hey dawn!! camera questions

Hey ronni! You would definitely need an additional flash with this particular camera, as it seems to be mostly for fill-in and nearby shots. The guy at the camera store told me it takes all Canon lenses (even gave me a catalog with all the accessories - lots of choices - you can even get one of those 35 pound 1200 lenses!!! lol). My dh said he wished we would have bought a Canon SLR a few years back instead of Minolta so we could have interchanged lenses (unfortunately, I didn't have my crystal ball that day!). This camera really works like a film camera as far as settings can be fully manual, as can focus, there's no digital zoom, but it stores on CF card instead of film.

We have a really small local paper here and I was thinking after I got this camera "I could get them better shots than that!" (of course, I think I could do a whole better paper, but that's another story...).

hth

lolol... thank you ssoooooo much for the info.. looks like I gotta start saving up huh? I really want the inter changeable lenses and hey, I could think of uses for that 1200 lense!! (whale watching from a distance, nyc marathon shots.. etc.. LOL) sooo cool... that would be the best of both worlds.... now to go drool and get sticker shock.. LOL.. thanky!

Dawn-

What camera shop did you go to? We got the body at Best Buy and the lenes at Century Camera and Woodward camera , both on Woodward.

Marsha in Michigan

I went to Adray Camera in Ann Arbor. I really wanted to talk to people that knew what they were talking about and who weren't just reading off the mfg. spec sheets. I probably paid a little more (and probably would shop around for accessories), but they seemed trustworthy. =)

Dh already wants a zoom lens! And I've GOT to find a bag for this thing!

Just wanted to congratulate you on your camera!! Yesterday, I saw a friend who does professional photos for car races and he told me he's thinking about getting the same camera. He said it's a really good one! Good for you Dawn!

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