Upgrading body or getting printer, flashes etc.?

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Hi guys I have got some money to spend and Im not quiet sure if its better to upgreade my body (1000d at the moment) to 40/50D. Or spend a bit of money on flashes and good printer etc.
 
Only you know what you "need";)

My first choice would be decent glass, depending, of course, on how much money you have to play with.....
 
Ive got about £300 and if i decide to upgrade body can sell my current one, for about £200-250 I suppose. so that gives me just enouth money for 50d. For 300 ive seen I could get Epson p50 printer, 2 Youngo flashes with stands and umbrellas, and few accesories like othech strap (because canons one herts my neck)etc.
 
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Ive got about £300 and if i decide to upgrade body can sell my current one, for about £200-250 I suppose. so that gives me just enouth money for 50d. For 300 ive seen I could get Epson p50 printer, 2 Youngo flashes with stands and umbrellas, and few accesories like othech strap (because canons one herts my neck)etc.
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Unless there's something specific that a 50D will do that your 1000D won't then go for the printer etc. The only reason to upgrade a body (or anything else for that matter) is if it isn't up to the task....
 
between your 3 zoom lenses you could sell the 35-80 and top up your funds from that as both other lenses overlap this lens to some degree. Even sellnig the kit lens and getting a better walk about lens.

as stated the reason for an upgrade has to come from you. you know what you shoot and where your limitations lie.
 
Yes I was thinking about selling them, but where should I sell them? I don't like selling on ebay.

Maybe MPB, but do they pay reasonable money?
 
Lighting -> Glass -> Body

With well lit shots my old 300D with kit lens looks frickin awesome!
Using a nice lens my old 300D looks frickin awesome!
My old 300D sucks! :D

If you want to go the artificial light route then a little bit of Yongnou would do you well, actually could probably put together a 2 light kit with stands, triggers and brollys for £200 and buy the printer as well.

If you don't want to get into flash then maybe a 17-50 2.8, 85/1.8, 100/2.8 macro... something along those lines would help out a lot
 
I want to buy some more flashes, right now ive got Yongnou 460II but one isn't enough sometimes. I am going to buy another 2 from Youngou, however should I go for another 460 or 560(which are a bit more expensive)? Also I was looking at Cactus triggers and I think they will suit me just perfect.

Also is 17-50 2.8 any good lens?
 
I'd drop the cash on some more flash (ahem) and then get some nice glass.

The 17-50 is a highly rated lens that will do you very well on that body... I prefer prime lenses, but that's just me.
 
A printer is something im surley gona get, so that will cost me 90quid, and then 2-3 Youngno flashes with triggers thats about 100 + stands and (should i get umbrellas) about 30.

That leaves me with about 100 still to be spendend, that isn't enough for 17-50.
I may buy some other lens, it must be EF as im looking to buy 5D in close future. Any recomendations, I'd like some wide-angel ?
 
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I'd avoid cactus triggers, had a few and ended up buying rf-602s later anyway and i'm much much happier. The cactus were so temperamental that shooting with them was no fun, total waste of money in my case. Rf-602s are much better, don't think i've had a misfire yet in similar conditions to the cactus which were failing 75-80% of the time. Not tried the rf-603 kits yet.
 
I'd say flash too, as body won't get you any new shots and home printing gets expensive and professional prints are so cheap these days.
 
professional prints are not that cheap, its about 3-4quid for A4 print. it is cheap if you print like one page a the time, however if you print 30 photographs or so is £90-£120 for that price you get a printer with a set of papers and inks.
 
snapmad.com do some good prints at less than half that figure and there is no delivery charge, i never home print anymore! i leave the calibration ink cost to the company, not had a bad result yet!
 
Nice website. I may consider that. Because the price is really good.
Are the prints a proper good quality?
SO that way I may pick my self some glass as well (probably second hand)
 
prints are really good, fuji archive paper, even give you the resolution size for the best quality! thety have never let me down.
 
Thanks mate. I will try them and then decide, whether to buy a printer or not
 
Another printer to look at is DSCL, very highly regarded on here.

With printing at home you have to factor in ink prices etc, Epson used to have a page on their website which would predict running costs for their printers depending on papers etc, nowhere near as cheap as you would think. Then you have all the set up costs for creating colour profiles etc and if a print messes up it's you that pays, not the print company.
 
Nice ane they are even cheaper. :)
Yes I know after buying a printer costs doesn't end, that you have to consider costs of calibration, papers, inks etc. But it also depends on how meny prints you're doing. I was printing with jessops till now and was satisfied however they quiet expensive. So after few calculations I though I can buy a printer and save a half of what im spending in jessop. But now (if the prints will be good) it's no point of getting a printer.

thanks :)
 
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