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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
.. . . to buy a Canon EOS Rebel Digital when I have a perfectly good EOS
Rebel X, a perfectly good EOS 630, and a bag full of genuine Canon EOS lenses? I need these reasons for self-defense when the UPS truck arrives. |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
On Jan 27, 4:41 pm, "Joe S." wrote: . . . to buy a Canon EOS Rebel Digital when I have a perfectly good EOS Rebel X, a perfectly good EOS 630, and a bag full of genuine Canon EOS lenses? I need these reasons for self-defense when the UPS truck arrives. I assume the "EOS 630" is a 35mm body? If so, your three reasons a NO DECENT FILM NO DECENT FILM NO DECENT FILM The films available that are good for deep sky astrophotography are few (no print films, really), and generally much poorer than what we had, say, 10 years ago. Also, wouldn't you like to get immediate feedback on your results without having to wait for everybody to go to bed so you can set up your darkroom equipment and, then, if you get punk results, for the next New Moon?! Uncle Rod |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
"Joe S." wrote in message
. .. . . . to buy a Canon EOS Rebel Digital when I have a perfectly good EOS Rebel X, a perfectly good EOS 630, and a bag full of genuine Canon EOS lenses? I need these reasons for self-defense when the UPS truck arrives. Maybe I can help. But I have to start with a small reality check by saying that personally once I decided to give up astro-imaging, I sold my Rebel and got a Coolpix S9 for general photogoraphy. It's a great little 6.3Mp camera and fits in a shirt pocket. I added a 512MB memory card and a spare battery. It holds well over 300 pictures in "normal" mode, has an optical zoom (and a virtually useless digital zoom), and with the spare battery I can go all day, and then some, filling up the memory card with family photos and candid travel photos, checking the results on the spot. Having said that, imaging with the Rebel both day and night and sending the results to my brother, I rekindled his interest in "serious" photography. He has Nikon stuff from his days of film, but he came over to the dark side with a 300D of his own. He then ended up with a 20D, a 400mm IS lens for distance imaging of birds mostly, and then he got into macrolens imaging of bugs. Amazing stuff. He lives in the Bahamas and has a lot of imaging opportunities. He tried astro-imaging a couple of times, but it's less work to go out and shoot bugs and birds. He actually made some money last year selling his images to a local calendar maker. You are really going to love the Rebel if you are into photography. The resolution is top notch. Not to mention the convenience of instant processing of your results, the ability to toss the bad and keep the good, and incurring no additional dollar cost for shooting the same scene 10 ways to Sunday just to be sure you get at least one good image. Learn the camera settings, and enjoy! |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
Joe S. wrote:
. . . to buy a Canon EOS Rebel Digital when I have a perfectly good EOS Rebel X, a perfectly good EOS 630, and a bag full of genuine Canon EOS lenses? I need these reasons for self-defense when the UPS truck arrives. I've had a Rebel XT (previous generation 8 Mpx) for a year and a half. Grab the first three lenses out of your bag and you have three more reasons to buy than you need. :-) Really nice camera. Excellent results, easy to use, all the regular digicam advantages, plus you have lenses that, unless I'm mistaken (Ha! like that ever happens ;-)), should work on the new body. Shawn |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
Shawn wrote:
Really nice camera. Excellent results, easy to use, all the regular digicam advantages, plus you have lenses that, unless I'm mistaken (Ha! like that ever happens ;-)), should work on the new body. Totally tangential, but when I saw the "Ha!" the first thing that came to my head was, "Hunh. Hydrogen alpha?" -- Brian Tung The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/ Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/ The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/ My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.html |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
Brian Tung wrote:
Shawn wrote: Really nice camera. Excellent results, easy to use, all the regular digicam advantages, plus you have lenses that, unless I'm mistaken (Ha! like that ever happens ;-)), should work on the new body. Totally tangential, but when I saw the "Ha!" the first thing that came to my head was, "Hunh. Hydrogen alpha?" Ha Ha ;-) Shawn |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
"RMOLLISE" wrote On Jan 27, 4:41 pm, "Joe S." wrote: . . . to buy a Canon EOS Rebel Digital when I have a perfectly good EOS Rebel X, a perfectly good EOS 630, and a bag full of genuine Canon EOS lenses? I need these reasons for self-defense when the UPS truck arrives. I assume the "EOS 630" is a 35mm body? If so, your three reasons a NO DECENT FILM NO DECENT FILM NO DECENT FILM Rod, I'd have figured you'd approve of ANYthing that had "Rebel" in it!! ;-) |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
Hi Howard:
You know me too well. ;-) Unk Rod On Jan 27, 7:38 pm, "Howard Lester" wrote: Rod, I'd have figured you'd approve of ANYthing that had "Rebel" in it!! ;-) |
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Could someone give me three good reasons . . .
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:41:46 -0500, "Joe S."
wrote: . . . to buy a Canon EOS Rebel Digital when I have a perfectly good EOS Rebel X, a perfectly good EOS 630, and a bag full of genuine Canon EOS lenses? I need these reasons for self-defense when the UPS truck arrives. You mean you don't want a Rebel without a cause? Sorry, couldn't resist. As already pointed out, you can't get decent astrophotography film these days. That is reason enough. -Paul W. ---------- Remove 'Z' to reply by email. |
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