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Chase Photography Apprentice

Chase Photography

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if price isnt an issue then the Canon 7D would be perfect. has a very fast frame burst rate which is brilliant for high speed motorsport, also having a dual processor offers great quality (when used correctly)

BUT

You also said you are new to dslr's, so do u want to spend that much on a camera you cant use.

I would get the canon 550d, image quality is par with the 7D, but alot cheaper. also by saving money on the camera you can get a "fast" lens or one with "panning" which is a necessity for motorsport. the canon 50mm f/1.8 is the best lens for under 150

The picture below was taken with my 550d using a cheapie but crisp 150buck lens

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Chase Photography Apprentice

Chase Photography

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Hey Guys and Girls

Im looking at buying a D/SLR camera but i dont know heaps about them.

I will manly use it for motosports and car related things maybe try some photography.

Just wondering what camera you guys would recomend.

i would be happy to spend the money to get the right sort of camera.

Sorry for a annoying question but any help would be awesome thanks.

Canon 550d twin lens kit (18-55mm, 55-250mm) $1400

Canon 50mm f1.8 lens $150

Nissin di622 flash $150

Thats What i would get. a flash is one of the most important pieces of equipment in photography.

All my photos where taken with my canon 550d, witha variety of lenses.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1438...100000384918626

GoldZilla Grand Master

GoldZilla

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Canon 550d twin lens kit (18-55mm, 55-250mm) $1400

Canon 50mm f1.8 lens $150

Nissin di622 flash $150

Thats What i would get. a flash is one of the most important pieces of equipment in photography.

All my photos where taken with my canon 550d, witha variety of lenses.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1438...100000384918626

And a good quality tripod is also an essential (or will become one soon if you intent to do any night and/or landscape shooting)

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Mushroom Veteran

Mushroom

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Just to resurrect the thread, I have a budget of about 2k and want a DSLR. I have a photography nut of a mate who will be teaching me the more technical aspects of the camera. The only requirement is that it has to support SD cards as I want to keep all my memory cards the same. I have seen the Pentax, Canon and Nikkon but unsure what to get.

I have a good tripod already so that can be excluded from the shopping list :D

FST513 Mentor

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He can't have the 7D because it uses CF memory cards.

So does the 50D.

I THINK the 500D/550D's are SD cards now??? Possibly the 60D as well, i cannot remember.

I think its better if you sell your SD cards and move to something with CF. They are MUCH faster than SD cards and will open up many more cameras that you can use.

What kind of photography are you doing/want to do?

Is that just $2K for a body and then XXXX amount of money for lenses or $2K for both?

Do you want accessories also? E.g. CPL, ND filters, flash etc..

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Mushroom

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I have a digital video camera that takes SD cards and becuase I have about 4 x 32gb high speed SD cards I wnat to be able to utilise them. I am also getting a G12 for underwater expeditions.

I will be dabbling mainly in motorshows, scenery and wildlife.

FST513 Mentor

FST513

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I have a digital video camera that takes SD cards and becuase I have about 4 x 32gb high speed SD cards I wnat to be able to utilise them. I am also getting a G12 for underwater expeditions.

I will be dabbling mainly in motorshows, scenery and wildlife.

In that case (I only speak for Canon and my experience with Canon), i would get a 550D (I checked and it uses SD cards). Or PM Owen, the guy with the blue R33 whale, he just bought a 550D. Will do everything you want it to do. That way you will still have a fair bit of dosh left over for a quality lens like a 17-40L lens or something along those lines from Sigma/Tokina.

Seeing as you want to shoot scenery/motorshows and wildlife, i assume you want a semi wide angle lens for taking photos of motorshows/scenery and then you'll need a long telephoto lens for wildlife.

ZENNON Grand Master

ZENNON

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Aaaaah yeah SD only.. well I've got a D80 and I think its awesome.. so Id say some options are:

Nikon D90 $935

Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX lens $1,599

Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S lens $2,065

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF $145

Kit lens deals:

D90 with 18-200mm VR II lens $1,699

D90 with 18-55mm VR Lens & 55-200mm VR Lens $1,259

D90 with 18-105mm VR: 1,229

D90 with 18-55mm VR: 1,065

ps don't work for DDP :thumbsup:

(i got my D80 with a 18-70mm kit lens which was quite a good lens surprisingly)

oweban Grand Master

oweban

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In that case (I only speak for Canon and my experience with Canon), i would get a 550D (I checked and it uses SD cards). Or PM Owen, the guy with the blue R33 whale, he just bought a 550D. Will do everything you want it to do. That way you will still have a fair bit of dosh left over for a quality lens like a 17-40L lens or something along those lines from Sigma/Tokina.

Seeing as you want to shoot scenery/motorshows and wildlife, i assume you want a semi wide angle lens for taking photos of motorshows/scenery and then you'll need a long telephoto lens for wildlife.

Yeah, it takes SD. I've got the Sandisk Extreme III and it does it beautifully, get a burst of about 5 18.1MP JPG + RAW in a row (or infinite lower res, hit 80 and couldn't be bothered testing further).

Is very nice :thumbsup:

Keep in mind I'm VERY amateur at the moment, but see my flickr for some shots it's taken:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/owenh

GoldZilla Grand Master

GoldZilla

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He can't have the 7D because it uses CF memory cards.

So does the 50D.

I THINK the 500D/550D's are SD cards now??? Possibly the 60D as well, i cannot remember.

I think its better if you sell your SD cards and move to something with CF. They are MUCH faster than SD cards and will open up many more cameras that you can use.

What kind of photography are you doing/want to do?

Is that just $2K for a body and then XXXX amount of money for lenses or $2K for both?

Do you want accessories also? E.g. CPL, ND filters, flash etc..

Yep, the 60D uses SD cards as well - although it's slower than CF, I too already had a bunch of SD cards from the cameras I already own so that swayed me away from the 7D. I don't need all the 7D features (or the extra weight!), and the 60D has the articulating screen, which has already come in handy.

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