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Mouse
A friend is offering me a Cannon A-1 35mm camera(about 20 years old)+ several lenses. These include a macro zoom lens and a wide angle lens, as well as a 28-50mm zoom lens and a few others that are just basic lenses. All together about 7 lenses. Also an auto winder attachment, a couple of cable releases, about 12 filters, several lens adapters, a light meter and a bellows. I need to figure out what to offer her, but I don't know what is a fair price. I don't want to cheat either one of us. Does anybody have any idea what would be a fair price to offer for these items. I must have the camera and at least a couple of lenses, along with the cable releases, and at least a couple of filters. So an idea of what to offer for the smaller number of items would also be helpful. Thank you.
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Since Canon developed the EOS camera system, the A-1 vintage cameras became obsolete ... sort of. While they are still great cameras and can shoot amazing images. What you will not get is auto-focus and the ability to use the new Canon EOS and DSLR's cameras.
A fair price could be as low as $200 for the whole kit. You will not be cheating anyone by knowing the limitations of the camera and lenses.
Since Canon developed the EOS camera system, the A-1 vintage cameras became obsolete ... sort of. While they are still great cameras and can shoot amazing images. What you will not get is auto-focus and the ability to use the new Canon EOS and DSLR's cameras.
A fair price could be as low as $200 for the whole kit. You will not be cheating anyone by knowing the limitations of the camera and lenses.
What is the best dslr camera for beginners?
Shannon Y
I'm wanting to purchase a DSLR camera so I can start taking better quality photos and hopefully someday pursue photography as my career path. I've been looking at a canon t3i and a t4i and I was wondering if either one of those would be a good choice or if there are any other cameras that would be good too. Wanting to stay under $1200. I will have a lot to learn about DSLR and I'm prepared for that and very excited to switch to DSLR. So what would you suggest for a beginner DSLR camera that wouldn't need to be upgraded for a while.
Sorry I didn't want to type a 10 paragraph question, sometimes people decide not to read these if they are too long. I just wanted a suggestion from someone experienced in photography. I've already searched google just wanted some other options.
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You have to try every brand. Everyone for some reason automatically chooses Canon because they don't know any better.
Look at Sony,Nikon and Pentax too. You'll find that all of these brands will give you just the same and in allot of cases more bang for your buck then Canon. What you need to do is go to an actual camera store. not a Best Buy or Costco.
At a camera store you will get help from individuals that actually know what they are talking about. When you ask a question on the internet you get biased answers from both Canon and Nikon fanboys.
If you go to a big box store you will get help from someone who is simply looking to make a sale and will just tell you anything you want to hear.
My advice to you is to look into the Nikon D3200,D5200 /Pentax K-5 or the Sony a57 and a65.
Nikon doesn't skimp out on their lower end lenses the way canon does, Pentax uses weather sealing and makes all of their bodies out of magnesium (no one in the industry does this until you spend over a grand for just the body), and finally Sony has the most affordable prime lenses out of the bunch.
There are allot of choices. Think about what your going to invest you money into. All of these brands produce products that will give you amazing images when used properly. How ever if you use a DSLR just to take snap shots then you will find your images will look much that same as if they were taken with a point and shoot camera.
Case in point my 9 year old Nikon D70 can produce images that will amaze you. However someone with a brand new Canon T4i or Nikon D5200 that has no idea what they are doing will produce pictures that look like crap. One needs to understand how the cameras AF system works, how to adjust the cameras settings for available light, White Balance, shutter speed, aperture. The type of subject or situation needs to be taken into account to. Its not all about just clicking away. If you don't have the vision or the know how then your just using an electronic device that won't do much for you.
Like I said before you have to thoroughly look into each brand to weigh out the differences. The pros and cons of each brand. Then you just need to learn more and more. Its quiet fun once you get the hang of it. Maybe you'll find an artistic side you never knew you had.
You have to try every brand. Everyone for some reason automatically chooses Canon because they don't know any better.
Look at Sony,Nikon and Pentax too. You'll find that all of these brands will give you just the same and in allot of cases more bang for your buck then Canon. What you need to do is go to an actual camera store. not a Best Buy or Costco.
At a camera store you will get help from individuals that actually know what they are talking about. When you ask a question on the internet you get biased answers from both Canon and Nikon fanboys.
If you go to a big box store you will get help from someone who is simply looking to make a sale and will just tell you anything you want to hear.
My advice to you is to look into the Nikon D3200,D5200 /Pentax K-5 or the Sony a57 and a65.
Nikon doesn't skimp out on their lower end lenses the way canon does, Pentax uses weather sealing and makes all of their bodies out of magnesium (no one in the industry does this until you spend over a grand for just the body), and finally Sony has the most affordable prime lenses out of the bunch.
There are allot of choices. Think about what your going to invest you money into. All of these brands produce products that will give you amazing images when used properly. How ever if you use a DSLR just to take snap shots then you will find your images will look much that same as if they were taken with a point and shoot camera.
Case in point my 9 year old Nikon D70 can produce images that will amaze you. However someone with a brand new Canon T4i or Nikon D5200 that has no idea what they are doing will produce pictures that look like crap. One needs to understand how the cameras AF system works, how to adjust the cameras settings for available light, White Balance, shutter speed, aperture. The type of subject or situation needs to be taken into account to. Its not all about just clicking away. If you don't have the vision or the know how then your just using an electronic device that won't do much for you.
Like I said before you have to thoroughly look into each brand to weigh out the differences. The pros and cons of each brand. Then you just need to learn more and more. Its quiet fun once you get the hang of it. Maybe you'll find an artistic side you never knew you had.
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