Canon canon canon

[liquidmistletoe]

Photographer friends: A friend of mine posed this question on my facebook wall. I'm a Nikon gal, so I don't know but I know some of you are Canon people! Any suggestions would be helpful :)

PHOTO FRIENDS: Thinking about investing in a DSLR. I am a Canon guy right now and looking at the Rebel series. I don't plan on using it professionally,

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[cp]

Well, I can't say I've touched a Rebel since my first dSLR, which was a Rebel XT--only the second entry in that line! Anything from the T2i up will provide excellent image quality on par with any other modern dSLR, of course--the main refinements look to be in the video functionality, and the T3i/T4i added an articulating LCD if he/she thinks that might come in handy. Same megapixel count between the T3i and T4i, but the T4i jumps to a Digic 5 processor, which means slightly better high-ISO performance and a jump to a maximum ISO of 25,600 (though I generally consider anything above 6400 or so on an APS-C camera to be gimmick/absolute last resort settings, noisy as they tend to be). Interestingly, the T2i actually does a little better than the T3i in noise at ISO 800-1600, but the T3i looks to be a little better thereafter. That said, I wouldn't expect that there's really a big subjective difference between any of those 3 models until ISO 3200 or so

[liquidmistletoe]

Awesome! Thanks so much, I knew I could count on you :D I've passed along the information.

18-135mm kit lens?! Sometimes I wish I'd gone Canon... but once you get sunk, it's a little too late (unless you have loads of money!)

[cp]

No problem! And yes, it certainly can be! Another LJ friend of mine is a wedding pro who recently switched from Nikon to Canon, so he posted the prices of everything (and gear porn when it all arrived). It definitely added up! He sold all his Nikon stuff to offset the cost, so I think he ended up coming in at about what he'd have spent to upgrade his Nikon gear. But still, it was impressive to see an order of that much gear at once!

[cp]

Also: just seeing the latest LJ-Photophile post. omg, insensitive and presumptuous much?

[crysania4]

Holy crap I just went over to look. o.O

[cp]

Heh, looks like someone changed the post title and then removed the entry altogether. Probably for the best. :)

[crysania4]

Also, we win. Photo has been removed. :-)

[harnessphoto]

I have the t2i and am very happy with it.

[lemmingpie]

+1

[girlguitarist]

From what I understand, the new one is super amazingly awesome for video, but for photo you probably aren't going to get a lot of extra features over the older models. If he wants to try out video, I would go with the new one (my friend has one and the video functions better than my 5D MIII, which costs 5x the price!) The main advice I tell people is go with the cheapest body in its class, and spend any money you save on some nice lenses. I'm a professional and I probably use 10% of what my camera is capable of, so as a hobby he'll probably use even less. It's the glass that makes it!

That being said, as mentioned in an above comment, if he can get a good bundle deal with some lenses, then by all means he should take that instead!

[cp]

Good advice. When not talking specific models, my generic advice is that ANY modern dSLR is capable of producing absolutely amazing images that will print as large as you want. What makes the largest difference in image quality is the glass in front of the camera and the brain behind it. :)