Comments on: Q&A: What camera should I buy for my first dSLR?

By: hornsea

hornsea — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:30:32 +0000

Q&A: What camera should I buy for my first dSLR? | MostlyLisa.com | Photography tips & inspiration That is really interesting. Good Article.

By: Ian Jones

Ian Jones — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:35:35 +0000

Hi Lisa, I agree. Getting a cheap DSLR means you can buy other equipment. Buying 2nd hand kit means you can get even more for your money. But xsi/450D images are limited.

A friend’s 1st DSLR was a 450D with an 18-55 kit lens. Not surprisingly, the pictures weren’t that great. To fix this she bought a Canon 17-40 F4L & the landscape shots were OK. Later she borrowed a Sigma 120-400 for an air display, but the shots were disappointing. At the next airshow she used a Canon 100-400 F4L & the pics were only OK. We proved the 450D was the problem as I was there with the same lenses taking the same pictures using a Canon 5D.

The 450D images had more noise than you’d expect above ISO100 at shutter speeds above 1/60s, or in low light. In short sports/action, indoor, & sunrise or sunset shots were grainy & only good lighting would allow the 450D to capture good images. This wouldn’t be encouraging for 1st time DSLR owners who’ll be wanting to improve their images.

Interestingly, a few years back a girlfriend had similar problems with a 300D. I borrowed it a few times & wasn’t that impressed so my 1st DSLR was full frame rather than one with a cropped sensor. Now, the 2nd hand Canon 5D MK1 are the same price as a new 500D. So I’d say buy that or the Canon 1DS MKII. Then image quality will be down to the photographer rather than the camera!

PS. My friend on the expensive airshow learning curve last year, bought a cheap 5D on ebay just before Christmas & is a much happier bunny now…

By: Rodriguez

Rodriguez — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:58:24 +0000

This is one excellent camera, even with the relatively low megapixels resolution the overall quality of features for this price makes one of the bests (if not the best) machines of the category.

By: Gil

Gil — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:09:26 +0000

Hi lisa,
I like your post, and I’m a big fan of Canon. I think it fulfills the needs of the majority of people and it’s sells like candy’s on my site.

By: bandsxbands

bandsxbands — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:30:09 +0000

Memory sure is becoming cheaper these days. I wonder when we will eventually reach the ratio of $0.01 to 1 Gigabyte.I’m eagerly anticipating the day when I will finally be able to afford a 20 terabyte drive, hahaha. But for now I will be happy with having a 32 gig Micro SD Card in my R4i.(Posted using FPost for R4i Nintendo DS.)

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:31:55 +0000

Thank you for posting this article! It really helped me decide on what starter DSLR camera to purchase. My last Canon wasn’t much to write home about (Powershot A95) but I’m looking forward to stepping up to the XSi.

By: Ghislain

Ghislain — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:14:31 +0000

you have to talk about what you know so it’s perfect. Honestly, any Canon, Nikon, Pentax or Olympus theses days are so freaking good to 80% of all of the peps out there!

I chose Nikon because of the most important factor for me, the way it stands in my hands. That’s all, IQ is so good on all those brands. Unless your a pixel pooper, nobody will really see the differences.. :)

By: r4 ds

r4 ds — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:03:30 +0000

Canon XSi (450D) is so good digital camera.It’s clearity and resolution is superb no need to say anymore about this camera.I decided to buy this camera.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:53:43 +0000

I seem to have misplaced my last comment…or, I posted it wrong. I’m such a noob at some things.

Anyway, forget my “go with the XSi or upgrade my Nikon stuff” question; if the question even posted, that is. Amazon.com has the XSi kit at a super deal. It will be here Thursday. :)

Then I can just decide for m’self.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:01:49 +0000

Loved the article Lisa. A couple of years ago, I bought a Nikon D50 on clearance, 18-55mm lens included, and an other lens, a 55-200mm. I’m guilty of thereafter using it pretty much as a great big point n’ shoot, with everything on auto. I took your pledge, to not auto anything anymore, and finally start getting serious about good pictures.

My question is, now that I’m getting serious, would I be better off upgrading to a better Nikon body, like a D60, or switching entirely and getting the XSi? I’d really hate to start over having the stuff I have already, and I don’t plan to ever make a living at it…I just want to get a tad creative, and everything I’ve read about the XSi has been very good to great.