I need a little advice.
Dec 3, 2011 03:52:52 #
I am enjoying my first DSLR a Sony A330. I also needed advice and found this website: http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/ through a simple process of answering a few simple questions they narrow the vast array of available cameras to only a very few. Hope this helps you in your search.
Dec 3, 2011 07:24:55 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Sony makes excellent CMOS sensors, which are used in Nikon cameras. Nikon makes excellent lenses, which are not shared with Sony. With Nikon, you get the best of both companies.
chapjohn wrote:
Check the Sony Alpha camera's. Canon and Nikon use parts made by Sony.
Sony makes excellent CMOS sensors, which are used in Nikon cameras. Nikon makes excellent lenses, which are not shared with Sony. With Nikon, you get the best of both companies.
I agree with Nik72 in addition you can use just about any lens Nikon ever made the mounting system has not changed in decades
Dec 3, 2011 14:22:13 #
Dec 3, 2011 14:47:42 #
Pentax doesn't make a full frame camera.
They do however make a "645" medium format camera which
is a top of the line portrait camera.
They do however make a "645" medium format camera which
is a top of the line portrait camera.
Dec 4, 2011 04:27:31 #
johnr9999
Loc: Carlton, OR
Cost isn't consideration? Go for a Hasselblad with a digital back. Probably a lens in the range 250-300mm, I think, in that system would be good for portraiture.
All the cameras mentioned above are adequate but for professional level portraiture the medium format is best with Hasselblad, in my opinion, being top of the line.
All the cameras mentioned above are adequate but for professional level portraiture the medium format is best with Hasselblad, in my opinion, being top of the line.
Dec 4, 2011 08:36:33 #
small_cents
Loc: Ashland Ma. 01721
28-135 is a good lense , but since i have been using the
canon 15-85 my shots have improved all around deap and clearness , you just have to get closer. try one from B&H camera you can return it if you dont like it ,,I bet you will keep it
canon 15-85 my shots have improved all around deap and clearness , you just have to get closer. try one from B&H camera you can return it if you dont like it ,,I bet you will keep it
Dec 4, 2011 08:45:57 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
What sort of portraits?
Ultra-sharpness isn't always ideal. I quite like a 90/2.2 Thambar on a Leica M9.
Nor do you need to stick to small formats: 8x10 inch portraiture is quite fun, and (like the Thambar) certainly marks you out from the 'me-too' brigade.
Cheers,
R.
Ultra-sharpness isn't always ideal. I quite like a 90/2.2 Thambar on a Leica M9.
Nor do you need to stick to small formats: 8x10 inch portraiture is quite fun, and (like the Thambar) certainly marks you out from the 'me-too' brigade.
Cheers,
R.
Dec 4, 2011 08:57:48 #
Just a little known fact. All the money in the world, will not make your photos better.
Dec 4, 2011 10:12:47 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
fstop22 wrote:
Just a little known fact. All the money in the world, will not make your photos better.
Very true, but unless you are completely useless, you should get better pictures with cameras and lenses that (a) you like using and (b) that are suitable for the job.
Sometimes this costs money.
Cheers,
R.
Dec 4, 2011 10:58:31 #
Isn't the Canon 28-135mm lens their standard kit lens?
I own one and I find it be a very good lens.
I own one and I find it be a very good lens.
Dec 4, 2011 11:14:26 #
mezeus wrote:
Isn't the Canon 28-135mm lens their standard kit lens?
I own one and I find it be a very good lens.
I own one and I find it be a very good lens.
It is adequate lens, only fair. Kit lens are the cheapest lens Canon, Nikon offer with the camera which is priced to be attractive. IMHO a potential buyer is well advised to purchase the body only and purchase a better lens with the difference in $$.
Dec 4, 2011 11:30:00 #
Dec 4, 2011 12:26:31 #
mezeus wrote:
Yea, well with a lot of folk that boils down to finance.
You are absolutely correct; my point being to provide information that might, in the future, be important as he gains experience and wonders why the Canon kit lens barrel wobbles. Maybe it is just me, but with use and time I begin to notice the less than ideal properties of things I use, whether it be mechanical, electronic, optical or audio.
Dec 4, 2011 13:31:19 #
pdwoodswood wrote:
It is adequate lens, only fair. Kit lens are the cheapest lens Canon, Nikon offer with the camera which is priced to be attractive. IMHO a potential buyer is well advised to purchase the body only and purchase a better lens with the difference in $$.
mezeus wrote:
Isn't the Canon 28-135mm lens their standard kit lens?
I own one and I find it be a very good lens.
I own one and I find it be a very good lens.
It is adequate lens, only fair. Kit lens are the cheapest lens Canon, Nikon offer with the camera which is priced to be attractive. IMHO a potential buyer is well advised to purchase the body only and purchase a better lens with the difference in $$.
I agree. Buy the body only, then add lenses. The original poster didn't say she was on a budget.
Dec 4, 2011 13:40:59 #
mdorn wrote:
quote=pdwoodswood quote=mezeus Isn't the Canon 2... (show quote)
Sorry guys, I have to disagree, even with a price no object view at the discount for a body only the kit lens is a deal, if only s a backup, I considered the problem many times, get the kit lens. B ob.
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