Canon Rebel K2, T2 and Other Rebel SLR's

Lens to buy next?

nobody@flickr.com (letscheerstothis) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:37:56 -0700

I got my K2 a year or two ago and it came with the 35-105mm, which he (the person who I bought it from) said was more of a beginner lens. Which lens do suggest I get next? What are your favorite lenses to use with the K2?

Reply to Compatibility T2 - EFS 18-55

nobody@flickr.com (mkrabb) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:19:53 -0700

mkrabb posted a reply:

You wouldn't be able to use the EF-S lens on the T2, but you could use the EF lens that fit on the T2 on you XSi DSLR. I own a T2i and I quite often will use my EF 28-90mm kit lens from my K2 film camera on my T2i. All the contacts on the EF lens line up with the contacts on the DSLR body, and the lens functions as it should.

Reply to Rebel EOS K2

nobody@flickr.com (mkrabb) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:10:35 -0700

mkrabb posted a reply:

I also own an EOS Rebel K2. I currently started shooting with it again since I'm in a black and white film photography class. They are great cameras. My only bit of advice is to be careful when focusing. The EF 28-90mm kit lens tends to be a bit "sloppy" when manually focusing it. The lens is just really touchy compared to other Canon lens I own. In auto focus mode it focuses nice and tight. The lens is a very sharp lens when it is in focus. If you do like using it, you might want to look into a lens hood for the lens. The lens tends to get alot of glare since the front lens is so convex. Overall the camera is an amazing film camera. You got it for a great price! I bought mine brand new in the early 2000's for about $250 in a kit with the EF 28-90mm lens. Hope you enjoy using it!

Rebel EOS K2

nobody@flickr.com (Mason8271) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:20:04 -0800

Mason8271 posted a new topic:

I just purchased a Canon Rebel EOS K2 with EF 28-90mm lens for $25.00. Its in great condition and everything seems to work well. Running a roll of film through it now. Can't wait to see how they turn out and post the photos on the groups site. Any recommendations for a newbie are greatly welcomed.

Reply to Canon EOS Rebel Ti 35mm SLR Price??

nobody@flickr.com (Great Beyond) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:01:57 -0700

Great Beyond posted a reply:

I often see the body for 20-30 bucks and the body+kit lens for 50 bucks on ebay. I'm thinking of picking up a second body just so I can shoot film and B&W at the same time!

Reply to Just got my k2- what a great find

nobody@flickr.com (Great Beyond) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:59:36 -0700

Great Beyond posted a reply:

2 bucks for a Diana? Wicked. The Canon is a pretty sweet find too - hell, the batteries alone will run 10 bucks!

Just got my k2- what a great find

nobody@flickr.com (vtwinkle) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:25:24 -0700

vtwinkle posted a new topic:

I found a really nice shape k2- with new batteries in it- for $60 at the local thrift astore- but here is the kicker- it has a beautiful condition 50mm f1.8 MKI Canon prime on it- the metal one- whooohooo

And right next to it was a Diana-F new in the box for $2 but that is for another flickr discussion group!

:-)

loading first roll this afternoon....

hmmmm- 160c or ektar 100...

Reply to Battery Life

nobody@flickr.com (justapaperbag) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:56:45 -0700

justapaperbag posted a reply:

It's funny that this topic came up. I put my T2 away for a little bit with strong CR2 batteries. I came back to it today (a few months later) and the batteries were dead. I noticed that I had left the pop-up flash up....maybe that had something to do with it.

For what it is worth, I also have the AA battery adapter/grip for the camera. It requires 4 AA batteries and I have gone a year of hard use without having to replace them.

Reply to Battery Life

nobody@flickr.com (narent23) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:48:16 -0700

narent23 posted a reply:

Yeah, mine seems to do the same

Reply to Looking at upgrading my flash

nobody@flickr.com (narent23) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:45:56 -0700

narent23 posted a reply:

The canon 430 EX II and 580 ex II are both excellent flashes. The 580 is more expensive but has a built in bounce card and high flash power.