Canon 30D Question

[peckerhead 0]

Hello all,

I just bought a canon EOS 30D body and the next step is to buy a lens. Which one would you recomend? I mostly do tandem videos and occasional RW. I have been doing videos for about 3 years now but no stills (except for frame capture)

I also need a remote switch. Will a conceptus switch plug directly into this camera or will I need to make modifications?

I did a search and the results were somewhat confusing, Thanks in advance!

[koz2000 1]

A 15mm Sigma lens works pretty well but the 14mm Canon lens is a better quality. (this translates to roughly 24mm).

As far as the switch, the Adidt remote switch is avaliable on ebay for pretty cheap, then you'll have to mate it to the conceptus switch

http://www.craigtrimble.com/d60remote.htm is a pretty good description on how to make the switch

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[CTSkydiver 0]

Did you mean 300D or 350D? Those will work with the Conceptus just fine no modification needed (Digital Rebel and Digital Rebel XT).

If you got the 20D (big spender) you need the mod. Haven't heard of a 30D.

EDIT

My bad, there's a D30 (I guess from year 2000 or so?)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canond30/

I thought maybe you left out a "0".

[wingnut 0]

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Haven't heard of a 30D

try the D30.... very common for people to mix up the order or just acidentaly type them bckwrds....

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[peckerhead 0]

Yeah, it's the D30

[vdschoor 0]

I'd go with the Sigma 15mm, I've been shooting with that lens for the last 1.5 years and I love it!

The Sigma 14mm is an amazing lens, but it's very heavy and big! For some people they chose to go with the 14 because the 15 is a fisheye and the 14 is not, but the fisheye effect isn't bad at all (I think) when it's used on a digital body.

Iwan

[peckerhead 0]

So... you don't get the distorted fish-eye effect?

Do you have any sample pics you would be willing to share?

I can get a standard zoom 18-55mm lens for much cheaper but would not mind the extra bucks if the quality is that much better.

[PhreeZone 14]

The 18-55 zoom lens that comes with Digital Rebels will not work on any other camera except it and a 20d since they have the EFS mount. Make sure what ever lens you get is an EF mount,

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[vdschoor 0]

Check out my website, www.iwanvanderschoor.com almost all of my shots are with the 15mm, you be the judge of it yourself.

Also, check out Peter Galli's website http://www.petergallistudios.com in the skydiving section.
His main lens is the 15mm Sigma as well..

[peckerhead 0]

Ok, now I am even more confused. The 18-55mm lens I am looking at is advertised as being compatible with ALL canon digital SLR's

Will the sigma 15mm work on my D30?


PS nice pics, I can only see a bit of the fish-eye distortion in the background.

[vdschoor 0]

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Ok, now I am even more confused. The 18-55mm lens I am looking at is advertised as being compatible with ALL canon digital SLR's

Will the sigma 15mm work on my D30?

Just make sure it is an EF lens, and not an EF-S lens.
The 18-55 only comes in the EF-S mount version, so that one will not work on your camera.

The Sigma 15mm will work for sure on your D30, just make sure you buy a new lens, instead of one of the older ones, I've heard some people had some problems with those (although Sigma would re-chip them for those people)

Iwan