Canon 550 package...

[TeeJF]

How about this for a deal??? Canon 550d plus two lenses covering 18 - 210, a spare genuine Canon battery, holster and a 32 g card for less than £700 spondoolics???

http://www.bignorman.com/product/Pr...s 55-250mm IS MKII Twin Kit /ProductID/13473/

Unchuffinbelievable!

 

[Faing]

gonna take it back to gibraltar if there is a problem? if it look to good to be true, it probly is imho,they is just too cheap specsially with is lenses included

 

[Priority 7]

Nikon FTW TeeJF sorry

 

[cuboard]

Nikon FTW TeeJF sorry

Agreed

 

[jools]

I just had a look at some lens reviews site for info on the bigger zoom offered,, and found this,,,,,,,,,,,

My recommendation is to get the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM Lens over the 55-250. I think you will appreciate the better image quality as well as the high end physical features - the extra cost is worth it in my opinion. The Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens is also a better lens, but less definitively so. Though I don't think the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS Lens is great in terms of image quality and features, we can't lose sight of the fact that it is very inexpensive IS tele-zoom Lens

 

[TeeJF]

What's FTW then? As regards the value for money we paid less for our by about £100 but we took the risk of buying from abroad and all that entails. In terms of cost in the uk I haven't seen this package price even close anywhere else to date.

 

[krela]

There's a huge number of issues and complaints if you google for them...

Like someone said before, if somewhere is significantly cheaper than everywhere else there's usually a reason for that.

EU warranties are not covered in the UK btw.

 

[jools]

FTW means 'for the win' in this case that Nikon is better than Canon ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

,,,,,, as if ,,,,,,,,,

 

[UrbanX]

I'd hold off for more Urbex suited lenses, do that superb body justice

 

[Priority 7]

I'd hold off for more Urbex suited lenses, do that superb body justice

I hope you are on about the camera body UrbanX, as I think TeeJF is spoken for

 

[krela]

The 550D rocks, the stock lens isn't very sharp though. Particularly under f/5.6

 

[jools]

,,,,,though it is reasonable for a kit 'starter'

I'm extremely happy about my EF 17-40 f4 L USM ,,,,, I did some comparisons with my EFS 18-135 IS and the longer lens doesn't compare well on image quality ,,,,so it might be bound for Ebay,,,,, it hasn't come out of the drawer since I got the 17-40. I'll miss the image stab though. Am leaning towards a wide angle,,, the price of the Sigma is tempting but according to the professional reviews is nowhere as good as the Canon

New year's resolution ,,,,,,,,, I must save money for the Canon,,,,, I must save money for the Canon,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[UrbanX]

Id recommend renting or borrowing the lenses if poss.
The 17-40L is considered the best glass on the planet, so I rented one for a week (around £40) before making the decision. I found it to be awful. The pics were noisier and blurrier than kit lenses.
I was told that it needed calibrating to that specific camera to work properly?
It's still considered the best lens, but I just didn't get on with it!

 

[TeeJF]

At my level of photography the bottom of a milk bottle works quite well...

 

[Priority 7]

You can get a cheap 550D from Jessops at £529 with the 18-55 (£489 after cashback offer)

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/77142/show.html

 

[krela]

http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/prod1212.html

 

[Mars Lander]

As you khow TJ I use Canon DSLRs mainly for my video work and since starting to actually take photographs with it too am very impressed with the quality the Canon 550d is ACE it just comes down to the lens you have to go with it you could always treat yourself in the future to some nce wide fast glass, I just use my Tokina 11-16 for splores now which i think is perfect for that kind of thing. Plus as i already said you can take fantastic HD videos too and if you download Techicolor's free picture profile you can get fantastic cinema style looking footage after colour grading.

 

[krela]

The tokina 11-16mm is the perfect exploring lens and the best out of ALL the wide angle options, it's sharpness is fantastic even at 2.8.

 

[mookster]

I bought the 550D + 18-55mm kit lens bundle off Amazon and it's superb, yes it was more expensive but you can trust sites like that whereas I don't tend to trust smaller sites offering stuff at what seem like stupidly cheap prices there is always a catch. Just recently got a Sigma 10-20 wide angle as I was fed up of using the kit lens, it's superb.

 

[UrbexHunter]

Rather than start a new thread, I thought it would be better to just ask for your views here. Ive just found this:
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80640/show.html
Canon EOS 500D with kit lens+ Canon 75-300mm for £479.95

Is this a good camera for urbexing? I desperately need to replace my jumble of compacts that im currently using
Is it a good deal?
And finally, any other offers around that are better? Btw I only have £500.00 to spend

Cheers all

UrbxHtr