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proberly a very stupid question really, just asking as ive just bought the wife a canon 400d dslr as she was feeling left out when i got my D90 a few weeks back:lol:

any tips or tricks,lens recomendations would be much appreciated.

dan
 
Used to have a 400d, had a great time with it and it's a cracking start
would 2nd the nifty fifty, also a decent zoom and you have a set up that would last for a good while
I think I had mine for 3 yrs before upgrading to the 50d
 
i use a 400d as a backup body,the only problem i have found is it tends to underexpose by anything upto 1 stop so i just set the exposure comp to +1
 
thanks chris she is looking that up in the book, i got it second hand from parkcameras with a new lens and it came with a spare battery and a cable release, has giottos screen protector on it aswell but no software disc:( can she download the specific software from the canon site?
 
birdy961 said:
Used to have a 400d, had a great time with it and it's a cracking start
would 2nd the nifty fifty, also a decent zoom and you have a set up that would last for a good while
I think I had mine for 3 yrs before upgrading to the 50d
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can you recomend any zoom lenses to look out for in the for sale section or ebay or even new?
 
Keep your eye open in the classified section on here - there are often good lenses to be had :)
 
Islander said:
Keep your eye open in the classified section on here - there are often good lenses to be had :)
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have had a look but dont what ones to go for, do they have to have an auto focus motor built in to the lens or does the camera have built in motor:shrug:

and do i go for a canon lens or sigma,tamron?
 
Canon lenses all have the AF motor in the lens itself - there are no other options. :)

Have a look at the EF-S 17-55 IS - it's a good lens and not that badly priced either
 
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ok thanks tony thats cleared that one up, what would you recomend for a low priced zoom lens?
 
chris954 said:
i use a 400d as a backup body,the only problem i have found is it tends to underexpose by anything upto 1 stop so i just set the exposure comp to +1
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Mine tends to overexpose by 1 stop so thats wierd othersise its a great camera and I am well pleased with mine,as for lenses unless low light shooting is essential I'd go for a tele zoom rather than a 50mm
 
I've had my 400d for 3 years, along with a sigma 18mm-200mm DC lens, recently added a canon 50mm 1.8f and the combo works very well.
 
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 is a great lens, I had one on my 400D and it gave excellent results.
 
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