Jumped ship…Nikon to Canon
Well I had a huge shopping spree yesterday, after much research I have officially jumped ship and switched from Nikon to Canon equipment, with a budget blowing purchase of an EOS 50D, 50mm ‘nifty’ and the ‘beast’, a Canon 70-200mm F2.8L USM lens:) And after vowing not to step into a camera shop for the next year, less than 24 hours later I was back in today to purchase a monopod because this set up is *very* heavy, probably impossible to handhold for a couple of hours let alone a full day shooting like last weekend as Official Photographer for the WA Palamino Associations Annual Championship Show.
I havn’t yet read the manual and I have only had a short time to play with it, but the photos are pretty impressive. Not that a 15 megapixel of the 50D camera impresses me much, but it allows for large cropping without loosing image quality. On the other hand, with such big file sizes, I hope four 4GB CF cards will be enough for a days shooting.
My New Toys:)
And some first shots:
Border Collie Trinity
Border Collie Taj
Belgian Shepherd Max
Miniature pony colt
Miniature pony stallion
Oh, and the reason I swapped from Nikon to Canon…basically the cost of getting an equivelant Nikon set up for what I want it to do (D300 or D700) was astronomical compared to the Canon, plus long term, Canon lenses are more affordable (if L glass can be considered affordable) and accessible than Nikon lenses – other than that, it wasn’t a quality issue, Nikons are great cameras, and I will keep mine as backup rather than sell it.
If anyone is considering a similar purchase, I say go for it! LOL you only live once;)
Look out for more photos from the beast on my photography proofs site http://www.southwestphotography.com.au
Tags: canon 50d, dog photography, equine event photography, Photography - All
March 11th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
That’s fascinating, wonderful camera. I wish to start a photography too after this school year, you are so inspiring.
August 7th, 2009 at 7:48 am
interesting stuff!