Is a canon 450D worth buying now?
I'm doing a college course this year for photography - it's a two year course and requires a DSLR. I'm heavily on the fence over what to buy though, If I wanted to I could save for a few months and get a Nikon D5100/D7000 or I could just get a Canon 450D like now for much much much cheaper and buy lenses. I know you can't even compare a 450D to newer cameras but there's so many I can't really decide whether it's even worth getting a newer one.realistically as soon as I progress and finish college I'll need to go beyond the beginner range of cameras anyway. Any ideas?
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If you ultimate goal is to own a Nikon D5100/7000, the buying a Canon is just NOT a good idea.
Have you looked at the Nikon D3200? It costs under $700 and out performs the Nikon D5100/D7000 cameras.
http://www.dxomark.com/...nd3)/Canon
As you can see, except for the cost of the D5100 and D7000, the sensor performance of the D3200 is an excellent value.
There are professional studios running with 350D cameras because they still deliver the goods.
Realistically, that's the real world where studios don't have money to waste on a new camera when the one they've got keeps turning the work out.
OK for professional studios but 'too old' and not advanced enough for some guy who can't use half what it can do even at the end of the course.
People turn up to photo courses with cameras far more expensive than most of the instructors have got and totally unnecessary for even an advanced photo course.
Forget 'beginner' cameras. There's no such thing except as advertising gimmicks.
Henri Cartier- Bresson became one of the best known photographers in the world. His work was published in magazines worldwide including Vogue.
The camera he used was a Leica, a posh name in photography but the specs were far below what some 'beginner 'cameras can do now.
No light meter, no auto anything, nothing but a body with a shutter having a more limited range than today's cameras, a film holder and winder and a place to fix a lens onto.
He used one lens, a 50mm standard lens, for almost all his published work over many years.
Who would want one with those specs except to get a camera with the Leica name on it?
What could you do with it?
Later, he upgraded to a newer Leica but it still didn't do what a 350D can do on the spec sheet. No matter, he knew how to use a camera and get the best from it.
Now there's a Henri Cartier- Bresson Foundation.
http://www.henricartierbresson.org/
A 450D is more than enough for even an advanced photo course.
Read the others on here. Cameras in their heads, but no clue about photography.
Laughable what some people seem to think is needed to get a picture with.
Enjoy the course
Viability is the name of the game. Any Canon dslr is worth buying. Just because there are newer models out doesn't mean the 450D won't take pictures any more. If this is for a course then this
would probably a good buy.
All dSLR's are basically the same. What matters most is what you can do with it. Anything you can afford will be worthy as long as you know what you're doing exactly.Me? I even go down to buying secondhand dSLR's. They're well worth it if you know how to check one out. My last purchase was almost new, only 2000+ shutter actuations.
I have a 450D - bought it 3yrs ago and still going strong. I have no thoughts of upgrading it yet. Picture quality is superb!
1 thing to note - it does not do video. The first Canon entry level DSLR to do video was the 500D (T1i)
I also have the 450D, which I bought 4 years ago and it still performs perfectly well and is still more than adequate for my needs. I have bought three good lenses to go with it (not the kit lens).
I don't care that it doesn't record video. The only thing I wish it had was higher ISO capability… Other than that, it performs very well.
New doesn't necessarily mean better, something that regularly is forgotten. A second hand 450D is a capable camera, and it does let you to spend more on lenses. In particular, the D5100 has no advantage whatsoever.