Canon Eos10d
 

Damn, ive been fantasising about getting one of these for a long time. I read somewhere that it does 3 frames per second and I wanted to ask some simple questions:

(1) Is this camera good for an amateur (with no photography experience) who just wants to take great quality pics?

(2) How much is the lens and tripod?

(3) What memory card is recommended?

(4) Is there a high power battery?

(5) Is there a built in flash?

(6) If you keep your finger on the button will it keep taking pics and make that automatic photo shooting noise that you hear at the start of the Duran Duran song "Girls On Film".

1) In full automatic, it's a nice camera even for an amateur. Mostly, though, the point of getting a digital SLR is lost on a total amateur.

2) Depends on the lens and tripod. The lens I got was almost $400. Some are cheaper. It will work with any tripod.

3) I would get a 512 MB or preferably a 1 GB card. Either a microdrive or a relatively fast CF card will work. (I have a 1 gb microdrive, sometimes it is too slow for the way I shoot.)

4) There is a large grip which includes a larger batter. I just keep a second normal battery to swap in when I shoot for more than a few hours straight.

5) I think it has a drive mode where it will do that. It isn't anywhere near as fast as the next model up, though. Besides the resolution, that's the main advantage of the higher-end Canons.

its crap. Try to make a close up picture from a fabric ( wool sweater for example ) and compare that with the nikon. You will be shocked. Its almost impossible to get a sharp picture with the eos10d.

Taking great quality photos is 90% the photographer and 10% the equipment. You have to understand lighting and what the camera can do, otherwise a camera like this is wasted. Take a basic course in photography and you take great photos with any camera.

How much do you want to spend? You can get lens and tripod for less then $100 each, or you can spend $1,000+ for each. I spent about $800 for the lens (f2.8 zoom).

There may be a mode to do that, but with normal settings you have to click each shot. But you can bang them out pretty quickly in that mode. If you're shooting action it's great.

I haven't seen any problems with sharpness. The lens has a lot to do with the sharpness

do the closeup of a fabric

Which Nikon are you talking about? I've had no problems getting sharp pictures from the 10D, as seen on my event coverage site.

Most digital cameras perform poorly with closeups of fabric. This has more to do with how the imaging sensors operate.

As for Vendot's questions...

3. I like the Transcend 45X 1GB card.

4. If you need serious battery power, I'd check out the Digital Camera Battery. With the right cables, it can power both the camera and the flash.

I have had no problems with sharpness. In fact, I chose the 10D because I read some reviews, looked at samples in reviews, and decided it was the sharpest option out there.

Is there maybe something wrong with how you are using yours, when you take close-up pictures of fabric?

I like the Canon digital SLR line -- we have the D30 and the D60, precursors to the new line.

They do great. The D60 (6 megapixel) is actually overkill for web quality pics, so you might end up shooting in a lower resolution mode to save time and disc space anyway.

We did shoot a couple models at 6 megapixel and it took a while to downsize them, even with a Photoshop action and 2.24 Ghz pc.

D60 has a built-in sync terminal... some of the Nikon's (I forget which) you have to buy a $20 adapter to slip into the flash hotshoe in order to get a sync terminal (does the same thing, just another thing to lose or break, and I think it looks a little gay.)

Go to http://www.dpreview.com and decide for yourself.