Canon Lenses Refurbished
Seeking advice on purchase of Canon 450D XSi
Ebay seems to have some-good-to-be-true too many chances if you include three or five lenses along with a plethora other accessories with the 450D for about $ 850 – $ 1,000. I guess that the lenses are not very good quality. Something seems wrong. Any opinions? The retail price this camera is too high. Any thoughts on where to go for a cheaper price? Perhaps reformed? I would also like to buy one or two lenses with the body 450D. My budget at the moment tops out at $ 800 – $ 1,000.
Definitely avoid the "buy-it-now" team with eight million lenses and all accessories. Basically you get the camera and then add the cheapest lenses they can find. Some targets "are not even really the lenses, but are magnifying glasses to add to your existing lens. Also, you do not need half of the accessories that give you and the other half that's missing are the cheapest parts crap they can find. You end up paying an extra $ 400 (not to mention additional shipping) for a lot of useless crap. Ebay is a great place to buy, but I would suggest that you buy at real auctions are not responsible for these eBay stores. Cheap lens I would suggest that 18-55mm IS ($ 150) and 50mm f/1.8 ($ 100). If you are looking closer to the action you could search for cheap 75-300mm. There is a big goal, but you can find on Craigslist for $ 100 (I would not pay more than for good). EDIT: Also, you may want to consider the XTi instead of the XSi. Additional features of the XSi is not really so great in my opinion. The XTi is a great camera and can be found fairly cheap on ebay, now that the XSi is out.
Canon Lenses Refurbished
La celebración de su cámara parece como una cosa bastante simple de hacer. Sin embargo, muchos fotógrafos principiantes tienden a conseguir esta cosa equivocada simple. Ellos tienden a enfocar su aprendizaje en cosas como composición, configuración de la cámara y las técnicas de la fotografía, que son sin duda muy importante. Correctamente con una cámara es fundamental para cada uno de estos y si se hace mal, socavará su intentos de producir fotografías de calidad.
Principalmente, nuestro objetivo es tomar fotografías al tiempo que reduce las sacudidas a un mínimo. Muchas fotos de otra manera grande han terminado borrosa y distorsionada porque la cámara no se llevó a cabo en un establo y la posición estable. Photoshop puede arreglar muchas cosas, pero una borrosa fotografiado de temblores no es uno de ellos. Afortunadamente, hay algunos pasos simples que usted puede tomar para asegurarse de que sus fotos no se arruinen por una mano temblorosa.
Con la mano derecha, sujete el extremo derecho de la cámara. Coloque el dedo índice justo por encima del botón del obturador, y los otros dedos cómodamente alrededor de la parte frontal de la cámara. Su pulgar debe estar colocado en la parte posterior de la cámara. La mayoría de cámaras tener muescas o empuñaduras para indicar dónde los dedos deben estar debidamente colocadas. Su mano izquierda normalmente soportar el peso de la cámara y si se utiliza una cámara réflex, descansará en o alrededor de la lente de la cámara.
Si usted está utilizando su cámara visor para alinear su tiro, la cámara estará más cerca de su cuerpo. Esta posición de la cámara junto con la empuñadura discutido anteriormente le proporcionará una excelente estabilidad. Si se utiliza la pantalla LCD de la cámara para ver la imagen, trate de evitar la celebración de la cámara demasiado lejos de su cuerpo. Mantenga los codos apretados firmemente mientras sostiene la cámara lo más cerca a su cara como sea posible. Cuanto más lejos que la cámara esté de su cara, más difícil es mantenerlo estable.
El siguiente paso en el proceso es perfeccionar su posición de disparo. El mejor agarre en el mundo no significa nada si tiene las piernas frágil e inestable. Siempre que sea posible, trate de usar una pared o un objeto sólido a inclinarse en contra de su cuerpo. De lo contrario, de rodillas o sentado le dará más estabilidad. Evidentemente, usted no será capaz de a arrodillarse o inclinarse en muchas situaciones por lo que deberá permanecer lo más estable posible que usted puede cuando está parado. Mantenga los pies de los hombros y las rodillas ligeramente dobladas. Algunas personas les gusta poner un pie delante de la otra. De cualquier manera, usted desea practicar su posición tanto como sea posible para que sea cómodo y estable en última instancia.
Eso es realmente todo lo que hay también en este. El trabajo sobre perfeccionar su control sobre la cámara fotográfica y la posición, y la inestabilidad no terminará por arruinar sus fotografías hermosas.
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which dslr camera would you buy?
ok, I’ve got it down to two cameras
Canon Eos 1000D – refurbished for $649. Includes 3 lenses (2 I think are possibly not canon, really not sure yet) or
Canon EOS 450D with standard lens and basic accessories – one is starting at $250, the other $500.
Not sure what to do. I am a beginner. Any comments would be appreciated
when it comes to electronics and photography equipment you should always buy the first hand product.
Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012YA85A?tag=dcmb-20
Review: My journey with DSLRs began back in 2003 with the original Digital Rebel. DSLRs changed my photography for the better like nothing else. Five years and some 25,000 shots later, it’s still going strong. Along the way I upgraded to the Canon 30D, which is a fantastic camera as well. When the 40D was announced, I decided to wait until the 50D sometime in 2009, but wanted a newer backup/second body for my photography needs. So when the XSi/450D was announced, it sounded like a perfect fit for my needs.
I got it from Amazon.com three days ago, and have given it a pretty good workout since then, having shot about 650 shots under a variety of shooting conditions and with a number of different Canon and third-party lenses. The following are my impressions.
The build feels very good. The camera feels wonderfully light yet well built. I’m 6ft tall with average size hands, and the camera feels good in my hand. The battery grip, to me, defeats the purpose of having a small, light DSLR, so I opted for a Hakuba/Opteka grip (it’s a plate that screws into the tripod socket that enables you to use the excellent Canon E1 hand strap with it) and I couldn’t be happier. I’m not a fan of neck straps, so this works well for me (see the uploaded photo for the configuration).
Most of the menu buttons on the back feel different from the ones on the original Digital Rebel and the 30D; the XSi buttons feel more tactile and have a definite “click” to them when you press them. The exception are the Exposure Lock (*) and AF selector buttons, which have retained the deeper, softer feel of the older cameras. Just different, not better or worse, for me.
The LCD is now 3″ with 230K pixels. The playback images look great, and probably because of the higher resolution of the sensor, there’s a very slight delay when you zoom in to 10x while the image loads and displays properly. People coming from other cameras or brands might not even notice it–I only did so because of the difference between it and my two other Canon DSLRs (which have lower resolution sensors). The viewing angle of the LCD screen (how clearly you can see the screen from side and up and down) is excellent; you can still see the screen holding the camera almost straight up for an overhead shot (more on this later). I’d estimate the viewing angle is about 160-170 degrees both horizontally and vertically.
The Digital Rebel has a separate status screen above the main LCD screen, and the 30D had one on top of the camera, so I wasn’t sure if I was going to like the big LCD acting as the status screen and no top screen. I’m happy to say that this arrangement works well, at least for me. The back screen makes it really easy to take all the settings at a glance. The viewfinder is much larger and brighter than that in the Digital Rebel. A humongously welcome feature for me is the always displayed ISO value in the viewfinder.
The camera is only 1/2 of the image quality equation, the other being the lenses being used. Coupled with my favorite lens, the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L telephoto lens, the XSi turns out fantastic images. The supplied kit lens is very light and compact for being an image stabilized lens, and turns out good performance. The IS is certainly very useful.
Two features that used to be missing from the Digital Rebels and found in the more expensive DSLRs are now featured in the XSi: spot-metering and flash exposure compensation (these may have been available in the previous Digital Rebel model, the XTi, as well). The inclusion of those two features make the camera a much more complete and compelling photographic tool. The timer function now has a custom mode, where it’ll count down from 10 seconds then take a number of shots (specified by you) in succession. No more running back and forth to reset the timer after each shot! There’s also the traditional 2-second timer.
Let’s talk for a minute about sensor and the ISO values. XSi/450D has five ISO values you can choose: 100 (best image quality), 200, 400, 800, and 1600. Higher ISO increases the camera sensor’s sensitivity to light, thus you can achieve faster shutter speeeds for a given lighting condition. However, the trade-off is that the sensor “noise” (think grain for film photography) increases with higher ISO, so you get a degraded image quality in return for less blurred photos from hand shakes (thanks to faster shutter speed). This may come in handy in situations where flash photography is not permitted, such as a museum or a concert or theater. HOWEVER, compared to point-and-shoot digital cameras, the larger sensors of DSLRs, including the XSi, means that even at ISO 800 and 1600 you get very usable images right out of the camera. Running
Canon T1i unboxing