These have been discontinued for a while now. I'm quite amused that they took so long to remove these models from their website.

All of a sudden, the SX20IS and the SX120IS are no longer on the Canon India website! It could be that they are discontinuing sales of these 2 models.

SX20IS and SX120IS appear same at the first instant of mentioning!! It happened with me too, when a friend of mine said SX20IS, I mistook it for SX120IS!!

With the prices of 1000D and SX20IS being in the same bracket, one is tempted to buy the DSLR but it is not suitable to all. So, think before you buy!!!

JFYI, in the last two years, I have been shooting mostly between 35mm and 50mm or once it a while at 120mm!! I wish some manufacturer launches a camera like the Fuji X100 for $200. I dont mind a 1/1.8" sensor if not the APS-C sensor. I further dont mind, if its a manual focus camera(the maker can save some money here to achieve the $200 mark!!)

I mentioned that the price of the EOS 1000 is almost the same as SX20IS, NOT SX120IS.

If SX20IS is affordable, choose this over SX120/SX130IS. The performance of SX20IS is faster and better than SX130IS/SX120IS.

With 1100D around the corner, the prices of EOS1000D will go down further.

I checked the link. It says 1000D is twice the price of SX 120 IS .

Yes, the PowerShot SX130S and the younger sibling SX120S are good choices, along with the SX20IS. They let you do more than just point-and-shoot, and are not as expensive as DSLR's.
However anyone looking for an affordable DSLR can try the Canon EOS 1000D. However, the EOS and the SX20IS cost almost the same.
Visit these links on the Canon India website

PowerShot SX120 IS - Digital Cameras - Canon India

PowerShot SX130 IS - Digital Cameras - Canon India

PowerShot SX20 IS - Digital Cameras - Canon India

EOS 1000D Kit (EFS 18-55) - Digital Cameras - Canon India

Thinking of getting SX130 IS and its in my budget also. Street price is around 11500. Lets see if I have any other options.

extend your budget by 1k more and get panasonic lumix TZ8/Canon powershot SX 130 IS

Need suggestion

Hi there,

i wanted to get a nice cost effective professional cam. I'm using Sony H10 for couple of years and have a good hold.

Suggest me a good cam. NIKON r CANON

Guys suggest any good PS camera in range of 10-12K.

We are really fortunate to have you on this forum. The knowledge you are passing is invaluable. Thank you very much sir!

Safety precautions???
You have the answer already!! Its for the people who love that labour!!!
Its going to cost you!!! But how much is reasonable depends on person to person!!


Another reason i went the film route is to learn developing b&w film and from there on I can take up Medium format and subsequently the large format!!


PS: I think we should start another thread for "film photography".

Note to MODS: If you think all the previous post related to film photography should be in a separate thread, please create a new thread and move these posts to that thread!!

No problems kkrk!
I have a Nikon Coolscan a dedicated film scanner. This produces 60mb file of a single 35mm negative. Document scanner are no good for 35mm film. They ok for medium and large format films.

First, processing films at home is too cumbersome and not worth it. At least for me.
The chemicals used for processing films are acidic and not safe. I am sure they are restricted on flights. Do you thinks it's worth all the hassles? I will only shoot films if there is anybody who will process them that too at reasonable cost.
Henry

Damn! I am embarrassed now !! I apologize sir! I happen to see the activity there in the forum and assumed that you have not been there!! Yes I was expecting you to be busy with work and this was one of the reason for my assumption. I apologize once again.

Well yes, its quite a time taking procedure in India too but definitely not 6 months!!! Its around 1 month. But you should have your own scanner(I am supposing you have one or have access to one). I think for the slides a good document scanner would be sufficient. I have seen the results of slides scanned on entry level document scanner and was surprised with the output. Some of friends use Epson V300 for both negatives and slides. Some of them use Epson V500. And one uses Epson V700. Some of my negatives are scanned on this V700.

I have not used their services but I will get in touch with my friends in Hyderabad and get the address. Just give me two/three days.


E6 and C41, we havent tried at home but we did b&w processing of both color and b&w negative films at my friends place. He has a small black room made of thick black cloth. Also, I heard about bags which can used to load the film into the spirals but i have never use them or seen them. Finding chemicals in India isnt tough but I am not aware of the situation in UAE. Is there any restrictions there getting chemicals from abroad. Some of the folks in flickr community(film india) were talking about importing powder based chemicals but I have never tried that route!!


You are absolutely right there sir!!! And thats why I was referring to others who did it!!


Thats something I never knew!!!


Thats why I was asking about external power source (may be DC via a adapter).



Thankfully I live in place where I can see stars from 7PM onwards!! In this place, there are not sodium vapour lamps and we have very less air pollution and good number of trees to clean any polluted air!!


Thats one camera I wanted to buy in pristine condition with 50mm f1.4 (though 1.2 is more desired!! ). But first let me save up!!!