot camera features also all sorts of options such as an optical zoom, an LCD screen size, computer connectivity and lots more. This type camera is very easy to use and you won’t have the inconvenience of having to change lenses or settings as you can use the auto option.
The compact cameras will do well when it comes to deep depth of filed, but will not excel in taking superior macro shots. You won’t be disappointed in the wide angle of these cameras either. What do you say about an angle of 15 mm?
They will do extremely well in low light conditions, when it enables the auto focus, consequently you will be able to shot at nighttime also. This digital camera will provide good pics in available lighting so it will perform just fine in these conditions.
Moreover, the Compact Point and Shoot camera is highly flexible and easy to handle, as it is smaller in size than the SLR cameras. The latest cameras can even fit in a small pocket.
Another strength of this type of camera is the price. According to the number of the mega pixels and their features, the price will hardly exceed $500. The cheapest Compact Point and Shoot camera can be found at $130-$150. The superior SLR camera prices start from $1000.
All things considered, the Digital SLR camera is highly recommended for specialists and enthusiast photographers, while the Compact camera is suitable for amateurs. Nevertheless, a quality Compact Point and Shoot camera will also allow you to take creative pictures.
The bottom line is: you choose the SLR or the point and shoot according to your budget, requirements from a digital camera and lifestyle.
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Searching for a good Canon or Nikon digital SLR.?
I have been looking in the stores lately at a lot of digital SLRs. I mainly take wildlife photographs; get paid to do pet portraiture, and other events (never weddings).
I need a new camera, I have a film SLR, and a pretty crappy digital camera…a Kodak 12x IS Easy share P850. I’d like a digital SLR now. So I was wondering, which is best, a Nikons or Canon? I’d like it to have exchangeable lenses, perhaps a company that offers a large variety or decent variety of zoom lenses. It having a remote would be nice. I’d like it to capture action shots well. I don’t have much money now, but am saving up for the camera. Is there a good camera like this within a close range of $1000 or below? Anything over $2000 I can’t really afford, I know many expensive too.
If any other camera to what I am looking for is suggestible, please do suggest it.
I would recommend that you get a Canon XS DSLR.It is a( Digitial Single Lens Reflex ) camera and sales for $549.00 up to $599.00. After you become proficient in using it, you can slowly add different lens to obtain full use of the camera. Most low cost point and shoot cameras do not offer the option of taking pictures in B&W. You would have to convert those color pictures with the software provided with the camera. However, with the Canon you can set it to take B&W pictures. I used a 300mm lens on my Canon and obtained some very awesome pictures of the moon. Picture quality is great and the craters are in great detail. Canon has been my only choice in photography due to the quality of taking pictures with those cameras. The only real filters you should invest in will be (1) UV (ultra violet) filter (primarly to protect the lens. (2) Polarizer filter (to take pictures through glass and aquariums (keeps glass from glaring). Good luck.
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