What camera would you suggest to a beginner?

16 Sep
2010
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I’m a total amateur when it comes to using fancy digital camera’s and I probably won’t be getting into the profession anytime soon, but I love taking pictures (mostly of my baby and other people) and I would like a camera that takes clear and crisp looking photos.

I’d like something that’s relatively easy to use, but I want a camera that will still let me experiment a little. I definitely want something with Auto mode though.

I’d also rather not pay $1000 bucks for one. Any suggestions as to which camera I should get?





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7 Responses to What camera would you suggest to a beginner?

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DlCK Chenney

September 18th, 2010 at 10:07 am

$ 10.00 camera

35mm film

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darkest_warfare

September 20th, 2010 at 11:13 pm

If you want crispness and freshness in your images, you should steer for Dslr camera. A standard 50mm lens will be fairly cheap and fairly flexible, it will allow for a nice broad experimentation with the depth of field, where you can blur out the unimportant background. Buy such lens, mount it upon a camera body and you have the beginner’s weapon. In regards to the camera bodies, good suggestions include Nikon d40, d40x, d60, all of which will run fairly cheap (300-550), and can be obtained used for less. I mean, 100+ for the lens, 400+ for the body, and you are still looking at a decent price tag, but otherwise you can get a point and shoot or follow the advise of the first commenter.

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animefreak_usa

September 21st, 2010 at 11:42 am

canon rebel xti and xs is the best ones outhere it low cost and easy to use. nikon is ok but need to read the manual but like read it in japanese toomuch tech info for a normal person

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velvetrose

September 24th, 2010 at 7:07 pm

i have a canon sd 790 its small but takes amazing pictures it still amazes me you don’t need a big dslr camera to take great pics. this camera takes video and you can put in on auto so you don’t have to mess with any settings or you can put in on manual so you can change all the settings you want

i don’t think this camera is for sale anymore but any canon camera is great i would suggest any canon sd camera they range from 200 – 400 dollars
these are some of the pics i took with my camera

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Dylan

September 25th, 2010 at 2:15 am

Nikon has a great beginner camera that’s used by professionals and amateurs alike. It just came out, the Nikon D3000. It’s at a great price for low end D-SLRs at around $550.00.

The great thing about any D-SLR is that you’ll get the full auto, user friendly camera that you’re looking for, but you’ll also have the option of upgrading your camera with new lenses, flashes, etc. when you’re ready. And if you never add a thing, you’ve still got a great camera with manual settings to play with when you want to see what all is possible. You’ll also get the crispness and quality from each image that you’re looking for, the kinds of pictures that will look great printed out, or even blown up to poster sizes.

I can’t urge you enough NOT to go with the cheaper cameras that have a fixed lens. These are great for teenagers who want something small and lightweight, but when taking pictures, I think it’s important that the picture you take is one that will last a lifetime. The high price tag isn’t so high when you think about the fact that this is the camera that’s going to record your life, your children’s life, all of it. You want your memories to be of the highest quality possible.

When you do decide on a camera, feel free to email me with any questions on the manual settings. Photography is a great hobby. Hope the info helps!

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Henry M

September 25th, 2010 at 7:11 pm

Nikon D40
Small, light and comfortable. Very easy to use with helpful menus. But No auto-focus with certain, older lenses.

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whoelius

September 28th, 2010 at 5:53 am

You said your baby and other people so I’ll discard point-and-shoot cameras and steer you in the direction of a dSLR. If your subject is moving, dSLRs are absolutely the way to go. You also mentioned cost; point-and-shoots die much, much quicker than SLRs. I still have and use daily a film SLR that my father bought in 1972. The image quality is still exceptional and I still make money from the prints.

You can’t go wrong with Nikon’s terrific new D3000. The image quality will be exceptional. Pick one of those up with the kit 18-55 mm lens (that’ll give you a nice zoom range for all purposes) and you’ll have a great, easy-to-use camera system for years and years. The camera and the lens would probably amount to $600.

Hope this helps :) .

(p.s. – I own Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Lubitel, Mamiya and Leica and don’t have a bias towards any company.)

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