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Upgrading camera, need some expirienced advice

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blakroc
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Im looking for something that takes great photos and has decent HD. Therefore I was mainly looking at the D-90 and the canon 1ti i belive it is. And i'm not sure about what lense i should aim for, im new to the lenses and stuff so im not sure what the different lenses you can get with them are for. any help, other recomendations or opinions would be great. And which out of the two would be best or a third option?

Nov 26 2009 12:33PM
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Dylan_
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personally id go with the d90 with a Nikon 18-200mm VR
Nov 26 2009 1:15PM
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dergblerp
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The video mode on the t1i is basically a gimmick.  1080p at 20fps? Wtf.  the 720/30p isn't a bad feature though. 
I don't know if this is still accurate, but when it first came out, the D90's video mode had such terrible rolling shutter issues that it was unusable.  I don't know if there have been firmware upgrades or something since then to change that. 
Here's an example of d90 rolling shutter issues: http://s477.photobucket.com/albums/rr134/jamesmel9/?action=view&current=DSC_0012.flv
Nov 26 2009 2:39PM
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blakroc
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thanks keep the advice comming guys, and whats the VR mean and the 55-200mm is just the zoom right? my highschool didnt have photography class
Nov 26 2009 2:41PM
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Coalescent
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55mm-200mm is the zoom.  VR stands for vibration reduction.
Nov 26 2009 3:47PM
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1337
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i would personally check out the D70, seems like it has better video (best from a dslr to the best of my knowledge) but it might be out of your budget.
Nov 26 2009 4:06PM
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eheath
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Fail.
Nov 26 2009 4:15PM
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aoe
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What's your budget? I'm temped to say 7d which is sick, but something tells me it may be out of your budget....?
Nov 26 2009 4:46PM
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blakroc
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im thinking around a grand, like 1200 max
Nov 26 2009 5:51PM
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Blandct
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hahaha
Nov 27 2009 10:34AM
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Dylan_
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go with d90 you can find the body for about 850. is that your total budget or just for a body ?


you can find the 18-200 mm vr for like 550 someplaces. i suggest that lens alllll the way
Nov 27 2009 11:07AM
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blakroc
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ya total so i think im gunna go with the VR 18-105, thats still a decent lense right?

and does anyone know anything more about the video, i cant imagine 24 fps being that bad?

Nov 27 2009 11:56AM
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michelle
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Go with the 18-105. It's not great, but it's definitely better than something with a range like 18-200. Don't waste your money on a lens like that.
Nov 27 2009 12:38PM
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LBJJ
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for the lower end dslr's with video i would go with canon.
Nov 27 2009 6:06PM
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1337
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yea i realized after i posted that it was the 7d. FML
Nov 27 2009 8:23PM
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