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The 10-22mm has an equivalent of 16mm at the widest angle - that's pretty wide.

In low light the 18-55mm IS lens is limited as the aperture is not that "good" and the 50mm 1.8 is limited as it has no IS.

With the 18-55mm you can shoot 18mm F3.5 at abou 1/10 - 1/15 of a second and get some nice pictures out of it.
With the 50mm you shouldn't shoot with a lower speed than 1/50 (or better 1/80) but with the aperture of 1.8 you get about 4x more light so in the end it's about the same. The 50mm is more "freezing" the action if something moves. BUT with the 1.8 aperture you have a pretty shallow depth of field which isn't what you might always want. Also you are limited to 50mm (x1,6=80mm).

I did some pictures with both lenses at night. Personally I prefer the 18-55mm at night - maybe that would change with a 50mm IS (which doesn't exist) or a 30mm lens.

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Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Thank you again Jiko. i m not professional. (but i can learn everyhing fast:) )
i dont know for example IS. (image stabilizer ?? )if it means image stabilizer, for low light situation, i need a lens with image stabilizer. it logic that lights should not move during shooting.
i know that (since i have seen this website thanks Gordon) for a night shooting aperture is important. it must be at least lower than2,8.
i also know for low light situation i should use low iso.
But i dont understand somethings. for example with canon ixus 60 (800 iso) i have taken some birds from 2-3meter. now i have a photo 50*70 over my pc it seems really sharpe. i thought, with a SLR i can take better pictures but i m not so impressed with the resaults that i see in internet. i must say, i dont see very sharp pictures. Maybe because of resolutions. high resolution shows noise too.

For example Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM wide angel. But how can you understand ? And it has f,3-5 and not IS. so it is not suitable for night shooting ? In Specifications there is nothing about 16mm wide lens. If could answer my post, i will understand something better. Thanks again.

Low ISO at night should only be used on a tripodt - handheld you probably need higher ISO in order to get faster shutter speeds.

IS = Image Stabilizer. It helps getting sharper images handheld - so it's not needed if you use a tripod. Longer exposures are getting possible.

The aperture of "at least lower than 2.8" is needed handheld as well - not on a tripod. The lower the number the shorter the shutter speed.

The 10-22mm lens is a zoom lens - the widest angle is 10mm. But it can only be used on cameras with crop frame sensor (smaller sensor than full frame; meaning the corners of the pictures are "cut away"). With Canon's crop frame sensors the crop factor is "x1.6". So if you are using the 10-22mm at 10mm you get a focal length of 16mm. Another example: The 18-55mm starts at about 29mm and ends at 88mm.
This lens is suitable for night shooting on a tripod or if you can manage to shoot handheld at shutter speeds of not less than 1/10 (or better 1/20 or higher) of a second.

If the camera is on a tripod the shutter speed doesn't matter if you are shooting still objects. It always depends on what you want to shoot and if you want to do it by hand or if a tripod is OK.

One example:
For that picture I used an aperture of 11 and ISO 200, exposure time 30 seconds:



You don't need IS, high ISO or an aperture of 2.8 for that. With that aperture of 2.8 the picture definitely wouldn't be that sharp - but you could blur the background very nice - so that's nice for portraits.

Shorter answer: If you are shooting moving objects you need faster shutter speeds - you probably don't need a tripod for that. That means higher ISO and wide open aperture (2.8 or even 1.8 or something like that).
If you are shooting still objects you can use a tripod and don't need that big apertures or high ISO.

So if you need the faster shutter speeds and higher ISO you should take a look at the Nikon D7000 which can handle high ISO (especially above 1600) quite a bit better as you can see here:
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon ... JPEG.shtml
The result at ISO 6400 looks pretty impressive on the D7000 compared to the EOS 60D. And man - it's a 100% crop!

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Just a quick note to let you know I've just published my Nikon D7000 review which includes a lot of comparisons with the EOS 60D. In partcular, check out the first and second parts of my video demo...

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon_D7000/

Really nice job, Gordon! A totaly other way of reviewing you did with these cameras, I like it It;s more personal, and that's what buyers want: Somebody who's really talking to you.

cheers Gordon!

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Panasonic DMC-FZ18, Panasonic DMC-FZ28, Canon G5, Canon 350D, Canon 50D + BG-E2N
Tamron 17-50 2.8, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM,
Canon 18-55 II plus lots of Minolta MD/M42 lenses and bodies

Thanks Ruben!

Again thank you very much Jiko.
I have two more (and last) questions.
Why don´t have some lenses IS, they are very expensive.I think they prefered to be without IS, dont they ?.so is there any disadvanteges having IS in a lens ? And samething about aparture. Is it a marketing strategy or is there any disadvantege of for example 1,8 aparture ? For example Gordon has list of different catogories of lenses for potrait, architectural (i understand wide lenses for architectural photography) and for night shooting aperture etc. Why dont they build a lenses that is suitable for potrait, close up photography and everyday photograpy. i m asking this, because i want to make good night shooting. But if there is a disadvantages of a apeture, it is not so important.

P.s.
1-i dont now how could you catch that flash but it is really nice

2-Nikon 7000´s 6400 iso result seems really outclass 60D. i dont now, how can i buy 60D after see that different

In my opinion the D7000 IS better than the 60D.
Only some video options of the Canon are really better than the D7000, and not to forget the burst mode is significantly better.

Dont understand me wrong, the 60D is good, but the D7000 is better in more aspects than the 60D is better than the D7000. That doesnt mean though the 60D is bad or cant make that quality pictures as the D7000 can.
I shoot with a 350D from 2005 which can take excelent photos even when there's the 5D MkII.

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Panasonic DMC-FZ18, Panasonic DMC-FZ28, Canon G5, Canon 350D, Canon 50D + BG-E2N
Tamron 17-50 2.8, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM,
Canon 18-55 II plus lots of Minolta MD/M42 lenses and bodies

Thanks Gordon. The review confirms what I've held for awhile that the D7000 may be marginally better but in reality the average user will not see a difference. There is not much between the D7000 and 60D including the A55 & K5 (the K5 being closest to semi-pro). Any one of them is a great camera.



Great job Gordon - I really enjoyed the review!

...my take on page 17 of this thread:

Hi folks,

Canon has been pleased to announce firmware version 1.0.8 incorporates the following fix:

1. Fixes a phenomenon in which captured images may become overexposed when using the camera's built-in flash or an external Speedlite in combination with the lenses listed below:
   
   
   1. EF300/4 L IS USM
   2. EF28-135/3.5-5.6 IS USM
   3. EF75-300/4-5.6 IS USM
   4. EF100-400/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
   Firmware version 1.0.8 is for cameras with Firmware Version 1.0.5. If the camera's firmware is already Version 1.0.8, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

For more check out the download page here.

Bob.

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Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

With the recent price drops on the 60D the gap between it and the 7D grow larger. I'm starting to wonder if I should just cave and get the 60D or if the 19 point auto focus on the 7D is worth the >$500 difference?

Or should I just sit tight to see if the rumored 60D and 7D rebates occur on 2/20?

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Some days are easy, like licking icing off a spoon... Today was more like stapling jello to a brick.

I suppose you could wait for a rebate. But I doubt anyone knows when that will be. But the 7d is still worth the extra money. So if you want a 7d buy one

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Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 18-55mm, Tamron 70-300mm,
Accessories: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 808RC4 head, Canon 430ex II speedlite, Lowepro Nova 180AW and Lowepro Pro Runner 450AW

Oh that is so lame, every hot girl who can aim a camera thinks she’s a photographer -Stewie Griffin

First let me say that I am in love with my 40D! I am experiencing a little nudging angst about upgrading to the 60D and am wondering for those who have done this swap, do you feel it was worth it? I am not much into video, so that is not a consideration, but I am interested if any of you can give me your impressions of the value of upgrading from the 40D to the 60D. I believe I will always stay with Canon because of my lens investment, otherwise I'd probably consider the Nikon D7000.

Thanks in advance for any input!

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Sony Mavica FD-81
Canon Powershot S-50
Canon Powershot A590 IS
Canon Powershot SX10 IS
Canon 40D

Try asking that question the other way around... what do you feel you need beyond what the 40D gives you? Then you can see what is out there that might give it.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

A VERY fair question!

It just seems I always find myself "behind the economic curve" with things. The 40D does everything I want it to do, but its value declines faster than a newer model. At some point there will be a feature/function released with a new camera that I really want to have, but won't be able to offset the cost very much with the 40D like a newer model (i.e., 60D) would. Pretty crass, I know...

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Sony Mavica FD-81
Canon Powershot S-50
Canon Powershot A590 IS
Canon Powershot SX10 IS
Canon 40D