Recent content by crash30

theres been a lot of talk about zenith's in this thread anyone watch whitechapel and notice that the pathologist assistant has been using a zenith.

quite true and those of us who started out with the tank of a slr that gave you shell shock every time you took a shot with it have the russians to thank for being here :thumbs:

first camera i cant remember fully but know it was an instamatic. first slr was a zenit olympic (basicly an e with the olympic logo) the zenit was quickly sold and replaced with a pentax me super.

when you say card slot i assume your talking about the in camera slot and not a card reader. if so then i would think either way it will cost you a arm and a leg but imo the card slot is much more robust than the micro usb port. and i would'nt worry about damaging the in camera card slot.

i always use a card reader, as for wear and tear we use a couple of canon ixus compacts at work and have to upload images all day everyday sometimes as often as every 20 mins or so. and we have never had any problems if fact one of the canons is the first ever digital ixus to be released it's so...

that sounds like a lot of money for what it is, all the wet darkroom gear is now selling for next to nothing secondhand. i had well over a grands worth of gear that i had to sell when we moved house and ended up having to almost give it away. but man do i miss the nights up in our old loft and...

with regard to trying to put the card in wrong i have a small bright yellow sticker on one side of my cards and the same yellow dot on the side that the card needs matching to on my card reader and both my camera bodys. simple but works for me.

love the pateley bridge plate i've being trying to buy \ find some lantern slides for a few weeks now to use on an old magic lantern i've bought and was offered some glass plate negs, i wish i'd bought then now.

ebay is full of compact flash disc at cheap to fair prices, but i always buy named disc but favour sandisk as i know they are worth the little extra & i also go for a few smaller disc rather than one large one, a bit like dont put all your eggs in one basket

if i can find my disc you can have it \ them, but tbh as already said a card reader is the way forward.

yes somthing like that will do fine i like hoya filters but they come with a higher price tag.

you asked what you should be buying tbh the first thing i'd be buying is a skylight filter (you need a 58mm) if only to protect the front element. also depending what you intend using you camera for another cheap item is the remote sutter release something like this...

hope you enjoy your new found hobby the 300d is easy to use so you should find it a good starter body theres a few lenes pop up on ebay now and then cheap enough if you keep a look out too.

i use a bridge camera quite a bit when i'm away at weekend shows ie santa pod and silverstone where things could get lost , stolen or damaged. the fuji s9500 i use has a 28 to 300 zoom with a very handy flip lcd and copes quite well. it will also take a 58mm filter. hope this helps

as already said this lens will fit a 300d in fact this same lens was sold with the 300d when new as part of a single or twin lens kit. the efs has a white dot while the ef lens has a red dot the 300d will also take any ef lens. the mounts are the same but the efs has the extra protruding ring...