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Photography tips and tricks
grantm:
I understand quality costs, however as a starter kit where is a good place to begin, looking at Canon eOS 600D, with 18 - 55mm & 75 - 300 lens's, new price is $749, seems like OK value, would you consider this a relatively good starting point, would also look at purchasing a quality flash and some filters in time.
If not where do I start, want to keep under $1,000
Thanks Grant
BMux:
Hey Grantm, what sort of things are you interested in photographing?
When would you be using your gear, on holiday / travelling, or quite often such as a hobby?
Do you have any current photography gear (lenses etc.) or would this be starting from scratch?
grantm:
Hi mate, from scratch, have done a bit in the past back in film days, had a reasonable nikon set up, but camera gear all gone now and really lost touch with the newer technology with the DLSR. Wanting to get back in mainly a hobby, have a point and shoot for travel which is not bad but very limited,
As far as what I want to photograph anything really, I like many others enjoy it
BMux:
OK well anything new under $1000 is either going to be a point and shoot (which is what you have now) or an entry level crop sensor DSLR.
The Canon 600D - 700D range are good entry level DSLRs. The image quality is about the same on all of them, the newer models offer small improvements such as a touch screen. They do decent video as well.
From the Nikon range, the Nikon D3300 is similar to the above in image quality and is a good entry level DSLR. If you want to do decent video as well, consider the D5300 which also adds an articulating screen, WiFi and GPS. A kit with the 18-140mm lens would be around $1000 - $1200.
For the price you looking at paying, I wouldn't say it matters between getting Canon or Nikon, so don't get caught up on that. Just get the best deal you can, i.e don't spend too much. I would suggest getting a general purpose lens that can cover a wider range of focal lengths, so that you can see where you enjoy shooting (close up objects, portraits or wildlife, birding or even astrophotography). Then you can buy another lens or two at the focal lengths you enjoying shooting at.
Crop sensor DSLRs (the ones mentioned above) aren't so good in low light conditions as their more expensive full frame cousins, and the kit zoom lenses aren't exactly the pinnacle of the optical high quality charts. However, these camera's can and will take good photos. Have a look at the two books I mentioned earlier in this thread. I recommend reading both of them if you interested in photography and would like to take your DSLR out of "auto" mode and use it like it was meant to be used.
If you enjoy it heaps, and find yourself limited at some point with the gear you have, then you can sell the cheap gear and invest in quality glass and a more expensive body.
Jimbo14:
I have the original 5D which is a full frame sensor @12.6 megapixel, and a 5D MK II, which is also a full frame camera at 24 megapixel.
If there is one thing to remember about photography, that would be that everything is a trade off. Increase some thing over here and it will be to the detriment of some thing over there.
When it comes to what camera... All cameras now days are good. The more you spend however the functionality you have at your finger tips without having to go through menus or pressing two buttons at a time.
The quality of a photo is in the lense, as it is the lense that pulls the light back together to form a sharp image. The same as the eye, the eye is nothing but a lense, and the brain is the sensor!
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