 Lin Schlabach |
help help somebody anybody I'm looking for a slr that has aperature & shutter priority plus spot metering.I have looked in a buyers guide& on ebay. The options are dizzying.The abbrieviations are confusing.All I want is the cheapest camera I can find with the desired features.It would be a great help if someone would recomend some models.
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Kristi Seanor |
I believe the Canon EOS series has all those features.
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Jon Close |
The options are dizzying because all the major makers (Canon, Minolta, Nikon, Pentax) make a camera suitable for your use. The choice of manual/aperture-priority/shutter-priority is easy, everyone has that throughout their lines. But spot metering (restricted to an area of about 2% of the viewfinder) is usually found on expensive professional models. Canon, Minolta, and Nikon have an option in their entry-level cameras for "partial metering," (Minolta calls it "spot") which is a large spot meter covering an area of about 6-10% of the viewfinder. Buying new, you should be able to get any of the following for ~$250 with either a 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens or a 50mm f/1.8 lens: Canon Rebel GII, Rebel K2, or Rebel 2000
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Lin Schlabach |
Thanks alot! I have been looking up those cameras & I just need to make up my mind which one! Most likely the Rebel 2000 or the maxxum 5.
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Joel Prothro |
Having gotten into SLR photography in the last couple of years, I would suggest you not buy new. You can get a few year old semipro camera for the price of a new entry level slr. I bought my Canon 10s a few years ago for less than the price of the latest Rebel. Check out www.KEH.com or some of the other well respected used camera sites. Buying used can also make it easier to buy the body and the lens seperately. In my opinion this is good because most of the time the camera packages come with a cheap midrange zoom that you will probably decide after a while is not sharp enough, contrasty enough, or fast enough. These are things I appreciated being told before I purchased a system. JoelPro
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Lin Schlabach |
Thank you for your advice. I wouldnt mind a used camera, I wouldnt have to worry as much about taking care of it. So what I'm wondering is, are the bargain graded cameras at www.keh.com worth buying? What is USM I know it stands for ultrasonic motor is that something you want in a lens? And finally how do you know if a lens is cheap?
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Robert Bridges |
I have both purchased and sold equipment through KEH. I have no complaints. Cameras listed as BGN = bargain will have marks etc but they will work fine. For a few dollars more you can get an camera rated as Ex- which will be perfectly fine. As for USM I have no clue.....buÝ if I were you I would not overlook the Nikon N90 or the Canon T90 .......while the canon T90 is not autofocus its metering system is as refined and as good as anything canon puts out today. The Nikon N90 is a steal.
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Jon Close |
Re USM - Ultra-Sonic Motor. It is the motor that drives the focusing elements. Canon has 2 distict systems that it labels "USM." In the cheaper consumer zooms (noted by silver colored USM band) it is micro-USM which is quick and relatively quiet motor that drives traditional reduction gears to move the focus elements (usually the front group). One must decouple the gearing with the AF/MF switch before manually focusing or risk damage to the motor or gears (the EF 50 f/1.4 USM is an exception to this rule). Manual focus tends to be very loose and with a short throw, making fine adjustment difficult. Then there is ring-USM which is used in the mid-level consumer zooms (gold colored USM band) and the L-series USM lenses. This motor is a ring surrounding the (interior) focus elements, moving them directly without reduction gearing. Ring-USM lenses are even faster/quieter, and enable FTM (full time manual) focus. The focus ring is damped like old manual focus lenses, and focus can be manually adjusted without switching from the AF to the MF setting. Sigma's HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) in their EX series lenses, Nikon's AF-S (Silent Wave) lenses, and Minolta's SSM (Super Sonic Motor) lenses are similar to Canon's ring-USM.
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Christina |
I too require a camera like this. I have the Nikon F401s but find that the lightmetre is too hard to read and I can only adjust the the aperture from the top of the camera which makes it very time consuming to adjust everything before I actually can take the photo. Decided to look for a simpler camera but with a bar light metre which is much easier to read when you look throught the viewfinder. HE BAR IS MUCH SIMPLER TO READ THAN THE + AND MINUS SIGNS THAT LIGHT UP.
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Christina |
I too require a camera like this. I have the Nikon F401s but find that the lightmetre is too hard to read and I can only adjust the the aperture from the top of the camera which makes it very time consuming to adjust everything before I actually can take the photo. Decided to look for a simpler camera but with a bar light metre which is much easier to read when you look throught the viewfinder. HE BAR IS MUCH SIMPLER TO READ THAN THE + AND MINUS SIGNS THAT LIGHT UP.
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Christina |
I too require a camera like this. I have the Nikon F401s but find that the lightmetre is too hard to read and I can only adjust the the aperture from the top of the camera which makes it very time consuming to adjust everything before I actually can take the photo. Decided to look for a simpler camera but with a bar light metre which is much easier to read when you look throught the viewfinder. HE BAR IS MUCH SIMPLER TO READ THAN THE + AND MINUS SIGNS THAT LIGHT UP.
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