Canon 1000D

Confused

Confused

Confused

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My dad's looking for a new camera, he's had his old HP point-and-shoot 2MP digital camera for as long as both of us can remember, and it's due a replacement!

He's spotted the 1000D with both the Canon 18-55 IS and the Canon 55-200 IS lenses, and quite likes the look of it, after seeing my 400D and having a little play with it.

He rarely, if ever, takes a camera with him unless it's for a specific occasion, so the extra "bulk" of an SLR with lenses won't be an issue in coming from a P&S.

I've not had a chance to play with a 1000D, or even really read any reviews of it, so don't know much about it myself.

Would it be a suitable camera for him - I get a feeling he may well start wanting to add additional lenses in the future, or maybe even start doing some fancy stuff if and when he has the time!


I'd also be right in thinking that it uses the "standard" EF-S lenses, which means that I could steal... borrow... his lenses for my 400D (as I'm currently without a telephoto lens) and he could additionally borrow my nifty fifty on occasions (although I sense a nifty fifty could well end up being my next present to him anyway ;))


If he does end up getting it, what size thread do the 18-55 IS and the 55-200 IS lenses take, as I might get him a couple of UV filters to protect the lenses, and maybe a polariser for when he goes to car shows etc.


Cheers!

Garry
 
I bought a 1000d a few days ago (just waiting to get my hands on it so can only tell you what others have said), from the reviews it seems its a cut down version of the 450D. You can save in RAW format but only at 1.5 fps compared to over 3 fps in JPEG.

It does have a live view feature though which is quite handy and the bundled software is ok for picture editing. You can also control the camera when plugged into the PC and view whatever is going into the lens in a window on your desktop. Also the body is quite light too but that means its not as well made as the more expensive options. No idea about the thread sizes though, info should be out there somewhere. There are a load of reviews on Youtube etc, some of which pretty good and it gets some good solid results.
 
Linwig, I ordered a Canon EOS 1000D Digital SLR Camera (incl EF-S 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6 non USM Lens Kit) I just cant wait for it so used the express delivery option:P
I bought mine from a certain south american forest for 313 plus postage. , Im not sure if it is the £30 rebate mode so someone will probably tell me I could have gotten it cheaper somewhere else!!.
One question, coming from a fuji S9500 9mp bridge camera (which is great for what it is, kind of like a training camera before the step into dslr stuff). What other lens do I buy eventually, I like my zoom but 300mm is going to be expensive, any ideas of something reasonable and not bank breaking?
 
Got mine about a week or so ago, my first dSLR and I love it so far :) Thats coming from soneone who has only ever used a P&S for general photos, nothing special.
Managed to grab it for £260 and I need to send off for the £30 as well!
 
brendy said:
Linwig, I ordered a Canon EOS 1000D Digital SLR Camera (incl EF-S 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6 non USM Lens Kit) I just cant wait for it so used the express delivery option:P
I bought mine from a certain south american forest for 313 plus postage. , Im not sure if it is the £30 rebate mode so someone will probably tell me I could have gotten it cheaper somewhere else!!.
One question, coming from a fuji S9500 9mp bridge camera (which is great for what it is, kind of like a training camera before the step into dslr stuff). What other lens do I buy eventually, I like my zoom but 300mm is going to be expensive, any ideas of something reasonable and not bank breaking?
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The Canon 55-250IS at £187 gives you the equivalent of 88-400mm, your 18-55 ranks as a 28-88mm. Your old fuji didn't really have a 300mm lens, that was the crop factor produced by the small sensor.
Suffice to say your Canon will (appear to) zoom in further than the S9500 if you put the lens I suggest on it.
 
Nearly bought one of these for dad for Christmas as he's also after a new camera...went for Canon's Ixus 980 in the end though as we figured the compact size was more useful...and I know from experience what happens to wallets once you get into SLRs :D
 
If that's a bit rich for you at the moment brendy, there's plenty of non-IS 55-200's from Sigma, Tamron and Canon on Ebay any of which will give you better results than the Fuji bridge camera and they will all give you the same amount of zoom (slightly more actually 320mm). Your camera has a 1.6x "crop ratio", so just multiply the lens mm by 1.6 to get the field of view.
 
Cheers Guzzidom, I have had my fuji set to manual for a long time since getting it virtually and yet its still a fair old learning curve when it comes to the new stuff like lenses (sp). I now understand why the fuji and my even older KM Z3 zoom were not so hot at low light/high iso.
Sensor sizes and types (cmos better than ccd) makes for a huge variation across the board.
Canon 1000d cmos 22.2 x 14.8 mm (pretty much 3 x bigger!)
Fuji s9500 ccd 7.78 x 5.83 mm
konica minolta ccd 5.75 x 4.31 mm

I doubt the included 18-55 will cut it for an all rounder so something up to or better than a 200mm will be a pressie to myself in the new year. Id say the IS would be more important on a longer unit than the included box?
 
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