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I am new to photography , so I have frizzed upon Nikon D 3000 but I also got updates about the Fujifilm FinePix HS10 which is good. So any suggestion on which to select. My Price range is INR 25,000.
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These are two different classes of camera. The Nikon D3000 is a DSLR and the Fujifilm HS10 is a super zoom camera (a.k.a. a bridge camera). Two major differences: 1) a DSLR has interchangeable lenses, the zoom has only the one lens, 2) the sensor on a DSLR is about 5 times bigger than the super zoom. Interchangeable lenses gives you great options when you are ready for them, such a wide angel, fish eye, fixed focal length with great low light performance (ISO). The larger sensor gives you much less noisy pictures especially in low light, like sunrises and sunsets.
I suggest the Nikon D3000, especially to someone new to photography. It has a teaching mode that will help you set the camera. And it's a Nikon!
These are two different classes of camera. The Nikon D3000 is a DSLR and the Fujifilm HS10 is a super zoom camera (a.k.a. a bridge camera). Two major differences: 1) a DSLR has interchangeable lenses, the zoom has only the one lens, 2) the sensor on a DSLR is about 5 times bigger than the super zoom. Interchangeable lenses gives you great options when you are ready for them, such a wide angel, fish eye, fixed focal length with great low light performance (ISO). The larger sensor gives you much less noisy pictures especially in low light, like sunrises and sunsets.
I suggest the Nikon D3000, especially to someone new to photography. It has a teaching mode that will help you set the camera. And it's a Nikon!
DSLR, Mirrorless, Bridge Superzoom or Advanced Compact Camera?
Jake
I've been looking into DSLR cameras for a couple months now and cameras like the T3i, 60D, D3200, D5200, D7000 have been surfacing a lot.
I've since looked into superzooms like the Canon SX50 HS which has a 50x zoom (24-1200mm) and take pretty good pictures for only a 1/2.3" sensor.
I've also looked into cameras like the Sony RX100 with a 1" sensor. One of the highest praised compact cameras.
There's the option of the Sony NEX series as well.
I'm looking for phenomenal image quality but also a lot of versatility. For some reason I'm standoffish about Nikon's because I owned a T4i, even though I returned it, I like the lens selection from Canon and such. I've been looking at reviews of sensors on the dxp or whatever site that is and the D5200 scored an 84 compared to a 66 for the T3i, a 66 for the RX100, a 70 for the 60D, a 47 for the SX50 HS and an 81 for the D3200 but that is also shooting RAW. Help me decide!
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Honestly the only people who pay attention to lens tests done in a controlled lab setting are posers at best - the type who show up at camera club meetings and brag about how this lens or that lens they own can resolve x number of line pairs per millimeter but never show any of their results using that lens.
My personal prejudices automatically eliminate any "Bridge Superzoom" because of their tiny sensors with far too many pixels and their heavily compromised permanently attached zoom lenses.
I'm also less than impressed with Compact System Cameras because all of them - Sony, Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Panasonic - use a lens mount that isn't compatible with their big brother DSLR cameras without an adapter and some of the adapters are pretty pricey.
So that leaves us with the current DSLR crop from Sony, Pentax, Nikon and Canon.
The Sony SLT series - a37, a58, a65, a77, a99 - all use the legacy Minolta Maxxum "A" lens mount that dates back to 1985. There are still a lot of previously owned Minolta Maxxum AF lenses available and all of them are fully compatible with with the SLT series of cameras.
The Pentax K-30 is currently the lowest-priced Weather Resistant (WR) DSLR on the market. Although WR doesn't mean the camera is waterproof it does mean that you can use the K-30 in the rain or in very dusty conditions without worry. Also, the K-30 still uses a variant of the Pentax "K" lens mount that dates back to 1975. There are probably more manual focus "K" mount lenses available than you'd care to count plus all the AF "K" mount lenses made before the digital takeover of photography.
Both Sony and Pentax have a focusing motor in their camera bodies as well as their respective version of Image Stabilization (IS). Any AF lens made for either will auto focus as they should and any lens used becomes a stabilized lens.
Nikon still uses the "F" lens mount that dates back to around 1959 so any Nikon lens made since then (with a couple of very rare lenses) can be used on a modern Nikon DSLR although there may be limitations as to functionality. However, the entry-level models - D3100, D3200, D5100, D5200 - all lack a focusing motor in the camera body so only the more expensive AF-S lenses will auto focus on them. Nikon also has their version of IS (Nikon calls it VR) in some but not all of their lenses. So with Nikon you get to pay over and over for a focusing motor and lens stabilization.
Canon abandoned their "FD/FL" lens mount for the "EF" lens mount when they introduced their Rebel EOS auto focus 35mm film cameras in 1988. To further complicate matters, Canon now offers two different lens mounts - the "EF-S" which can only be used on their crop-sensor entry-level DSLR cameras (T3, T3i, SL1, T5i, 60D/60Da and 7D) and the "EF" which can be used on any of their DSLR models whether crop-sensor or full-frame. Canon has always had the focusing motor in their lenses and, like Nikon, chose to place their version of IS in some but not all of their lenses.
So that's my breakdown of the Big 4. Go to a camera shop and handle the different models and go with the one that you like best.
Honestly the only people who pay attention to lens tests done in a controlled lab setting are posers at best - the type who show up at camera club meetings and brag about how this lens or that lens they own can resolve x number of line pairs per millimeter but never show any of their results using that lens.
My personal prejudices automatically eliminate any "Bridge Superzoom" because of their tiny sensors with far too many pixels and their heavily compromised permanently attached zoom lenses.
I'm also less than impressed with Compact System Cameras because all of them - Sony, Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Panasonic - use a lens mount that isn't compatible with their big brother DSLR cameras without an adapter and some of the adapters are pretty pricey.
So that leaves us with the current DSLR crop from Sony, Pentax, Nikon and Canon.
The Sony SLT series - a37, a58, a65, a77, a99 - all use the legacy Minolta Maxxum "A" lens mount that dates back to 1985. There are still a lot of previously owned Minolta Maxxum AF lenses available and all of them are fully compatible with with the SLT series of cameras.
The Pentax K-30 is currently the lowest-priced Weather Resistant (WR) DSLR on the market. Although WR doesn't mean the camera is waterproof it does mean that you can use the K-30 in the rain or in very dusty conditions without worry. Also, the K-30 still uses a variant of the Pentax "K" lens mount that dates back to 1975. There are probably more manual focus "K" mount lenses available than you'd care to count plus all the AF "K" mount lenses made before the digital takeover of photography.
Both Sony and Pentax have a focusing motor in their camera bodies as well as their respective version of Image Stabilization (IS). Any AF lens made for either will auto focus as they should and any lens used becomes a stabilized lens.
Nikon still uses the "F" lens mount that dates back to around 1959 so any Nikon lens made since then (with a couple of very rare lenses) can be used on a modern Nikon DSLR although there may be limitations as to functionality. However, the entry-level models - D3100, D3200, D5100, D5200 - all lack a focusing motor in the camera body so only the more expensive AF-S lenses will auto focus on them. Nikon also has their version of IS (Nikon calls it VR) in some but not all of their lenses. So with Nikon you get to pay over and over for a focusing motor and lens stabilization.
Canon abandoned their "FD/FL" lens mount for the "EF" lens mount when they introduced their Rebel EOS auto focus 35mm film cameras in 1988. To further complicate matters, Canon now offers two different lens mounts - the "EF-S" which can only be used on their crop-sensor entry-level DSLR cameras (T3, T3i, SL1, T5i, 60D/60Da and 7D) and the "EF" which can be used on any of their DSLR models whether crop-sensor or full-frame. Canon has always had the focusing motor in their lenses and, like Nikon, chose to place their version of IS in some but not all of their lenses.
So that's my breakdown of the Big 4. Go to a camera shop and handle the different models and go with the one that you like best.
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