I am really interested in photography and want to take it up as a hobby. I dont need a top of the range camera, but i am willing to spend money for something of good quality. My maximum would be $1000 - $2000. Can anyone suggest something? Thanks!
2007-12-11 16:51:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
There's another alternative which you should check into: The new Olympus DSLR E-510 10 megapixel 2-lens camera kit with built-in image stabilization and active CMOS which is found only in the Nikon 200 and 300. And the E510 can be set to "vivid" colors. The 2-lens starter kit sells for around $689 at samys.com which currently does not charge the $58.00 CA sales tax up through Wednesday, December 12th.
Good luck!
2007-12-11 17:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go here for the best photography course: http://photography-course.info
You can be like the masses of humanity and buy a camera you can afford that has auto this and that for worry free picture taking. And learn through trial and error how to use something like aperture or shutter priority auto modes or even attempt to use the thing on full manual mode.
You seem to know already there is some thinking to using a camera and to take pictures. A good place to start is by reading the owners manual that comes with a camera. Read the information and look at the illustrations with part names and look at the real camera. Handle the camera and take pictures. Let me rephrase that. Take pictures to learn how to use the camera and maybe even to keep some. Don't start with important stuff you cannot photograph over again such as birthdays, a toddlers first steps. That puts picture taking out of the learning phase and puts the pressure and emphasis to taking pictures for real and to keep.
These first pictures are for you to learn how to use your camera. And you have learned how to use your camera when you can take pictures with it and can teach others how to use it. Honest. You can also go to a college in your area and take a beginning photography course. There you will be taught the basics even a pro must learn and do in their work. Camera handling and use, taking exposures with film and/or digital cameras, and maybe even some photo assignments to get some real time learning. In this learning do not take serious pictures you must keep as that detracts from the learning aspect of the class. Do so only if you have mastered the use of your camera before class is over.
It's like growing up in a way. And I am happy you know there is a way to learn how to use a camera and take pictures. It's like learning how to drive I suppose. Someone can teach you or you can get taught at a driving school. Both will get you a drivers liscense. One though will really teach you the fundamentals you can use for the rest of your driving career.
2014-10-28 21:53:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Top of the range camera?
Nikon D300 or Canon 40D are the best choices, but if you want to be able to get some good lenses, I'd actually suggest a Nikon D80, then using the leftover money to get some decent lenses and a Nikon SB-800 or getting the Canon Digital Rebel XTi and again, spend the rest of the money on lenses and a flash.
Handle the camera(s) you're looking at to make sure it's a good fit for you and that it handles properly, that the buttons and menus make sense to you, and that it has good ergonomics. Don't buy a camera that you have doubts about or doesn't feel right.
2007-12-12 06:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by anthony h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the new Pentax DSLR line, K100D Super and K10D. The K100D has 6.1mp, the K10D has 10mp. Both have Image Stabilization (IS) in the camera body and both can use every K-mount lens made since 1975. Yes, you'll have to manually focus them but at least they'll have IS.
The Jan. 2008 issue of Shutterbug Magazine has a review of the K100D Super and reviewed the K10D in a previous issue. Go to shutterbug.com and type the model in the Search box. You can also read reviews of these cameras at dpreviews.com.
2007-12-12 07:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samsung Digital....
cheap, easily deletable, has editng and other features plus a program for computer...
can use rechargeable digital batteries
easy to print from wal-mart/ or other kodak centers/
or if you're going paperless... you can keep it on your computer or on a disk...
Great for a beginner and pretty decent quality of pictures once you learn about lighting techniques
2007-12-12 01:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by TrueBlue 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋