Finally ordered an upgrade (Canon SL1)

Congratulations.  You'll like the upgrade from the Canon 450D.  I use ISO1600 a lot when taking pictures with my Canon T2i/T3i (550D/600D) cameras and I'm glad I have it.

Thanks! Can't wait

Glick1 wrote:

Congratulations! You are gonna love it.

Thanks, looking very forward to it

Digirame wrote:

Congratulations. You'll like the upgrade from the Canon 450D. I use ISO1600 a lot when taking pictures with my Canon T2i/T3i (550D/600D) cameras and I'm glad I have it.

I think the noise characteristics of my Olympus E-510 (that I used previously) was similar to either the Canon 400D or 450D. I was basically limited to ISO800 unless it was extremely bright. Then I could use ISO1600 (but that was rare). With the Canon 18mp DSLR cameras that I have now, for smaller prints and resized images I've found using up to ISO5000 works well when using the auto-ISO feature. See my Camellia Festival pictures where the one of the dragon dancers was taken at ISO4000 (that is, on this week's Show Your Snaps thread).

I'll check those thanks!

just for clarification, I use iSO1600 with my 450D but it only autos to 800, I have to...

pick iso

change it to 1600

then shoot,

then remember to change it back

edit: just checked your shots, those are CLEAN , that iso 5000 is cleaner than my 1600!

Digirame wrote:

I think the noise characteristics of my Olympus E-510 (that I used previously) was similar to either the Canon 400D or 450D. I was basically limited to ISO800 unless it was extremely bright. Then I could use ISO1600 (but that was rare). With the Canon 18mp DSLR cameras that I have now, for smaller prints and resized images I've found using up to ISO5000 works well when using the auto-ISO feature. See my Camellia Festival pictures where the one of the dragon dancers was taken at ISO4000 (that is, on this week's Show Your Snaps thread).

Thanks, I think it's about time... when I got my 450D it was 'last years model' in 2009, so I'm moving up from 2008 tech.. wow time flies!!!

Next I think I'll get a new horse for my wagon! LOL

scottcraig wrote:

Congrats Ron. Always a pleasure to see someone upgrading their gear. Have fun shooting.

Haha wow you were really in need!

needmoretoys wrote:

Ron777 wrote:

Thanks, I think it's about time... when I got my 450D it was 'last years model' in 2009, so I'm moving up from 2008 tech.. wow time flies!!!

Next I think I'll get a new horse for my wagon! LOL

scottcraig wrote:

Congrats Ron. Always a pleasure to see someone upgrading their gear. Have fun shooting.

You sure upgrade a lot. I replaced my 2003 10D with the SL1 last year. I'm sure you'll love the SL1.

I'll try that too, I must say though, lately I've been into just shooting jpegs and processing those ( unless it's something really special I'm shooting

R2D2 wrote:

Ron777 wrote:

Thanks to all who helped in my decision. I decided to go for an SL1, Canon dropped the price

I think it's also supposed to have internal lens calibration which might be cool, does that really work? Like, my current 450D with it's kit lens has some nifty barrel distortion, be nice to shoot and have a flat horizon

Big congrats.

I'd recommend shooting RAW and performing those lens "corrections" in post, in order to keep things speedy in-camera. Just a thought.

Enjoy!

R2

Very true

R2D2 wrote:

Ron777 wrote:

I'll try that too, I must say though, lately I've been into just shooting jpegs and processing those ( unless it's something really special I'm shooting

R2D2 wrote:

Big congrats.

I'd recommend shooting RAW and performing those lens "corrections" in post, in order to keep things speedy in-camera. Just a thought.

If you can get everything set up just right at the time of exposure, then you're fine shooting jpgs. That single "slice" of the pie tastes just as good as the rest of the pie.

It's when you start making changes in Post that RAW really comes into its own.

Happy shooting!

R2