cripita
11-20-2007, 01:22 PM
Hi you all..
This is my first post here, I’ve been reading this forum for about a week now, I’ve to confess, I got more confuse now after all the reading, when I found the features in a camera doesn’t fit my budget and vice versa, so I suppose need to compromise here, but what to let it go?
I decided to post hopping you can help me decide what features are less important here.
I’m a beginner in DSLR, but I used to use a 35mm before (15 years ago, not sure how this will help me now, now there is so many features that I want it all :( )
A little history…
When I change my 35mm for a Sony Digital camera and begging to shoot I get disappointed, because I could not get what I want from my pictures, everything was automated, not much manual controls not optical zooms, so I lose all interest in artistic shooting again and begging shooting family pictures all around. But when you love something is difficult to forget, every time I point and shoot I think what different picture will be if I can get a camera that allow me do this or that, and what many pictures I don’t take because is impossible to do it with de digital camera (old one).
Now is time for me to do something about it so let’s get right in to it.
Budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera?
~ $700
Size
* Doesn’t matter at all.
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you?
As many I can get
* What optical zoom will you need
As much I can get
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
10
Do you care for manual controls?
Not at all
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for?
Here my dilemma: almost everything. Landscapes, portraits, nature, action..
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
Yes
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
Indoor and otdoors
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
Action photos
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate?
No
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
I love the Canon 40D and Nikon 300D but I can not afford it (I love the Live view I think will help me a lot) Other than that I think to much camera for me since I don’t have enough practice yet.
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)
Image Stabilization, Live view and Weatherproof are feature that will be nice to have but somenthing like that have been imposible to fit in my budget..
Please help me ... I want be able to create artistic pictures all the way around important for me is a great quality, able to shoot in low light conditions, great zoom (be able to shoot animal from the distance), able to take action pictures too...Asking too much?
This is my first post here, I’ve been reading this forum for about a week now, I’ve to confess, I got more confuse now after all the reading, when I found the features in a camera doesn’t fit my budget and vice versa, so I suppose need to compromise here, but what to let it go?
I decided to post hopping you can help me decide what features are less important here.
I’m a beginner in DSLR, but I used to use a 35mm before (15 years ago, not sure how this will help me now, now there is so many features that I want it all :( )
A little history…
When I change my 35mm for a Sony Digital camera and begging to shoot I get disappointed, because I could not get what I want from my pictures, everything was automated, not much manual controls not optical zooms, so I lose all interest in artistic shooting again and begging shooting family pictures all around. But when you love something is difficult to forget, every time I point and shoot I think what different picture will be if I can get a camera that allow me do this or that, and what many pictures I don’t take because is impossible to do it with de digital camera (old one).
Now is time for me to do something about it so let’s get right in to it.
Budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera?
~ $700
Size
* Doesn’t matter at all.
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you?
As many I can get
* What optical zoom will you need
As much I can get
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
10
Do you care for manual controls?
Not at all
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for?
Here my dilemma: almost everything. Landscapes, portraits, nature, action..
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
Yes
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
Indoor and otdoors
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
Action photos
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate?
No
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
I love the Canon 40D and Nikon 300D but I can not afford it (I love the Live view I think will help me a lot) Other than that I think to much camera for me since I don’t have enough practice yet.
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)
Image Stabilization, Live view and Weatherproof are feature that will be nice to have but somenthing like that have been imposible to fit in my budget..
Please help me ... I want be able to create artistic pictures all the way around important for me is a great quality, able to shoot in low light conditions, great zoom (be able to shoot animal from the distance), able to take action pictures too...Asking too much?