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Canon EOS 50D

Christmas is just around the corner but it showed up early this year!  New to the house is the Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera. This will replace the Canon EOS 300D which bit the dust last month. It may be salvageable but we’ll see about that. Paired with the new 50D is a Tamron AF 18-270 F/3.5-6.3 XR. It’s a pretty good one-stop shop lens.
Total price for the camera body, Tamron lens and a UV filter was 1988 + taxes. Not a bad deal and I’m looking forward to putting the camera to good use!

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Reader's Comments

  1. Wade | January 15th, 2009 at 2:13 am

    Hi Simon,

    I am currently shopping for a new DSLR and the combination of the Canon EOS 50D (or possibly the 40D) and the Tamron 18-270mm with Image Stabilizer is the one I was contemplating.

    If you have a minute, I was hoping you could give me your impressions on them. The more details the better.

    Also, it seems like you got a good deal on the price, did you buy them online or in a local store?

    Cheers and thank you.

    Wade

    Toronto, Ont.

  2. Simon | January 16th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Hi Wade,
    I was pleased with the zoom on the 18-270 but the Tamron lens went back to the store. At the more wide angles, when you take pictures of family/products/things around the house and don’t need to be zoomed in, the lens doesn’t pick up the light as well. I found it to be slightly darker than normal in the shadows, particularly when it was under 55mm. Even when I tried to compensate with the flash settings/iso, it just wasn’t perfect.
    I returned it all and picked up the factory kit: 50D + 18-200 on Boxing Day at Merkle Camera (401 & Vic Park in Toronto). I think it was 1699 + tax for the kit, the sales associate I worked with was Patrick Ng. A very nice man, patient too.
    I’m very happy with it the camera now. I don’t have the full zoom but I’m happier with the more wide angle photos, which is what I’d be doing most of the time.



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