Just bought...

[GeordieClioDriver]

A Canon 300D for £100 with an 18-55m lens with remote!

Fairly pleased with it I have to admit!

Has anyone else used one of these or owned one?

Im after some advice on the best lens to get next, I usualy use my camera for buildings/cars.

Cheers

 

[Andy.]

cheap as chips. Good find. I had the 350 and used it with the 18-55 and a 70-200 for ages and could get most of what i wanted. A nice second hand sigma 10-20 for the buildings would probably be a good call.

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Cheers for the reply!

I was after the 450D or 1000D but thought it would be best to try something cheaper to get the hang of it/see if i enjoy it.

wheres the best place to buy the lenses from? I don't trust Ebay for them coming from Kong Hong tbh..! lol

 

[JJ!]

HK have provided some real bargains for me!!!

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Found a few decent lenes that are fairly cheap!

Had a little play around before footy tonight.

First one was freehand so it's slightly blurred!

 

[unofficialPete]

Good stuff, got to grips with it quick!

I get all my lenses from a guy called Kerso in Scotland, usually get HK prices with UK warranty which I have used so does work. Just ask for a Canon price list.. kerso1123@msn.com

If your after a bargain the 50mm f/1.8 is a good start if you want a good low light lens or something for very shallow depth of field.

You got a real bargain with the 300D!

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Bloody hell, cheers for that!!

I'll email this guy tomorrow, see what hes got!!

It's not too bad, depsite a few people twisting their faces when i mention it cause it's only 6.3mp!

I have a kodak digital camera with 12mp for high res stuff! I wanted an SLR for the experience

 

[Andy.]

Its not all about the megapixels either. The size of the sensor, compression used, lens quality etc in the cameras makes a big difference. Look at an image from a 5MP camera phone compared to a 5 MP digicam and there is a huge difference.

 

[Brasseye]

What a great price £100 !!!!

Good looking first shots

 

[unofficialPete]

It's not too bad, depsite a few people twisting their faces when i mention it cause it's only 6.3mp!

Secretly mock them for not being in the know..

 

[Brown.]

Excellent bit of kit, one of the first amature cams t use a CMOS..... i had a black on e with a battery grip, much prefer the size compared to tiny modern canon amature dslr 450d is just tooo small.... thank god the 40d and 50d kept its size

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Its not all about the megapixels either. The size of the sensor, compression used, lens quality etc in the cameras makes a big difference. Look at an image from a 5MP camera phone compared to a 5 MP digicam and there is a huge difference.

Yep, not the way everyone looks at it though!

I'm happy with it, Just need another lens to keep me busy!

 

[unofficialPete]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=6790820#post6790820

Worth watching the forum for some other second hand deals..