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Buying a Camera

Postby oiisxc on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:06 pm

Heya all,

Im from Sydney,

im looking at buying a DSLR tomorrow,

im looking at the 450D with tamrom 17-200mm lens what are you thoughts on that?

im still a beginner but would like too learn a lot more,

i will manly be taken photos at car shows, latin dancing shows, and i have about 5-6 21st and 18th too go to in the next month,

Whould that lens doo me or should i be looking at a differant one?

Your Feedback is greatly appreacted

Cheers

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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby chrisk on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:09 pm

whats your budget ?
where are you buying from ?
why did you pick the 450d ?
why did you pick that lens ?
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby oiisxc on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:14 pm

umm around 1500 mark

why i choose that? i heard its a good begginers camera,
lens ive read stuff about them and i called up TEDS in City they said its a good lens for what i will use it with,

and i was thinking of going too city tomorrow,

is that not good?
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby chrisk on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:31 pm

the 450d is a great little cam. personally, i'd front up for a tiny bit more cash and buy a d90 with the 18-105VR kit. a little less range but a better all round lens, which also has vibration reduction. the d90's a brand spanking new dslr, (with video), and is say a half-step above the 450d. have a feel of em and compare the difference.

if you go to Ted's make sure you tell them that ECS have the d90 kit for $1625.
http://cameras.net.au/

good luck :)
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby chrisk on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:39 pm

 btw: you might want to check this thread, there is a member here Michaelm who i think works for Ted's so if you rock in there tomorrow, ask for him and you may get a good deal.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=34103
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby oiisxc on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:43 pm

hmm i will go there tomorrow and check it out!

i'll see if he is in, im sure he will help me out with everything
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby chrisk on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:48 pm

cant go wrong with either mate. both great cameras. be careful with the lens you choose though. especially the tammie you originally posted cos it doesnt have any image stabilisation. if you go the canon route you may be better springing a bit more and getting a stabilised tamron, a stablised sigma 18-200 i think it is, or the canon 18-200 IS.
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby aim54x on Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:12 pm

Cant add anything more to what Rooz has already said!
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby aim54x on Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:20 pm

I vote Nikon D90
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby gstark on Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:35 am

The D90 is the newest kid on the block, but you need to decide what feels best in your hands.

That may be a 450D, a D90, or something else entirely. Regardless of whether you by a Nikon or Canon, 2 things are for sure.

1: Either brand is good, and will help you to produce good shots.

2: You need to put a MEANINGFUL LOCATION in your profile. You have made three posts, and for each time you made one of those posts, there is a message appearing immediately above where you made that post, telling you that this needs to be done. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby oiisxc on Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:08 am

hey sorry,

ive updated everything now 8)

i'll try some out today see what i like,

Thanks for the feedback guys

i'l let you's know what i bought :)
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby oiisxc on Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:30 am

hey all,

yesterday i bought 450D tamron 18-200mm 8gig SDHC card, bag, for 1280 @ teds i spoke too micheal and he did a wonderfull price for me :)

im very happy with the gear and camera,


but now ive gotta learn how too use it all, i went too palmbeach last night but settings wernt right soo didnt get many good photos, but will take more this weekend:)

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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby gstark on Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:14 am

oiisxc wrote:i bought 450D tamron 18-200mm 8gig SDHC card, bag, for 1280 @ teds


That sounds like an awesome deal. Well done, and well done Michael, on helping you in this.

but now ive gotta learn how too use it all


Start slowly, and take note of what and how you're shooting. Pay attention to the settings you use on the camera (start in Av mode) and try to avoid using auto wb, as that adds in a whole mess of other variables that are outside of your control.

Post some of your results here, and don't be backwards in coming forth with questions.
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Re: Buying a Camera

Postby mickeyjuice on Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:12 pm

gstark wrote:and don't be backwards in coming forth with questions.

Given the intent of this statement, the potential ambiguity always makes me laugh - half the time, the first question it produces is 'what do you mean?'

English - you've got to love it :-)

And yeah, sounds like a great deal. I remember paying ... mumble, mumble ...
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