Cheers straydingo & cruza driver, everyone is so helpful.
Have just created a comparison list to study
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Have just created a comparison list to study
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The Photo Sharing Thread with Tips and Hints (Part 2)
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If you are wanting reviews, then check this out.
http://www.dpreview.com/
And when you decide on a camera, compare prices to this site.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
http://www.dpreview.com/
And when you decide on a camera, compare prices to this site.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
If you're not sure about lugging a dsrl around, also look at some of the bridging cameras. They have the no shutter lag that attracts people to the dsrl without the weight. They also have full manual mode etc and many you can shoot in raw. Just remember that the images you aspire to are often (but not always) by people with many years of photography experience. In addition to sd, you also need to leaning about composition, reading the light, and other creative areas Including post processing.
They are the ones like the Canon SX50 we were talking aboutThanks Andrea, I hadn't even heard of bridging camera's.
Something else to think about.
I started my photography journey with a point and shot Canon Ixus and soon moved into a bridging camera - a canon S3IS, although back then i don't know if that is what they were called? Now have a Nikon D7000 with mulitple lenses. If you want Nikon information I can help with that. Don't know much about the current canon line up but its easily researched.
I was always a canon shooter (before my Nikon days). When I purchased my first DSLR the Nikon D90, I had a big decision and was comparing the Canon to the Nikon. Both, at the time, were roughly the same spec and image quality. What swayed me was the quality of the kits lenses. At that time nikon, from my research, had the better quality kits lenses and this is why I changed brands on what I believe was a very important purchase.
As others have said, you need to identify what you are going to be taking photos of primarily. The biggest thing with switching into a DSLR is the weight and bulk side of things. I have a friend who purchased a wizz bang DSLR for thousands of dollars because he believed he would get awesome photos by having a high spec camera. This is certainly not the case. The higher the spec the harder it is to get a great photo as you have to be more technically minded with the camera. If you get a DSLR and always have it in Auto mode, you might as well have a point and shoot or bridging camera as the quality of the pics is going to be basically the same and you have spent a great deal of coin for no real benefit except lugging around a bigger camera.
If you want to see some images I have taken check out my blog. Im happy to share any info i have.
Just my two cents worth anyway. Good luck with your purchase.
Ants
I was always a canon shooter (before my Nikon days). When I purchased my first DSLR the Nikon D90, I had a big decision and was comparing the Canon to the Nikon. Both, at the time, were roughly the same spec and image quality. What swayed me was the quality of the kits lenses. At that time nikon, from my research, had the better quality kits lenses and this is why I changed brands on what I believe was a very important purchase.
As others have said, you need to identify what you are going to be taking photos of primarily. The biggest thing with switching into a DSLR is the weight and bulk side of things. I have a friend who purchased a wizz bang DSLR for thousands of dollars because he believed he would get awesome photos by having a high spec camera. This is certainly not the case. The higher the spec the harder it is to get a great photo as you have to be more technically minded with the camera. If you get a DSLR and always have it in Auto mode, you might as well have a point and shoot or bridging camera as the quality of the pics is going to be basically the same and you have spent a great deal of coin for no real benefit except lugging around a bigger camera.
If you want to see some images I have taken check out my blog. Im happy to share any info i have.
Just my two cents worth anyway. Good luck with your purchase.
Ants
oh should have said, all blog pics are taken on my D7000. I can post some pics from my S3IS if you like too. Remember though if you want to see these that that model is quite old now.
I'll throw my hat into the ring and pledge my allegiance to Canon.
My first SLR was a Canon 1000F 35mm film body with 35-105 and a 100-300 lenses and took that O/S with me back in the early 90's.
Then years later upgraded to a 450D and rather than the standard twin kit lenses it came with I opted for an EF-S 18-200 IS lens. Kept that for a few years until I killed it with sea water:doh:
Managed to save the lens though.
I now have a 600D and don't think I'll bother upgrading again as I'm starting to get sick of carrying it all around.
I find I'm taking more photos on my Iphone these days....
My first SLR was a Canon 1000F 35mm film body with 35-105 and a 100-300 lenses and took that O/S with me back in the early 90's.
Then years later upgraded to a 450D and rather than the standard twin kit lenses it came with I opted for an EF-S 18-200 IS lens. Kept that for a few years until I killed it with sea water:doh:
Managed to save the lens though.
I now have a 600D and don't think I'll bother upgrading again as I'm starting to get sick of carrying it all around.
I find I'm taking more photos on my Iphone these days....