Canon 40D

brinty

Hi All,

I think I've outgrown my old SLR, a Sony A200, and thinking of picking up a second hand Canon 40D and some lenses. I plan on building up my lens range and upgrading to a higher spec camera in a couple of years. I'm interested in getting into sports photography and that kind of stuff. Would this be a good camera to start with? I'm on a small budget so can't afford to jump straight in and buy big!! Any help appreciated.
I plan on keeping the Sony as a back up secondary camera for more static potraits, walk about and outdoorsie stuff etc.
Thanks

Paulw

40D, while fairly old, is still a good camera, and a good enough starter for sport alright. I used one for sport.

social mark

I wouldn't bother using the Sony for the other stuff you mentioned. I'd just keep using the 40D.

brinty

Thanks PaulW, I know its old and would lovely a shiny new camera but budget constraints dictate what i can get in terms of eqiuipment.

Thanks Social the Sony is a great little camera to be fair and sure who knows what'd happen if I got the Canon, but its always goood to have the second camera body and lenses.

11811

Nothing wrong with the 40d, I used one for quite a while and thought I was great. Still use it the odd time.

Investing in lenses is a good idea, one tip I'd give is, if the plan in the future is to upgrade to a full frame camera just stick with getting EF lenses and don't bother with EFS ones, you would only have to replace them.

social mark

brinty wrote: »

the Sony is a great little camera to be fair and sure who knows what'd happen if I got the Canon, but its always goood to have the second camera body and lenses.

I think you would be better off getting rid of the sony and lenses and concentrate on one system. Spend the money from selling the Sony gear on a new lens for the 40d. If you need another body then just upgrade from the 40d in a year or two and keep it as your spare body.

brinty

thanks 11811, I intend to go full frame at a future point in time with a 5d mkii or mkiii so i'll consider that when getting lenses

brinty

social mark wrote: »

I think you would be better off getting rid of the sony and lenses and concentrate on one system. Spend the money from selling the Sony gear on a new lens for the 40d. If you need another body then just upgrade from the 40d in a year or two and keep it as your spare body.

Thanks Social, thats what i'm planning to do in future. So when getting the second body i'll trade in the Sony gear, no use having only one camera!!

social mark

brinty wrote: »

No use having only one camera!!

That's a stupid attitude to have to be honest.
Get rid of the Sony before it's only worth peanuts.

brinty

social mark wrote: »

That's a stupid attitude to have to be honest.
Get rid of the Sony before it's only worth peanuts.

You're not a fan of Sony's obviously Social. Its worth peanuts as it is, maybe €200 quid, it wouldn't even buy me a decent lens for a Canon. And if the Canon body went bust before I had a second body i'd be totally screwed wouldn't I.

Anyways thanks for the help so far to all. Keep it coming

social mark

It's not that it's a Sony. Having two seperate systems just doesn't work that well. You can't share lenses between the cameras so you're essentially doubling up on lenses. You're not a pro so you don't need a second body as a back up. If your 40D went then you're stuck with a bunch of lenses you can't use while you go back to a camera system you said you have already out grown. €200 is twice what you would need to get a second hand Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. If you are worried about not having a camera if the 40D goes then you would be beter off selling the Sony and putting the money in the bank as a fund to buy a replacement camera. €200 for your Sony now is probably only €100 if you sell in a years time. Money in the bank won't depreciate.
I'm right about this but you just can't see it.

brinty

social mark wrote: »

It's not that it's a Sony. Having two seperate systems just doesn't work that well. You can't share lenses between the cameras so you're essentially doubling up on lenses. You're not a pro so you don't need a second body as a back up. If your 40D went then you're stuck with a bunch of lenses you can't use while you go back to a camera system you said you have already out grown. €200 is twice what you would need to get a second hand Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. If you are worried about not having a camera if the 40D goes then you would be beter off selling the Sony and putting the money in the bank as a fund to buy a replacement camera. €200 for your Sony now is probably only €100 if you sell in a years time. Money in the bank won't depreciate.
I'm right about this but you just can't see it.

Easy there Social..no need for a lecture..your not telling me something i'm not aware of

social mark

Sorry. It sounded like I was.

11811

11811 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the 40d, I used one for quite a while and thought I was great.

I did mean IT was great!

brinty

11811 wrote: »

I did mean IT was great!

I hadn't even noticed that 11811 and sure ye probably were great too

LeoB

40d is excellent Camera. I have one for a few years now and have been more than happy with it. I go to a lot of sports and while not in the pro league I get some superb shots.

You could build up a nice little canon system reasonably cheap which would be very effective, 40d, 18-55is and 55-250is. The 55 - 250 which I use quite a bit is an exceptionally good lens with a good range and can be picked up for €200 on adverts