Cameras
Cameras
(17 Apr 2014, 9:08 pm)marxistafozzski If i win 40 million tomorrow night...I will be buying the absolute best camera money can buyBuy me one as well mate!
(08 Jun 2014, 1:52 pm)Tom What does everyone think of this photo taken with my new camera? Any tips/improvements would be welcome
(08 Jun 2014, 1:55 pm)Tom Sony NEX-6Is it a DSLR or compact? Looks like a mixture of both from a quick Google search!
I'm interested in buying a camera (and potentially taking up photography as a hobby) so I'm looking for suggestions as to what to buy.
Ideally, I would like a DSLR and I'm prepared to pay around £300-400. However, because I'm a absolute novice, is it worth buying one? Should I settle for something less?
As well as photos, I'd like to shoot the occasional video too. Most DSLR cameras appear to do both, but is the quality any good?
I would also like to know what the battery life is like on DSLR cameras?
Give me your recommendations.
Cheers.
Aureolin recommended that I got the Nikon D5100 and I have not regretted it. Although I had the experience of a more complex Point & Shoot beforehand, having a DSLR was a completely new experience to me, too. In my opinion, your photos improve over time with it, as you learn more about the camera.
I've heard that Canons are your best bet for videos, though.
I very rarely have to charge my D5100. In the summer I was going out from sunrise until the very last bus of the night on some occasions and I think I went about three days without charging it - and I'm rather trigger happy and take between 3 and 5 shots of one bus as it approaches (to ensure the destination display comes out).
(04 Jan 2015, 5:13 pm)MurdnunoC I'm interested in buying a camera (and potentially taking up photography as a hobby) so I'm looking for suggestions as to what to buy.
Ideally, I would like a DSLR and I'm prepared to pay around £300-400. However, because I'm a absolute novice, is it worth buying one? Should I settle for something less?
As well as photos, I'd like to shoot the occasional video too. Most DSLR cameras appear to do both, but is the quality any good?
I would also like to know what the battery life is like on DSLR cameras?
Give me your recommendations.
Cheers.
(04 Jan 2015, 5:21 pm)Dan I very rarely have to charge my D5100. In the summer I was going out from sunrise until the very last bus of the night on some occasions and I think I went about three days without charging it - and I'm rather trigger happy and take between 3 and 5 shots of one bus as it approaches (to ensure the destination display comes out).
(04 Jan 2015, 5:13 pm)MurdnunoC I'm interested in buying a camera (and potentially taking up photography as a hobby) so I'm looking for suggestions as to what to buy.
Ideally, I would like a DSLR and I'm prepared to pay around £300-400. However, because I'm a absolute novice, is it worth buying one? Should I settle for something less?
As well as photos, I'd like to shoot the occasional video too. Most DSLR cameras appear to do both, but is the quality any good?
I would also like to know what the battery life is like on DSLR cameras?
Give me your recommendations.
Cheers.
(04 Jan 2015, 5:21 pm)Dan I very rarely have to charge my D5100. In the summer I was going out from sunrise until the very last bus of the night on some occasions and I think I went about three days without charging it - and I'm rather trigger happy and take between 3 and 5 shots of one bus as it approaches (to ensure the destination display comes out).
Thanks for the advice.
Although this is way out of my league (as of yet), I would like to produce shots which could be 'blown-up' like a large print picture. From what I understand, if this is attempted using a 'normal' camera, shots have a tendency to become distorted and pixelated when enlarged. Will taking shots with a DSLR prevent this from happening?
(05 Jan 2015, 11:20 am)MurdnunoC Thanks for the advice.
Although this is way out of my league (as of yet), I would like to produce shots which could be 'blown-up' like a large print picture. From what I understand, if this is attempted using a 'normal' camera, shots have a tendency to become distorted and pixelated when enlarged. Will taking shots with a DSLR prevent this from happening?
(05 Jan 2015, 11:20 am)MurdnunoC Thanks for the advice.
Although this is way out of my league (as of yet), I would like to produce shots which could be 'blown-up' like a large print picture. From what I understand, if this is attempted using a 'normal' camera, shots have a tendency to become distorted and pixelated when enlarged. Will taking shots with a DSLR prevent this from happening?
At the moment I've got a Samsung WB250F and an Olympus SZ-14. The Olympus, well, is utter shite for trains, buses, planes or for anything that moves over 1mph. The Samsung , although battered, somehow been bitten (I don't know?), been dropped, been in sand, still works brilliantly - bar the zoom feature which is incredibly slow.
Hi, I am currently looking to replace my little Sony DSC-WX200 camera with a DSLR camera, although I am completely clueless on cameras.
I would like to know if images are less likely to come out blurred than they probably would on my compact Sony camera (especially with moving buses). And would the image quality be noticeably better than my photos on my current camera. Downside to a DSLR from what I can see is that you can't zoom in, unless you fork out a fortune for lenses so I would probably just have to crop all my photos before uploading to Flickr.
I'm currently not sure how much I want to spend on a camera right now but I'm probably looking at around the £300 - £400 mark, having a quick look at the Argos catalogue one I'm currently looking at is the Nikon D3200 which costs around £270 in the Argos catalogue and Currys website, this one probably would be a good call for me but I am also having a look at the Nikon D5200 but it costs around £450 although Currys have it for £429 but I'm not sure if I would want to spend this much on a camera and would be worth the extra £150 over the Nikon D3200.
I want to know what you think I should do and which I should go for, or if you have any other camera suggestions.
I plan to keep my Sony DSC-WX200 camera for when a DSLR would be too bulky to carry and it still comes out with some great quality photos especially in the summer - this being one of my favourites.
(07 Feb 2015, 3:07 pm)Jimmi Hi, I am currently looking to replace my little Sony DSC-WX200 camera with a DSLR camera, although I am completely clueless on cameras.
I would like to know if images are less likely to come out blurred than they probably would on my compact Sony camera (especially with moving buses). And would the image quality be noticeably better than my photos on my current camera. Downside to a DSLR from what I can see is that you can't zoom in, unless you fork out a fortune for lenses so I would probably just have to crop all my photos before uploading to Flickr.
I'm currently not sure how much I want to spend on a camera right now but I'm probably looking at around the £300 - £400 mark, having a quick look at the Argos catalogue one I'm currently looking at is the Nikon D3200 which costs around £270 in the Argos catalogue and Currys website, this one probably would be a good call for me but I am also having a look at the Nikon D5200 but it costs around £450 although Currys have it for £429 but I'm not sure if I would want to spend this much on a camera and would be worth the extra £150 over the Nikon D3200.
I want to know what you think I should do and which I should go for, or if you have any other camera suggestions.
I plan to keep my Sony DSC-WX200 camera for when a DSLR would be too bulky to carry and it still comes out with some great quality photos especially in the summer - this being one of my favourites.
(07 Feb 2015, 3:07 pm)Jimmi Hi, I am currently looking to replace my little Sony DSC-WX200 camera with a DSLR camera, although I am completely clueless on cameras.
I would like to know if images are less likely to come out blurred than they probably would on my compact Sony camera (especially with moving buses). And would the image quality be noticeably better than my photos on my current camera. Downside to a DSLR from what I can see is that you can't zoom in, unless you fork out a fortune for lenses so I would probably just have to crop all my photos before uploading to Flickr.
I'm currently not sure how much I want to spend on a camera right now but I'm probably looking at around the £300 - £400 mark, having a quick look at the Argos catalogue one I'm currently looking at is the Nikon D3200 which costs around £270 in the Argos catalogue and Currys website, this one probably would be a good call for me but I am also having a look at the Nikon D5200 but it costs around £450 although Currys have it for £429 but I'm not sure if I would want to spend this much on a camera and would be worth the extra £150 over the Nikon D3200.
I want to know what you think I should do and which I should go for, or if you have any other camera suggestions.
I plan to keep my Sony DSC-WX200 camera for when a DSLR would be too bulky to carry and it still comes out with some great quality photos especially in the summer - this being one of my favourites.
Jimmi I'd recommend going to a shop and getting a feel for different DSLRs first, as compared to what you're used to, it'll feel really bulky. I've got the D5100, which will be broadly similar to the D5200, and although bulky, it feels comfortable.
I can take fast shutter shots during the day, and I never have issues with blurring. Even if you don't want to piss around with settings, you have the benefit of sport mode, which will allow you to shoot buses in motion. I know with my D5100, the shutter speed can be adjusted to perform a multi-shot rapid fire, so you can just compensate by taking 5-6 pictures for each shot.
You obviously don't get an optical zoom with a DSLR, but I take all my photos with the same 18-55 lens you'd get with the D5100. Dan will have the same lens with his D5100 too. Just take large photos and crop them down, and you'll have no issues.
Both the D3200 and D5200 are great prices, and I'd be happy with both, but I'd push towards the D5200 if you can afford to. The lens is much more capable when it comes to autofocus (39 point as oppose to 9), and the ISO sensitivity is better.
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East Coast: 43315 by danielgrahamm, on Flickr
100mph line speed - no blur at all with the D5100:
East Coast: 43315 by danielgrahamm, on Flickr
Thanks for the advice.
I think I will try and get a feel for a DSLR somewhere, it probably feel pretty bulky at first but I'll probably get used to it.
I am utterly useless at settings so I will probably just have to whack it in sports mode, although at least it seems I should get more shots turn out well instead of blurring.
I now know how to crop photos on Flickr so I have no problems with that, what I'm not going to do though is stand in the middle of the road to take photos like I saw someone do in Darlington the other day.
I still don't know which to go for as I could probably afford the D5200 but I'm not sure if I want to spend that much on a camera so I'd maybe go for the D3200. I'm still undecided at the moment as to which I will get.
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