Amateur Photography - What digital camera should I buy?

Nikon D7000 ..all the way...with 35mm lens and 85mm..Holy sh t 32mp..you only 19mp at 50mb to be a Hasselblade.. [link to www.dpreview.com] D3200 LOOKS INSANE Man... [link to www.dpreview.com]

Damn 699...for that...AWESOME...Tool

what you guys think about Canon EOS Rebel t2?

Rebel. Boooo

But I am a canon fan


Bucks should always go into your glass, not your body. Body will lose value quick but a good quality lens, which admittedly is pricey, will hold it's value overtime.

In short, it's a much better financial decision to buy quality glass rather than throwing your budget at the body.


I can come back with suggestions at a later time but a couple of questions,

What is the primary purpose for the camera? Family pics. Portraits or just family get together pics? Sports pics of kids? Birding pics?

What mm range do you normally shot in ( I.e. Focal length)

Will you be using a flash? Low lighting pics without flash?

Is 1,000 truly your upper end budget for everything (lens, body and accessories? Could you go higher? If so what is your top max out level?

Glass is everything This one 135mm 2.8 Nippon 1970s blows me away... [link to www.flickr.com] Same with the 85mm 1.4 AIS, and the 35mm 2d, or 2.8 ais [link to www.flickr.com]

Canon but not a rebel. Gotta step up a bit

50d
70d
Any of the D line is nice and affordable

1.8 fixed lens- 50mm A must for low light and close action

2.8 fixed - lens28-75mm covers everthing up to 30ft away

With those 2 lenses and Canon 20d,50d,70d camera
Ive shot this
[link to mmaphotography.com]

And printed on NYC billboards,18 wheelers, and endless magazines and newspapers

Believe me when I say it will do the job.

I have an older Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, with a regular lens and an extra zoom lens, and I have taken nature photographs that brought recognition from the Smithsonian for a nature shot and the camera is good in my opinion.

Greeting OP,

The T2i is an excellent choice for anybody looking to take high quality pictures on an amateur or even entry level semi-professional work.

If you are new to DSLR photography this is a great and economical option that will allow you to get onto the learning curve snapping shots and having fun. The features offered with this model will be more than substantial for years to come and still leave room for one to grow in knowledge...

I've been using Canon's prior model T1i (with kit lenses)for almost three years on now and can't give any serious complaints in-regards to design, function or picture taking quality, though I would recommend using Adobe's Lightroom software (free trial-ware available on-line) for all your post-production final edits if you are shooting all you pictures in RAW file format. For jpeg edits you can download freeware version photofiltre 6.4.

Nikon and Canon are both fantastic maker's of professional equipment with minimal issues in the customer complaint department with a wide range of body and lens choices that will accommodate most if not all of your Pro/Am needs...

Another option to consider before purchase is to contact a local photography group/club in your area for access to seasoned advice, you can easily find the closest one to where you're at by going through www.meetup.com. Most affiliated clubs have many monthly workshops, exhibitions, and other joint learning events revolving around photography and like-minded people.

There is much to learn and discover, I hope this little bit is of some help... Good Luck!

Just buy an I-PHONE 8 mega-pixel is great for Amateur.

Seriously!!! Do a basic seach for Lenses that are available.

The idea of technology is to increase the number of functions available in one device.

I-PHONE gives you Phone, Camera, MP3 player, Video Camera, Email etc.

I do not work for Apple, nor do I care if you buy their products, but there are numerous other cell phone manufacturers that have similar qualities. Technology improves. Twelve years ago it was about $800 for a 5.8 megapixel camera, and that was all it did. Now you can have an all in one for 1/2 that amount that has a better camera.

Buy a shitty Kodak and put the other $925 into food, guns and ammo.

If you aren't dead-set on an SLR, I know of a great camera for getting those distant nature shots of birds, deer and other animals:

[link to www.dpreview.com]

It's a camera I'm probably going to get if I can save a penny this Summer.

>What is the primary purpose for the camera? Family pics. >Portraits or just family get together pics? Sports pics of >kids? Birding pics?
Family, nature, skyline, buildings, nothing specific. Not trying to take pictures of stars, birds, although I want to be able to take some macro pictures.

>What mm range do you normally shot in ( I.e. Focal length)
35mm, I guess, but I would to like to take some wide shootings

>Will you be using a flash? Low lighting pics without flash?
I don't like pictures with flash. Can I avoid it and still take pictures with less lighting?

>Is 1,000 truly your upper end budget for everything (lens, >body and accessories? Could you go higher? If so what is >your top max out level?
Not so much, maybe 1200...

Thanks!!!

That's a big sky! Great photos!

That's cool. I didn't know you can put lenses on Iphone. I will research that possibility!

iphone 4s and 2 gopro's 3d capable