Can you guide me which digital camera best for my profession?

I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS 450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:51:07 GMT, "markpeterson59" u46768@uwe wrote:

I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS 450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

If you're a beginner, I'm glad you are not shooting my wedding.

Many wedding photographers use the Canon 5D. Some also use the 40D
(and 30D and 20D...). I would not use the 450D except as a backup
because it is a slower camera to operate.

As for lenses, you could do most shots with a fast normal zoom
(17-55mm for the 40D or 24-70mm for the 5D). But your creative
opportunities will increase with a greater selection of lenses... your
choice depending on your shooting style.

Archibald

markpeterson59 wrote:
I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first
canon
camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography

You say you _do_ this, not that you want to do it. What are you using
now and in what way do you perceive it to be limiting you?

and I'm
still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D,
EOS
450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me?
My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but
still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of
lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

For equipment recommendations specifically tailored to wedding
photography, google "wedding photography technique" and you'll find
several sites with good information.

As for equipment reviews, try http://www.dpreview.com for camera
reviews and http://www.photozone.de for lenses (note that if the
third-party lens you're interested in is not listed there for Canon it
may be for Nikon or another system, but be careful comparing tests
conducted across different systems). You might want to take a look at
http://www.strobist.com too for a _lot_ of good information about
lighting and photography in general.

Beyond that, what do you already have and what kind of budget do you
have?


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"markpeterson59" u46768@uwe wrote:
I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS 450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of lenses

I'd say http://dpreview is a _MUCH_ better resource and more pertinent
to your case because it is not limited to compact cameras. After all,
neither the 40D nor the 450D are compact by any reasonable definition of
compact.

you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

Usually the kit lenses, while nothing to get excited about, will do
their job for little money, until you figured out where they are lacking
_for_you_.
Do you need a faster lens? Do you need a longer lens? Do you need a lens
with less distortion? Do you need a lens with perspective correction?
....? Once you figured that out you can go shopping specifically for a
lens with those features, that _you(!)_ are missing in the standard kit
lens.

jue

"markpeterson59" u46768@uwe wrote in message news:8b5b2b2c602b2@uwe...

I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon
camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS
450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still
i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of
lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?


If you need to ask this type of question, then I am not sure that you have
thought this through fully. It's a bit like saying you want to be a
professional chef and asking what frying pan should you buy. Of course,
everyone starts somewhere, but this sort of question get's peoples backs up
as it implies that it's the camera that takes good photos, not the 12 inches
behind the viewfinder.

Going by work I have seen from good wedding photographers who use Canon
SLR's, they have been mainly using 1D's and 5D's. Lenses they use vary
depending on the photographer, although they usually use fast lenses. I
have seen all of the following used often 16-35, 24-70, 70-200, 15 fisheye,
24, 35, 50, 85, 135, 200 and macro lenses. Even a 300. It comes down to
personal choice. Vincent Laforet used a tilt and shift for creative effect
in this photo:
http://www.usa.canon.com/uploadedima...II_MG_0403.jpg)

There is no reason why you couldn't use either a 40D or a 450D, although
high ISO noise won't be as good as a 5D or 1DIII, but to ask such a question
shows that maybe you have a lot to learn. Quite often your mouth, lighting,
experience, artistic flare, etc. can play a much bigger role than what
camera you are using. Lets face it, there are no real rubbish Canon or
Nikon SLR's on the market, just ones with less features.

markpeterson59 wrote:
I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS 450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

You're a beginner, but you "do" small-p portrait, big W-Weddings and
small-f fashion photography.

Sure Wilbur. Come shoot my wedding. I might shoot back though.

In the interest of balanced reporting, there is an equipment tutorial at
www.photo.net


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"markpeterson59" u46768@uwe wrote in message news:8b5b2b2c602b2@uwe...
I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon
camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS
450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still
i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of
lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

Holy crap Batman, where to start!

If you are a beginner then you are not a portrait, wedding and fashion
photographer, perhaps you might want to do those but that is well into the
future for you.

To get started you will need at least 2x 5DII's, and a suitable lens
selection for what you want to photograph, in fact I would probably have
three just to be safe. I would recomend an 85mm F1.2 for the portrait work
and something like a mid range zoom, maybe a 16-45 or 24-70mm and a 35mm & a
50mm for the wedding work. I would probably double up on around half the
lenses so that your assistant can shoot some fill in work. For the fashion
work it depends, do you do close event work or studio, for studio you will
be needing a good light setup, maybe 3-4 will be enough to start, well setup
with a good remote setup can do wonders.

I would be thinking that around $20,000 will get you going and you can buy
the rest as you find the need but you will recoup that pretty quickly and as
you are a working photographer you can write it all off in three years
anyway.

Cheers.

Pete

On 2008-10-08 07:51:07 -0700, "markpeterson59" u46768@uwe said:

I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon
camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS 450D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provides
http://alatest.com/reviews/digital-c...reviews/c3-147 but still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of lenses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

If you really want to be a wedding or portrait photographer then I
suggest you join WPPI, attend the convention in February and take every
seminar you can get into (most of the good ones are filled already),
and stop worrying about what kind of camera to get.

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On 2008-10-09 11:03:50 -0700, said:

On Oct 8, 10:51*am, "markpeterson59" u46768@uwe wrote:
*I'm a beginner photographer and I'm thinking in buying my first canon
camera. Most
of what I do is portrait, Wedding and fashion photography and I'm still
confused which canon camera should i buy. My options are EOS 40D, EOS 450
D.
Please let me know which one do you think is the best camera for me? My
friend refer me one site provideshttp://alatest.com/reviews/digital-compa
ct-camera-reviews/c3-147but still i
am looking for good digital camera reviews site. Also, what kind of *le
nses
you recommend would be better to get for this camera?

I don't know what kind of background you have, but wedding
photography is a specialized field. It also is a real drag...

A drag?!? I think not. But the field has certainly changed considerably
in the last 10 years.


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World Famous Flight Instructor