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Good morning,

At the moment I am using an Olympus E450. Whilst there is nothing technically wrong with it I wish to expand and get better photos.

There are a few things I want from it;

I want it to have a good long range lens but also a lens that can do close up and macro photography.

I want it to have a time facility, I recently saw a presentation that had a time lapse where someone shot the changing of the light and was thoroughly impressed.

I am sure there are more that I will think of but this is the camera so far I am thinking of getting this:

Canon EOS 1100D

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
 
Canon 1100D is a good start and it can do time lapse photography.There are several tutorials in Youtube about time lapse photography and with canon 1100d. Regarding lenses, you need to decide what is that you want to photograph and it also depends on your budget.You can buy a zoom lens and can use a macro adaptor which are cheap to buy.
 
We all want that lens, unfortunately it doesn't exist.

Lenses with long zoom ranges (longer than 3x) have too many compromises built in. The really expensive ones, are 'quite good', but given how many 'great' lenses you can get for the same budget - you'd need a compelling reason to only want to carry one lens.

There's a reason why most of us carry a bag full of lenses, and it's not because we're stupid / rich / need the exercise (I might personally need the exercise, but that's not really relevant).

If you gave us some clues about what you don't like about your current camera, it might help with recommendations for the replacement. I'm not sure the 1100d is enough of an 'upgrade' more that it's newer.
 
Id say start with the 50mm 1.8, 55mm-250mm and the 60mm macro to cover both the ranges you are after. And also not the most expensive lenses.
 
I use a Canon EOS 1000D and it serves me quite well at the moment. Having said that, I've looked at the spec for your existing camera and I'd say the two aren't a millions apart.

If I were you I'd have a good look into things and see if it's possible to achieve what you want, for the time being at least, with your Olympus, i.e. a different lens or two.
 
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Many thanks for all the replies. I have been in a position where can do slower photography for lack of a better word for things like water etc, I have found that easier than I expected but what I want to do is blurred action shots but with a steady figure in the background if you know what I mean and it may simply be I am not quite at that level.

Would anyone have any suggestions on this?
 
If I've got the right end of the stick, you'll need a tripod and a neutral density filter.

I'm no expert so maybe others will be able to give you better advice.
 
If you want to do slow shutter speeds you can use a Neutral Density (ND) filter.It is a separate topic by itself as it comes at different sizes and different stops.Better to read some articles about ND filters before you buy any filters.
 
cwindsor said:
Many thanks for all the replies. I have been in a position where can do slower photography for lack of a better word for things like water etc, I have found that easier than I expected but what I want to do is blurred action shots but with a steady figure in the background if you know what I mean and it may simply be I am not quite at that level.

Would anyone have any suggestions on this?
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What you're talking about is panning, it's a technique that requires no special equipment, but practice.

The good news is you can practice at the side of any busy road.
 
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