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Hello /p/ I am seriously considering purchasing a Canon EOS 30D. Is it a great camera? Is the 20D better? And lastly, what would be the best telephoto lens to pair it with? A 70 mm - 200 mm L series lens, or maybe the 300 or 400mm one? I am an amateur photographer that will be photographing wildlife and landscapes in cold climates. Thanks /p/
>> Anonymous
I got one of those for my dad about a year ago. Its a sweet camera
>> Anonymous
>>60477
The 400mm isn't worth it just stick with the 300
>> Anonymous
take the 300mm

the camera is pefect in everyway for it's price with the exception of the lack of weather sealing. I've had some auto focus problems with mine but from what I hear that is not a common problem at all. Also pointless print button but camera owns face.

if you intend to IR be forewarned that you will have the stupid long exposure times to deal

also since you're doing nature go and pick up circular, not linear, polarizer. If you don't know what they do go read up on them. Too lazy to explain but are almost required to do recent landscapes.
>> Anonymous
I wonder what everyone has against the 400mm...
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>60477
70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM: $547
400mm f/5.6L USM (the cheapest 400mm Canon sells): $1046

So:
* Roughly half the price
* Versatility. You don't *always* have to be at the maximum focal length
* Image stabilization
* Probably lighter, too

If you really want that extra hundred millimeters, go for the 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, but getting any of Canon's 400mm primes vs. the 70-300 IS is silly unless you plan to spend most of your time photographing wild jungle cats.
>> Anonymous
>>60483

"lack of weather sealing"

This might be an issue. I am going to be shooting in EXTREMELY cold climates. Should I still go for the 30d?
>> Anonymous
>>60491
Well condensation would be a problem, also snow would be worse
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>60491
How cold are we talking here?

The weathersealing will help you in the case of light mist or snow. I don't know how much help it'll give you for just plain old cold. Both the 30D and the top-of-the-line 1D series list 32F/0C as their minimum temperature (although I know I've taken my Digital Rebel XTi out in colder with no problem other than it being a bitch to work an SLR with bulky leather gloves on)
>> Anonymous
The Antarctic peninsula.

Its very dry there, and snow is rare there, but its extremely cold ( yep).
>> Anonymous
Lithium batteries, digital sensors and LCD screens tend to fail and possibly even die completely when cooled to very low temperatures (say, -20F or lower). Weather sealing doesn't help here, so don't leave your digital camera out for a long time.

If you're going to spend a lot of time in extreme cold, you may consider getting a fully mechanical film camera, they work fine in the cold (except if lens or shutter grease freezes, then you're out of luck).
>> Winter's the best time to be out with a camera! Photoshop-kun !!cBJbNBorLte
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My Olympus E-500 works perfectly in weather as cold as -20 degrees Celsius (the lowest verified temperature I've used it in; some valleys I've been to have probably been alot colder, but I never braught a thermometer with me, so there it is). The LCD reacts slower and the focusing ring on the 14-45 gets stiffer, but the mechanical operation is flawless; shutter, mirror, aperture, autofocus and zoom. Before I go back inside, however, I always stuff the camera in an air-tight plastic bag wich let's the condensation form on the outside of the bag as the camera gets back up to room temperature. I once experienced a loss of battery capacity after shooting outside in the winter with a half-charged battery for four hours. I took the battery out of the camera and heated it in my inner jacket pocket, but when I put it back in the camera again condensation formed INSIDE the camera. Needless to say, I dried it out for a couple of days on the bathroom floor with open card- and battery doors and without the lens attached (praise that SSWF) before powering it up again.

Enclosed is a 60-second exposure with the ZD 50 MM. F/2.0 Macro @ ISO200, looking straight across Bals Fjord near Tromsø, in Troms County (the second northmost @ 69 degrees northern lattitude) up here in Norway. The only illumination were the full moon and the stars, but the temperature was no lower than a sweaty ~-10 degrees Celsius.

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>> Anonymous
>>60522
The picture seems like its two diffrent objects, the startrails are nice but i'd maybe take a picture of the mountain but hold the shutter fro maybe 2 mins
>> Anonymous
Technically, the x0D series are great, unimpeachable cameras.

I shot with the 20D, which the 30D is an upgrade to, and found it very unpleasant to use.

Cold should not pose a problem if you're really going to Antartica and it's going to be a dry cold. If snow and general wetness will be an issue, get a weatherproofed camera: the 1D series from Canon, the D200 and the D2x from Nikon, and the K10D from Pentax. Depending on your budget, I'd suggest the 1D or the Pentax; 1Ds are very costly.
>> Anonymous
I remember an article on Antarctic photography where a group of photographers were out for several weeks with a lot of DSLR's. They were using everything from the Canon 1Ds MkII down to a Nikon D50 and the failure rate due to extreme cold was pretty even across the board with about 20% of the cameras failing after a few weeks. I would say get the 30D but also bring along an old 35mm body or two with lenses incase the DSLR fails.
>> Anonymous
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I have taken this on several trips into the rockies and have had no issues with, even on days when it is snowing and of temperatures down to 10 degrees. I would keep it in your coat between shots because your lcd will freeze and the cold will drop your battery life considerably. The weather sealing should only really cause problems in high humidity or if you were, heaven forbid, drop your camera into the snow and not brush it all off before tucking safely back into your coat.