Photography -- General Chat

[UdubBadger]

Dane I think the body choice is spot on... I just picked up a T2i as a backup to my 5dmkii, it's a great camera.

I'm weary of the lens choice though, I think that's going to be too tight/long for you.

Since the T2i is a cropped sensor, You probably want something with more wide angle zoom on it to start out.

I would suggest something like a 28-135mm if you are budget conscious, or maybe a 17-40mm F4 L if you don't think you'll need much zoom. If you have a little more $ to play with, consider a 17-55mm 2.8 or even a 24-105mm F4 L.

[dinanm3atl]

Just reading up on aperture now. f/1.0 to f/5.6. Holy hell, how in the world do I decide? I don't know where I will be shooting my next 1000 photos. This is complete bullshit!

What do you mean?

Thinking of pairing this lens.....

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-55-250mm...6907300&sr=1-3

With this body...

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-T2i-3-0-...6907300&sr=1-2

I don't personally like the 'all in one' style lenses. Everytime I use one I feel like you are losing something somewhere. They don't do the midrange well and don't do the tele photo well. If you need to choose one lens though and are traveling and want to be mobile they are a good option. For my needs though it just does not work.

[danewilson77]

What do you mean all in one style?

HTC Thunderbolt+TT

[dinanm3atl]

All in one replacement lens. 50-250 range is an all-in-one. IE you don't need to carry anything else.

[UdubBadger]

All in one replacement lens. 50-250 range is an all-in-one. IE you don't need to carry anything else.

the lower quality ones I have to agree with you but something like a 70-200 2.8 L is one of my favorite lenses in my bag.

[dinanm3atl]

The 70-200 is not marketed as an 'all-in-one' though and I don't think anyone would consider only having that lens to do everything. It's a mid range zoom. Some might call it a telephoto but I don't really consider it that myself. I love he 70-200 because it does what it is designed to do well. It doesn't offer more width on the short end and doesn't have another 50-100mm on the long end. Like the 70-300 L lens Canon released.

[UdubBadger]

Truth

[danewilson77]

OK fellas, thanks.

[danewilson77]

Here are a couple of used camera's......I think the 20D is a good deal.

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/pho/2611688403.html

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/pho/2615807810.html

or...

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53...item45fd5088d9

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Dane, if you do get that Nikon D40, you should check out the prices at Amazon. Some of them are the same or cheaper than the Craigs list ad.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=new

The D40 replaced the D50, by the way.