I am an amateur digital photographer. I am familiar with Canon cameras, and unfortunately, can't pay the price of any of the digitial SLRs right now. I heard Sony and Nikon are the other two contenders.
2006-11-19 11:27:45 · 6 answers · asked by MusicalFab 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
There are lots of really good cameras out there that will do what you're asking and lots more. What you should really be asking yourself is how much control will a particular camera give you over the exposure and saving processes. If you're planning on day and night photography, then you will want a unit that will allow you a wide range of settings for white balance. If you are looking to shoot portraits, then that is more a characteristic of the lens and not the camera. So, interchangeability is what you'll want to consider here. Landscapes can also be enhanced with the proper lens, but shooting in manual mode on a tripod, then stitching the shots together in Photoshop can have dramatic results. Finally, try to find a unit that uses a CMOS processor rather than CCD and keep an eye on how long the camera takes to start up and save images. Good luck.
2006-11-19 11:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by cptdrinian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regarding the Panasonic G1, that is not a DSLR. It is a fairly good camera but I would not recommend it. There are only a couple of lenses available for it at the moment, no second hand market in lenses to get some bargains, and the viewfinder is an electronic viewfinder with a terrible refresh rate that is grainy, small and very difficult to use in low light. As far as proper DSLR's go then for £500 you have a lot of choice. I would recommend looking at second hand bodies. All the DSLR's I have bought have been second hand, I saved a lot of money which is handy to put towards glass. I am not going to just recommend my brand of camera (I shoot Canon by the way). I love Canon and I also love Nikon, Pentax, Olympus etc (not too keen on Sony to be honest but that's a different matter). ALL of these cameras will produce amazing images, the important part is which one do you feel most comfortable with?. Go into a store and handle all of the brands in your price range, I chose Canon simply because it felt better in my hand and I like the ergonomics.. That's it!. There is no point shopping around for the best price of a camera if it is the wrong camera for you. .
2016-05-22 05:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a good camera shop and ask to see what they have in a used Sony camera ...I have had two of them... currently I have put 6000 shots thur the one I have now it was 900.00 and I got if for 350 after only 17 shots had been put thru it. You can get them even cheaper if you go for a slightly less expensive model because lots of people get them then decide that they are too complicated to use when all one has to do is read the manual and practice good luck with your search shooting is great and looking at the result after a trip thru photoshop is way cool
2006-11-25 09:20:56 · answer #3 · answered by doc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might look at the panasonics. they have leica lenses so they give you major bang for the buck. i have a 4mp panasonic w/ the leica lense that could easily pass for a 6 megapixel!! the lense really made the difference. and they are totally affordable and cute to boot!
2006-11-26 07:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by lillyofthesticks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you want to shoot at night find something with a real low ISO, like 100.
2006-11-19 11:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by thejokker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to canon.com. canon has great cameras! a lot of pros use canons.
2006-11-21 07:00:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋