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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I got tired of looking .... so I bought the lowest "Buy it Now" for a new camera. Lowest for a T5i. I know I will need some things ...like a memory card. Here is what I bought. .... http://www.ebay.com/itm/12167650621...T&rmvSB=trueIf it will Live tether and work with the 100MM lens, that just got shipped yesterday, then I hope I can start getting better pictures. |
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Moderator
 United States
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With that camera and a Canon 100mm Macro lens, the only problem you now face is that there's no reason why you can't shoot images of a quality equal to whomever you'd consider the "best" photographer here.  That was a pretty good price. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Nice buy. I'm glad to see you got one with a US 1 year warranty. Not all ebay camera listings include this. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Thanks .. Dave and Dave.. Now I have to start buying coins that are worth taking pictures of ..  I still will have to work on getting the lighting right, and right now I have a tripod .. may have to start looking at a photo stand. I will be reading back through some of these threads, to see what others are using, with lighting and stand. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
My new camera ...and the 100mm lens are out for delivery today. And I am stuck at the coin shop  One is coming UPS the camera USPS. Not sure if I will need to sign Or if they will leave at door. If it says delivered ... I will run Home and get it. Just a little excited ... And concerned. Also ..not sure if the camera comes with a SD card ... Any suggestion on where and what brand to purchase? |
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Valued Member
United States
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If you tether you don't need a sd card.
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
For a card, look for either a Class 10 or UHS Class (1 or 3) to have sufficient bandwidth to record video and meet the camera's burst speed for images. You'll want at least 32GB given the filesize of the images. As far as which brand, well, start (like I always do for questions like this) with the Wirecutter: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-sd-card/ |
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Valued Member
United States
430 Posts |
Of course, non coin photography will require a card. If you want to shoot movies or continious stills get a faster card, Class 10 recommended. As far as size, it seems that 16 GB now is the sweet spot between size/price.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Went home for lunch ....the lens was sitting at the front door  Been playing with it at the shop ... I am liking it a lot. Now ...waiting for the camera to get here .....US mail not here yet. ----------------------------- Dave .... That site is great, it had a review for best SD card. They recommend the ScadDisk 32B ExtremePlus Amazon $38.00 |
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Moderator
United States
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Keep in mind, though, that's double the price of an average 32GB card. Lean that way if you're going to be shooting lots HD video or burst imaging at sporting events & such. Class 10 is up to 1080p video.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Keep in mind, though, that's double the price of an average 32GB card I will check into both of them, was thinking about going to Best Buy in the morning .. ------------------------------------------------ The camera was sitting at the door when I got home. Charging the battery right now ... getting ready to check out the disk that came with the camera. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I can tell I will have a big learning curve trying
figure out all the functions of this camera.
I did buy the SanDisk 32mb Extreme Plus UHS-1 CARD.
Took me several tries to get it to work and format it.
Did not know I was suppose to slide this small adapter
piece into the SD card.
Now the camera says I can take 3947 pictures.
now I can start to learn the basics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4594 Posts |
Welcome to the world of the "big roll". I remember when first starting out taking pictures the agony of deciding between the 24 exposure and 36 exposure. 36 cost more, but was slightly cheaper per-picture, however since one only took a few pictures at a time, it would sit in the camera longer. Heck, I took a backpack trip to the UK in 1976 and had to balance what I could afford (color vs. black & white) and what I could carry.
Today you can shoot with abandon and then just download to the PC to create another '4K picture roll'...
The funny thing? With a StackShot and shooting raw+jpg, I find I can easily use 800MB+ per coin. If I wasn't tethered, that 32GB card is only a 36-40 'picture' roll. But I shoot coins tethered and my 7 year old laptop has a 250GB disk drive - since all I have on it is Windows, the Canon software and Helicon, there's a lot of room.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4594 Posts |
Oh, and if you want to go off the deep end on memory cards, there's always this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00V62XBQQ - Only $240 or just over $1/GB The 32GB version is $14 with free 2 day Prime shipping. But, you have it in hand TODAY and can work with the camera this weekend and that alone is probably worth the $20... -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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