January 10, 2007Shooting w/ a Canon Rebel XTI Back in December I blogged about my search for a new lens for my Canon Rebel 300D. My plan was to keep the older camera for another year or two - instead, investing in a Canon L series lens. Well, the plan changed a little. I'm now shooting with a Canon Rebel XTI 400D and I'm loving it. I was a bit concerned about the size of the camera (its grip is smaller than the 300D's) but by adding the optional Canon battery grip I solved the problem and doubled my power capacity - nice if you don't like having to worry about keeping the camera charged. I bought the camera without the kit lens - instead opting for the highly regarded Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 XR DI lens. This lens takes fantastic pictures and it covers a popular focal range even on a camera with a 1.6 FOVCF like the 400D. I also picked up a copy of Canon's 50mm f/1.8 lens for shooting the kids indoors in low light situations without my flash. The 50mm takes fantastic pictures, with excellent background blur, and it's a steal at less than $100. This rounded out my end of 2006 camera upgrade and I feel like I'm set for at least a few years. Eventually, I'm going to want a full-frame camera like Canon's 5D but I'm happy for now. I've also got my eye on Canon's 85mm f/1.8 prime as well as a their 70-200mm f/4 or f/2.8 L lens but that will have to wait for a while. I upgraded from the 300D to the 400D because I thought the enhanced feature set warranted it. I also felt like the time was right to sell my 300D - resale value will decrease sharply this year as 10MP cameras become the standard. I managed to get $425 for my 300D on eBay - that's pretty good considering I paid about $700 for the 400D body. I'm not going to bother with specifics about any of these products because they are all reviewed by better resources already - instead, I'll provide you with links to some of the resources I used to research my upgrade. Related Resources: Lens and Camera Reviews: The-Digital-Picture.com - great resource for Canon lens and camera reviews FM Reviews - a lot of professional opinions here / Canon and Nikon lenses photo.net - detailed lens and camera reviews dpreview.com - the ultimate camera review site Buying: Amazon.com - always competitive, great for lenses B&H - bought the camera and one of the lenses here Posted by Cale on Jan 10, 2007  Categories: photography Technorati Tags: canon photography 400d 300d rebelxti xti tamron lens camerareview lensreview TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: |
