Canon EOS Rebel XSi Black 12.20 MP 3.0

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:24 am

I'm not putting Sony cameras down. They make great cameras. I've not seen many of them fail.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:25 pm

Lurch wrote:I presume you bought a Sony? If so, I don't think you'll regret it. Which model did you get?

Went with the original camera I posted, the XSi

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:52 pm

Lurch wrote:I'm not putting Sony cameras down. They make great cameras. I've not seen many of them fail.

Didn't read anything you said to be of that intent. It's all good. There's a strong possibility that I would have gone with canon myself if I hadn't already had a number of minolta lenses from my film days. I may even still get one down the road at some point. What matters is what camera feels right for you and you enjoy the hobby

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:47 pm

woohoo Humboldt! Now I've got a "DSLR Newbie" buddy on SG

I've been having so much fun with my T1i - it's amazing. I downloaded an e-book on DSLR Photography and I'm reading through it every night... I really want to get out of the auto zone (even tho it takes amazing pics on it's own), and know what I'm doing with all the different settings.

Have fun w/yr new camera

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:48 pm

9mmprincess wrote:woohoo Humboldt! Now I've got a "DSLR Newbie" buddy on SG I've been having so much fun with my T1i - it's amazing. I downloaded an e-book on DSLR Photography and I'm reading through it every night... I really want to get out of the auto zone (even tho it takes amazing pics on it's own), and know what I'm doing with all the different settings.

Have fun w/yr new camera

Can't wait to get it, should have it by the beginning of next week.

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:15 am

Humboldt wrote:Went with the original camera I posted, the XSi

You'll love it, I'd bet.

Was Looking at a 10 MP Canon dSLR in Walmart yesterday, the XS or something, and an Olympus dSLR. They sure seem to look more flimsy all the time but they should hold out good. Even the new BMW cars look flimsy these days.

It seemed to be very light too, compared to 300D D Rebel.

They also had a Sony dSLR, the A230 I think it was. Looked really stripped down and felt lightweight. I think they wanted $599 for it.

Lurch

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:35 pm

Take a look at these books. Very helpful.

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exp ... pd_sim_b_6

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Photograp ... 437&sr=1-6

There are 3 in this series now and I have read the first book (below) very good.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... R&v=glance

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:20 pm

tao_jones wrote:Take a look at these books. Very helpful.

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exp ... pd_sim_b_6

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Photograp ... 437&sr=1-6

There are 3 in this series now and I have read the first book (below) very good.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... R&v=glance

thanks for the links, will take a look at those after work.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:01 pm

Indy wrote:The tripod looks like it should be a decent one to get you going...I need to get me a new one soon myself...I busted mine not too long ago and need to replace it...I'd love to get a Manfrotto tripod & head, but you're talking several hundred dollars for that.

Like this?
http://humboldt.craigslist.org/pho/1366015628.html

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:20 pm

Humboldt wrote:Like this?
http://humboldt.craigslist.org/pho/1366015628.html

Yep, looks like the one I was looking at before...I've read numerous good reviews on it, just have to get the money together to buy one

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:49 pm

Indy wrote:Yep, looks like the one I was looking at before...I've read numerous good reviews on it, just have to get the money together to buy one

Quataray makes a decent tripod as well.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:44 pm

Got the camera and tripod

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:20 pm

Humboldt wrote:Got the camera and tripod

That didn't take long

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:34 pm

Indy wrote:That didn't take long

Ordered Tuesday night I think.

Got it and set the battery to charge first thing, then realized that of course it didn't come with a memory card

I should've looked around at the description more but none were offered as part of a bundle or anything. Eh.

Ran down to Costco and grabbed a 2pk of 4 GB SD cards. My HP is too old to consider, the Olympus takes XD, the sweet Sony from my ex takes Memory Stick.

Too dark to do much once I got back. Looking forward to finding some time to get out.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:26 am

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:23 am

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:26 am

Wow, I love this camera.

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:50 am

heh heh. That's the same reaction I had upon getting mine

Beautiful dogs btw. And cool lizard.

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:42 am

Nice color delineation in that 1st one with the blue toy in his mouth.

I got a hold of a nice used Rebel XT and I can't help but like it better than the D Rebel. It's smaller, lighter, and faster. This is probably about the 6th XT I've had. I wouldn't mind moving up to an XTi, XS, or XSi someday. It would help if the economy improved.

10 MP is plenty for me. 15 or 20 would be too much AFAIC.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:43 pm

Now we know who to blame for Indonesia and Samoa. I hope you and Asha feel bad

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:07 pm

Image quality looks really good

Can't wait to see what you do with it

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:35 pm

9mmprincess wrote: I downloaded an e-book on DSLR Photography and I'm reading through it every night

Which book?

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:38 pm

This is the book that I bought right after I got my dslr: http://www.amazon.com/PCPhoto-Digital-H ... 028&sr=8-1

Good book

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:52 pm

Indy wrote:This is the book that I bought right after I got my dslr: http://www.amazon.com/PCPhoto-Digital-H ... 028&sr=8-1

Good book

Looks like a good one, thanks for the link.

Will have to see if I got anything good today. Had to go buy more beer so I can take more pictures