Comments on: DSLR Camera Starter Kit

By: teejaygee

teejaygee — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:12:32 +0000

In reply to geewhy. If your goal is to chase kids, get a wide lens. You'll appreciate it in small spaces. My experience with the built-in flash on my Nikon D40 is that it keeps up just fine. Get a tripod and wireless remote now, and re-evaluate the flash later.

By: teejaygee

teejaygee — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:12:00 +0000

In reply to Gee Why. If your goal is to chase kids, get a wide lens. You'll appreciate it in small spaces. My experience with the built-in flash on my Nikon D40 is that it keeps up just fine. Get a tripod and wireless remote now, and re-evaluate the flash later.

By: geewhy

geewhy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:44:44 +0000

In reply to teejaygee. Yeah, I might go for a wide lens too but I need to fund that rumored Apple tablet first! The main reason for the external flash was to keep up with shooting in low light kids events.

By: Gee Why

Gee Why — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:44:00 +0000

By: geewhy

geewhy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:42:31 +0000

In reply to Tom. Fixated on Canon. Thanks for the link.

By: Gee Why

Gee Why — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:42:00 +0000

In reply to Tom. Fixated on Canon. Thanks for the link.

By: teejaygee

teejaygee — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:24:29 +0000

oh yeah… is the camera a FX (film) profile, or DX (digital)? There’s about a 50% difference in lenses. A 17mm DX is equivalent to a 28mm FX, and a 200mm DX is about a 300mm FX.

In DX, a 50mm lens is “normal” profile. I never liked normal, and always carried a 28mm or a 105mm. I notice you don’t have a wide lens in your list… you should.

UV filters are great sacrificial protection. Especially if you don’t believe in lens caps.

Unless you’re doing serious work in the dark, the external flash might be something you put off for a while. With the auto-ISO in digital cameras, a little flash can go a long way.

By: teejaygee

teejaygee — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:24:00 +0000

oh yeah… is the camera a FX (film) profile, or DX (digital)? There’s about a 50% difference in lenses. A 17mm DX is equivalent to a 28mm FX, and a 200mm DX is about a 300mm FX.

In DX, a 50mm lens is “normal” profile. I never liked normal, and always carried a 28mm or a 105mm. I notice you don’t have a wide lens in your list… you should.

UV filters are great sacrificial protection. Especially if you don’t believe in lens caps.

Unless you’re doing serious work in the dark, the external flash might be something you put off for a while. With the auto-ISO in digital cameras, a little flash can go a long way.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:29:11 +0000

Did you already buy the camera, or are you just fixated on Canon? Personally I like Nikons.

Check out my cousin’s site — he quit his day job and just does photography now. His attitude is that if you can’t take a good photo with one of those throw-away paper cameras, don’t bother with anything more expensive. Lots of good advice on kenrockwell.com.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:29:00 +0000

Did you already buy the camera, or are you just fixated on Canon? Personally I like Nikons.