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HOw good is the canon digital cam? The kind with the interchangeable lens? In comparision to a regular 35mm cam on the same setup? I think the cam is 8 pixels now, this link is from 2003.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0308/03082005canoneos300d.asp

you can see the pic above.

Ok, say I take pics and I want to blow them up to 11x14 size. How does the quality compare to blowing up a 35mm negative to the same size? Comparable? Is much lost? Distortion? Noise? Fuzzy-ness (expanding pixels).

Test Boy? Anyone?
 
Unless you are going to blow up prints to 11x 14 or larger...hte Mpixels is overkill
 
I own that camera - it fucking rocks!

I have 3 lenses for it - it is a great buy and highly recommend it.

Picture quality is superb. I shoot a lot of the wife and kids and it has served me well. :D

(MR Jnuts posting, BTW)
 
Canon digital cameras are pretty much the best.

Pro digital gear at 6.3 mb is better than 35mm under normal shooting circumstances. It also blows film away when shooting indoors because the "grain" is much, much less.

jnuts is a helpful dude and uses the consumer lenses. Ask him which ones would be good for you. Pro lenses are big and heavy and expensive and a waste of money for a consumer...generally.

You can get awesome pictures with the consumer lenses as well. You prolly will not notice a difference at 8x10 most of the time.

6.3 MB is easily good for 16"x20" images.

I rate 35mm at roughly 4 MB...generally speaking.

I actually talk about all this jazz at my web site page: http://www.jadamsphoto.com/advantages.html

Much as I like 8.2 MB....you can't see the difference on an 8x10. Plus the file sizes are bigger and slower.

Still....I want 12 MB next time, but I make my living with MB.
 
Unless you're going to be taking lots of photos in low light conditions or fast moving action there is little advantage to a SLR camera. Go with digital.
 
Testosterone boy said:
jnuts is a helpful dude and uses the consumer lenses. Ask him which ones would be good for you.
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The 18-55mm lens is raved about online...and it's cheap. I bought that one and use it as my all purpose lens.

I also bought a 75-300 lens that is a nice telephoto one. At times, the autofocus on it is a bit soft, but you can manually focus if need be.

The kit I bought came with a lens, but I rarely use it.

I'd like to add a macro lens one of these days... and a better external flash unit.

There is also a firmware hack for the Digital Rebel - it enables a few options that they had software disabled. I've been running that firmware for a year now, with no problems.
 
Nikon
 
I work in the industry and I will agree that a digital SLR is the best of both worlds. Nice thing is you can use lenses from any of the Canon EF line. So especially a good camera for those who already own a film Rebel.

8MP camera should be fine for 11x14 pictures, shouldn't notice any degradation in comparison to film if printed at the same dpi on a good quality Dye Sublimation printer, especially if you are used to taking pictures with 400 or 800 speed film which has a larger silver grain anyway.

BTW, I don't work for Canon, I work for Kodak.
 
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What kind of hack? what can you do with it?

Also, I have several tamron lens and couple of others too. I used to have a rebel SLR cam.
 
http://www.bahneman.com/liem/photos/tricks/digital-rebel-tricks.php
http://satinfo.narod.ru/en/
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/digital/digital_rebel_firmware_hack.html

Reasons for modifying original camera’s firmware

6.3 megapixel EOS 300D/Digital Rebel is based on the same CMOS sensor and DIGIC microprocessor as EOS 10D, more expensive digital SLR from Canon. Similarities between those two models suggested that most likely EOS 300D/Digital Rebel uses the same code base as EOS 10D with some functionality disabled at software (firmware) level. After close firmware analysis, by changing only two bytes, Custom Functions menu, identical with EOS 10D, but disabled on EOS 300D/Digital Rebel, was successfully revealed. Since EOS 300D/Digital Rebel’s firmware lack of certain subroutines, not all functions available in this menu are working on EOS 300D/Digital Rebel. Nevertheless, as for today, modified firmware provides EOS 300D/Digital Rebel owners with following additional functionality:

# Enter Flash Exposure Compensation using SET button
# SET button function when shooting
# Shutter release w/o CF card
# Flash sync speed in Av mode
# RAW+JPEG rec. Sets the quality of embedded JPEG
# Mirror Lock up
# Selects the autofocus mode: AIfocusAF, ONEShot
# ISO 3200
 
jnuts said:
http://www.bahneman.com/liem/photos/tricks/digital-rebel-tricks.php
http://satinfo.narod.ru/en/
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/digital/digital_rebel_firmware_hack.html

Reasons for modifying original camera’s firmware

6.3 megapixel EOS 300D/Digital Rebel is based on the same CMOS sensor and DIGIC microprocessor as EOS 10D, more expensive digital SLR from Canon. Similarities between those two models suggested that most likely EOS 300D/Digital Rebel uses the same code base as EOS 10D with some functionality disabled at software (firmware) level. After close firmware analysis, by changing only two bytes, Custom Functions menu, identical with EOS 10D, but disabled on EOS 300D/Digital Rebel, was successfully revealed. Since EOS 300D/Digital Rebel’s firmware lack of certain subroutines, not all functions available in this menu are working on EOS 300D/Digital Rebel. Nevertheless, as for today, modified firmware provides EOS 300D/Digital Rebel owners with following additional functionality:

# Enter Flash Exposure Compensation using SET button
# SET button function when shooting
# Shutter release w/o CF card
# Flash sync speed in Av mode
# RAW+JPEG rec. Sets the quality of embedded JPEG
# Mirror Lock up
# Selects the autofocus mode: AIfocusAF, ONEShot
# ISO 3200
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So you think the Tamron lens I have are good enough for 11x14?
 
Eringobraugh said:
So you think the Tamron lens I have are good enough for 11x14?
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I don't see why not.... but I'm out of my league there. From looking on the net, they are compatible...my want to research more, just to be sure.

You also might want to log back in as AAP
 
Eringobraugh said:
So you think the Tamron lens I have are good enough for 11x14?
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Generally...yes.

Nothing wrong with Tamron, Sigma etc for the casual user.

Cheaper lenses can still produce amazing images.

Pro lenses are needed for very demanding circumstances.
 
MrsJnuts said:
I own that camera - it fucking rocks!

I have 3 lenses for it - it is a great buy and highly recommend it.

Picture quality is superb. I shoot a lot of the wife and kids and it has served me well. :D

(MR Jnuts posting, BTW)
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I had no idea your wife was a member of our fine board here. :)

I also have this camera........after a 6 month learning curve, self taught, I gave it to my sales manager, as it's his duty to take pics and list shit anyway.

We have a 5 megapixel Sony at home, because my wife has a Vaio, and the sales guy talked her into that camera with a $250.00 rebate.......in comparison I would say the Sony is easier to use, but not the quality of the Canon. I think we're going to get another Rebel for the house....just cause the kids are getting older, and we want more capabilites with the lenses.
 
pitbullstl said:
just cause the kids are getting older, and we want more capabilites with the lenses.
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...one of the main reasons I pitched it to my wife. The zoom/multiple lens makes it great for shots at school and other things. I got some great shots from my daughter's first communion the other weekend. It never would have happened without the long lens and manual settings.

And my wife normally hangs on the chick side of the site :)
 
jnuts said:
...one of the main reasons I pitched it to my wife. The zoom/multiple lens makes it great for shots at school and other things. I got some great shots from my daughter's first communion the other weekend. It never would have happened without the long lens and manual settings.

And my wife normally hangs on the chick side of the site :)
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Hard time falling asleep tonight?
 
jnuts said:
Delaying the inevitable.

I leave next Monday for 4 months in the desert.
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The ME?

woohoo

See...this is the exact scenario possibility that led me to do certain things years ago.

Hope you are into it though.
 
Testosterone boy said:
Hope you are into it though.
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Yes and no. The older I get, it becomes harder for me to leave by family behind for extended periods of time.

I've been doing this for 16 years. I'll be happy when my 20 is up.
 
Ive got a cannon.. powershot 400.. nothing fancy, but gets the job done.
 
Well I have a couple of tamrons, the one I use the most is the 28-200. I have a couple of sigmas that rarely get to be used. 75-300 and a monster of 400-700 that I swear feels like it is going to bust the cam in half when it is attached.

I just don't want to spend $900 for something that is no better than what I already have.
 
The Digital Rebels are a great value for the money.
The 6 MP Digital Rebel is cheaper due to the newer 8 mp Rebel X that just came out and fine for amatuer pictures.

As to using the Tamaron lens.
Be aware that the focal length (28-200) on a standard SLR lens will be different when used on a Digital SLR due to the size of the digital cameras CCD or CMOS sensor being smaller in size than the 35MM film that the image is focused onto..

It's something like a ratio or 1:1.3 or something so that the 28-200 lens stuck on a digital rebel will give you a tighter or smaller field of view such as 40-300 or such.. TB can validate the ratios, but you get the drift..

Many newer lenses are specifically targeted towards digital camera for this reason
and the CMOS/CCD's are also getting larger to solve this.

I just bought a new 35MM film SLR Canon Elan 7n and upgraded the lens to a
Canon 28-105 3.5 4.5 USM II lens..

I would stick with Canon lenses for one reason and that being the USM motor lenses focus faster IMO and definitely QUIETER.
 
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