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Forums: Equipment: Recommendations for a noob?
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 Abbatoir NoisesPosted: 5th Nov 2008 Time: 8:10 PM |
Evenin' all. I'm a relative newbie to all this photography malarky, but it's turning rapidly into a bigger hobby of mine. Can anyone recommend a half decent camera I could get my grubby mitts on, as opposed to my rapidly outdating digital camera? |
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CanonCaliber Posted: 6th Nov 2008 Time: 10:27 AM Updated:6th Nov 2008 10:42 AM |
I dont know about digital cameras other than if you want the quality of a £200 film camera you'll need a £1000 digital camera. If you want the quality of a Bronika ETRSi medium format film camera (secondhand @ £250) you'll need a £20,000 digital camera.
I use film cameras and scan the negatives in with a "Epson Perfection 4490"(@£100)scanner, 35mm film scans to 6650x4220 (=@30Mpixel) 6.0*4.5 medium format film scans to 9980x7000 (=@70Mpixel). But each negative costs @ 40p excl printing So If you take loads and loads of pictures buy a quality digital camera,if you want to take a few high quality photos buy a film camera and scanner(with a tranparency hood) Check out this site and its forums There's some good advice and many fabulous photos, but you'll need broadband to view the photo galleries. www.dcresource.com/forums/ |
 WheelybirdPosted: 6th Nov 2008 Time: 9:01 PM |
Well it depends on what your budget is really.
I'm sure the entry-level Canon or Nikon SLRs will be more that adequate. The camera body on those ought to last you a while; it's the lenses that you'll want to upgrade as soon as possible. The lenses you get with the kits are normally good quality, but you might consider a longer zoom lens and/or a wider angle lens. You might also want to get a flash too. Even if you don't get extra lenses you might still consider a tripod and maybe a remote shutter control for low-light situations. Oh, and a bag to carry everything around in! Do a google search for dpreview. It's a great sire for digital camera reviews. |
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KipperFillets Posted: 29th Dec 2008 Time: 2:51 PM |
Wheelybird has the right idea.
Most SLR's nowadays will meet your requirements. If you haven't already got a camera (for Christmas?) I'd probably recommend you look at Nikon or Canon. You'll get the widest range of lenses and the extra equipment will be cheaper as well. If you're into lots of long-range telephoto shots you could look at the Olympus range. Their sensors are 2x magnification (as opposed to 1.5/1.6x or Nikon/Olympus) so you get more zoom for the same f stops. You won't be getting any cheap wide-angle lenses for them though... |
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Abbatoir Noises Posted: 2nd Jan 2009 Time: 9:12 PM |
Thanks for the really great advice. And also apologies for my horrendous slowness in replying.
However... *hahaha* Without my knowledge, my mum and mrs have very kindly conspired to get me a camera for Christmas. It's not a bad one (10mp anyone?) and not wishing to sound ungrateful, just not the unnecessarily high spec one I'd have probably bought for myself. *sigh* So, I'll have to wait a bit longer before I can invest in a new half decent camera... |
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mortcdz Posted: 3rd Jan 2009 Time: 8:25 PM |
10 mega pixel is plenty good enough for an A4 photoprint. You'd be surprised how many folk with big cameras haven't got the first clue how to use them properly (or maybe not surprised).
Go out there and make use of the camera (and post stuff on here for us to see!) and remember, its the photographer who takes the pictures, not the camera. |
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