Need camera advice

[mmppines]

Hello!

Currently have an S230-makes wonderful macros but generally lousy everywhere else.

I really like flower closeups: if I purchase a Rebel or 10D and a 50 mm macro lens or a 100 mm macro lens, will it make a big difference in picture quality? Or their other alternatives? ( I suspect that any DSLR camera with ANY decent Canon lens will be better for portraits and landscapes).

Of course, $$ are always an issue.

Thank you,

MMPPINES

[defordphoto]

The advantage of upgrading to and EOS -based camera is that you have access to the entire EOS line of lenses which are considered by most as the top camera optics in the world.

[PhotosGuy]

...and a 50 mm macro lens or a 100 mm macro lens...

If you decide to get one, I recommend the 100. You have to get too close to your subject with the 50mm.

[DaveG]

Hello!

Currently have an S230-makes wonderful macros but generally lousy everywhere else.

I really like flower closeups: if I purchase a Rebel or 10D and a 50 mm macro lens or a 100 mm macro lens, will it make a big difference in picture quality? Or their other alternatives? ( I suspect that any DSLR camera with ANY decent Canon lens will be better for portraits and landscapes).

Of course, $$ are always an issue.

Thank you,

MMPPINES
Getting a 10D or a dRebel will dramatically improve and worsen your photography. How's that for a definite maybe?

Optically the 10D and a macro lens is going to give you a lot more picture. And it will give you a lot more control over that shot. But that control, and the understanding on how to use it, is very complicated and you will make some bad photographs until you figure it out. If you have a backgound in regular 35mm SLR photography then it will come fairly quickly but after a year of owning a 10D and with 20 years of professional experience behind me, I'm still discovering things about this camera!

But it will be worth while if you put some time in. I use the 10D with the 100 macro and it's amazing. I have effectively a 160mm lens that will focus to 1:1 (the 2 cm subject is 2 cm on the CMOS) so I've got tons of room between me and that subject. In that space I can use a reflector to push a little light back into the shot, which in itself improves the image.

[mmppines]

Unfortunately, I haven't used an SLR in many years-since my Canon AE-1 broke about 20 years ago.

If I buy a DSLR, couldn't I used the "automatic" or preset modes until I really figure out what I am doing?

Thanks

MMPPINES

[JZaun]

Get the 10d and a 100mm macro,,, you gonna love it!! All my flower pic's are with that 100 now. I rarely use anything else for close up..

JZ

[DaveG]

Unfortunately, I haven't used an SLR in many years-since my Canon AE-1 broke about 20 years ago.

If I buy a DSLR, couldn't I used the "automatic" or preset modes until I really figure out what I am doing?

Thanks

MMPPINES

Sure. But if I was you and was making that kind of investment, I'd be thinking
about re-learning the theory behind it all right now. "P" will give you better
pictures - at least at first - than manual exposures. That assumes that you don't
have a good grasp of "light and film", that is: the relationship between
ISO/Aperture/Shutterspeed. The quicker you can get there, the quicker you will
have intellectual control over the outcome of your images.

The best thing about digital is you get instant feedback so the cause and effect of
what you do is in real time, and thus very instructional.