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What is a good camera for beginners in photography? I need one that is good quality and will last a long time. Does anyone have any suggestions? And the price range needs to be from 200-300 dollars.
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A Lumix (like a DMC-FZ40) perhaps. Excellent optics and quality. Don't neccesarily buy new, go to ebay and find someone with excellent feedback and possibly with a memory card thrown it.
Takes lots of pictures. Look at other people's and decide what it is you like and find your own style. Learn to use Photoshop (your 'darkroom') or a cheap alternative - they all do the same thing.
See www.kenrockwell.com for excellent articles on photography that don't just dwell on equipment and lenses. Good luck!
A Lumix (like a DMC-FZ40) perhaps. Excellent optics and quality. Don't neccesarily buy new, go to ebay and find someone with excellent feedback and possibly with a memory card thrown it.
Takes lots of pictures. Look at other people's and decide what it is you like and find your own style. Learn to use Photoshop (your 'darkroom') or a cheap alternative - they all do the same thing.
See www.kenrockwell.com for excellent articles on photography that don't just dwell on equipment and lenses. Good luck!
What kind of camera do i need to take professional looking pictures of landscapes and portraits?
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Hi there thanks for reading my question. I would like to know if anyone can help me with advise. What kind of cameras, lenses and accessories do i need to be able to take professional type photos of landscapes and people and what computer software is good to edit and touch up pictures? I am wanting to start photography as a hobby and join a class but want to know what type of equipment i will be needing so they can show me how to use it properly.
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The first thing you need to learn is this: "It isn't the camera, its the photographer." A person knowledgeable about light, f-stops, composition, shutter speeds and ISO and skilled in their use can produce excellent pictures with just about any camera.
The second thing you need to learn is: "Get it right in the camera." A poorly exposed and composed picture can't be salvaged with the most sophisticated editing program.
I strongly suggest finding a course first before buying a camera. If the course is a really good one you will find yourself using a 100% manual 35mm film camera. Yes, a film camera. My granddaughter will be taking photography in high school this Fall and the first requirement listed was a manual 35mm film camera. I've been teaching her to use my ancient Minolta SRT-202 so she'll be ahead of the class when it begins.
The best thing using a 35mm film camera will teach you is to slow down. In my opinion digital cameras cause people to develop what I call the "machine gunner mentality" - take 300 pictures and hope a few turn out. That is nothing more than taking snapshots. It isn't photography. "Pictures are not taken, they are made." Ansel Adams.
Honestly now - if you take 300 lousy pictures and have no idea why they're lousy what have you learned? Other than how to take 300 lousy pictures. I encourage developing what I call the "sniper mentality" - one exposure, one good picture. This requires thinking and thinking requires time. Most beginners see a scene, think "Oh, pretty!" and immediately snap the shutter. A snapshot is the result. Instead of just snapping away, slow down and look at the scene. Standing. Kneeling. Sitting down. Lying flat on your belly. Move a few feet right. Move a few feet left. Back up. Get closer. Maybe that flower looks pretty in the sunlight but suppose you get behind it and look at it with the sun shining through the petals?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/3583620746/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/3581810196/ Yes, people were staring at me as I laid on my belly in wet grass to take this but I think it was worth the effort.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/2364791076/ These hybrid magnolia buds were boring in direct light but when I got behind them I made this picture.
So find a class and get the camera required. If its a DSLR, Sony, Pentax, Olympus, Nikon and Canon all offer excellent choices. Its its a film camera, the Pentax K1000 has been the student camera of choice for decades.
The first thing you need to learn is this: "It isn't the camera, its the photographer." A person knowledgeable about light, f-stops, composition, shutter speeds and ISO and skilled in their use can produce excellent pictures with just about any camera.
The second thing you need to learn is: "Get it right in the camera." A poorly exposed and composed picture can't be salvaged with the most sophisticated editing program.
I strongly suggest finding a course first before buying a camera. If the course is a really good one you will find yourself using a 100% manual 35mm film camera. Yes, a film camera. My granddaughter will be taking photography in high school this Fall and the first requirement listed was a manual 35mm film camera. I've been teaching her to use my ancient Minolta SRT-202 so she'll be ahead of the class when it begins.
The best thing using a 35mm film camera will teach you is to slow down. In my opinion digital cameras cause people to develop what I call the "machine gunner mentality" - take 300 pictures and hope a few turn out. That is nothing more than taking snapshots. It isn't photography. "Pictures are not taken, they are made." Ansel Adams.
Honestly now - if you take 300 lousy pictures and have no idea why they're lousy what have you learned? Other than how to take 300 lousy pictures. I encourage developing what I call the "sniper mentality" - one exposure, one good picture. This requires thinking and thinking requires time. Most beginners see a scene, think "Oh, pretty!" and immediately snap the shutter. A snapshot is the result. Instead of just snapping away, slow down and look at the scene. Standing. Kneeling. Sitting down. Lying flat on your belly. Move a few feet right. Move a few feet left. Back up. Get closer. Maybe that flower looks pretty in the sunlight but suppose you get behind it and look at it with the sun shining through the petals?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/3583620746/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/3581810196/ Yes, people were staring at me as I laid on my belly in wet grass to take this but I think it was worth the effort.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drifter45h/2364791076/ These hybrid magnolia buds were boring in direct light but when I got behind them I made this picture.
So find a class and get the camera required. If its a DSLR, Sony, Pentax, Olympus, Nikon and Canon all offer excellent choices. Its its a film camera, the Pentax K1000 has been the student camera of choice for decades.
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