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But it still moves, just the sameGalileo Galilei
First Steps into DSLR with Canon 40D
Relates to Photography
There is so much opportunity for stunning photography in the beautiful landscape of Cornwall, that I have been tinkering with extending my repertoire to include a small amount of photographic services. Time to invest in some kit. No simple task with numerous successful DSLR bodies out there and a lot of lenses to choose from.
Once my budget was set and I had chosen to go with, Canon since it would allow me to swap and share lenses with some mates, I had to decide between the 450D and the 40D models. Finally I chose the later for its build quality and faster burst rate. (The 50D was very tempting but would have left me little budget to buy lenses and these are far more important in achieving quality images)
Now to lenses. At first I was set on the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom lens which would cover the broad range I was looking for from wide-angle landscape to portrait work. But some strange price jumping activity on Amazon saw it go up in price by £100 days before I was to part with my cash. This left me thinking and I decided it was too soon to invest so much money on a single lens - despite it being probably the single best piece of non-L glass available for the Canon cropped sensor.
So I took a radical about shift and decided to go prime. I intend on doing a lot of internal portrait work and faster would be better. I settled on:
Together these left me with £200 in pocket over the Canon 17-55mm and I thought it would be a good framing experience working with prime initially. Now I am just waiting for the kit to arrive with great excitement and will report back on my initial experiences in due course…
Posted on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:00:11.
