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02/08/2009 01:04:01 PM · #1 |
Okay so a friend want to purchase a beginner's camera, his limit is 1000. w/o flash
he found the Xsi and asked my opinion, of course having the xti i would recomend it. he has no preference to canon vs nikon.. what would your suggestions be. Also he will be becoming a DPCer soon once he gets it. |
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02/08/2009 01:06:57 PM · #2 |
Go Pentax K2000! The kit includes the 18-55mm kit lens AND the AF200FG external flash.
For around $700
Don't know how one goes wrong with that. :D
(Oh, and Shake Reduction in the body)
Message edited by author 2009-02-08 13:08:38. |
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02/08/2009 01:07:18 PM · #3 |
| Get him to check out the Pentax range and reviews, he might be interested? |
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02/08/2009 01:16:16 PM · #4 |
| i've never used pentax, i will have him check it out. judging from what he has told me.. he's going to want canon or nikno.. big name...he's just like that |
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02/08/2009 01:32:56 PM · #5 |
| Pentax and Olympus are also pretty "big" names in the SLR world ... he needs to go to a camera store and see which one feels "right" in his hands -- features, lenses, picture quality, and practically everything else are likely to exhibit so subtle a difference that ergonomics and comfort of use seem far more important to me. |
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02/08/2009 01:35:33 PM · #6 |
thats a good point. I informed him he should join to get ..better advice.. lol
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02/08/2009 01:37:04 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Photomom1981:
thats a good point. I informed him he should join to get ..better advice.. lol |
Thing is, you can't go wrong with any camera, as long as you are willing to take the time to learn it inside-out, get familiar with it, and learn to love it. |
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02/08/2009 01:39:36 PM · #8 |
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02/08/2009 02:09:21 PM · #9 |
| If you're good friends he, and YOU, might want to go for Canon so you share the same system. You might want it more than he; if your friend is anything like me he will buy one of the redring lenses from Canon within six month, and you can borrow it ;) |
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02/08/2009 02:12:10 PM · #10 |
If your friend is new to digital photography, then I think a good P&S camera might be better-qualified as a "beginner's camera" than an SLR. Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji, and others all make cameras with adequate zoom range, settings, and megapixels to serve most needs.
For example, I got into the Canon S1/S3 (now S5) line because it can do a little bit of everything -- 400mm zoom, <1cm macro, video, time-lapse, etc. -- none of it especially well, but enough to learn/practice virtually any photographic technique or style. The one penalty for going this route is poor noise performance at higher ISO settings. A big advantage (besides cost) is no sensor-dust issues. |
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02/08/2009 02:24:16 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
If your friend is new to digital photography, then I think a good P&S camera might be better-qualified as a "beginner's camera" than an SLR. Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji, and others all make cameras with adequate zoom range, settings, and megapixels to serve most needs.
For example, I got into the Canon S1/S3 (now S5) line because it can do a little bit of everything -- 400mm zoom, <1cm macro, video, time-lapse, etc. -- none of it especially well, but enough to learn/practice virtually any photographic technique or style. The one penalty for going this route is poor noise performance at higher ISO settings. A big advantage (besides cost) is no sensor-dust issues. |
It doesn't make that kicking "mirror-flipping-up'n'down" sound though. I'm ashamed to say that I bought my first camera because it made that sound. |
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02/08/2009 03:20:22 PM · #12 |
haha my wife likes that sound too.
Originally posted by BJamy:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
If your friend is new to digital photography, then I think a good P&S camera might be better-qualified as a "beginner's camera" than an SLR. Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji, and others all make cameras with adequate zoom range, settings, and megapixels to serve most needs.
For example, I got into the Canon S1/S3 (now S5) line because it can do a little bit of everything -- 400mm zoom, <1cm macro, video, time-lapse, etc. -- none of it especially well, but enough to learn/practice virtually any photographic technique or style. The one penalty for going this route is poor noise performance at higher ISO settings. A big advantage (besides cost) is no sensor-dust issues. |
It doesn't make that kicking "mirror-flipping-up'n'down" sound though. I'm ashamed to say that I bought my first camera because it made that sound. |
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02/08/2009 03:36:41 PM · #13 |
i think he is going to go with a 40D, I found for him with 2 lens and a sigma flash for 1050
i wish he'd live cloe then i soooo try to get him to buy some stuff to "share" but he is in germany.. and I am in new Orleans..
he doesn't want a p&s I already tried that too. lol
he found this I think it' a...somethings not right here.. so can you give opinions
//www.jr.com/nikon/pe/NKN_D60_SL_KIT/ |
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02/08/2009 03:38:21 PM · #14 |
| oh, and I actually like that clicking sound too.. lol |
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02/08/2009 04:02:25 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by BJamy:
It doesn't make that kicking "mirror-flipping-up'n'down" sound though. I'm ashamed to say that I bought my first camera because it made that sound. |
I think on mine there's a setting to make it play that sound out its speaker. |
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02/08/2009 04:21:09 PM · #16 |
I would have recommended a Canon 40d body + 50mm f/1.8 II or a Tammy 28-75 f/2.8.
OR a Nikon D70s kit.
Just an amateur's 2 cts. |
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02/08/2009 04:54:54 PM · #17 |
i suggested the 40D, cannon 50mm 1.8, and a sigma 55-200mm, with the sigma530 dg super flash
grand total with shipping $1054.78 |
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