Anyone in PHOTOGRAHY class?

Question

I want to do photography this year. I need a good camera and I need tips, anyone got some ideas?

Answer 1

Get yourself a digital camera that records images in RAW format.

Perhaps Canon G5,G6 for compact or almost any Digital SLR.

RAW images are as recorded straight off the image sensor and are not compressed (most digital cameras process and compress the image in the camera). So you can review the raw data and your computer can process the data (instead of the camera), either with the shot settings you had at the time or using modified shot settings. You can also decide if you want to compress the image or not.

The beauty of digital is it doesn't cost anything unless you print the pictures.

happy shooting.

Answer 2

You think you asked an easy question? Ha!

How much is your budget? What kind of camera, film or digital? SLR with or without interchangeable lenses or a point-and-shoot?

WHAT are you interested in mostly? Different cameras have slight differences in features for varied interests and features to match. A salesman will offer you the camera that earns him a bigger profit so be cautious when asking a salesperson.

What you consider "good" may be an outdated camera in six months. What I consider a "good" camera may only be outdated in a year... if digital.

There are two schools of thought: those who still use and believe that film is better and prefer to scan the negatives for "digitizing" their work. Those who believe in new rage and technology is digital photography.

You can get a "good" camera (as long as it works, it is "good") for $50 and you can spend upward of $6,000 on a camera, too. Brand names do not matter much in the point and shoot cameras, they're basically all the same with variances in shape and color and minor changes in lenses. But, there are some cameras that offer a certain degree of reliability over others, and also the issue of lenses... some offer a great variety over the other brand while one offers a lens mount that has been around since 1959; all cameras can fit the same lens regardless of when the camera was made or the lens was made (NIKON). However, Canon puts out some very good cameras, as does Nikon and a few other companies, too.

When you buy a particular brand name camera, with interchangeability, you are buying into a system of lenses, too. They also have generic brand lenses but, from my own personal experiences, I won't go near them because they use inferior glass formulas, are inferior built and do not maintain resale values, and are total crap overall (in MY personal opinion and there are those that will disagree). You must consider the availability of lenses that you can buy and use on your camera. Different lenses for different uses, "fast" lenses are more expensive and some lenses offer features that cause the prices to go up (vibration reduction, for example, used in wildlife photography or low-light situations where a tripod is not feasible to use).

If you want to get into a good digital point and shoot with a rather nice all-in-one lens (I prefer interchangeable lenses with short zoom focal ranges... better quality image detail Thant those super-zooms), then get a Canon S3 IS. If you want a starter's camera with a good lens system, go wtih the Nikon D70S, or their newer D80 with the kit lens, recently released. If you want to start with a film camera, go with the Nikon N80 (for less than $150 used) which can be used for school which require a manual camera, aperture priority or shutter speed priority or totally automatic; it has spot metering, average metering and matrix metering, and all the possible features (self timer, on-demand grid lines, built-in flash for up to 6 feet, etc) most "professional" cameras bring but it is a scaled down version. It is very well built, ergonomically. Once you learn the principles of photography with this camera, learning digital photography will be much easier and you won't have spent so much in a great camera such as this one, and you'll find that you won't machine-fun the shutter button but will take your time and get few images but great photographs as you press the shutter button!

Answer 3

Depends if the class will cover digital, print or both. If you are considering both, look for a manufacturer, that makes lenses that are interchangable between their print & digital cameras - Like Nikon. I Use a Nikon D70 digital & 6006 print. I can use my Sigma 170-500 & 24-70 & Nikkor 70-210 on both bodies.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Hi,
Cannon or Nikon are good cameras.Just start taking pictures
and read popular photo mag or any digital mag .You can learn that way an avoid photo school. I have been a photographer for 30 years and self taught.Goo luck and have fun.
BOSGA

Answer 6

a canon rebel k2 is a great camera to start off with. and you should check out the link for photo tips.

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/rule-of-thirds/

Answer 7

not me! sorry!