Canon dummy. Help please

[tweed]

Been reading a lot of reviews and seems I'm better off with a 550d. The 600 and 650 have touch screen faults and as dubfan said, it's cheaper.


I will want to take good pictures of us karting and that's at around 80mph. Want to see the writing on tyre and won't always be aloud on track, so thought 18mp would be better for taking distanced zoom pictures?
55x250 lense

There's a cheap 550d on the site DH thank you for sharing

[DubFan]

The 550D will be a good camera, it's not the latest model, but only a year or two old. (I think DH has a 550D).

Yes, having a higher resolution will be helpful if you are going to crop the picture, but you are better off zooming in with your lens first.

55x250 lense

By the way, lenses are noted by their focal length in millimeters, so it's a 55-250mm zoom. The "x" in zoom specs for cameras is the number of times the small number goes into the bigger number.
So 250 / 55 = 4.54. So a 55-250mm lens has a zoom factor of 4.54x but 250mm is quite a decent length of zoom.

And if you're taking photos of moving carts, try reading this how-to by Horney: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=114134.0

[Diamond Hell]

Been reading a lot of reviews and seems I'm better off with a 550d. The 600 and 650 have touch screen faults and as dubfan said, it's cheaper.

At a session with a well known news shooter who uses DSLRs last October the speaker said he'd rather have two 550Ds than one 7D or 5D MKII.  Speaks volumes about the quality of the camera.  I have a 500D, which lacks a few of the 550D's features.

I will want to take good pictures of us karting and that's at around 80mph. Want to see the writing on tyre and won't always be aloud on track, so thought 18mp would be better for taking distanced zoom pictures?
55x250 lense

The 55-250mm lens will be frustratingly slow.  My 70-300mm is annoying for action at times.  I would suggest you get a walk-around lens and maybe hire a telephoto for an event to see how you get on with it.

There's a cheap 550d on the site DH thank you for sharing

NP - pick up the phone and talk to them about a deal.

[Toby]

http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=469157


any good for ya mate? 

[T_J_G]

The 55-250 is a very good value lense. At the wide end f3.5 is quick enough although you may struggle at 250mm.

Just jump all the upgrades and get a 70-200 f2.8L

[tweed]

Can't get on that link 

And thanks again very helpful information.

I'm 98% sure ill get a 550d  ill look into the lenses a bit more before I buy one. There's a independent shop in Cambridge that are meant to be very helpful. So going to go there on the weekend (if I'm not working) and get some more advise on the lenses ill need and get them to show me how to use one 

Thanks guys! Great help!

[T_J_G]

Buy camera with kit lens then spend £100 on 50mm f1.8 and go shoot as much as you can in a semi-manual (or full manual) mode.

Buy more kit when you need it and hit a restriction with your current kit.

[bobotheclown]

buy cheap body so you have more money to buy a really good lens. it's all about the quality of the lens.

[supergeeman]

buy cheap body so you have more money to buy a really good lens. it's all about the quality of the lens.

+1...I bought a 1100d and 3 lenses, and get some amazing photos...sure, it's not 18mp or 22mp...but i don't need to print large photo's...and I rarely print photo's anyway, 90% of my photo's are web based, and I have lost count of the amount of people I have seen with £1000+ dslr's shooting on full auto  I have had a couple of my photo's used on websites and in publications, along side the professional photographers photo's, nothing major, a local housing charity, but it's a start! The best thing I have done was to ignore the full auto settings and learn what my camera can do, what all the settings mean and do.