Re: OT-CamerasSteve wrote:
> On Sun, 04 May 2008 09:31:23 -0500, "Donna A."
> <flhtcui1995@SPAM.hotmail,com > wrote:
>
>> Steve wrote:
>>> On Sat, 3 May 2008 22:30:13 -0500, "Invisible68" <plathrop@lcom,net >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Steve" <steve@example,com > wrote in message
>>>> news:5i6p14hii0f0nd062m1hmpkevmlj67a4u2@4ax,com ...
>>>>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 21:38:06 -0400, Sheep <d.l.dubose@bell.south,net >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Finally go this place to put some Guinness on tap so get it while it's
>>>>>> available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cameras. Been getting by with my old Nikon 4300 for a long time.
>>>>>> During said long time I've bought my wife a Sony Cybershot DSCT30
>>>>>> (miserable camera)and my daughter a Sony Cybershot DSC-N2 (excellent
>>>>>> camera).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Me? I've been getting by looking at digital SLR's and trying to
>>>>>> decide if I wanted to make the jump. Now the reviews I'm reading and
>>>>>> the pictures I'm looking at taken by the Nikon D300 are making me want
>>>>>> to take the leap.
>>>>> D300 is a great camera *but* take a look at used D200's. You can get
>>>>> them for 1/2 the price of a D300 and there isn't all that much of a
>>>>> difference. Spend the difference on great lenses and you can still
>>>>> use them if you feel the urge to get a D300 when their prices come
>>>>> down in a year or two as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> The lens is what matters more than any particular camera body. You'll
>>>>> go through many different body upgrades and still use the same high
>>>>> quality lenses.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>> yes very true... I will be staying in the Canon brand because of all the
>>>> lenses I have from my 650....
>>> That's one of the reasons I don't like Canon. They don't care as much
>>> about lens interchangeability between various SLR/SDLR bodies as Nikon
>>> does. I do have a Canon pocket camera that I like a lot though. But
>>> if you already have a lot invested in lenses, you're kinda stuck.
>> There are only two--EF and EF-S. If you're talking about the autofocus,
>> the change happened over 20 years ago. Most people don't have lenses
>> that old... When I used a camera that used the EF-S lenses (cameras with
>> the smaller sensors), I only purchased EF lenses knowing that some day I
>> would upgrade and would want them to work on that camera.
>>
>> "Invisible," your lenses will work fine on whatever Canon you choose...
>
> There's EF, EF-S and pre-EOS. Sure, pre-EOS is 20 years ago. But
> quality lenses 20 years old are still quality lenses. They just can't
> be used.
Honestly, tho, the vast majority of people buying consumer and prosumer
digital cameras are not going to have "quality" lenses from more than 20
years ago.
So that's 3 types vs. Nikon F-mount, which is 1 mount type
> for the past 50 years. You can buy some really excellent old Nikon
> glass for cheap on ebay and be reasonably sure it will work on many of
> today's cameras. Not true with Canon. That's why I made the comment
> about Canon not caring as much about lens interchangability as Nikon.
Nikon may well have just the F-mount, but there are variations nowadays
such as the DX lenses that are for cropped-size sensors only. They'll
fit a full-frame camera but the image circle won't cover the whole
sensor. So they don't really have a one-size-fits-all solution anymore
either. And I think there's the thing about the drive thingy for the
motor in some lenses. I know the newest low-cost consumer Nikon digital
SLRs don't have the interface to drive those lenses so they won't
autofocus. I didn't know that some nikon lenses required that until I
read a review on one of the newer DSLRs.
> It is true though that the 650, being an EOS, the lenses he has will
> work on today's cameras.
Yep.
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