Canon EOS 750 / 850
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| Pro | Got it cheap, eBay, 40$. Good pictures, easy to handle. | ||
| Contra | Still love my A1. Old but good! | ||
| Thoughts | Makes great pictures. Even little kids can do it. ;-) .
No need for all the pro things that are offered all around. Basic af/ef camera. Who needs more? The image makes the picture. | ||
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| Pro | Exposures are great. A foolproof little camera for the beginner. | ||
| Contra | errrm, errrrrrrm whats needed for a good pic? good exposure and a good lens, the rest is down to the operators eye and imagination. | ||
| Thoughts | solid and reliable | ||
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| Thoughts | My first slr, before a 630 I owned for the last 9 years. Great metering and it came with the first EF50/1.8 (i sold it with the camera and last year I bought another one that was on another 750. same lens/camera?). Those first pics were the ones that got me into photography, incredibly sharp and contrasty. I would love to have one of those now. Sadly at that time I dindn't notice I could select nearly any aperture using the depth mode (not only the small ones). | ||
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| Pro | Cheap. Simple. 6 segment meter is surprisingly good. Accurate AF, reasonably fast. Small but sturdy. Yes, it has a metal lens mount. | ||
| Contra | Program & DEP modes only. | ||
| Thoughts | he 850 is a 750 without the built-in flash. They're very basic cameras, essentially point & shoots with interchangable lenses. I picked up an 850 for next to nothing because I wanted the lens that was on it. The test roll of film I shot through it turned out very nicely. It's a very zen little camera. You can just take pictures without getting hung up on the technical aspects. Photographers who take photography too seriously are always yapping about using some camera that "forces" you to think about working the camera. This one forces you to think about the image, not technique. Which is more important? | ||
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| Thoughts | This was a great camera for a beginner. except for the fact that it's all auto, with no manual control. Still It's really solid, I'd almost bet the 750 can withstand anything a 'pro' camera can, rain excluded. I dropped mine in a pond once, not recommmended, and after a night drying it was back to normal. How's that for reliability. | ||