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JennyUE
Location: Everywhere & Anywhere Gender: Female Total Likes: 256 likes
I sold my soul to the open road.
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 656 on 2/23/2015 9:13 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Okay so I have looked at like 10 pages on this thing, and you guys are speaking a whole other language. Really the only experience I have with cameras, are the $200 little digital ones you can buy. I know 90% nothing about cameras. I know how to "point and shoot", download pictures, and charge the battery. That's pretty much it. I understand the point of pixels, frame rates, and photo quality. Before, I used my camera more for documentation, and less to take some cool pictures. Looking at everyone else photos, I definitely feel like my photo quality can improve with an investment in a better camera (and also because I dropped mine in the cat water bowl and rice didn't save it).. Fortunately the SD card wasn't even in the camera, so that is completely undamaged. Onto my question: Can you just tell me what to buy, or explain stuff to me like I'm 5? Something that is easy for Urbex, small, usable with one hand if necessary, rechargeable battery, and probably in the $500-600 range. And has a tripod I can purchase. I'm guessing the Canon Rebel series will probably fit my needs (I'm researching them a little bit now), but I have no idea what I'm getting into.
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| Shawn W.
Location: Niagara Falls, NY Gender: Male Total Likes: 131 likes
Optimistic Pessimist
| | | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 657 on 2/23/2015 3:46 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by JennyUE Onto my question: Can you just tell me what to buy, or explain stuff to me like I'm 5? Something that is easy for Urbex, small, usable with one hand if necessary, rechargeable battery, and probably in the $500-600 range. And has a tripod I can purchase. I'm guessing the Canon Rebel series will probably fit my needs (I'm researching them a little bit now), but I have no idea what I'm getting into. |
Buy a Nikon D80 if you can do without video. The model is several years old, but it's still solid and provides good quality photos. They're going for around $200-$300 nowadays. If you feel that you need video, then get a D90, slightly more expensive due to being more recent, but close to the same price. As for lenses, get a 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5. Its optical quality is better than a 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens and it has a slightly longer range. You should be able to acquire a decent used one for less than $200. Regarding the battery, most cameras for sale will come with one or two, as well as a charger, so look for the ones that do, and as for a tripod, you should be able to find cheap ones available in a lot of places, but make sure that they have a maximum height of at least 60". Edit: To address the "usable with one hand" part of your statement, no SLR can meet that requirement, unless you're unconcerned with blurry photos, and I wouldn't recommend it for a point-and-shoot either for the same reason, though you have more wiggle room due to the lighter weight. Only a cell phone camera will be easily usable with one hand, and that'd be a step down from the p&s cameras that you've used.
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