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Originally Posted by EdelineM
so 50D is not a good camera? is 50D great for taking portraits or weddings?
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50D is a good camera. They're
all pretty much good cameras. But a new 50D body is $1000. A new T1i body or used 40D body is $700. A used 30D about $550. For a first-time dSLR purchase, the extra money is probably better spent on good lenses.
Yes, the 50D can do portraits and weddings, but so can the 40D (and 30D). And whether you can shoot portraits/weddings depends as much (or more) on your secondary gear: having fast lenses with wide max. apertures (and external flash gear) may be more important than having the incremental upgrades the 50D has over the older models.
If you're new to SLRs, you have to get over the thinking that the camera body is the most important purchase and everything else is an accessory. With SLR photography, your bodies, lenses, and other equipment make up a system as a whole and you're likely to spend more on lenses than on bodies. And the camera bodies are probably the most disposable/upgradeable portion of that system, since it's now computer equipment and you're likely to upgrade within three to five years.