pics with new camera

I got a Canon XSi a couple weeks ago and finally got around to get the pics off of it. I'm still learning and playing around with it so be gentle The lens is a Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3.

looks good man... boy that interior is BRIGHT

Mind me asking where ya got it from? I wanna pick up a nice camera by christmas. Did you buy just the body and then buy the lens?


be gentle, im a camera noob. LOL

yeah it is. for some reason the dimming doesn't work either now. i have to track that down this winter and get that fixed. i have to drive with the windows down cause the reflection on the window is too bight i can't see out of it.

i got it from B&H Photo. they had the best price. i bought just the body only and then this lens. the lens has a $70 rebate by the way till the end of the year. its a great starter lens as it has such a huge range. so you don't have switch lens around to get different shots. the standard kit lens is only 18-55mm so you really don't have any telephoto(zoom) capability. pretty much any camera you are looking to by will be an APS-C sensor size so you'll have to times all the lens parameters by 1.6. so with my camera and this lens i have a range of 28-432mm.

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Thanks man.

Does that lens have or support Image Stabilization? Is there a reason u didnt get a canon lens? Cost? Quality?

I'll check out that link. Did u get the lens from B&H photo too?

yes it does but its not called IS. every manufacturer has a different term for the lens IS. the quality is slightly less than say a canon lens but your getting a wider range of ability. Canon doesn't make a lens with that versatility and i wanted to cut my teeth with this one and not have to worry about lugging around a bunch of lens and switching them out. and yes i did get it from B&H

Excellent. Thanks again man

Last question, why did u pick the XSi over the competition

I use an XSi.. I LOVE it.. I have shot with my friends D40, and the Canon is so much easier to use, and I think it takes better pictures..

The kit with the 18-55mm lense is a good deal, and the lense is very versatile..

Here are some pics I have shot with my stock lense...

Did u use a tripod for those waterfall pics?

Nope.. Just steady hands... I was on a brutal 10 mile hike for those, so there was no way I was packing a tripod..

i bought it for the same reason over Nikon. I just couldn't figure the Nikon out after playing with it in the store for 20 min. if i can't figure it out in 5 min how to use the damn thing i don't buy it.

very nice shots by the way.

Don't be such a cheap ass buy Canon lenses lol.

I was told to buy the book Understanding Exposure. I bought it but haven't read it yet. I was told its a great book for people just starting out with cameras that want to take awesome pics

They also make books for your specific camera.. I bought the one for the XTi, which will basically work on all the newer digital rebels.. It tells you how to operate your specific camera and why.. Very informative..


And I second buying Canon lenses.. The lenses are a bigger investment than the body and worth spending the money on.. Even if you update cameras, you will still be able to use all your lenses if you bought a newer or nicer canon..

The brand of the lens doesn't matter. A good lens is a good lens. He had his reasons for buying the Tamron before going crazy on an expensive lens. I have a Tamron myself, and it's kind of crappy (nasty purple fringing) but much better than the stock lens in terms of sharpness.

My best lens is also my cheapest though, the Canon 50mm F1.8. SOO sharp when stopped down and cost a whopping $85.

Anyway, I've seen VERY good photography from middle of the line equipment like what you and I have. I've also seen really crappy photography from people who just spent a lot of money because they wanted the best just for the sake of buying the best. The equipment doesn't make the photo a good photo.

I like how you say the brand don't matter then you say the Tamron is crappy. This is one of the few times I will use the saying "you get what you pay for"

The Tamron I have IS crappy. Not because it's Tamron, but because it's a crappy lens. Tamron makes good lenses and crappy lenses, as does Canon. It's like saying my Bronco is a piece of crap. It's because it's just a piece of crap, not because it's a Bronco.

i knew going into the purchase that it wasn't the best lens on the market but it does what i want for now and its decent enough to get me where i need to be for the time being so i'm happy with it.

Also, I would start thinking about using Raw. I use nothing but Raw now days and just use Adobe Raw to fine tune the exposure and batch convert the images, no exposure mixing or "HDR" here. In your pics, it would have helped you keep the sky from getting washed out and maintain the detail in the headlights where the sun is hitting them directly.

The originals of these are both 40mp stitched images. When printed by a Chromira on 30" wide Fuji metallic Crystal Archive Pearl paper they look incredible. All editing done in Adobe Raw, converted to uncompressed TIFF, stitched, then cropped and saved again as uncompressed TIFF. The lower one was taken with the 50mm F1.8, and there's tons of detail in the grass.

i plan on shooting raw but haven't yet. i don't have the time now to really mess with them. i haven't even done any post processing yet. these pics were just straight from the camera.