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Originally Posted by Britster  I think I understand!
Rather than starting a new thread (or maybe I should?) can anyone tell me what they think of this? Amazon.com: Used and New: Canon Rebel XS 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)
I'm a total newbie to dslr's but I love my Canon and love all the Canons I've ever used so I think I want to stick with them. I know the Rebel is known to be great for beginners as well.
I'm really looking to save as much as possible. Is Amazon a safe place to purchase, do you think? It says it's a EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens. I have NO idea what that is so if someone could inform me if that's good/bad, that'd be great, LOL. |
Okay, good, I'm glad you get what I was trying to say up there, bc it can be confusing. That was one of the things I *didn't* like about my D40 was the lens limitations (otherwise LOVED it). The D70/80/90 etc don't have these limitations, btw (their lens focus motor is ON the camera).
The Canon Rebel is a nice camera. I love buying from Amazon and that's where I got my D90 - but I always buy FROM Amazon itself for the cameras (not the other vendors). Amazon is so unbelievably wonderful in their returns - so you can use a camera from Amazon for 30 days and still return it. I try to get all my lenses from Amazon (not the vendors) as well.
As for the lens - that is considered a "kit lens" - a pretty basic lens that comes w/ many cameras. Depending on what you want to do w/ a camera, some will say do NOT buy the kit, buy the camera body only - and then get lenses you really want. The 18-55 has a bit of zoom and is a middle of the road lens, nothing wrong w/ that.
Now, if you're really into controlling the aperture so you can get fuzzy backgrounds ("bokeh"), or focus in on one small area - then you want a "prime" lens - this is a "fixed" lens (no zoom), and you can control the aperture best using a prime lens. I LOVE primes. A super prime for you w/ this camera is the Nikon 50mm 1.8 (for canon camera) - it's only around $100 - and it's fabuLOUS. I have it too, it's a very well known and well loved lens bc you can do incredible things w/ it and it's very cheap for a lens (many average lenses run around $400, but you can spend
thousands on one lens too).
Buying lenses realllly depends on what you want to do. I have an 18-105mm (fair amount of zoom/flex there), the 50mm mentioned above, a 60mm 1.4 Macro lens, and a 30mm 1.4 that I had to get for the D40 bc I wanted a prime that would auto focus on the D40.
Okay, are you totally overwhelmed now?
