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My recent bargains from ebay (I have bought a 28-105usm and a 70-210usm quite cheaply)have given me (a) some money that I was going to spend on new lenses and (b) confidence to try and upgrade my 1000fn body by buying another body on ebay. I would be grateful for advice. I have a 50/1.8, 28-105usm and 70-210usm lenses. I generally take portrait and scenic pictures and always use the AF mode and switch the dial to portrait/scenery mode etc. I therefore don't need a body with loads of extras that I'll probably never use but if there is a better body that I can get 2nd hand which might have better AF qualities that would result in sharper pictures then I could go for that. Thanks ~ Richard

-- Richard Williams (richard.williams@bermans.co.uk), May 07, 2002

Answers

I think the body to look at on ebay for the sort of level you're at is the EOS 50e, which should be no more than £150. However, the lens dictates the sharpness of the image, not the camera body. Stop down to around F8, and use finer grained (read slower) film, and you'll see improvements in picture quality fron what you have.

Venture beyond the PIC modes, and take control of more of the image, and you'll reap the rewards. When I did this, I quickly found my old EOS 1000FN to lack the control I wanted, so I moved to an EOS 5 at the time (1996). The EOS 50e will give you plenty of options, so is probably the best choice for the money you're looking at.

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), May 07, 2002.


I agree partly with Isaac, try to use the non-pic modes more often and stop the lens down to around 8 (best apperture for your lenses).

I found my Rebel body to work fine (I think it's was the EOS1000's follow up) but decided to buy a used 630 as second body. I loved it, sure enough, the AF is slow but I love the heaviness of the body plus it has options for fully manual control, which I use quite often now.

Best would be to use the camera you have now to it's full extend. All in all it's not more than a light thight box to hold the film and lenses. Well, there's more to it than just that but why upgrade something that works fine. Having said that, when you need the faster AF, go for a 50 but when you don't, try to stop down your lens, to use the other camera modes and then you can decide what you miss on your current camera and would like to have.

-- mischa koning (kingaroo@cistron.nl), May 07, 2002.

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