Just picked up a t6 and lenses hello from AZ

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  1. Powerstroke73

    Powerstroke73 New Member

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    Been just using a galaxy phone for a long time. Always better than most point and shooters. Bought a fixed lens Olympus fro. Walmart once, had been eyeing the rebel series for a while. Never wanted to spend $500 plus so years went by.
    I chanced into a thrift store and walked out w a Canon t6 rebel no charger, and about 5 lenses for $80
    I've had it a few days. I love it and I hate it at the same time. Maybe I need something nicer.
    The auto focus seems crappy, and moving pictures, forget it.
    How ever I got some cool pics of the moon and stars . I'm on day 3 here with this guy.
    Is a blot a charger from Best Buy for $40 dollars and ordered 2 batteries and a charger off of Amazon for 20 bucks
    I am having a lot of fun and a lot of frustration at the same time
    I'm mostly shooting in manual mode because of the way that it doesn't like to focus automatically
    Anyway here's a few pictures I took
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  3. johnsey

    johnsey Site Moderator Staff Member Site Supporter

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    Welcome to the forums Powertroke,

    Just a note, the first hand full of posts you make are verified by moderator to stop the forum from getting spammed with bots. That's why no one saw the post yet. Regarding moving objects being an issue, you need a shutter speed that is fast enough to freeze that action, it could be 1/200 or 1/2000 depending on how fast the object is moving.
     
  4. Powerstroke73

    Powerstroke73 New Member

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    You must be one of the few mods. I figured this to be a super busy forum.
    Appreciate the reply. I'll see what I can do. What lense would you recommend for photographing the grand canyon?
    More pictures from last night 20160103084655_IMG_1233.JPG 20160103084720_IMG_1234.JPG 20160103021348_IMG_1129.JPG
     
  5. johnsey

    johnsey Site Moderator Staff Member Site Supporter

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    There are a number of things to consider, do you ever plan to go to a larger sensor or mirror-less, do you want a zoom or fixed length lens. Initial thought on grand canyon is that you probably want something pretty wide for landscape shots. For your crop sensor they make a 10-18mm lens, if you like stary/nightscapes I would maybe recommend a wide fast fixed lens like a 14mm 2.8. If you ever want to go with a larger mount I personally really like the 17-40L which has great color rendition and is quite sharp and a very modest priced L lens. So it really depends on shooting preferences and long term goals. At this time just get experience with the gear you have I wouldn't try to plan the future too far till your pretty versed with that gear.
    Which lenses did you get in your kit?
     
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  6. Whitelotus9

    Whitelotus9 Member Site Supporter

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    Welcome to the forums Powerstroke!
     
  7. GDN

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    Hello and welcome to the forum.

    What lenses came with your camera? Nice start with your night images as well.

    Gary
     
  8. Powerstroke73

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    Here's what I have for lenses:
    sigma zoom 28-70mm 1:2.8-4 dg 058 japan

    Canon efs 18-55mm w image stabilizer macro 0.25m/0.8ft xit pro HD uv filter.

    Canon efs 18-55mm no stabilizer, macro 0.28m/0.9ft opteka uv lens

    2x Canon 35-80mm ef macro .4/1.3ft

    Quantaray 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 ldo macro made in japan dmc-uv japan uv lens

    Canon zoom lens ef 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 iii

    I actually got it at a thrift store. I didn't but it new. It was all sorta scattered. I had to buy the charger and I ordered a 2 battery kit off Amazon so I can mobile charge as well
     
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    Found another lens . A x 0.4 wide angle seems ok. 20211021_002208.jpg
     
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