Question by d.r.e.a.m.e.r.: A good DSLR camera that has image stabilization AND features for action photography?
Does anyone know of a DSLR camera that it’s good for both actiona and macro photography? Also, you can change lenses with a DSLR, right? thanks!
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Answer by Shutterbug_Mama
with a DSLR, the camera doesn’t have image stablization. You can buy lenses with them, but they are very expensive. I just bought a Canon lens with an image stablizer in it and paid 9.
I really like Canon DSLR’s. You can go to their website and get an idea on the prices.
Any DSLR you get will have action and macro features.
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That’s right, you can change lenses but the lenses specifically made for the system of your DSLR will fit and work without an adapter.
Only 3 current manufacturers have chosen to use mechanical/sensor-shift stabilization on their DSLRs and they are Olympus, Pentax, and Sony. Nikon, Canon, and Samsung chose to use optical image stabilization which is costlier and specific to the lens but is said to work better but this is unproven.
In my opinion, you can eliminate Sony for now. They’ve only entered the camera business a few years back when Konica-Minolta, the first to introduce this technology, handed over their camera operations to Sony. The lens lineup is also thin and it leaves much to be desired.
So, this leaves you with the following options:
Olympus: E-510, E-520, E-3
Pentax: K100D/K100D Super, K10D, K200D, K20D
All DSLRs are capable of taking action and macro photography. The kind of pictures you’ll be getting depends mostly on the lenses you put in front of it.
There are many options for macro: you can get a macro lens, you can get filters, you can get an extension tube, or you can DIY and put a lens in front of an existing lens. For action shots, you’ll probably want to get in close. For this, a fast standard zoom or fast telephoto zoom lens will work wonders.
No DSLR comes with both macro and telephoto lenses; they often come with standard zooms with macro-less or semi-macro capabilities.
You can see the lens line-ups for each of the 3 companies at the following links:
Olympus: http://four-thirds.org/en/products/lense.html
Pentax: http://www.pentaxslr.com/lenses
Sony: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=3770
In my opinion you can put sony in the mix. Yes they do use the sensor shift stabilization that is good, they also offer stabilized lens as well. Personally I would take a look at the Sony A200
SAL-100M28 – 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=3768
Depending on the camera, the Image Stabilization (IS) will be either on the lense or the body.
As for action photography, you’ll want to look at the frame per second (fps).
Then there’s the lens. you’ll want the faster lenses, probably the one with the constant aperture than the variable.
That way you’ll control of the sharp action image or the blur.
I don’t know if you know what I mean by fast lense or aperture.
I’ll tell you what I know, just in case you don’t know. If I’m incorrect someone please, for the love of god, correct me.
The aperture refers to the opening size of the iris when you take the picture. It typically ranges from 2.8 – 5.6 on the lenses.
The smaller the #, the larger the opening and vice versa. Since the opening is larger, it allows more light to reach the sensor and this allows the shutter time to be quicker or “faster” and the depth of field is smaller (the area range in front and behind the subject will have degree of blur. The smaller the opening, the greater the blur) .
The larger the #, the smaller the iris opening and thus letting in less light which means the shutter needs to be open longer = slower shutter speed. But the DOF is increased (the area in front and behind will be sharper, again the degree of sharpness depends on the actual aperture)
Most consumer telephoto lense have variable aperture.
What this means is that at the short end the max aperture is x#(the smallest #/largest opening) and at the wide end the max aperture is x#.
For example the 18-55mm kit lense, is 3.5 – 5.6, the 18mm wides is 3.5 and ranges to 22.
The next mark on the lense is 24mm. It’s widest is 4.0
Then 35mm, widest is 4.5
Just barely rotating the lens, it changes to 5.0
There are lenses that have a constant aperture.
There’s the 17-55mm IS canon. It’s aperture is 2.8 through the whole range.
My Tamron 17-50 is also a constant aperture.
The downside is the weight and price.
The kit lens is about $80-100, depending where you buy
The Canon 17-55mm IS 2.8 is $1107
The Tamron 17-50 2.8 is $450