What Camera?

[600ncrr]

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. I kinda know how to operate the old Canon XTI Rebel (friends) and am looking to buy my own Canon EOS Rebel T1i EF-S IS Digital SL. Is this a good camera? Good enough for some advanced but not way to complicated pictures? it comes with the 18-55mm lens. There was a 75-300mm lens on my friends Rebel that I liked alot but was wondering about this lens, Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom. Don't know anything about it but "Maybe" its similar to the 75-300??? My main objective with the additional lens is to be able to zoom in at like a graduation or an object thats approx 40-50ft away? Now I know I'm definitly just a beginner so do ya'll think this setup is good or no? What is the difference in the 2 different zoom lenses? And no, I don't know what all the f/4-5.6 means exactly.
But thanks for taking the time to read this, I welcome all the help and/or negatives you can give me!

 

[Josh66]

Yes - good camera. If you really get into this, you will want to upgrade lenses soon (which can get *quite* expensive)...

For a graduation ceremony, longer will probably be better. BUT - it'll most likely be pretty low light, and too far away for flash. You'll need good high ISO performance (in the camera body) for that.

I shoot mostly film, so I'm not entirely sure where the new bodies stand with high ISO performance - I just know that they're better than film in that department.

That's the main thing you should be looking at though - how the pictures look with high ISO.

 

[KmH]

The skill/knowledge of the photographer has a lot more than the camera to do with making "advanced but not way to complicated pictures".

 

[ghache]

The skill/knowledge of the photographer has a lot more than the camera to do with making "advanced but not way to complicated pictures".

Photographer still need to own a damn camera.....

 

[bazooka]

The skill/knowledge of the photographer has a lot more than the camera to do with making "advanced but not way to complicated pictures".

Photographer still need to own a damn camera.....

LOL.

I would advise you to read at least a few reviews on any camera gear you are considering purchasing. Everything is a compromise to some degree, so know what you are compromising. For those lenses, Know what to expect when that lens/body/whatever shows up and you start using it. And when it comes to glass, I'm a strong proponent to buy used... that way if you decide you don't like it, you can sell it for about what you paid for it (if you got a good deal, maybe even more).

Also, check out this site to compare optical quality of different lenses at different settings.... the 55-200 is there but the 75-300 is not.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM Lens ISO 12233 Resolution Chart Results

 

[jaomul]

Don't know anything about that camera(they are labelled differently in Europe so not sure which one it is) but the 55-250 IS lens is great for the money. I use it on a canon 50D on which it takes great shots. The f/4-5.6 means that the aperture is 4 at the wide(55mm) end and 5.6 at the telephoto(250mm) end. With lenses the smaller aperture number indicates a bigger possible aperture which equals more possible light,which allows for faster shutter speeds so less shake and/or the ability to shoot in lower lighted areas.You could for example pay thousands for a zoom (70-200)with an aperture of f/2.8 throughout its range. This would be considered a fast lens and would be considered pro equipment. The 18-55 lens is a kit lens that is for general shots. You can zoom from fairly wide angle to about 3 times as close with this lens. Hope this is of some help.

 

[Cfitz]

There's only a 50mm difference at the long end of the lenses which isn't that much, so I would recommend the 55-250mm because it has IS which can be useful when you're shooting in low light.

 

[Hardrock]

I would not get the 75-300 i would spend the extra money for the 70-300 IS. If you could not afford it than get the 55-250. The t1i is a great camera! Photography equipment is really how much do you want to spend and what are you going to use it for. There is a big difference between the t1i and the 7d but that doesn't make the t1i a bad camera. If you are serious about getting into photography get yourself this book for starters.

 

[600ncrr]

Thanks, ALL of y'all!!! Yes I do need to get that book and just have an idea of what all this means, shutter speed, ISO, and what low light will do to pictures. Thanks again for all of the great input. I am going to hold off on buy it till I understand better!

 

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