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Thanks for any help!
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The 50D is about to be replaced with the 60D. I believe the 50D had a little bit of an AF reputation issue. It appears that Canon has attempted to split this segment into two directions with their new product line up, with a choice of the new 7D being a bit more full featured than the 50D and the new 60D a bit less full-featured. If I were buying new, I would consider either the 7D or 60D; the camera bodies themselves are the most quickly obsolete part of a DSLR system so why get a model that is on its way out.KC Kropf wrote: Making the jump to SLR in the next month or so. Would anyone suggest something better than either one of these Cannons? Based on price range, quality, etc? Every Cannon that I have owned (PowerShots) has taken fantastic shots and everyone that I have talked to has seemed to confirm the 50D to be one of the best in this price range. The recent sell of my old film Pentax and multiple lenses via craigslist has left me feeling "empty" :(
Thanks for any help!
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I was not at all aware of that, THANK YOU, clearly I have some more research to do. Looks like my timing could be good with either of the ones you suggest. Don't see the 60D listed anywhere "officially" but most say September availability.LenexatoKCMO wrote: The 50D is about to be replaced with the 60D. I believe the 50D had a little bit of an AF reputation issue. It appears that Canon has attempted to split this segment into two directions with their new product line up, with a choice of the new 7D being a bit more full featured than the 50D and the new 60D a bit less full-featured. If I were buying new, I would consider either the 7D or 60D; the camera bodies themselves are the most quickly obsolete part of a DSLR system so why get a model that is on its way out.
Biggest differences look to be more robust body, better auto-focus, and faster frame rate. For some folks that is well worth the ~$400 difference but its not like the 60D is going to be particularly weak in any of those areas either.KC Kropf wrote: I was not at all aware of that, THANK YOU, clearly I have some more research to do. Looks like my timing could be good with either of the ones you suggest. Don't see the 60D listed anywhere "officially" but most say September availability.
Hmmm.. 7D v 60D ???
No doubt... I am familiar with my old manual film (light meter in the middle, shutter speeds and aperture) , but for sure understand I have some more learning to do on the digital side..... couple friends of mine have taken some intro classes at the KC Art Institute that sounded fairly priced...LenexatoKCMO wrote:
Most importantly, go ahead and order a book on controlling manual exposure, metering, etc. - with either model that is way too much camera to waste in point n shoot mode.
Have you tried http://www.getpaint.net/ ?? I recently got turned on to this free application that is supposedly very similar to photoshop. I used Photoshop in college and paint.net has the same look and feel and functionality that I can remember, but I honestly have not used it much yet. It may not do everything that you are needing...shinatoo wrote: Whats you budget? What do you ultimately want to get out of the camera? Family photos? Amateur landscape photography? Professional photography?
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I am looking for a better finishing program but don't want to shell out the bucks for Photoshop. I need to do color isolation, and dodge and burn. Any suggestions?