yes I have the OLD canon D60. (didn't canon recently make a newer d60 also?)
I bought it used off ebay many years ago. I just started using it since my son was born. So I'm still on the dslr learning curve. The point and shoot pictures didn't really do it for me. It's an old camera but gets the job done.
1st, I didn't see anything off w/ the metering and exposure of your shots. Check off 1 of the 3 primary elements (Exposure, focus, framing - shooting in RAW we do white balance later)
As to the lens for street/carnival/fair. Outside the 15-85 is the #1 choice, great image quality (IQ), decent price - little slow f stop wise. #2 choice is the 17-55, better IQ, f2.8, pricey. #3 18-55 "kit lens" for the current for Canon rebel line up - OK IQ, little slow f stop wise, super cheap. Although having said this, I am not sure they will fit on your camera and not have very dark corners. I did the look up on DPReview to get the specs. If these are unacceptable/won't fit the mirror movements, the discontinued 24-85 might be a good solution, the step would be the 24-105 L series or the 28-135 (which might not be wide enough).
This was released in 2002 - and priced basically where the 5D Mark II is priced new today. It has 3 focusing points, ISO up to 1000, and 6.3 JPG 7.4 Raw?? megapixels. Sensor looks like APS-H size.Originally Posted by FM1981
This might sound odd.... but..... rather than buy a lens, I would consider a more recent body something like a t2i or 50d - the focusing, image quality, ISO gains are rather substantial. Looks like these are going for the low $550 w/ the 18-55 kit lens. For the extra $100 the T3i is available.
much improved focusing, ISO up to 6400 and 12800 in a "push", and 2-3x pixels and access to the EF-S series of lenses that are pretty darn good image wise and less expensive than their counterparts built for the full frame/APS-H sensor.
I don't want to push hardware, but the reasonably current stuff has features/capabilities that just makes things easier, etc.
Mike
Last edited by Busted Knuckles; 07-12-2012 at 12:55 PM.
If you see me with a wrench, call 911
Yea it doesn't sound odd. I will eventually upgrade to a newer camera body. This old camera is mainly for practice. Thank you for the lens & camera model suggestions, I will look into those options.
One thing I did notice is that the shots are dominated by the landscape orientation of the camera. When you are wanting a person, or any other mostly vertical subject, to fill the frame and be the dominant, perhaps only, item shown in the photo it can be very helpful to rotate the camera around when taking the shot so that the photo is in portrait mode for viewing. It is a little thing that can sometimes make a big difference in certain situations.
I could never get a decent picture in the portrait view. But I will try to get more.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote