Old Gear

[FiveseveN]

Anyone else with old gear?

I have a 12 year old Rebel XTi with a 60mm macro, 18-55 basic lens, and a 70-300 IS lens that seems to produce a lot of noise, especially at full zoom.

I bought the lenses at the same time. Is there anything I can do about the noise issue with the zoom? Not sure if the problem wasn't there before, or if I just didn't notice it before.

Other than the noise issue, I love my old equipment, and even if I eventually upgrade, will never part with it. (Unless it gets destroyed or something )

[TTMartin]

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@FiveseveN wrote:

Not quite that bad but yes. Less so with my macro lens, but still seems to be more than it should.

Got my eye on a camera body.... but will take a while to save for it. any idea how much it would cost to get my current one refurbished?

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The top and bottom picture above are the same picture at 400%. The only differene between the two is one has heavy global sharpenning applied. 

The problem is likely in your post processing rather than your camera.

[FiveseveN]

Nah, I'm talking raw image before doing anything, browsing through and checking them at 100% I think though, part of my problem is camera shake, just enough to blur things just a little.... I hadn't noticed before, but I think my hands shake a little, they didn't in the past.

There was I time I could take a sharp photo at 1/15 of a second hand held. Factory work hasn't been so kind 😞 oh well... the tripod needs to come out and play more often 🙂

My sensor is old, and my camera needs a good cleaning. 100iso macro with a tripod is pretty good. My kit lens (18-55) is ok in bright light, fast shutter, but not so much under 1/100th of a second without a tripod... my zoom lens IS motor may be failing, and actually causing some issues, still need to test that.

[Waddizzle]

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@FiveseveN wrote:

Nah, I'm talking raw image before doing anything, browsing through and checking them at 100% I think though, part of my problem is camera shake, just enough to blur things just a little.... I hadn't noticed before, but I think my hands shake a little, they didn't in the past.

There was I time I could take a sharp photo at 1/15 of a second hand held. Factory work hasn't been so kind 😞 oh well... the tripod needs to come out and play more often 🙂

My sensor is old, and my camera needs a good cleaning. 100iso macro with a tripod is pretty good. My kit lens (18-55) is ok in bright light, fast shutter, but not so much under 1/100th of a second without a tripod... my zoom lens IS motor may be failing, and actually causing some issues, still need to test that.

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Check out the Canon Online Store's Refurbished Section.  There should be a link the eStore home page in the lower right corner of most, if not all, of the forum pages.  I think you will benefit from the expanded ISO range of the newer models.  I don't think they make Rebels as robust as they used to.  

I think the current best value in the Canon lineup is the EOS 80D w/18-55mm STM lens.  The 18-55mm STM lens is a significant upgrade in performance over your current lens.  If you go with a Rebel, then go with a T6s.  I do not like the smallish battery in the newer T7i and 77D.

Upgrading your zoom can wait, if you do not use it a lot.  I would be inclined to save up, and wait for it to fail completely.  I would not recommend any of the EF 75-300mm lenses.  Either buy an updated version of your current lens, or the EF 70-200mm f/4L.

You might also consider buying a nice fast prime, like the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM, or the EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM.  Note the letters "STM" on the end of the model numbers.  That series of lenses uses STM technology for the focusing motors, and is Canon's latest.

[FiveseveN]

Thank you very much, I was looking at the 77d/7Di. will have to check out the 80D

[Waddizzle]

I have bought half a dozen DSLRs and given them away to friends and family, including two of these.

https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/eos-80d-ef-s-18-55mm-f-3-5-5-6-is-stm-kit-refurbished

At that price, it may not last the weekend.