Getting Image Files from the T3i via USB

jeffamm — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:04:44 GMT

I'm currently using an old EOS Digital Rebel with an 18-55mm lens, which I use for product photography (for website). The business is growing so I'm taking a lot of photos, and it's getting cumbersome to keep removing the CF card and load in PC. I want to upgrade to a setup that doesn't need a card to move between camera and PC - either something with a USB port or wireless. Can anyone verify that the T3i works the way I think - I'll run a USB cable from the camera to the PC and I can pull the pictures off the camera easily, like accessing a hard drive? Or am I wrong about that? I'll need a USB cable that is 10' long or so, which I also don't think is a problem, but it would be good to hear that someone else is using it this way and that it works.

I'm also looking for a lens recommendation, as I'll probably buy the body only rather than get another 18-55mm. I'd like something with a little bit more zoom capability (to get a little tighter), and it would be good to have some macro ability. Any suggestions on a Canon lens?

Final question - I'd like to have a larger screen hooked up to the camera, to get a bigger view of what I'm shooting or just shot while still at the camera. Can I do that with a T3i?

thanks

Re: Getting Image Files from the T3i via USB

ebiggs1 — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:24:21 GMT

A T3i will do all you ask. BTW, it doesn't use a CF card; it uses SD cards.

It will come with a short USB cable but you can get "powered" USB cabels 75 feet long or more.

You can tether the T3i to a laptop with Lightroom.

Best buy in a Canon lens is the EF 24-105mm f4 L. No lens is going to excel at every possibile situation. Thus the beauty of a DSLR as you can taylor the lens to the job. But this one will come very close.

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Getting Image Files from the T3i via USB

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