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- MrDinky0
go to a camera shop and check out the lens and test it out with a body
- scottON0
You can pick up an Olympus E-510 body only for around $550 (10mp, built-in IS, 3.5 fps, live view which is decent for macro work, among other features).
Pick up the Olympus 35mm f 3.5 macro lens for around $300 -
it's no 2.8 but its sharp.
Cons: Olympus is 2x crop rather than 1.5 or 1.6 and it's noisy at 1600 ISO.
Pros: Your hard earned cash goes further body+ lens for potentially less than the D80 brand new retail (body only). If you're using alot of available light - with studio lighting or sunlight, you won't need high ISOs and you can avoid noise this way. Or for still life, use a tripod - this is a necessary investment regardless.
If you have the money, go D80 and dig around online for a good macro lens idea. Ebay should yield some results of old film lenses that will give you some AWESOME bokeh. Old film lenses are cheaper and require manual focus (usually) - lenses pre 1959 will not work on the d80.
All in all - DO NOT get a 70-200 / 70-300 / 80-200 macro or whatever variation you find like this. This is not a dedicated macro lens and only has that as an auxilary function, whereas a dedicated macro lens will give you a 1:1 ratio.
Plus in my experience tamron glass isn't worth it. It's not really an investment if you're gonna accept a lower quality for convenience. Go name brand (you'll notice name brands don't often make the zoom/macro combo lenses).
- MrDinky0
D80 is not new, D90 which comes out in two week is new.
- rafalski0
I hear Tamron 17-50/2.8 is a good one.
http://www.photoprice.ca/product…
Then add a cheap long zoom with macro capability, like Sigma 70-300 APO Macro Super or Tamron 70-300 Di LD Macro Zoom.I only buy used lenses, shopping around for goodies, to be honest.
- rocknonstop0
I bought a rebel xti body off craigslist not a week ago for $400 and a Tamron 2.8 28-75mm as recommended by a friend for $350. So far I'm very happy with both.
One tip, if you order off the internet, call the place and make sure they have the camera you want in stock and that the display is in English. I ordered the body from a store and called back two weeks later to have them tell me that the camera I bought was on back order 4-6 weeks. The next place I called told me they had it for $321 as advertised but the display was in chinese. The English one was $499. I finally gave up on that foolishness and looked on craigslist.- hahah, Craigslist has always scammed me in the past (or tried to, anyway). But I'm happy for you :)Jaline
- pylon0
Apeture is lens-specific and in the case of cheap zooms it's also zoom-range specific. You'll likely see stuff that's like 75-200mm with an apeture of 4-5.6 or so.
A *good* 75-200mm zoom that's also a real macro is likely not going to exist in your price-range, if at all....
Maybe get a few decent used primes from a pawn shop or something? You can probably get a used macro 70mm or so for cheap-ish if you really need to shoot true macro.
- epete220
i wish I had a $1000 to spend. Bought I bought a sony A200 and I was actually impressed. Get a macro lens and you're in the game for under a thousand.
- MrDinky0
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- monNom0
I've heard really good stuff about this lense:
http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs…maybe a bit out of your price range at Henry's... could probably find it cheaper elsewhere or used.
- Jaline0
Anyone own an XTi? How is it? I read some of the previous threads here and elsewhere, and it seems like it's a smaller, cheaper, and decent camera for an amateur.
- Jaline0
Hmm...Vistek is apparently 5 minutes away from my work place. Maybe I will check it out.
- MrDinky0
so lonely here.
- Jaline0
This one looks OK:
http://vistek.ca/store/DigitalSL…- More:
http://vistek.ca/sto…Jaline - They have a bundle like that for each camera.Jaline
- These lenses aren't good quality. I don't know, maybe it's good to get through crappy lens phase to learn the difference?rafalski
- heh, just making sure :)Jaline
- What if I buy that cheap stuff + http://vistek.ca/sto…Jaline
- that's good stuff. I'd also dig ebay for 50mm/2.8 macrorafalski
- probably overkill at this stage though..rafalski
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- forcetwelve0
canon 40D and 50mm 1.8ƒ
- madirish0
hey Dink...
- scribbler0
I'm running with the D90. First DSLR to shoot video. And the Nikorr 105mm f2.8 Macro is a fine fine lens. I love mine to bits.
Have a look at this guys site, he does great reviews which might help you decide. Whatever you do buy, have fun!
- Jaline0
This one:
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog…And a lens from somewhere. She's very specific about the 75-200 thing. It can be above 200, but not below 75. Can you get a macro lens for that? Some examples include:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/pr…
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/pr…
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/pr…(not necessarily buying them new...just checking)
- van_rijn0
after speaking with you on facebok jaline.. goog luck :)
- Gucci0
I know a girl that works at canon and I can get an XSi for $662 + tax. I'm guessing that's good?
- I'm buying a DSLR myself.Gucci
- I think so. I'm looking at one at Futureshop for $699, on sale. But some have different megapixel amounts.Jaline
- the difference is the XS vs. the XSi.
XS = 10mp XSi = 12mpGucci - Yeah. But between the XSi, I think one is 12.2 and another one is 12.1. At least from my research.Jaline
- jaylarson0
does the d60 have AF in the body?