what kind of camera can i buy thats not too expensive but takes professional pics?

Answer 1

Casio EX-S600.

Answer 2

Film? Get any camera that's more than 30 years old. Cameras from the 70s can be incredibly cheap in pawn shops, on eBay, etc. They take pictures just as nice as modern professional cameras that cost thousands of dollars, they just have fewer fancy and automatic features (which are not really necessary) and you have to know what you're doing a little more to use them. It's not difficult though! Just look it up on the internet or in the manual if you can find one. Many websites have PDF copies of manuals for old cameras that you can download for free, and it's easy to find a manual if you get a major brand name camera. Get one where you can change the lens (which will also be an SLR). I suggest the Konica Autoreflex series if you want a specific name, that's what I have and it certainly does the trick. But in general pretty much any camera that's survived this long and still works is good. And get an f1.4 lens, the narrow focus range makes pictures look WAY more professional. If you take pictures of pretty much any random thing at f1.4 it will look like a professional shot, with dramatically soft-focus background, etc. That's a cheap trick though, haha.

Digital? Get something from the Canon PowerShot series, as they are the only inexpensive ($500 for the newest models, much less for the older ones) digital cameras with fully manual features. Many digital cameras have manual exposure but the PowerShot series cameras are the only inexpensive ones that also have manual focus, and if you want to take professional pictures that's very useful to have.

Answer 3

Better buy which ever model that comes with the pro photographer attached!

Seriously, there are many good and great cameras in the market, and some that are pretty bad. The best thing you can do to improve your photography is buy a few good beginning photography books. Learn about camera settings and how they affect your photos, learn about lighting and composition, and study good pictures of other photographers, think about how they captured their image, and how you could make one of your own similar to it.

Then research cameras before you buy. www.dpreview.com, www.stevesdigicams.com, and cnet are good resources for info and reviews.

Good luck!

Answer 4

The Casio EXZLIM Z1000 is a good camera with loads of functions on it...Its 10 million megapixels and well worth the money as the picture quality is fab..

Answer 5

Professional pictures are taken by the person behind the camera, not by the camera itself

Answer 6

film or digital?
for film, get one of any number of used SLR's, pentax, canon, minolta, olympus, that other brand that is nowhere near as good as people think, etc.
another good option would be a seagull twin lens reflex medium format camera. you can definitely get pro quality out of that camera, and it only costs 150 bucks or less, brand new.

if you don't have any darkroom experience, take a photography class at your local community college.

as for digital, it is hard to get a really nice digital camera for cheap, especially if you want a digital SLR. your best bet for an inexpensive new digital slr would probably be the pentax.