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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jrcarpe wrote:

Equipment does not guarantee quality photos. The operator plays a very important role in photography. ...

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

kc4mnp wrote:

I have The Canon EOS 30-D with Canon EF-S18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 Diameter 58mm, also Canon EF 35-80mm 1:4-5.6 III Diameter 52mm and the Canon EF 75-300mm 1: 4-5.6 III USM Diameter wasn't listed on this one.
Hopefully I can take some wildlife pictures and some closeups of flowers bees insects etc. For my use I wouldn't imagine they would be good enough for professional quality images!

The most important elements to great photographs are composition, exposure and focus. Unless you are printing 24"x30", your equipment is more than adequate. Great photographers can create excellent work using any camera. If you want to make close-up images of flowers, bees, etc., get a set of extension tubes. The only new equipment you might need is a longer telephoto lens. I recommend you master what you have--learn from books and YouTube videos and practice

insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida

A great photographer (I think it was Ansel Adams) once said, "A good photographer can get a great picture with a pinhole camera!" That's probably not the exact quote, but I think you know the point he was making.

Learn your equipment. You will end up with some great photo's! You can spend thousands of dollars and maybe not end up with any better pictures.

I wish you well.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Is your equipment good? Do your photos look good? Are you experienced enough to get good photos with your equipment?
I'm a Nikon guy ever since going digital about 15 years ago. I started with a D200 10.2 MP camera and an old film era 300mm f.4 mf lens. And got some ooh's and ahh's . Some, not a lot. But I learned a lot. Now I own the best DSLR that Nikon makes (and the second best) and some crazy expensive glass. And am getting a lot of those ooh's and ahh's. But the equipment just makes things a little easier and a lot more consistant.
The point is, the best equipment can only make a good photographer a better photographer. You need to know what you are doing, and that only comes with experience. And all the "rules" of exposure and composition are just suggestions! Get out there and start taking photographs, not pictures, photographs.
And shoot jpeg at least at first. I've never shot a raw photo in my life!

CHEESEBURGER Loc: Billings, Mt

I have and use Rebel eos 300d kit bought in 2003. I agree with the above comments. Use and learn what you currently have. Master or at least get fully confident in your abilities then consider upgarding. I tell myself this many times while looking at new cameras. The camera is the tool that takes the picture, the photographer makes/creates photograph.

AFPhoto Loc: Jamestown, RI, USA

kc4mnp wrote:

I have The Canon EOS 30-D with Canon EF-S18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 Diameter 58mm, also Canon EF 35-80mm 1:4-5.6 III Diameter 52mm and the Canon EF 75-300mm 1: 4-5.6 III USM Diameter wasn't listed on this one.
Hopefully I can take some wildlife pictures and some closeups of flowers bees insects etc. For my use I wouldn't imagine they would be good enough for professional quality images!

Right now I am shooting with a Canon R5 and a `whole bunch of RF L lenses. Yesterday I started going through my nearly 100K picture LightRoom catalog and discovered some outstanding shots taken with my first Canon 20D and the Kit Lens that came with it. You should be abler to take great shots with the equipment you have. Stay safe and enjoy shooting

editorsteve

Despite all the advertising about megapixels, video, and extended ISO range, the only problem aside from skill you will need to address is speed of focus for kids, birds and other fast moving objects. Depth of field is your friend when visiting the grandkids...

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

kc4mnp wrote:

I have The Canon EOS 30-D with Canon EF-S18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 Diameter 58mm, also Canon EF 35-80mm 1:4-5.6 III Diameter 52mm and the Canon EF 75-300mm 1: 4-5.6 III USM Diameter wasn't listed on this one.
Hopefully I can take some wildlife pictures and some closeups of flowers bees insects etc. For my use I wouldn't imagine they would be good enough for professional quality images!

You should be able to make very fine photos with that gear; technique, technique, technique.....unless having a GAS attack, just work with it and give both you and the gear the opportunity to shine.
I still shoot my old D90 Nikon and Sony A300, so even though they are relegated to the shelf more now, I haven't let the newer gear (Current models Sony/Nikon send them into a box in the closet, or off to Ebay). My advice, go out in yard, or around the house, and find things to practice on, the more you work, the better you will be!!
My $.02

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

I put artistic vision, subject matter, composition, and technique, all of these before equipment. And luck. Luck helps. The right time in the right place.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

kc4mnp wrote:

I have The Canon EOS 30-D with Canon EF-S18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 Diameter 58mm, also Canon EF 35-80mm 1:4-5.6 III Diameter 52mm and the Canon EF 75-300mm 1: 4-5.6 III USM Diameter wasn't listed on this one.
Hopefully I can take some wildlife pictures and some closeups of flowers bees insects etc. For my use I wouldn't imagine they would be good enough for professional quality images!

With all due respect, why would you think your camera and lenses would not take professional quality images? Your camera and lenses are more than enough for anyone to take professional quality images IF the photographer is up to the task. That would be you.

Give your equipment a good try, take photographs and see what YOU can do with it. We on the forum look forward to seeing your photographs.

Dennis

williejoha

If it takes decent pictures and does what you want it to do, why change?
WJH

donrosshill Loc: Delaware & Florida

Your equipment is great, it is not the equipment it's the ability to see and record.

Just keep shooting and learning 😄

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

Generally, each new model gives a small improvement over the older one. The 30D is many models older than today's 90D. What you get with later models is, for the most part, convenience in the way of more features. There are more ways to do things simpler. There is also some image quality improvement, but older cameras still can take fine photos. The biggest difference between your 30D and today's model is the number of pixels. The 30D is 8.2 MP, today's 90D is 32 MP. That is roughly 4 times the resolution, so you can crop more, if desired. You can also blow images up more before you see the digitization. I expect the noise levels at high ISO settings is also better. That should be about it for image quality.

JOHNERIKSSON Loc: CENTRAL WISCONSIN

REALLY REALLY OBSOLETE I used one many years ago The new cheapest camera today produce far better results.

give it a way and if money is a real concern go get a new Canon R camera. or at least a newer SINGLE LENS REFLEX (SLR). maybe better yet an apple Iphone the new ones take wonderful pictures. Far better than a 30 d

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

Balderdash and poppycock.

Sometimes for fun I take my original 1959 NIKON F PENTAPRISM with no meter and still get great photos.

The camera and lens are naught but tools, the photographer is the artisan. Equipment can make it easier, but they can’t replace a skillset.