Canon 20D ?

[laura904]

Hi i just got a Canon 20D digital SLR camera as a gift and my friend gave me a Tamron 24-74 2.8 zoom lens to go with it. she said its used on Nikon to.

Has anyone ever used this camera before? is it good for photography? I heard its pretty nice but i want to know what everyone thinks. I also was wondering what kind of photo editing i could use. something not expensive. just something temporary right now. I do have this program called Irfanview.
i'm so excited i cant stand myself but should i be working myself up for this?

 

[Buckster]

I absolutely LOVED my 20D. I bought it when it first came out and used it up until just before the 50D came out, then upgraded to the 40D. It's a great camera that I got a PILE of great shots with. Go ahead and be excited - you've got a terrific camera to work with.

As for the editing software, I can't really help you with that so much. I use Photoshop CS4, but it's not cheap. I hear that Gimp is a good one and free. Photoshop Elements is not very expensive and a lot of people seem completely satisfied with that as well. I'm sure others will be able to give you better info on that aspect.

 

[Samanax]

Yep, Canon 20D is a good camera. A bunch of my friends shot with the 20D before upgrading to newer models. I'd be happy if someone gave me a 20D.

There are several freeware photo editors to choose from...

GIMP
Grokking The GIMP

Photoscape

Picasa 3

ImageForge

VCV VicMan's Photo Editor

Paint.NET

Pixia

 

[beni_hung]

I agree that the Canon 20D is a great camera. It's what I'm using now, actually. (Until I upgrade to the 7D or the 5D MKII). I know you'll have a lot of fun with it.

 

[flyin-lowe]

"my friend gave me a Tamron 24-74 2.8 zoom lens to go with it. she said its used on Nikon to."

Did your friend tell you this lens works on a Nikon and a Canon or did I miss understand your first sentence?

 

[UUilliam]

"my friend gave me a Tamron 24-74 2.8 zoom lens to go with it. she said its used on Nikon to."

Did your friend tell you this lens works on a Nikon and a Canon or did I miss understand your first sentence?

I think they ment The brand tamron fits nikon and canon mounts
implying Nikon is better than canon? or that she wanted a nikon

 

[Big Mike]

The 20D is still a great camera, despite being several years old now.

As long as the lens fits and works on your camera, it should be a good one for you.

Irfanview is a useful (free) program for viewing, renaming, organizing your images...but I don't think it's much of an image editor. Look into Photoshop Elements.

 

[KmH]

she said its used on Nikon to.

And other brands too. All Tamron has to do is put the corresponding mount on the lens. Your version has a Canon so it won't fit directly onto a Nikon.

Canon has 2 mounts in use today the EF-S and the EF (since 1987)

Nikon has the F-mount. (since 1959)