Your next photographic purchase discussion thread

Whaaaaa!!! So I was asking opinions in this thread on possible upgrades as I dropped old faithful 350D in the river over new years.

Well, yesterday I managed to get a Canon 60D with a EF-S18-200mm IS lens with just over 4000actuations for R6000 !!!!!! I am SO FREAKING IN LOVE WITH THIS CAMERA!! Hahahaha!

Best part is, all of my dads old SLR canon kit works with it! So I have a fixed 50mm, a sigma 300 zoom (no IS of course tho), and a few others, as well as a rad grip, a remote, and a bunch of other accessories.

What I wanted to ask, is as an affordable boost to my zoom abilities before I can get some really decent tele glass, is using a 2x converter on the 18-200mm IS lens a reasonable option? Mostly shooting wildlife and birds....

Also, has anyone used the DIPAC underwater "bags"?

Thanks all
 
Man I wish Nikon would hurry up already and release the D7100, I am itching to buy a DSLR and almost bought the D7000 many times, only to be held back by rumors of the D7100 this year.

I used this camera a few months ago in the Alps and again now while I am in the Indo. / Asia region, I am a click and shoot guy and this camera makes taking beautiful pictures seamless.

I know the 5D's etc are pro cameras right? .
 
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Dane said:
Whaaaaa!!! So I was asking opinions in this thread on possible upgrades as I dropped old faithful 350D in the river over new years.

Well, yesterday I managed to get a Canon 60D with a EF-S18-200mm IS lens with just over 4000actuations for R6000 !!!!!! I am SO FREAKING IN LOVE WITH THIS CAMERA!! Hahahaha!

Best part is, all of my dads old SLR canon kit works with it! So I have a fixed 50mm, a sigma 300 zoom (no IS of course tho), and a few others, as well as a rad grip, a remote, and a bunch of other accessories.

What I wanted to ask, is as an affordable boost to my zoom abilities before I can get some really decent tele glass, is using a 2x converter on the 18-200mm IS lens a reasonable option? Mostly shooting wildlife and birds....

Also, has anyone used the DIPAC underwater "bags"?

Thanks all
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The 60 is very nice. You really scored. The teleconverter will not work for you as you will lose autofocus since the Long end of the 18-200 is F5.6 IIRC. Add a teleconverter and you will get F11 with a 2X converter. All the bodies apart from the top of the range 1D and now 1DX lose autofocus over F5.6. And a teleconverter on less than superior glass will give you very crap images.

mytank said:
Man I wish Nikon would hurry up already and release the D7100, I am itching to buy a DSLR and almost bought the D7000 many times, only to be held back by rumors of the D7100 this year.

I used this camera a few months ago in the Alps and again now while I am in the Indo. / Asia region, I am a click and shoot guy and this camera makes taking beautiful pictures seamless.

I know the 5D's etc are pro cameras right? .
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I dont think the 7100 will be so much better than the 7000. And the 7000 is an awesome camera as you stated. I would rather spend a little less and take the 7000 and an extra nice lens if you can.
 
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To tell you the truth the camera bodies are not that much cheaper overseas, not sure about lenses cause I don't even have a camera. Looking at the D7000 you average with a 100-118 lens between R10k and R13k.
 
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mariusmeyer said:
The 60 is very nice. You really scored. The teleconverter will not work for you as you will lose autofocus since the Long end of the 18-200 is F5.6 IIRC. Add a teleconverter and you will get F11 with a 2X converter. All the bodies apart from the top of the range 1D and now 1DX lose autofocus over F5.6. And a teleconverter on less than superior glass will give you very crap images.
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Thanks very much marius. Going to have to save up for a decent IS zoom lens for wildlife. Hmph.

Anyone have recommendations on a good entry level high zoom canon lens for birding etc?
 
lIghty said:
Ok, I'm confused, How does 12800 shutter buttons only = 2815 pictures?

doesn't the 128 start counting from 100, therefore its only counted up 28 x 100 = 2800 shots?
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did we ever clarify what this meant? looking at an older camera and trying to tell its age
 
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