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What camera should I buy? I'm about to buy a very good quality camera. I'd like to take portraits of my kids and I am prepared to spend up to $300. I don't know which would be better for portraits for that amount Digital or 35mm. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you, Christine
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Buddy Purugganan |
Christine, its the average price ( $300.00) for the 35mm film camera---These are some cameras I recommend --In the auto-focus arena there's NIKON N55,and N65/N75 and add the D or G series lens to complete the kit. In Canon ---the Rebel GII, Rebel Ti are good kits.In Minolta, the Maxxun 3,4 and 5 are all within that budget! In digital cameras there's only a handful: try the Canon Powershot S30, the Nikon Coolpix 3500, the Fuji Finepix 2800 or A303, and the Minolta Dimage S414. There are good bargains in shops like A & M Photoworld ( www.amphotoworld.com)Broadway Photo ( www.bwayphoto.com and Tri-State ( www.tristatecamera.com ). Choose what you think is right for you and have FUN!
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Buddy Purugganan |
Christine, its the average price ( $300.00) for the 35mm film camera---These are some cameras I recommend --In the auto-focus arena there's NIKON N55,and N65/N75 and add the D or G series lens to complete the kit. In Canon ---the Rebel GII, Rebel Ti are good kits.In Minolta, the Maxxun 3,4 and 5 are all within that budget! In digital cameras there's only a handful: try the Canon Powershot S30, the Nikon Coolpix 3500, the Fuji Finepix 2800 or A303, and the Minolta Dimage S414. There are good bargains in shops like A & M Photoworld ( www.amphotoworld.com)Broadway Photo ( www.bwayphoto.com ) and Tri-State ( www.tristatecamera.com ). Choose what you think is right for you and have FUN!
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April A. Abbott |
I am completely new to photography but I am assuming that you also are new to this since you are looking to buy a camera. This is just my opinion. I researched digital cameras for many months and thought that this would be the way to go for me. The advantages of digital are that the cameras are small, lightweight, easy to use, and your results are instant. No film to buy and most have an lcd screen to view the picture and then you have the option of deleting imperfect shots on the spot. So I went through many reviews and opinions and decided on a nice $600 Canon digital camera. The camera took really clear pictures but I soon learned the disadvantages of digital. Although I was satisfied with general image quality, the colors were way off in sunlight. I guess this was a white balance issue and I tried many different settings and the only answers I got on a digital forum were to go and buy expensive software and manually fix it. Also, digital point and shoot cameras, especially in the low price, range, are infamous for giving poor results in low light. I take the majority of my pictures indoors in low light. Less expensive digital cameras don't have a hotshoe mount for flash and that is a problem too. I think digital is great but it isn't for everyone. I took mine back and got the Canon Rebel Ti SLR and a midrange zoom lens. It takes great pictures, even in full auto, it is lightweight and gives you alot of options as far as lenses, external flash and an SLR is a great way to truly learn photography. The Rebel Ti with the kit lens is very reasonable in price and I am very happy with it. Film point and shoot I am not so sure about. The advantage is obviously the size and for that price I'm sure you can buy a nice camera but you'll have to go over some reviews. If you want a good website for digital photography that has alot of reviews and some great forums, than go to www.dpreview.com. For film based than you already know that this site is a great source of information. There are alot of guys and gals here that know what they are talking about. Good luck!
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Tom Walker |
Consider the pentax ZX-M
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Steve McCroskey |
I am an amateur photographer who uses a Minolta Maxxum 5 as camera of choice.My lenses are the Quantaray 28-105mm & the Quantaray 70-300mm. I also use a Quantaray 2x teleconverter.My subjects range from wildlife to church activities. Steve McCroskey
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