Comments on: Buying a Digital SLR Camera

By: Should You Splurge? | Double Journey

Should You Splurge? | Double Journey — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:22:35 +0000

[...] This past weekend was my birthday. I turned 31. Being who I am, we did not do too much. I prefer to stay at home which makes it pretty easy to not spend too much money. We got up in the morning and had homemade waffles. Shortly after that I got to open up my birthday gift. My fiancee got me a new tripod, the Manfrotto 190XDB, to go along with my camera. [...]

By: 2008, a Look Back | Double Journey

2008, a Look Back | Double Journey — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:21:01 +0000

[...] I did loosen up the purse strings ever so slightly. I bought myself a 50″ Plasma TV , a new Digital SLR camera, and a host of things for the apartment (including upgrading the apartment itself). I even bought [...]

By: terrence

terrence — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:43:01 +0000

Yeah, not so happy about the crop factor.

I considered dropping the two grand it would take to get the 5D, but it really is just too much to be spending on the camera body. I really want to start shooting again, but want to walk, not run, into it again. If I take it serious, I will eventually get a much better body; one with a full frame sensor.

By: Sachin

Sachin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:58:54 +0000

If you’ve got money to burn, consider the new 5D. Read the blog below and watch the HD video that was shot with the camera.

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/20/something-very-interesting-is-comingboth-to-this-blog-and-to-our-industry/#comment-1305
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

You mention that with this new camera, you’re going to reuse all your old lenses. There’s the 1.6x crop factor with the consumer dSLR lineup. This means you’ll probably end up needing to buy a new wide angle lens (the kit lens is mediocre at best). The 5D has a full frame sensor, so your lenses will act just like on your old elan.

It’s this crop factor issue that’s kept me on the sidelines on buying a dSLR… I don’t want to buy new wide angle lenses, but I also don’t want to drop a couple of grand on the 5D.