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Let the games begin -- design the best all round 20D kit
Ok everyone
I darn close to buying my 20D body for my September trip Please give your thoughts on the optimum 20D outfit covering lenses in focals from the teens to 300-400mm, include choice for macro photography (flowers/bugs/seashells and head / shoulder portraits This should be an outfit to cover numerous type of photograpy from landscapes to wildlife to a walk around DC or other cities bonus for covering this range of photograpy with good/best lenses, but minimum functional set of lenese - remembering on travels you have to carry all this stuff including chargers, batteries, image storage, etc, All suggestions welcome from tri\monopods to cases on buidling the ultimate vacation outfit thanks |
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All suggestions welcome from tri\monopods to cases on buidling the ultimate vacation outfit Here's the ultimate vacation kit. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...anon_sd500.asp Coupled with a 3gb mini drive and a couple extra batteries. This is one you'll always have on you, even if you're just going out to dinner, unlike the big heavy 20d. The best photo is the one you don't miss because you left your camera at home. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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Mr. Mark wrote:
All suggestions welcome from tri\monopods to cases on buidling the ultimate vacation outfit Here's the ultimate vacation kit. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...anon_sd500.asp Coupled with a 3gb mini drive and a couple extra batteries. This is one you'll always have on you, even if you're just going out to dinner, unlike the big heavy 20d. The best photo is the one you don't miss because you left your camera at home. I was going to suggest the Panasonic FZ5/FZ20 for just the same reasons! David |
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Thanks
I already have a few P&S digital Olympus C-750UZ and C-5050Z -- they work fine, but looking a for an always in the pocket ultracompact is a good idea steve "Mr. Mark" wrote in message ... All suggestions welcome from tri\monopods to cases on buidling the ultimate vacation outfit Here's the ultimate vacation kit. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...anon_sd500.asp Coupled with a 3gb mini drive and a couple extra batteries. This is one you'll always have on you, even if you're just going out to dinner, unlike the big heavy 20d. The best photo is the one you don't miss because you left your camera at home. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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As mentioned -- I have some P&S's and all their trimmings -- I asking for
thoughts on lenses and accessories built around the 20D for a good/great vacation outfit covering trips to nice senic parks and interesting cities. best outfit, but not going overboard on weight and too many lenses "David J Taylor" wrote in message . uk... Mr. Mark wrote: All suggestions welcome from tri\monopods to cases on buidling the ultimate vacation outfit Here's the ultimate vacation kit. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...anon_sd500.asp Coupled with a 3gb mini drive and a couple extra batteries. This is one you'll always have on you, even if you're just going out to dinner, unlike the big heavy 20d. The best photo is the one you don't miss because you left your camera at home. I was going to suggest the Panasonic FZ5/FZ20 for just the same reasons! David |
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"David J Taylor" wrote
This is one you'll always have on you, even if you're just going out to dinner, unlike the big heavy 20d. The best photo is the one you don't miss because you left your camera at home. I was going to suggest the Panasonic FZ5/FZ20 for just the same reasons! Small cameras are like the American Express card. You never leave home without them. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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As mentioned -- I have some P&S's and all their trimmings -- I asking for
thoughts on lenses and accessories built around the 20D for a good/great vacation outfit covering trips to nice senic parks and interesting cities. best outfit, but not going overboard on weight and too many lenses We're just funning with you a little. Cheer up. I'd find the freakin' widest angle lens I could find for that thing and I'd spare no expense to get it. Maybe there's a 10mm? Smaller would be better since there's like a 1.6 multiplier. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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Thanks
I already have a few P&S digital Olympus C-750UZ and C-5050Z -- they work fine, but looking a for an always in the pocket ultracompact is a good idea Actually, I swore that I'd never buy another Sony anything, but some of their super compacts are so light and thin that I might change my mind. I also love their large LCD's. Oh, I just thought of some things you need for your 20d - 1. you need extra battery, charger, and you need a european adaptor for their wonky power outlets over there.. unless you're european and then you need an american adaptor for our wonky power outlets over here. 2. an off camera shoe cord (so you can hold your flash at different angles) 3. and most of all - I want one of these myself... an "angle finder" http://www.canoncompanystore.com/epa...ail=2882A002AA or http://tinyurl.com/a92el I'd kill my best friend for one of those. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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I could see that being use with the camera mounted on a telescope for
astronomy -- I'm not there yet - LOL I tend to go a bit overboard on the accessories "Mr. Mark" wrote in message ... Thanks I already have a few P&S digital Olympus C-750UZ and C-5050Z -- they work fine, but looking a for an always in the pocket ultracompact is a good idea Actually, I swore that I'd never buy another Sony anything, but some of their super compacts are so light and thin that I might change my mind. I also love their large LCD's. Oh, I just thought of some things you need for your 20d - 1. you need extra battery, charger, and you need a european adaptor for their wonky power outlets over there.. unless you're european and then you need an american adaptor for our wonky power outlets over here. 2. an off camera shoe cord (so you can hold your flash at different angles) 3. and most of all - I want one of these myself... an "angle finder" http://www.canoncompanystore.com/epa...ail=2882A002AA or http://tinyurl.com/a92el I'd kill my best friend for one of those. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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Speaking now from a bit of experience, I'd suggest you get two lenses,
maybe three: The widest angle lens you can find. Wide angle turns out to be a tall order on these 1.6:1 cameras. You mentioned your motivation of photographing scenery. You need wide angle to do landscapes and waterfalls and so on. I've been frustrated even with the 18mm end of the 18-55 kit lens (which feels crummy, but does not perform badly). I'm now in the market for something like a 12mm prime, and I want a really, really good one. Then you probably want a 200mm prime. For those situations where I think I want a zoom lens (birds), I'm realizing that what I really want is just the long end of the zoom. And a prime will certainly be much better than a 70-200 zoom at 200mm. On the other hand, the IS zooms are really great lenses. People are getting results with a 20d and an "L" zoom that are good enough for any pro quality standards. [They'd better! A 20D and an L Zoom is a $3000 camera!] One lens you would probably enjoy having is the 50mm f/1.4 (NOT the f/1.8!) It is a great lens; the only one I have so far that I actually consider to be very good. I have a Tamron 28-200mm zoom. It's not at all good for wildlife or birds, very soft at the long end. But at moderate lengths it's pretty good! Definitely worth the sub $300 price. (I know I need and EF/L zoom, but that's not going to happen unless you buy me one. So I'm working with the lenses I *can* have.) There's another issue that you might want to consider. You can get so *close* to great results with these cameras, that you may end up being frustrated to the point that drives you into the medium format film world, or worse. I've seen guys show up at several places I've visited this spring with their hassy's and so on, and once even shot a lighthouse after waiting for a guy to do one with his field camera. (He was quite quick about it, it was impressive. I think there must be something very satisfying when you take your shot with your view camera and you have good confidence that you got the exposure you expected. Oh well... As for tripods, I'm really happy with my Velbon GB347. I'll be in the market soon for a carbon fiber tripod with a ballhead (something that substantially contributes to the cost of the $1600 zoom lens I'm looking at!), but the Velbon is pretty nice, and plenty portable, it doesn't encumber me at all, even on fairly difficult hikes. One thing I'd consider also, as an "accessory" to your 20D, is a small Canon camera, one of the better Powershot models. They are very high quality, and in some situations have performed better than equivalent photos taken with the 20D (which is a bit disturbing). Canon point/shoot cameras have quite similar exposure controls to the SLRs, so they translate well. Gotta go board my plane, right now. |
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