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Re: camera recommendation? - wowzer - 07-02-2006
Listen to pRon. Get what pRon suggests. Enjoy.
That's what I do...
Re: camera recommendation? - jdc - 07-02-2006
a good (new) 11 X 17 printer is $500+ -- thats half your budget...
Re: camera recommendation? - Racer X - 07-02-2006
I got a Stylus Photo 1200 and 4 new carts from a guy on Craigslist for $50. Archival ink from MIS Supply works great in it.
Re: camera recommendation? - Phy - 07-02-2006
For prints:
Actually, you can't beat the prices on CostCo enlargements -- if there's one near you.
20 x 30" is just $9.99 plus shipping if your local CostCo doesn't do prints that big. I seldom use my Epson 2200 anymore.
Re: camera recommendation? - vicrock - 07-02-2006
Yes - film camera is an OM -1
Re: camera recommendation? - pRON aHOLIC - 07-02-2006
[quote vicrock]Yes - film camera is an OM -1
Well, you basically have 2 alternatives.
#1 Sell the camera and lenses and see what you can get for them and buy into a currently supported system. This comes into play if you want autofocus and autoexposure. From there you have a few choices depending on how serious "serious" means but I will get back to camera recommendations in a bit.
#2 Buy a camera that can take these olympus lenses vis an adapter. You will have to still manual focus of course. The aperture would have to be set and manual exposure mode is used. As far as I know you have 2 alternatives. An olympus OM lens to Canon EOS adapter or an Oly OM to Olympus 4/3 mount. An adapter will run between $100-$150 and you get to keep quality lenses.
If you get a Canon eos adapter you have 2 camera choices in the $1k range. A 20D and rebel XT. To get full use of your OM lens, what it fully shows, you would need a Canon 5D $2600 after rebate.
The OM to Oly 4/3 would work but I recommend against this. The 4/3 chip would effectively make half of the OM lenses non-utilized. As you can see, the OM lenses were made to cover a 35mm piece of film. The 4/3 is a digital format. If you placed an OM lens on the sensor would not record the len's full view. You can also see the 2 canons I mentioned earlier as well and Nikon, Pentax and Sony would also not show the full view.
The Canon 5D would be the most affordable option for getting full view of the lens but at this point it is still pretty spendy. One plan could be to get an EOS adapter, start building around a 20D and then as the 5D prices come down you can grab one at a lower price.
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Ok after all that, you are probably wondering camera choice since either way most likely takes you to make a purchasing choice.
The best bang for your buck right now for your price range is the Canon 20D. It is 8mp, very useable ISo 1600 and 3200, 5 frames per second shooting, optional vertical grip (typically a request of serious users as well as more comfortable for vertical shooting), enough buffer for action shooting, Magnesium alloy skeleton, Kelvin scale white balance. It is a camera with room to grow and it gets you in the Canon lineup where the full frame 35mm sized sensors should keep lowering in price.
If he wants a serious and heavy duty body a used 1D 4mp in the aps-h sized chip which is a 1.3x crop is selling on ebay for $ 1000-$1100 now. Again, we get back to how "serious", serious is. The 1.3x still crops but does make adaptred lenses feel more useful than the 1.6x cameras.
Re: camera recommendation? - Racer X - 07-02-2006
don't those swap adapters ruin close focusing, or is it infinity focus? It shifts the focal plane of the image circle, doesn't it, and unless you have a deep enough depth of focus (not depth of field) they have mediocre results.
Re: camera recommendation? - pRON aHOLIC - 07-02-2006
[quote Racer X]don't those swap adapters ruin close focusing, or is it infinity focus? It shifts the focal plane of the image circle, doesn't it, and unless you have a deep enough depth of focus (not depth of field) they have mediocre results.
The high quality ones are thin and strong allowing for infinity focusing. I have used one for a some Nikon holdovers I have for my Canons as I replace them with the Canon counterpart.
This site is one of the nicer ones, a bit more expensive. http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm
There are ones cheaper on ebay but I can't vouch for the quality fo those.