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Hey everyone.
I bought my Canon Rebel XS last summer for $320. I have learned a lot (all thanks to you guys) and I'm still trying to learn more every day. Half of me wants a better camera, while the...
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Get the lens before the body. A good lens will make even a crappy camera look good. Plus they will work with your new body so no need to worry. Bodies always drop in price over time and newer better...
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Your camera is a few years old but not that dated. As long as you buy a Canon and don't go with a full frame model ($2000-$3500 options) the lenses you have now, or buy in the future will fit. So...
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pickup a 55-250mm from CL or ebay. they will get really cheap soon. the market will be flooded.
no warranty, but it's a $100 lens.
it's a perfect budget telephoto lens.
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Don't sell the camera. Only reason you should sell your camera is if you're finding that the auto focus isn't as good as you want it or you need a specific feature of the higher end cameras (e.g....
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Why is that?
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Sorry for the delayed reply. Thanks for all the speedy replies.
I'm using the kit lens (18-55mm.) When I'm using my camera, I often want to zoom in to an object further away. But guess what? I...
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in the large majority of cases stopping the lens down a little will improve the image quality.
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Here is the technical reasons why. http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/11/stop-it-down-just-a-bit
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There's no real technical information why. Just statistical data that demonstrates the point.
I've not read much information that adequately explained why stopping down increased sharpness....
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I improved your typo in this link :)
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ebay they are goig for 200 less 20 dollar fees
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To best help you, what are you trying to shoot and how far away is it? You can spend a little or a lot on a nice telephoto lens. I personally really like my Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 and it was a great...
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So If you can get 250 or 300 for the camera you could come out pretty well the t2i is about 399.00 with a "trade in" from the Canon refurb site, it is a higher MP as well as it can take video. That...
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Depending on which lenses you have now and how you shoot, I'd recommend keeping your current body and looking at the Canon 55-250 or Canon 18-135. Both will give you more zoom, have IS and are...
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If you owned this newer DSLR all along, can you describe a photo you would have taken with it that would have been better, and what would be better about it? Maybe that thinking will tell you what,...
