I am looking to purchase a wireless shutter release for my Canon 5D. Is this camera ready for an infrared remote, or should I be looking at a unit that has a receiving unit?
Thanks
Edit: Oh, it sits in the hotshoe, OK, cool now I understand. Found one at B&H Photo. Thanks
I believe not, you need to get a remote slave that sits in the hotshoe.
I accidentally formatted my memory card in my Canon digital camera. I lost some photos. Is there any way I can retrieve them. I am travelling at the moment so I took more photos.
Thanks in advance
there's no way you can retrieve that not unless you still have it in your camera. i so sorry?
Consumer Reports for July 2007 has a review of several digital cameras. Frankly I'm disappointed. For instance… Their top rated compact camera is the Canon Powershot S2-IS. My daughter owns this camera. It's a great camera, but it was introduced in April 2005. The S-series has gone through the S2-IS and the S3-IS and the S5-IS has just been introduced. You can't even find a copy of their "top rated" camera on the shelf anywhere. The S3-IS is 8th on their list, being marked DOWN for image quality from the S2-IS. The G7 is 12th on the same list, ranking below both the A640 and A630. Somehow I simply don't believe the A630 is better than a G7.
In the subcompact class, their top choice is the Sony DSC-N2 (9 months old), but the second choice is the Canon SD430, which has been on the market for almost two years now.
I know it takes a while to test things properly, but what is the point in ranking digital cameras that have been out for almost two years?
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And how did (my beloved) Nikon D200 score the BEST in image quality, battery life and ease of use – the only DSLR tested to score that well on the only three standards listed – come in fourth place??? In fact, it was the ONLY DSLR (out of 8 tested to score "Excellent" for image quality. The other 7 only managed "Very good." But, it's in 4th place…
Clavestone, you KNOW I know about the on-line review sites, but thanks. I was just putting this out there "for discussion" for the gang. You would HATE the article. Of 8 DSLR's, two were by Pentax — the K10D and K100D. I don't have the heart to tell you how they finished.
Actually, the final score was on a scale of 100. There were only 8 points between the top and bottom cameras.
Canon EOS 30D (74)
Nikon D80 (74)
Sony A100K (73)
Nikon D200 (71)
Canon Rebel XTi (70)
Nikon D40 (70)
Pentax K10D (70)
Pentax K100D (68)
They said that the list is "in overall performance order."
I get a kick out of THIS comment, though:
"Other 10 MP alternative … the Canon Rebel XTi, the latest in the Rebel line and a fine performer, despite its lack of spot metering." They've been reading my answers! (haha)
Consumer Reports, as with any review type medium, is written by humans. As such they all have feelings towards or against things and some have already made their minds up before they even handle the product. I don't read Consumer Reports mainly because if I follow their guidelines I will more than likely spend alot more than I should. I understand that quality costs but come on, do I need something I dont use day to day to be that high quality, usually the middle of the road will do. On that point if I do use something day to day, my hand tools at work for example, I will have my own views that most likely wont match theirs. Your an accomplished photographer right? So you already can tell just by handling a camera at the store how good it should be.
Trust your gut, after all, you've never seen their gut and who knows what that looks like.
I am a new photographer in the market to buy a digital slr camera, and I am stuck between the Nikon D40 and the Canon Digital Rebel XT. My main concern is which camera has fater shutter reponse, the DR, or the D40.
If anyone else has any other suggestions (camera wise), they would be much appreciated as well. I aml okoing to buy a camera that is around $500 or $600, no higher. Thanks!
there are a few factors that effect 'shutter response'
-the brightness or speed of the lens
-the speed of the AF motor
-focal length in use (wide angles focus faster than teles)
-things like auotmated flash etc
Canon utilise the ultasonic motor in the stock lens with the rebel XT, pretty fast for a consumer lens. I would say faster than the nikon.
If you really need speed then you will need to buy a brighter lens, something with a brighter maximum aperture, probably a constant f2.8 or faster prime lens. If you set the camera to manual focus then you will save a few fractions of a second, but may lose focus, this is less of an issue at wide angles.
Avoid using the flash (i.e set programme mode rather than auto) as this will take time to pop up, charge, flash for red-eye and metering then fire fully.
Look at either the d40x or the canon XTi, both are currently being replaced, so there should be some good prices, and both are more recent and higher resolution than the two models you mention.
I am absolutley a canonman,and there will be other respondents who are absolutley nikon men, the important thing is to take my practical advice about settings & lenses, go into a shop and try both brands out, one will stick out from the way it feels in the hand. It's a personal thing. Both are good brands (except canon which is a great brand)
We are new to using cameras of this high quality (at least high for us). My daughter picked up a used S2 IS that is in very good condition. However it did not come with the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk Ver.24. so we are having trouble uploading pixs to our PC. I am using MGi Photosuite photo software to upload the memory card via a USB adapter. What we are finding is that not all of the pictures are being uploaded so we do not know if the missing pictures are in an internal camera memory or are just not uploading. We can see them on the LCD screen when the mem card is installed in the camera. When we plug the camera directly into the PC via the USB cable it isn't recognized.
I checked the Cannon site and the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk Ver.24 program is not available for download. Where can I get this software or is there some other program we can use to get all the pictures to upload?
Purchase a separate SD memory card reader [USB 2.0] which you can connect to your PC and it should download all your pictures from the camera to your desktop. There's no need for the software since you are bypassing the USB port and any software support.
Good luck!
I recently got a Digital SLR camera (Canon Rebel XT) and my dad has several good lenses for an older film-based SLR camera. The lenses are different in the fact that the old ones have 3 “blade” type metal pieces at the bottom instead of the relatively flat new lens. Is there something I can get to use the old lenses on my new camera? I really want to use that lens
Thanks guys, will do a little more research and see if there is an adapter available.
First, you must determine what brand of camera your dad’s lenses were made for.
If they were for a Canon FD type mount (FTb, AE-1) then an adapter is required.
If the lenses were for a Minolta MC/MD mount (SRT-202, XG-9, XE-7, X-700) then you will need an adapter. This adapter can often be found on eBay.
If the lenses were for a Nikon there is an adapter to use them on your Canon DSLR.
Although there are adapters to allow the use of non-Canon EOS mount lenses, there are limitations you should be aware of.
1) Some of the lenses may not focus to infinity.
2) All of the ones using an adapter will have to be manually focused.
3) All of the lenses will require using “stop down” metering. What this means is that since there is no mechanical or electrical connection between camera and lens the aperture remains where you set it. If you’re shooting wide-open (f1.4, 1.7) this isn’t a problem – your viewfinder stays bright. If, however, you stop down for more depth of field (f5.6, f8, etc.) your viewfinder gets dark – making it difficult if not impossible to focus. So you focus wide-open and then stop down to the aperture you want, meter and take the picture.
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