Re: Canon Camera Decisions

"Mike Russell" <groupsRE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:20:33 +0200, Dave wrote:
>
>> about 18 months ago I decided it was time to buy a new camera.
>> My budget had me deciding between the 'Canon Rebel' and
>> 'Fuji FinePix s9600'. I spend days on reviews (which is what any
>> potential buyer should do). The Fuji is what I decided on
>> and what a clever decision:-)
>
> There you go.  I find that particularly the image comparisons are
useful.
> For me sharpness is very im****tant, and I always want to compare what I
> have now with what I'm thinking about getting.
> -- 
> Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com

the canon rebel is excellent for an inexpensive entry, a pro could use it 
(10 Megapixels)
fits all the excellent optics lenses by canon

camera choice such an individual decision according to your goals and
needs

we already had a large assortment of Canon lenses from oldie manual Slr so

that made the decision to enter pro digital with canon 10d
the rebel now has more megapixels plus very decent repeat rate for fast 
shooters like s****ts or fa****on people etc


but I did buy a bridge camera before making the switch to canon digital
mostly for me to use as snapshot camera and hubby for intro to digital
as a pro the Minolta dimage 7 frustrated him hugely, he felt very limited 
with it, but gained enthusiasm for the digital (my goal to let him
discover 
it's wonders)
for me the Dimage was great
got macro and decent zoom without using the optical zoom
for it's time it was a high mega pixel (now it isn't ..it's old)
I AM NOT A PRO shooter, I love the macro feature and other semi pro
choices 
it had (under over exposure, text setting for copy negs) the lens was 
versatile enough for close and scenics the two things I shoot most

if you do lot of telephoto do not buy the fixed lens camera -
optical zoom is vastly inferior to real zoom

If you are on a tight budget though a lens collection may be out of reach
after using the old canon AF lens we realized they would not work in many 
situations
we are working on replacing them now with stabilized lens
the best purchase we made from Canon 70-210 IS 2.8
make sure if you do love tele or long lens to get IMAGE STABILIZER lens
digital seems more sensitive to camera shake with them

there is one or two camera brands that do put image stabilization camera I

think the concept is superior
Sony is one
they are not know for still camera but digital is so more similar to video

in many ways
maybe research it