Warbird Information Exchange

Give us a price range to work from! You should probably buy the best you can afford, and don't forget the lenses- I spent as much on one lens as I did the camera itself. Will you want to do ground to air at airshows, or just ground shots?

Well I dont have that much money in the first place ill have to save up (allowance sucks ).
And Ill probably want to do both but if I had to pick Id say ground to air.

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If you primarily want to do ground shots, sometimes you can get a package deal with the body and a lens that is quite affordable. If you want a longer zoom lens like you might use for ground to air shots, you would probably have to buy the camera body and telephoto lens separately. It would then be tricky to take ground shots with a telephoto, so you would probably need a shorter lens as well.

You might consider a "prosumer" camera as they are called. They are lower cost consumer quality cameras with many of the professional features. I have had pretty good luck with my Sony DSC-F707, but I did have to buy an extender for ground to air shots. It can also take short videos so it is a good all-around camera. There are newer versions of this camera around with a slightly higher resolution but similar features.

Maybe someone on the board has a used camera they might sell that would be a good value for you?

You can go onto Yahoo-Shopping and compare prices and features pretty easily.

Why are these digital camera's so much?! I'm a 35mm guy and I'll never go digital - at least thats what I'm saying at the moment......

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Thanks BDK.
My sister was here with her husband the other day and she had bought a SLR which I think from looking at pictures is the EOS Digital Rebel.
And APG85 its the technology. Say your 35mm was typewriter and you have the SLR or digital camera is a computer. Piano and Keyboard. Make sense?

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The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. - Gus Grissom

Yeah, I know....I know.... I'll cross the digital bridge eventually.......

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"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

450 shots without changing the film on my 2 gigabyte flash drive. And I can instantly review shots to make corrections on the fly.

Even my wife dumped her film camera a few months ago for a pocket size digital. Her biggest concern was making prints, but then I reminded her you can take a CD over to the photo shop to have them print out the good ones.

Or buy a small printer like the one I have for my current Kodak.

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The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. - Gus Grissom

Just do yourself a favor and don't try a digital SLR, because once you do you will wonder why in the world your using film. By the way, a very capable used Canon 10D (6MP's) can be bought for $700 or less. A brand new EOS 3, Canon's 2nd best film SLR is almost $900. Now that is nuts for a film SLR!!

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"I love the smell of racing gas in the morning"
www.timadamsphotography.com

What do you think of the Canon Digital Rebel series?
.... Not that I would ever want a digital camera (I had a hard time retireing my instamatic 110 with optional flash cube extender).....

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"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

I bought two Rebel XTs this year. I am very pleased with them so far within the understanding this was the most I could afford knowing I was going to buy two bodies. They are good value for the money. I wish I could have bought more higher end, but I am also figuring out having a digital camera without all the bells and whistles make's it easier to learn the ins and outs of the digital world.

Do you have any questions about the Rebel XT specifically?

Mike

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Mike R. Henniger
Aviation Enthusiast & Photographer
http://www.AerialVisuals.ca
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2?
Why do you need 2?

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The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. - Gus Grissom

You don't need to switch lenses as often. Once you have the luxury of two bodies, it is real hard to go back to one.

As for the digital Rebel, many features are crippled (such as AI Servo for action photos) compared to the 10D and 20D. Prices are so close between new Rebels and used 10 and 20D's, that a good used 10 or 20 is a much better buy.

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"I love the smell of racing gas in the morning"
www.timadamsphotography.com

Three reasons...
1) Dust on the CCD
2) Dust on the CCD
3) Dust on the CCD

To quote Monty Python... "SAY NO MORE!"

Mike

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Mike R. Henniger
Aviation Enthusiast & Photographer
http://www.AerialVisuals.ca
http://www.facebook.com/AerialVisuals

Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.

Aaaaahhhhh.... Thanks for pointing that out! I was beginning to think it was me! Still need to play with that feature a bit I guess. It will have to do for now. Maybe another body next year.

Mike

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Mike R. Henniger
Aviation Enthusiast & Photographer
http://www.AerialVisuals.ca
http://www.facebook.com/AerialVisuals

Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.