I'm a student currently living in Slough (urgh)! I love video games, manga, anime, art, photography ...
I'm a student currently living in Slough (urgh)! I love video games, manga, anime, art, photography and lots of other "good for nothing" studenty things like going to gigs and drinking Pina Coladas. Finally got a part time job!
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I'm currently studying photography AS level at Henley College, and I don't think I could find a better camera for the job!
The Canon Eos 500 N was given to me second hand from a photography enthusiast, and I am very lucky to have it. Even though it came without a manual, after a only a few trial shots, I was taking perfect photographs.
The zoom is excellent, and it's very easy to focus manually, or you can use the automatic focus if you're not yet confident with your focusing skills.
Being very lightweight for a film SLR, I find my canon easy to carry around with me 8 hours a day, to, from, and around college. The weight (or lack of it) also makes it perfect for whipping out at a moments notice and compulsively snapping away.
Outdoors, inside and in the studio, the 500 N produced some wonderful prints without too much hassel or effort. It's easy to set the shutter speed and aperture size, turn the flash on or off, or zoom in on your subject. It also works amazingly well with studio flashes!
Because it's a canon, you can fit a range of lenses on it, although I use a 52mm lense with 35-80mm zoom.
It takes only two batteries, which puts the running cost at about £20 a year, if you use it regularly. The prints are more than worth it!
And one more thing- I'm a clumsy person. My camera gets bashed around on trains, floors, by jostling students- and there's not a scratch or a dent to be seen anywhere. It takes photographs as good as the day I got it.
Quite simply- I LOVE IT!
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(+) Fold out LCD screen, Image Stabilization, Zuiko lens quality, Picture quality, Flash options (-) Noise in low light, Too many buttons, Badly laid out, Too many gimmicks
Advantages: Flexibility of 35mm SLR with APS facilities Disadvantages: Pricy if you are only interested in the APS aspect. Lenses slightly bulkier than the Nikon and Minolta SLR APS's.
BNibbles 08.10.2000 (24.07.2001)
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