Canon 50D

[Warfarin]

So I am wading into digital photography and bought a 50d, 20d and a 10d. I know they are old but I don’t need super megapixels. Anything I need to know about using them? Tips, tricks etc that will make them easier? Still waiting on the 20d and 10d. So far liking the 50d. I have good glass from my film cameras. I only have one EF-S kit lens, which I know doesn’t work on the 10d. I have plenty of EF lenses that cover a wide range. Including one L lens.

 

[Warfarin]

Ok so the 10D’s appear to be working fine. On the 20D it is 11 stops underexposing. I reset everything to factory settings and this did not help. P mode picked shutter of 1/125 and f-stop at 5.6. I moved to M mode and left the f-stop at 5.6 and shutter of 1/30 to get properly exposed. All other settings such as ISO and WB were the same for each exposure. It takes good pictures when I set the exposures. So my guess is the light meter has gone bad? Any suggestions

 

[RAZKY]

Ok so the 10D’s appear to be working fine. On the 20D it is 11 stops underexposing. I reset everything to factory settings and this did not help. P mode picked shutter of 1/125 and f-stop at 5.6. I moved to M mode and left the f-stop at 5.6 and shutter of 1/30 to get properly exposed. All other settings such as ISO and WB were the same for each exposure. It takes good pictures when I set the exposures. So my guess is the light meter has gone bad? Any suggestions

You say 11 stops underexposed, but your example of switching from P to M shows 2 stops under. Please explain.

 

[Warfarin]

I turned the dial and it was 11 clicks until I got the right exposure

 

[RAZKY]

I turned the dial and it was 11 clicks until I got the right exposure

Okay.

 

[Soocom1]

10D... EF lenses ONLY!!! The mount is the only Canon APS camera SLR that is EF only,. After the intro of the 20D you go to the EF-S lens system.

The 10D is a solid performer albeit lower in on the resolution. (This will become apparent when you do detail work. ) The 20D is ok, but has alot of issues with lower performance for what it is suppose to be.

The 50D I never picked up, but has quite a few features that make it much more tangible as a camera than the 20D. One of them is a much larger viewscreen.

Overall they all perform well, but i am inclined to either go 10D or a 1Ds myself. (Thats simply IMO.)

 

[Warfarin]

Thanks and I did know that about the 10D which is ok since most of my lenses are from my film cameras