Quote Originally Posted by cmac76


My wife and I are looking to get into photography as aSERIOUS hobby. I have been doing some research on SLRs, and, for about a $2000 budget I found the Canon EOS 7D packaged with the 28-125mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens for $1899.


Would this be a good place to START? We want to take all kinds of photographs and maybe find a niche along the way.

If you and your wife have decided to spend some quality time in photography, the 7D would be an excellent choice for a body. It looks like it will have a great AF system, built in flash controller, all the whistles and bells for video work, all the frames per second you will ever need, and a lot of other great pro features. You go for this body, you will have a rugged body that will last you a LONG time and give you all the features you need as you grow into the hobby.


The 28-125 lens would be an okay lens to start with and as mentioned by others above, it leaves a lot to be desired in the wide end for landscape work and it isn't long enough to do wildlife stuff BUT, it does have the range to give you good performance to START.


As you grow into your hobby, I am sure that you will want other lenses to expand your areas of creativity. That's when you may put some money into some quality "L" lenses in the wider range and longer end.


I am just concerned that if you buy a T1i, you may out grow that body too quickly if you and your wife are really serious about photography. I know I did when I got my Rebel.