Lens Frustration

Take a pillow case with you to change the lens over. That way it would stop alot of the bits getting on the sensor
 
But surely there would be more lint and fabric is a dust trap.

In all honesty I find that simply keeping the body facing down and keeping the time taken to a minimum keeps everything pretty clean.
 
Dan76 said:
EF 10-1000mm f/1.0L IS MACRO

I think I like the sound of that! :)
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I don't think you'd like the price though. :shake: LoL

Paul
 
The Fuji s6500fd has an equivalent focal range of 28-300 (according to DPReview), so that's not super wide either?
 
This is why God gave us the ability to own more than one camera-body...lol
 
Arkady said:
This is why God gave us the ability to own more than one camera-body...lol
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Shame he didn't give us all the ability to pay for more than one :(
 
nickwatson said:
The Fuji s6500fd has an equivalent focal range of 28-300 (according to DPReview), so that's not super wide either?
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Compacts are not good at very wide angles. I think the widest are the Panasonics that go down to 24-25mm equivalent. That's miles away from the many DSLR lenses that go down to 10mm, which is 15-16mm equivalent.

The kind of lenses being discussed here are not just impractical, they are literally impossible.
 
I think someone has missed the purpos of a DSLR, which in my eyes is too take the best quality photos you can get. This is done through the body & more importantly the choice of lenses for the job.

For example,
If your a chippy you can get a Black&Decker thing [not knowing the name] which will allow you to drill, jigsaw, grind, sand etc.. by changing an attachment, yeah it'll do the job but not very well. Or you could get a dedicated drill, jigsaw, sander etc...

This is the same for DSLRs, you get the right lens for the right job, fast glass for sports, wide for landscapes etc.. primes for absolute quality and low light.......

You can't have your cake and eat it in this instance something has to give.
 
kiteninja said:
I think someone has missed the purpos of a DSLR, which in my eyes is too take the best quality photos you can get. This is done through the body & more importantly the choice of lenses for the job.

For example,
If your a chippy you can get a Black&Decker thing [not knowing the name] which will allow you to drill, jigsaw, grind, sand etc.. by changing an attachment, yeah it'll do the job but not very well. Or you could get a dedicated drill, jigsaw, sander etc...

This is the same for DSLRs, you get the right lens for the right job, fast glass for sports, wide for landscapes etc.. primes for absolute quality and low light.......

You can't have your cake and eat it in this instance something has to give.
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I think you have hit the nail on the head, quoting supernatural.

For me it's a no brainer really. With the Fuji I get a super zoom lens and I also get a camera too. Do you get a camera with the Tamron 18-270? I don't think so! And to make the Fuji wider I should be able to buy an adapter. It's not perfect because it's a bridge camera and I'd rather it be a DSLR with an ultra zoom - telephoto lens. But ya'll knew that already, right!
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Supernatural, what you also have to realise is that the sensor is smaller than your dslr sensor the lens will not be to the same optical quality as the tamron ( I am not saying the Fuji is a bad camera or takes bad photographs, I had and sold a s7000, which I do miss sometimes) but your dslr and tamron or any of the other superzooms that have been mentioned in this thread will give you better photographs. It seems that you are looking at owning a dslr in slightly the wrong way. The camera bodies are the cheap bits it is the lenses and acessories that are the expensive part.
 
jnO said:
Shame he didn't give us all the ability to pay for more than one :(
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Prioritisation...what's more important to you? If you need it - you'll find a way to pay for it...somehow...

"ahh...easy for him now that he gets his kit for nothing", I hear you say - but that wasn't always the case - by the time I was 14, I'd managed to get a Nikon F2-AS and a suite of three fast Nikkor prime lenses by doing crap jobs and saving-up...
After that I upgraded to an F3, then an F3P with motor-drive.
At the same time I aquired a Leica M6 a Pentax 6x7, darkroom kit including DeVere 504 enlarger, drying cabinets and JOBO processor...

All by the time I was 18...

I rode a clapped-out bike, didn't smoke, didn't drive and ate frugally...

Then I joined the Army. It's only in the last 6 years that I've been lucky enough to be issued my photographic equipment...
 
Buying the Fuji to replace your SLR seems a bit.. Pointless :S. I bought a Tamron 18-200mm lens for about 160 quid and it seems to be what you are after. It gives the equivalent of 11.1x optical zoom and will go wider than the fuji. It also takes some really good shots. However, like the Fuji you've just bought, it's a bit of a jack of all trades, master of none.

Here are some pics from it though, to give you an idea of the sort of quality.

Wide End

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/3957371914_bcd9ea243b_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3957387474_dfe7f7b473_b.jpg

Telephoto end

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2664/3775538975_10576f8b15_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3776338674_c80905715d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3775378155_347997dd79_b.jpg

And the lens itself is reasonably compact too.

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This lens will take much better pictures than the Fuji bridge. It seems to be the sort of thing you were after?
 
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