Nice pics. The Canon is a good choice. Four megapixels is plenty for newspaper photography, and, as you said, the eight frames per second speed is essential. Now he just needs something along the lines of a 400/2.8. Save your pennies! Paul
On May 10, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Cotty wrote: > Well, some you win, some you lose. > > My son Stef (who some met at GFM last year) is getting more and more > into photography, and will be studying it at 'A' Level in the autumn > [effectively high school here] over 2 years. He's been using the *ist Ds > for lots of projects but before he starts his course he has decided that > he wants to go the Canon route - can't think why!! > > When he did work experience last summer with a local paper they had > Nikon and Canon gear, and well, he's decided. So we've been looking out > for an original 1D on eekbay and they seem to be going for about 3 or > 400 GBP here but we've hooked a bargain and nabbed one for 240, so he's > a happy bunny. It's the old old 4 MP version, the original but crucially > for him it will do 8fps, which is what he needs for sports photography. > > Meanwhile, I filmed at an important local football match last week and > he tagged along with the *ist Ds, and although he wasn;t allowed pitch- > side until the end (had to stick with me, it was 'busy') he picked off > some impressive shots - 10 of which can be seen here: > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/stef/oxfordvrushden.html> > > My wife thinks she is a reasonable photographer, and when she looked at > the pics she swore like I haven't heard in quite a few years! > > Sadly I don't have any Canon lenses so the hunt will be on for a wide > and tele-zooms now. Until then, looks like I'll have to replace the > Pentax mounts with Canon ones on the K15 and A*85/1.4........ > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
