Buying a camera?

[seanbreaux1]

Hi i was looking to buy a camera to take with me snowboarding. I wanted to get the fastest shooting camera in my price range so i can shoot all the sequences of tricks. I was looking in the price range of a d40x or less but they don't seem to shoot that fast. I also wanted to know what lens to buy. I want it to have decent zoom

Thanks

Sean

 

[Sideburns]

Canon Digital Rebel XT with a 50mm 1.8 perhaps? Cheap as heck, but 3FPS or so...and the lens will allow fast shutter speeds to catch the action.

 

[JIP]

Wht exactly is your price range????

 

[Sw1tchFX]

Canon Digital Rebel XT with a 50mm 1.8 perhaps? Cheap as heck, but 3FPS or so...and the lens will allow fast shutter speeds to catch the action.

I 2nd that, even though I doubt you'll be shooting at f/1.8 ever with snow.

 

[kundalini]

I'm certainly not about to turn you against Nikon, because I love mine (not a D40), but have a read on this thread about the D40.

Hopefully this will confuse you......no, wait.....I meant it will clear things up.

 

[Coldow91]

Maybe get a used D1H, it should be pretty cheap and shoots at I think 5fps, but it doesn't have that many megapixels (not even 6 I think) and might not be easy to carry around with you snowboarding

 

[lkWinnipesaukee]

If you are only going to be shooting snowboarding, I'd take a look at a used Canon 1D (the original). It's only 4 megapixels, but if you don't crop or blow up prints, it shouldn't be a big deal. I guess it is also not so good in terms of high ISO noise control, but again, snowboarding is usually shot in a bright outdoor environment.

They can be found for $600-1000 on ebay, and shoot at 8 frames per second.

What's your price range?

 

[seanbreaux1]

Well i would like to keep the price down definately not over a 1000. maybe like around 600ish. I guess i would like to get something nice used in good condition. I would like the photos to have decent quality 4 mega pixels seems a bit low to me. I want the photos to look good but speed is a must. My friend has a eos1 mark 2d that he takes up there to REALLY get all of the sequences. Thats a bit to much money for me. IDK if anyone on here has anything they want to sell. I really just dont know much about cameras. I looked at the D1h on ebay it said 8.5 fps with 2.74 megapixels ccd. 2.74 is really low but the speed is high

 

[Coldow91]

well you can get high speed and lowish quality , or higher quality and lower speeds for pretty cheap. I would maybe look for a good deal on here, ebay, or craigslist. I have seen D2h going for $700 and they have high fps and 4 megapixels.(just another idea)

 

[monkeykoder]

The quality of the image on a d1h is probably as high as any of the current lower end cameras you just can't blow up the print as big.

 

[seanbreaux1]

I cant decide. I went and looked at the canon rebel xti and i though eh maybe it is fast enough . I just like that it has a way higher image quality than a d2h which is my second though. IDK speed or quality? ug idk. I definately like the canon rebel better than the nikon d40x.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Pentax K10D... not the fastest BUT a huge memory buffer AND it's wheather-sealed. Can't say that about the other cameras. And the older lenses fit, but aren't as expensive as Canon or Nikon.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Side-by-side comparison of major manufacturer's entry-level cameras.

 

[seanbreaux1]

So i think i am going to get a canon 20d. It is 5fps and 8.2 megapixels. Possibly this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-EOS-20D-8...yZ107907QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Any opinions would be great

Sean

 

[Coldow91]

Looks pretty good and I would recommend a pretty fast lens and you'll be all set