Camera (Body Only) or Camera with Bundle Kit

[hawaiisunsetphoto]

Another recommendation would be to purchase Bryan Peterson's "Understand Exposure" and Michael Freeman's "The Photographer's Eye."

 

[wayno]

Another recommendation would be to purchase Bryan Peterson's "Understand Exposure" and Michael Freeman's "The Photographer's Eye."

Agreed. The Peterson book was very useful to me.

 

[Glennard]

Canon 60D+Canon 24-105mm IS USM Lens, Memory, Backpack & More

Price: $1,555.21
What's in the package
Canon EOS 60D Body Only
Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens
8GB Professional SD Memory Card
SD Memory Card Reader
Professional Silver Aluminum 59" Tripod
Bower SCB800 Deluxe Digital SLR Bag - Large
318AF Digital Slave Flash For Use With Digital Or Film Cameras
Remote Switch F/Canon Digital SLR Pro Cameras (RS80)
Deluxe Lens Care & Maintenance Package (LCK-3S)
Flexible Mini Table Top Tripod
Universal Screen Protectors
Memory Card Wallet
Deluxe Fiber Cloth
CapKeeper
Lens Pouch
Flash Fixers Image Recall Sofware - Recover Your Digital Images

found this from http://www.rythercamera.com
anyone heard/trust this website

 

[greger]

Looks like a lot of stuff for a reasonable price. You should print this and take it into your local camera store and see if they can compete. What will they give you for $1555.21? As the 60D's screen folds into the back of the body, screen protectors are not needed. I tried them once on my 40D and took it off and threw it away.24-105 = 38.4-168 on a 1.6x crop factor Canon camera. 318 digital flash is $15.99 at Amazon.com.
If you price each item you may change your mind and disregard this deal. I think you would want a wider angle lens for scenery I keep looking at the Canon 10-20mm EFS lens, I have the EFS 17-85 4-5.6 IS USM lens and feel this is wide enough for me. I think you might be leaning towards the 60D over the T4i.

http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon-Rebel-T4i-vs-Canon_EOS_60D

Good Luck

 

[Loswr]

promise, this should be my last question to you guys. EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS vs. 24-70mm f/4 L vs. Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS? Which one would you prefer to own between the 3 lenses, Although 17-55's build is probably the downfall against the other lenses.

I think the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS is the best choice for APS-C. If you'll be doing any shooting indoors, you'll likely find that 24mm isn't wide enough. The build of the 17-55mm is decent, a good match for the 60D.

For quite a while, I shot both the 17-55 and 24-105 on a 7D - the 24-105 was for inclement weather (the 7D has more weather sealing than the 60D), and it was ok outdoors, although not as good for outdoor portraits. I used the 17-55 a lot more than the 24-105 on the 7D. If you're getting something like the 10-22mm as well, and don't mind carrying both and switching often, the 24-105 can work. But on APS-C, the 17-55mm is a more versatile lens, IMO. Plus, it delivers better IQ than either L-series 24-xx zoom on the same APS-C camera.

 

[paul13walnut5]

@Glennard
Your OP went..

So, I just want peoples opinion on what's smarter for point and shoot person to entry level photographer on what to purchase beforehand.

I implore you. Don't get your head turned too much from this sensible starting point.

You don't need the fast zooms lenses or even the L lenses. If you don't know the difference then you shouldn't be contemplating $$$'s or even $$$$'s of expend. You really shouldn't.

The advice I gave you back at the very start was to go with the cheap kit option -which is actually very good- and see if you need anything more once you've got used to the camera and how things work.

If you decide you want fast aperture lenses or L build quality down the line then great. Don't let other folk go nuts with your chequebook. See what fits you.

There are a lot of folk on here with money to throw at their hobby, they'll tell you to buy a wimberley when a superclamp will work.

Take a deep breath. Buy the basic kit. See how you get on. Canon aren't going out of business anytime soon, you'll be able to buy better stuff down the line, if you decide you need it. And the basic kit lens is really pretty good at the things most folk need.

Count yourself lucky. When most folk say they are buying a rebel some users try and upgrade you to a 1DX, you mentioned the 50 1.8. Usually some user will chirp in with some comment on how anything less than the 1.2 isn't worth bothering about.

Buy the basic kit. Come back in a couple of months. By then you'll be able to say for yourself where you think you could augment or improve your kit. If indeed you aren't actually delighted.

 

[greger]

Glennard you might find this of interest. It's a camera store that we all have heard of.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/732048-REG/Canon_4460B004_EOS_60D_DSLR_Camera.html

with the $250.00 left over you could pick up all the other gear in the list.