Ok, it's my turn now...

[Mark Luper]

I've seen a lot of the pictures posted on this forum by people who just bought their new digital cameras. I've been impressed with the results I've seen.

At one time I was very much into photography and spent a lot of time with film cameras. Collected a few but gradually got tired of the expence of having my film developed. It put a bit of a kink in my creativity. I started using digital some time back but never purchased a camera that was as enjoyable to use as my last film camera purchase, a Cannon T10.

Last night I ordered a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XTI (400D) 10.0 megapixel camera and a couple of Cannon lenses.

This is the camera

This will be my primary lens

And this will be my telephoto lens

The camera picture is a combination of body and lens, I am getting just the body then adding the aformentioned lenses.

I'm excited about it and hope I am as happy with it as I think I will be. It was a bit of a chunk of change but hey, you only live once, right?

Mark

[JB88]

yep.  only once.  have fun mark!!!

[ramzey]

I would not consider 28 as wide lens
i have 28-80 and 70-300  for my nikon and all what im missing is  wide lens
so i'm going to buy 17-35 when i can afford it  or   for 18-200

also get yourself a good tripod and couple of spare batteries
+ circular polariser for your primary lens
+ at list uv filter (thats very importand)

[straffo]

Nice Camera , the 28-135 is a good lense but not wide enought.

If I were you I would get the sigma 18-50/2.8 + a 75-300 IS + 50/1.8.

[Mark Luper]

That's a good point Ramzey but I basically want a lens that will give me a little wider field of view than a 50mm in a film slr for taking indoor group shots. I have used and own a 28mm for my film camera and though it did give me good wide shots I was a little dissapointed with some of the distortion inherent in that focal length. I will eventually get me something wider, but it is not a priority to me right now.

Mark

[Mark Luper]

Originally posted by straffo
Nice Camera , the 28-135 is a good lense but not wide enought.

If I were you I would get the sigma 18-50/2.8 + a 75-300 IS + 50/1.8.

I've had very good luck with Cannon lenses and though I own some Sigma film camera lenses and liked them, I wanted to stay with Cannon to begin with.

Mark

[Nilsen]

Using digital is sooooo much more fun than analogue can ever be (unless you are into chemicals and relly enjoy developing film)

You will take 10 times as many pics just because you know you can delete and edit without it costing a cent. This means that you will prolly end up with alot more really good pics. The experimenting with settings and whatnot will prolly reach new hights. I know i have taken more pics every month during the time ive had my digital DSLR cam than i ever did in total before.

[ramzey]

Mark he does not complain about your camera choice:) Witch is excellent as for the money i believe.
28 at digital gives you something like 35 in film camera, i suppose you know that Witch is still around your desired "less then 50".

I took a couple frames yesterday using Canon XTI with stock 18-55 glass, mby its not the best one, but good enough for his owner. And i miss this 18-28 difference for landscape.

get yourself pair of fast memory cards, filters and you are ready to go:) good huntings

[Mark Luper]

Originally posted by ramzey
Mark he does not complain about your camera choice:) Witch is excellent as for the money i believe.
28 at digital gives you something like 35 in film camera, i suppose you know that Witch is still around your desired "less then 50".

I took a couple frames yesterday using Canon XTI with stock 18-55 glass, mby its not the best one, but good enough for his owner. And i miss this 18-28 difference for landscape.

get yourself pair of fast memory cards, filters and you are ready to go:) good huntings

I read that the difference between film focal lengths and digital focal lengths is that the digital provides about 1.6 times the focal length on this camera for a comparable film focal length. That works out to 44.5 or thereabouts for a 28mm lense in film. It would be nice to have it more in the range of the 35mm as you stated but I will have to experiment a bit and see what I may want to do later.

Mark

[straffo]

I own a rebel XT and used at 1st with a 28-105 I had to get the 18-50 cause it was really a plus for family events or any banquet

[Mini D]

I'll second on the sigma 18-50. It's a great lens. I also have a Canon 10-22 for closer shots. Those two cover most of my non-telephoto needs.

[Nilsen]

ive just posted an order for a cam that is due out soon

SOny Cybershot H9... 15x soom.

[ramzey]

MiniD, i found new gadget to your collection , i bet even Rips don't have it
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp

[Ripsnort]

You can't go wrong with Canon or Nikon SLR's. Congrats!  I found that I outgrew my 70-300 "G" lens real fast. I spent $140 on that telephoto lens, and 1 year later I bought a $1000 telephoto that was faster (f/2.8) and haven't used my f/4.5 300mm since....when your photography matures, so does the price of your lenses..

[Mark Luper]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
You can't go wrong with Canon or Nikon SLR's. Congrats!  I found that I outgrew my 70-300 "G" lens real fast. I spent $140 on that telephoto lens, and 1 year later I bought a $1000 telephoto that was faster (f/2.8) and haven't used my f/4.5 300mm since....when your photography matures, so does the price of your lenses..

Thanks for the congrats Rip. Your statement about maturing photography could also say:

When your photography matures, so does your ability to use what you have

Since I won't be making my living photographing, 1k for a lens is a bit steep for me.

Mark