i wanted to buy a dslr camera i currently have a 10mp compact camera but i want something better.
i was thiniking the canon EOS 350d
is this one good for beginners?
2007-06-06 03:08:09 · 7 answers · asked by wanecreasey1 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
The Canon 350D (a.k.a. Digital Rebel XT) is a good camera, I think you will like it. There is the XTi that just came out, if you're interested in keeping a little more current (at a cost of course).
It is just fine for beginners because it has "green mode" which is like auto on point and shoot cameras. I hope you'll soon grow out of this mode, and use the advanced features. Personally, I shoot 75% of the time in Aperture priority (Av mode). 20% in manual, and 5% other modes.
Remember that you're buying into a *system*. If you like the Canon system (as I do), then great. Here's what is likely to happen:
You'll buy a digital camera and a couple lenses now. You'll start to upgrade. Maybe a nicer lens, maybe a nicer camera body. You constantly upgrade, that's normal. So I'm just saying you should also look at the other cameras and lenses in the product line, because even though they maybe be out of budget now, you're likely to be moving there some day.
Canon and Nikon are the big two, and the four-thirds system is next. A friend of mine has the Olympus and it seems very nice, but I haven't used it myself.
Check out www.dpreview.com for product specs, reviews, and forums.
2007-06-06 06:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by oceanofapathy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the entry level offerings from Nikon(D40/D40x/D50/D70s/D80) would be great as would the Canon offerings(300D/350D/400D).
The more important thing to understand is that the lenses and your ability to recognize a good subject and get the exposure right are more important than the camera body.
The best thing to do is to look at the research on all the bodies, pick a few that seem like they will meet your needs, then go out to a store and handle the bodies and see which ones feel right and have the controls where they seem to make the most sense to you.
I for one like the Nikon system better than anything else, but the Canon line is very capable.
A DSLR will help you learn this and understand the basics.
2007-06-06 05:23:42 · answer #2 · answered by gryphon1911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably want to lean towards eithe canon or nikon just because of lens availability and product support. With that said, the 300,350, and 400ds from canon are great. As for Nikon, the D40,50,70,80 and 100 are all good cameras. I would recommend going to a camera shop and trying out the cameras before you buy one. From my experience, Nikon's menu system and over handling are more intuitive, but I prefer the Canon image sensors. So, it's really a toss up. It will come down to which camera you find more comfortable to use.
2007-06-06 05:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by xtort000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A compact digicam is commony understand as a factor and shoot. And it's precisely that. It is supposed to be compact so you'll factor it and shoot it with out doing something. An SLR has the entire matters everyone mentioned given that it deliver the photographer the potential to installed the digicam in some way to make use of their ability and capabilities to acquire the fine shot, by way of keeping apart or exaggerating an detail within the scene. For illustration I noticed one wherein a white horse stands proud over a stormy discipline. The photographer over uncovered the movie slightly to make the pony so much brighter than the discipline. If he did it with a compact, the automated meter within the digicam might have made the filed lighter and the pony darker, night out at a run of the mill grey. It will have additionally targeted at the grass, leaving the pony out of attention.
2016-09-05 23:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by vandeventer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the canon rebels are good for beginners with a lot of features. I reccomend them for anybody. Plus you can get the 300, and 350d's cheap on ebay if you look hard enough
2007-06-06 03:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by Abe H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think wisely before purchasing something, why don't you ask in store at a camera shop which would be the best for a beginner?
my friend recently purchased a canon one, she says its good =D
2007-06-06 04:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by nicoley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is but I prefer the fugi line for beginers . i just purchased the nikon d40 and it sold for 600.00 dollars would not reccomend for a beginer.
2007-06-06 03:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋