Looking to get into photography

mercurial said:
Cool. I need to get one of those.

I'm looking at the Ducati range of CFs. They look awesome and I checked on dpreview.com and they showed that these cards allow remarkable copying speeds.
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Never heard of them - As long as the card is reputable then it should be fine. iirc mine are mostly sandisk.

I'm using a bit of a convoluted process now that I use a GPS datalogger. I copy the GPS data track using windows (via parallels), copy all the photos from the card onto my hdd, append the exif, then import them into Aperture which then does its thing. Patience is a virtue :o
 
mercurial said:
I read somewhere that the lens that they give with the 400D isn't that great and they advised to get a better one. I might wanna get the IS version of that. Your thoughts?
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I have not been impressed with the non-IS version, but most guys here are happy with it, so maybe the quality control is just not great. That said, according to these reviews, the IS version is clearly a better lens.
 
bwana said:
Never heard of them - As long as the card is reputable then it should be fine. iirc mine are mostly sandisk.

I'm using a bit of a convoluted process now that I use a GPS datalogger. I copy the GPS data track using windows (via parallels), copy all the photos from the card onto my hdd, append the exif, then import them into Aperture which then does its thing. Patience is a virtue :o
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dpreview.com showed a tremendous speed increase with those Sandisk Ducati memory cards, but I can't find the link now. Apparently they are many, many times faster.
They are available at sacamera.co.za

:eek: Why such a lengthy process? What does a GPS datalogger do?
 
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koffiejunkie said:
I have not been impressed with the non-IS version, but most guys here are happy with it, so maybe the quality control is just not great. That said, according to these reviews, the IS version is clearly a better lens.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the IS ones are much better. But If I just buy the body and a separate lens, I might as well get a 450D.
 
mercurial said:
dpreview.com showed a tremendous speed increase with those Sandisk Ducati memory cards, but I can't find the link now. Apparently they are many, many times faster.
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I think that depends how fast the camera can read/write. On my 40D (which I expect to have better read/write speeds than the entry level cameras), the difference over my the Sandisk Extreme III card I have, is marginal. Myabe it reads faster in the card reader, but I haven't paid attention to that - I tend to start the copy and then go fetch another cuppa... :)
 
koffiejunkie said:
I think that depends how fast the camera can read/write. On my 40D (which I expect to have better read/write speeds than the entry level cameras), the difference over my the Sandisk Extreme III card I have, is marginal. Myabe it reads faster in the card reader, but I haven't paid attention to that - I tend to start the copy and then go fetch another cuppa... :)
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I see. Perhaps I should just get a normal one for now. I could always upgrade later.

bwana said:
It lets me geotag my photographs and if I want plot them on something like Google maps - http://flickr.com/photos/bwanarsa/2643413542/
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Aah ok.
 
mercurial said:
I see. Perhaps I should just get a normal one for now. I could always upgrade later.
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Its probably the cheapest super wide angle lens you're going to get. Sure there is some barrel distortion but its a quick photoshop fix.
 
mercurial said:
I see. Perhaps I should just get a normal one for now. I could always upgrade later.
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I'm not saying it's not a fast card - it is fast. The performance difference just doesn't justify the price difference (at least when I bought it) at all.

But maybe the raw speed of the card is makes more of a difference on with the smaller buffers on the entry level cameras.
 
bwana said:
Its probably the cheapest super wide angle lens you're going to get. Sure there is some barrel distortion but its a quick photoshop fix.
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I guess for now it would be ok yeah. I'd probably wanna get an IS lens as soon as I can. I also wanna get one of those 70-300mm zoom lenses. orms.co.za and sacamera's prices are quite similar ATM. Then after I get those, I wanna get a 100mm macro lens but that's gonna kill my wallet :o
 
koffiejunkie said:
I'm not saying it's not a fast card - it is fast. The performance difference just doesn't justify the price difference (at least when I bought it) at all.

But maybe the raw speed of the card is makes more of a difference on with the smaller buffers on the entry level cameras.
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I understand. Probably would benefit a 1000D more than a 400D.
 
mercurial said:
I guess for now it would be ok yeah. I'd probably wanna get an IS lens as soon as I can. I also wanna get one of those 70-300mm zoom lenses. orms.co.za and sacamera's prices are quite similar ATM. Then after I get those, I wanna get a 100mm macro lens but that's gonna kill my wallet :o
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Careful - photography can be an expensive mistress :) Consider buying your lenses from the states - you may save yourself a fortune.
 
bwana said:
Careful - photography can be an expensive mistress :) Consider buying your lenses from the states - you may save yourself a fortune.
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I was thinking the exact same thing now. I was wondering if I shouldn't just buy the 400D from B&H. I'm just concerned about customs etc... What do you think?
 
mercurial said:
I was thinking the exact same thing now. I was wondering if I shouldn't just buy the 400D from B&H. I'm just concerned about customs etc... What do you think?
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Customs should just consist of VAT.

Keep in mind that (afaik and I stand under correction) while Canon lenses carry a worldwide warranty bodies dont. If something should go wrong then it will need to go back to the states if you want warranty support.
 
bwana said:
Customs should just consist of VAT.

Keep in mind that (afaik and I stand under correction) while Canon lenses carry a worldwide warranty bodies dont. If something should go wrong then it will need to go back to the states if you want warranty support.
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Oh I see. I think in that case I should probably just get the lenses from there. How is customs calculated? Do you maybe know?
 
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