Hi Tamas,

My wife has an older Rebel and it's a nice camera. As far as lenses go,
the 18-135 is a lens that she has and is a much nicer lens than the
other two you mention, and actually costs more than the other two
combined. It is big and heavy but very sharp.

Bob

On Fri, May 10, 2013, at 04:03 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
> Hi list,
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> I am sure some of you are up to digital photography here, so I thought
> would shout out my dilema. I am constantly thinking of buying some DSLR
> camera -- only for fun, not for work or anything like that.
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> I was thinking about Canon Rebel T5i - I am flexible about the options
> out
> there, just heard good things about Canon. Any recon about the maker or
> the
> model?
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> For T5i I have seen a cheap option with two lenses (18-55mm and
> 55-250mm),
> both of the lenses are IS (Image Stabilized) and STM (read somewhere
> that's
> a better focus stepper motor behind the 3 letters)
> http://zeemo-digital.store.rakuten.com/p/canon-eos-rebel-t5i-700d-slr-cam=
era-w-ef-s-18-55mm-55-250mm-shooters/249380987.html
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> Other option with T5i is that pretty much for the same price I could get
> a
> singe lens option which is a 18-135mm IS STM. Sounds more flexible than
> having two optics (after all that is a 7.5x optical zoom compared to the
> two separate 3-3.5x ones).
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> What do you guys think, is there any better option out there than Canon
> (for similar price range)? Or Canon is ok but different model? If T5i is
> ok, then which pack would be a wise choice?

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