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Best camera for beginners?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:10 am
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:10 am
Looking for a last minute gift for the better half. For the past few years we've only had camera phones. What's a good camera for beginners? Hoping to keep it around the $500-750 budget. Canon Rebel seems to be the most popular. Any certain pixel, etc., I should be looking for?
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:11 am to Dale Murphy
Leica
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:11 am to Dale Murphy
I would look at the Canon T6i. That’s what I got my SO for Christmas. It gets good reviews and is very user friendly with a little learning.
You can buy a kit that comes with a couple different lenses and a carrying bag.
You can buy a kit that comes with a couple different lenses and a carrying bag.
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 8:13 am
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:13 am to Dale Murphy
Couple of recent threads almost identical to this on the Tech Board. Take a look there.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:13 am to Dale Murphy
Home built, it builds character.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:19 am to Dale Murphy
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And you can't find the Tech Board?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:20 am to Dale Murphy
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:21 am to soccerfüt
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:26 am to Dale Murphy
GoPro Hero 5
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:37 am to Dale Murphy
Nikon d3300 is good in that price range.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:39 am to Dale Murphy
Don't buy a DSLR if you won't carry a DSLR
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:40 am to Pettifogger
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Don't buy a DSLR if you won't carry a DSLR
Yeah the camera does no good if it's too much of a hassle to carry around and just gets left home all the time.
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 8:41 am
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:55 am to Dale Murphy
Canon EOS Rebel SL1 - currently the smallest and cheapest DSLR camera in the world.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:59 am to Dale Murphy
Rebel T6i is a great starter camera that is on the higher end of starter. Anything more and out are getting into ge Canon 70D or 80D range which is a prosumer Model.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:00 am to lsunurse
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Yeah the camera does no good if it's too much of a hassle to carry around and just gets left home all the time.
Especially when there are pocketable options that increasingly approach the image quality of DSLRs
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:01 am to Dale Murphy
I have one in a closet somewhere because she uses her phone
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:21 am to yellowfin
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have one in a closet somewhere because she uses her phone
I vaguely remember you starting the thread before you dropped a grand on that.
You're an idiot.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:26 am to Pettifogger
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Especially when there are pocketable options that increasingly approach the image quality of DSLRs
I was looking at some mirrorless cameras and liked how much smaller and lighter they are than DSLRs...yet still had the ability to swap out lenses if I really wanted to. Seems like the best of both...portable and yet able to take great pictures.
If I was gonna get an expensive camera I would go that route. I have a point and shoot camera with a decent zoom that is waterproof and drop proof. I get more use out of that camera cause I can bring it with me everywhere.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:34 am to lsunurse
I travel with an Fuji x100t, which is a fixed lens 35mm-equivalent camera. I used to use a Sony RX100 which was more in the category of "pro's point and shoot."
I'm just not lugging around a DSLR. The Fuji provides fantastic images for what I like (street, general travel, portrait) and it can be carried in a large pocket. I'm sure some of the mirrorless options are about the same size. Obviously an iPhone will often do very well in a pinch.
Now, if a couple years from now I need to be shooting soccer games and birthday parties, I may have to go back to DSLR land, but I'm enjoying not having to do it now.
I'm just not lugging around a DSLR. The Fuji provides fantastic images for what I like (street, general travel, portrait) and it can be carried in a large pocket. I'm sure some of the mirrorless options are about the same size. Obviously an iPhone will often do very well in a pinch.
Now, if a couple years from now I need to be shooting soccer games and birthday parties, I may have to go back to DSLR land, but I'm enjoying not having to do it now.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:44 am to LCA131
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I vaguely remember you starting the thread before you dropped a grand on that. You're an idiot.
More than that with lenses.
And everyone knows I'm an idiot
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