Canon EOS XS (1000D), a tripod, 8gb class 6 SD card, and a spare battery


now to charge it and play with it for a few days before i have to send it to my mom...who its for

This should be fun, now to go read the manual whilst the first battery charges.... oh, and play Reach, which was in the same package, woot! good friday

the 1kd is a sexy camera to mess around with. What does your mom do?

Congrats man! Great starter setup.. but my instincts tells me that the tripod will be a waste of money.

Shes DONE alot of things, firefighter, EMS, blood technician (whatever its called), army, etc, now shes back in school to become a primary school teacher, but shes always liked photography and will be using it mostly as a hobby and to take portraits, nature shots, etc



maybe so, the lens it came with has IS, which is nice, but if your taking portraits a tripod is a must IMO, plus it was only $30, which is a small cost considering the camera itself is $499

I don't believe it is wise to put off the tripod as something insignificant and not worth an investment especially if you'll be taking nature shots... inexpensive tripods are usually very lightweight with not much stability so let's say you're taking a landscape shot and it's very windy... would you trust this 30 dollar tripod to keep your 500 dollar camera from being blown by the wind?

This. Those $30 tripod are fine for P&S. Just try mounting the DSLR onto those (Dolica i assume?) tripod and it'll wobble like hell. Quality legs are a must for dedicated nature/ macro photographer. I was told to buy the best legs i could afford to prevent having to upgrade and i'm glad i took that advice.

The bare minimum for a good tripod IMO is a Manfrotto 190XPROB.

your right, the tripod is light, but its usually not all that windy in washington unless theres a major storm, in which case it would be stupid to use the camera outside anyways, and indoors it will be fine, besides it has a hook which you can hang a weight off of for added stability, if needed





yeah its a cheap dolica, but much like the camera, it was stuck in a budget, and newegg only, in the future if she needs/ can afford it she can get a better one at her own discretion :-/

This post was edited by Ice98 on Sep 17 2010 08:50pm

I brought a $30 dolica off newegg when i had a P&S as well, not sure if i brought the same model you did. I tried mounting my lighter Rebel XSi to the tripod. Turned on live view and it would not stop shaking indoors. The weight from the DSLR alone if too much for it.. I can't imagine hanging anything else on it for fear that the legs will snap.

well it does say it has nearly a 9-pound weight limit, and the little XS is well within that range with the provided lens, im sure with a bigger lens, flash, etc it would get heavier though


its this tripod

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830997660&cm_re=tripod-_-30-997-660-_-Product

LOL. That is the exact same one. It's sitting in my garage now lols.

Yeah.. it's not gonna hold. Try it when it arrives. :S I suggest returning it.