any favorite cameras???

Question

im looking for a camera thats high quality yet afordable....i love taking pictures and im hoping to be a future photographer. but first i need THE perfect camera for the job. help!

Answer 1

Consumer digital cameras are affordable, but they won't teach you anything about (the technical side of) photography.

If you're going digital, the bare minimum you should get is one of them Rebels.

Since film is going out of style these days, however, you can get truly excellent film SLRs for reasonable prices. You'll still have to pay for lenses, of course, though you can develop and scan the film yourself.

The secret to great photography is NOT a great camera. It doesn't hurt, but if you can't compose a pretty picture, it doesn't matter how much your system cost.

Don't get too hung up on the technical side before you learn how to compose a good picture. Any camera will work for that, even crappy disposables.

Here's a good book about creative composition:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817441816/sr=8-1/qid=1153872852/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8429019-7801618?ie=UTF8
Any of John Hedgecoe's books are good, too.
http://www.amazon.com/s/002-8429019-7801618?ie=UTF8&index=books&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank&field-author-exact=John%20Hedgecoe

Answer 2

I am a semi-professional artist/photographer. THE perfect camera does not exist. What does exist is at least five groups of folks willing to give you their opinions.

That being said, my preference? I love my camera, with all of its good and bad points: the Canon Digital Rebel EOS 350XT. The back of the camera is about $700. It is 8.3 megapixels. It's sensor is incredible. You can use ISO 1600 and make it work. I shoot by candle light. There are tons of lenses for it.

My lenses:
10-22 mm EF-S wide-angle
28-135mm USM Image Stabilized (my everyday lens)
50 mm f/1.4 low light crisp and beautiful
100-400mm L series Image Stabilized telephoto

Bad points about the Canon 350XT:
1. the viewfinder is small
2. the camera is not waterproof
3. the sensor is not 22 megapixels
4. Av spot metering is not there

Good points
1. it is wicked fast in turn on to shoot time
2. it is thermally quiet, the ISO 1600
3. it shoots RAW (and JPG if you wish)
4. it uses CF cards
5. it is inexpensive
6. all recent Canon lenses fit on it
7. the battery seems to last forever

Anyway, feel free to look around my galleries. Ask questions. I can direct you to more review sites. Do not settle for anything less than a dSLR type camera. You will outgrow everything else.

Answer 3

depending on what price range you are looking for. . . the Canon PowerShot is as really good digital camera, I have a Powershot A75 which retailed at less than $200. I was leary of a digital but after using it I would not go back to film. I have a photographer friend who uses both but she is beginining to prefer the digital. I compared cameras on the WebShots site and got some really good information. good luck looking!

Answer 4

The Camera Eye-Rush Kodachrome-Paul Simon

Answer 5

To help find the best camera for you, check out http://www.dpreview.com/

They do an excellent job of reviewing digital cameras. In fact, in addition to an opinion on the camera, the review usually gives you more information than the camera manual

Answer 6

I still love my Minolta SRT-101 that I got in 1969 for $160 and still works perfectly!

I always wanted a Leica M4, Hasselblad 500C and Roliflex, but I never had the cash!

The thing I hate about today's cameras is they are made of plastic! My camera is metal frame, die cast aluminum body, stainless steel flange.

Answer 7

Finepix s9000. About $500. A 28-300nm zoom lense non-DSLR camera with almost all the features that you'll find in a $2000 DSLR camera with zoom lenses.

Answer 8

Consumer Reports rated digital cameras in last months issue.

Answer 9

Well I always use an Olympus Camera Usually, It're pretty good and pretty cheap.

Answer 10

Definately a NikonD50.