roberth
07-19-2007, 07:47 PM
This question has been asked a million times on the internet, and I need to ask it again!
I have been holding off buying a DSLR; I love wide angle photography, and was hoping that cameras with full frame sensor would drop in price. Slide film and printing costs have been going up and up, so I have decided to go digital.
I am not new to DSLR, I have had access to a 20D and before that a D10, I just didn't buy one for myself as I have a nice film camera that was superior to both of them.
I have some good glass 24-70 2.8L, and 70-200 2.8.
I mainly do landscape and portraits, but also dabble in food photography.
My concern with the 30D comes from past experience using the 20D, the view finder is pretty dark and doesn't show the whole frame, and the 1.6 crop factor is really noticeable for the wide angles.
The lack of pop up lens on the 5D is not an issue, as the lenses I have are big and cause a shadow when using the flash. I have access to a flash when I need one.
So I am either going to buy a 5D, or a 30D and a 10-22 S lens (to get me a the wide angle I lose with the crop factor). There is not a huge difference in price (around $900), but enough to warrant a good hard think. Does anybody have any advice?
I have been holding off buying a DSLR; I love wide angle photography, and was hoping that cameras with full frame sensor would drop in price. Slide film and printing costs have been going up and up, so I have decided to go digital.
I am not new to DSLR, I have had access to a 20D and before that a D10, I just didn't buy one for myself as I have a nice film camera that was superior to both of them.
I have some good glass 24-70 2.8L, and 70-200 2.8.
I mainly do landscape and portraits, but also dabble in food photography.
My concern with the 30D comes from past experience using the 20D, the view finder is pretty dark and doesn't show the whole frame, and the 1.6 crop factor is really noticeable for the wide angles.
The lack of pop up lens on the 5D is not an issue, as the lenses I have are big and cause a shadow when using the flash. I have access to a flash when I need one.
So I am either going to buy a 5D, or a 30D and a 10-22 S lens (to get me a the wide angle I lose with the crop factor). There is not a huge difference in price (around $900), but enough to warrant a good hard think. Does anybody have any advice?