woooo hoooo !!!!!!!!

[CCericola]

Keep your film cameras. You will regret it if you don't. I still miss my Pentax 645

 

[naptime]

Keep your film cameras. You will regret it if you don't. I still miss my Pentax 645

keeping them for sure.

that's why we went canon eos, so we would be able to swap lenses to digital bodies.

but the kid will need film next year or school, and the year after for college.

and i'm really happy with these bodies. don't know how they stack up to others. but we really like them, and they are in great shape. so we WILL be keeping them.

 

[naptime]

i'm still not sure which models are pro and which are entry level.

I'm going to assume that you're looking for a Canon so you can share lenses between digital and film.

The fewer digits there are in the model number, the 'more pro'. Example: 5D > 50D > 500D.

Higher model numbers with the same number of digits are basically just different generations. Ex- (old) 300D -> 350D -> 400D -> 450D -> 500D (new)...

BAM!!!!

thanks josh.. i was just getting ready to head to wikipedia and try to figure out canons naming conventions so i know what i'm looking at.

you da man

 

[Josh66]

No problem. At least Canon's naming conventions are easy to figure out. I still haven't figured Nikon's naming conventions out, lol!

 

[Jeremy Z]

This sounds very exciting.

I think you will be glad you have the film bodies when you see that you lose a load of tonal range with jpegs.

That, or you'll shot raw more...

 

[Kerbouchard]

i'm still not sure which models are pro and which are entry level.

I'm going to assume that you're looking for a Canon so you can share lenses between digital and film.

The fewer digits there are in the model number, the 'more pro'. Example: 5D > 50D > 500D.

Higher model numbers with the same number of digits are basically just different generations. Ex- (old) 300D -> 350D -> 400D -> 450D -> 500D (new)...

BAM!!!!

thanks josh.. i was just getting ready to head to wikipedia and try to figure out canons naming conventions so i know what i'm looking at.

you da man

You should still look it up. Canon is very weird about their naming conventions, especially in the U.S. For instance, he didn't mention the Canon T2i by name, but he did list it by number. In any case, I'm pretty sure you'll put up a thread when it really comes down to purchasing the item.

Irregardless, congrats on the refund, and I'm glad the upgrade process seems to be going according to plan. Couldn't have happened to a couple of better people.

 

[Josh66]

I (and you will notice most online sources) go by Canon's European naming conventions, which are just numbers. They (sometimes) have different names for the US and Japanese markets...

For example, the 350D is the 350D in Europe, the Rebel XT in North America, and the EOS Kiss in Japan. They are all the same thing. You will see this most often on consumer grade bodies. For example, the 5D is called a 5D everywhere, as far as I know.

 

[Derrel]

I like the Canon naming convention with clear names like Rebel, Rebel XT, Rebel XTi, Rebel Xsi, Rebel T1i, Rebel T2i, Rebel T3i, and Rebel T3 (with no 'i').

Of course, Canon also had a Japanese market name for the SAME model progression: Kiss Digital, Kiss Digital N, Kiss Digital X, Kiss X2, Kiss X3, Kiss X4, Kiss X5, and Kiss x50.

So, eight cameras, and sixteen different names for the eight. Oh, then we need to add the Europe and UK names: 300D,350D,400D,450D,500D,550D,600D,1100D.

So, eight camera models from Canon, and twenty-four different frickin' names. I mean, how much simpler could naming conventions BE!

Canon--World Leader in Camera Naming!

Source:Template:Canon DSLR cameras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[dxqcanada]

oh sorry... forget to mention what all the excitement was about....


just finished filing my taxes...

it's confirmed..

asia and i will enter the digital world in 2 weeks.

Ah, sorry to hear that.

 

[Derrel]

I was shopping this week, and there was a nice, clean Nikon F5 in the case at the pro photo dealer's, and I said to my salesman, "I remember lusting after that camera back when they were $1599, and when $1599 was still a lot of money!" He laughed, as did another salesman..." I continued, "Yeah, I remember when $1599 was almost four months' rent, not just two."

A clean Nikon F5, for $295. MAN!

The other sales guy chimed in, "Hey you could also get that F4 and own 'em both for under five bills!" Yes, they had an F4s for $195. Oh-My-Gosh!!!!!!

That brought to mind a similar conversation I had in the same shop, about a year ago. There was a Canon D30--not 30D, but D30, sitting in the case and priced at $250. The sales guy said, "Yeah, I remember selling these things for $3,000 when they came out...we could hardly keep them in stock!"

Moral of the story: old technology doesn't cost squat these days!!!! Or perhaps, "Buy used, and let some other sucker take the depreciation hit."

 

[LightSpeed]

Hey J,
You'll be ok with a digital............that is, after Asia takes your ass to school,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and gets gounded for embarrassing you a few times along the way.
lmao



CHEERS! Yes I am having a few. This may get interesting.
I'm soon to post another down your throat image. lol

 

[naptime]

right now, it's looking like the d30 is what i'm leaning towards. fits our budget nicely.

and if everything i am finding is correct, it will be better than a rebel model.

 

[naptime]

Hey J,
You'll be ok with a digital............that is, after Asia takes your ass to school,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and gets gounded for embarrassing you a few times along the way.
lmao



CHEERS! Yes I am having a few. This may get interesting.
I'm soon to post another down your throat image. lol

and yes. no doubt she's gonna school me!

funny thing is, "I" am the one leading the learning front. how it all works, lighting, shutter, etc..

i'm the one doing all the research and then sitting her down and going over it with her.

she hasn't even thought about crackin open her book. and the manul "makes her fall asleep"

so, i have to sit her down and go over stuff with her..


but...

her damned eye.... she has it. i don't. ugghhh

 

[cgipson1]

right now, it's looking like the d30 is what i'm leaning towards. fits our budget nicely.

and if everything i am finding is correct, it will be better than a rebel model.

(I have to be careful what I say here) Think seriously about what you are doing, young padiwan! The force is strong within you.. beware the dark side! lol!

 

[LightSpeed]

I'm gonna give you a little advice here Nappy ole boy.
Once you buy a used camera body that obsolete, you're gonna wish you saved bro.
You're all into this shyt. Just like Rose and look what happened with her. Upgrading less than a month later.
Told her that was gonna happen.

Now I'm telling you.
Get the best you can. Even if you and the brat with the eye have to share it.