Digital Camera SLR Advice Needed?
I am shopping for a digital SLR. I am planning on getting the Canon Rebel Xti with 10.1 mp. I would also like a good lens- one that takes excellent portraits. Where the picture is so sharp you can see each eyelash kind of thing. I’d also like a telephoto lens that can get extremely sharp focus on something like a flower that you are standing right next to, or a baby’s tiny little toes. Hoping for one lens that can do both the portraits and the toes. I don’t have much to spend- about $1500 total including the camera that comes with the basic lens for about $800. Can someone recommend the lens that would cost about $600 that would be extremely sharp even in indoors lighting situations. I think I would like the Lseries from Canon.
For your budget, I’d suggest that you look at the the Canon 17-85 lens. One of our devoted Canon users recommended the EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (28-135 equiv.) (April 2007-$515) as a good “walk around” lens at a good price.
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=149&modelid=10511
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-S-17-85mm-f-4-5.6-IS-USM-Lens-Review.aspx
Actually, I see this lens as part of a kit at B&H Photo (available through Yahoo! Shopping) for $1,180 right now, so you’d save a couple of bucks. If you just buy the body ($685), you have about $800 left for a lens and memory card, so maybe you can find an “L” lens for that kind of money. I’m not a Canon guy, but hopefully someone else will pick up on this question and give you some more guidance.
If you go to the review site mentioned above, you can find some sample images, including several portraits. Click on them to enlarge the image. It’s too bad you can’t view the file full-size, but you can get the idea about lens resolution. I see that the pictures were taken with a Canon 20D, which is an 8MP camera compared to the XTi’s 10 MP, so I would expect the resolution to be at least as good.
You can spend a day prowling around these Canon lens review sites to see if you find something else within your budget.
Canon Lenses and Reviews
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/ (See “Recommendations” on this page)
http://www.photo.net/canon/#lense
http://www.wlcastleman.com/equip/reviews/index.htm
http://www.photozone.de/active/news/index.jsp
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/index.html
http://www.fredmiranda.com
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