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Evening all, I have been offered a Canon 350D as a starter DSLR with a couple of kit lenses. Is this suitable as a first DSLR? It will only be for general photography.

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Yeah, all digital slr can give good results, its more down to the lens then the camera, what lenses have you been offered?
 
perfectly good camera to get you going. i miss my old 350d.

lenses as stated are the important bit. im not sure the ones you mention are much kop to be honest but they will get you started if they arent.

heres a shot taken with my 350d, while it wont win any awards i dont think its too bad:thumbs:


apisto by Sye Davies
 
The 18-55 is kit lens and is regarded as being good, the 70-300 gets very mixed review, some say its briliant, some say its good upto 200 and then gets soft, if your only using it for general use i would say go for it, then save up some money and depending on which lens you use the most buy a better lens.
 
The Canon 70-300 IS is regarded as one of the best non L series zooms.

Are you sure it's not the cheaper 75-300? If so, that lens is not very well regarded...
 
i think mine came with a 17-55mm.....that was horrific:bonk:

i could be wrong with the range as my memory is naff.....i am correct about the performance however:D
 
imustbedreamin said:
i think mine came with a 17-55mm.....that was horrific:bonk:

i could be wrong with the range as my memory is naff.....i am correct about the performance however:D
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It wouldn't have been the 17-55 (Canon?) as that is one of the best lenses they make!

More likely the 18-55.
 
Yeah that one wasn't so good (at least the mk1 we had!).
 
sparker said:
Evening all, I have been offered a Canon 350D as a starter DSLR with a couple of kit lenses. Is this suitable as a first DSLR? It will only be for general photography.

Thanks
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!! Most definitely !!

With Tamron 18-200mm lens:


_MG_0296 by J Bruja, on Flickr


Canon 350D, 550D
Nikon D70, D300
 
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An excellent starter camera, I still use mine in addition to the 7D, capable of some great images. This was with the original 18-55 kit lens.

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Its the camera im trying to learn to use am wanting a longer lens though to try
 
depend on budget. long time ago my choice was for most affordable L lens that is 70-200 4L. On 350D it will give you 320mm at f/4.
 
I expect it'll be the Tamron 70-300, Quite slow to auto focus and a little noisy (sound not image) but I've had some good results from it. Will be fine as a basic zoom lens.
 
You can get very resonable results with entry level/kit lenses as you can see here.
The Red Kite was taken on a 300d with an EF 75-300mm lens and the waterfall was taken on a 450d with the standard EFS 18-55mm lens.

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I used a 350D for about 5 years until I felt the need to upgrade - it is an excellent camera for a beginner and though the 75-300mm lens has a bad reputation I used one for a short while and the only problem for me was my inability to hold it steady at speeds under 1/1000 sec at the longest focal length.

If you want a very good walkabout lens to go with it I'd personally recommend the 28-135mm IS USM lens which is a great and versatile lens at a very good price.

Like any camera the 350D is only as good as the person behind it so I would learn to use it to the limits of its capabilities - it really will amaze you what you can do with it.

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