jefflantzimages Loc: Seattle

great camera. but i agree with the others read your manual and just practice, practice. you will love the camera and it sounds as thought you love your lens both of which are important but remember it is your eye that really counts. by the way if you are shooting in raw check the program you are downloading into your computer. when i switched from a 20D to 60D my raw filescould not be downloaded because the program (old CS2) could not read the raw files from the 60D. i purchased and use Lightroom and Aperture3 both of which read and download the 60D raw. if you shoot JPEG only no problems at all. have fun

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Whoever advised you to get the 18-270 gave you good advise!! It is a great, all around lens. You have had several say that's what they use. A very similar lens is what I had on my first film camera. So be confident in your purchase!
Every once in awhile, you bump into its limits. I don't think it will be that often. It will be, a little frustrating.... The frustration will pass....well, most of the time.
As already said, learn the camera, really learn it. That should keep you busy.
Advantage of this lens.....One lens! Stays on the camera all the time. This reduces the chance of dust/dirt getting in your camera.
This gives you a light weight rig to carry. Things change when you have several lenses.
If you have not done so, I would get a camera bag. It does add protection for when you are not in picture taking mode. They have padding. A place to carry an extra battery, memory cards, lens cleaning stuff, manual, etc.

Taking images of people inside??.....The camera flash has its limits. Think external flash.....

Also, read the forum every day, it you have time. You will be introduced to a lot of camera terms, tecniques and images. This will help you along with your photography journey! This is what I'm doing and I'm enjoying the ride!!


Welcome to the forum!!!!!

Pat
Self proclaimed, photography expertise, "Snap Shot Guy"!!

sidney Loc: London.Eng.

Sounds like you made a good choice with the 60D.I have the
50D,,my next will be the 60D.
I use tamron 24 to 200 and find this an all round lens.

AUminer Loc: Brandon, Ms

:thumbup:

CAM1017 Loc: Chiloquin, Oregon

You have a good camera and lens for most of your photography needs. It is a more advanced camera generally recommended for advanced photographers. The layout of controls and the owners manual are very good and if you get out and work with it and don't worry about mistakes you will be fine. After you feel that you have it under control you might thing about one of the many close up/macro lens. Good luck and shoot lots of pictures. :D

Unclewiggley Loc: Winter Haven, FL

I have the 60D and love it. I would invest in David Busch's book "Canon EOS 60D". It is much easier to read than the small manual you get with the camera. It is 460 pages and easy to read. I also have the Tamron 18-270 lens and love it also.

Bob1190 Loc: Hatboro, PA

Bryan Peterson says "Keep on shooting"

larrycumba

Big thumb's up on the David Busch book. Also, if you haven't picked up a copy of this magazine here is a link. I look forward to it every month.

http://www.photoplusmag.com/

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Your lens gives you a more than adequate wide angle, and a reasonable telephoto. If it works well enough with a 1.4 or 2.0 expander and you want to avoid lens changes in the field as well as carrying two bodies, that lens should do nearly everything you need to do. You could easily work around its limitations.

Dicko Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I have exactly the same setup you have; 60D, 18-270 Tamron and they are a great walk around combo. I use a Sigma 105 macro for the closeup and portrait stuff. The sigma will not break the bank and has received better ratings than the Canon 100.

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

Thankyou so much

lexstgo Loc: Houston, TX

BKH42, there is also a few video based training that can serve as a good introduction. They are made by video2brain. The two I recommend the most are Mastering Exposure in Digital Photography and Mastering Landscape Photography. You can purchase them online and if you do, I recommend to get it from Barns & Noble online for they offer 20-40% off the price. Most of the lessons are about 3-5 minute long so you can watch the video, then practice what you just learned. Give it a try. The website have some free videos to watch that will give you a feel for what you will go over in their courses. Here is the link:
http://www.video2brain.com/en/courses/mastering-exposure-in-digital-photography-learn-by-video
http://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/jpeg-vs-raw

Keepsake Loc: NC

I also have the 60D. I walked around in a daze until I got the Magic Lantern manual; it is so much simpler to understand.

George Kravis

I have the Canon 60D and a good all around lens that will give you a spacious wide angle and a long enough focal length for medium tele and portraits is the 15 to 85mm IS lens, f3.5 to 5.6, which has a 72mm filter thread and costs less than $700. A lower cost alternative with a longer range is the "kit" lenses, the 18-55 and the 55-250 that together go for less than $500, both IS. They've done well for me.

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

Thankyou very much
I shall take a note of all the advice and guidance I have received
Every one on the forum has been so helpful