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Originally Posted by lovely?
Sorry I'm unaware of the phrase. where the shutter deliberately stays open for a blurred affect, like when taking photographs of fireworks and the like.
No, I will be taking a course in Photography, so 'Auto' will never see the light of day. My low light settings would basically be a camera that was able to see in semi-darkness (say a full moon or a street lamp) and still reproduce colors OK.
The pictures will not be professional, but by no means will they be point and click. i am buying a tripod for the camera i buy and the church people already have a nice external flash setup, that i've yet learned to use.
so the Cannon D80 is what you suggest? i obviously dont have the money to buy a range of different lenses, so the one you suggest should be just ok or good at a range of different styles.
EDIT: oh and i naturally go to newegg.com, but is there a place that you could recommend over them for price?
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Well what your talking about is just using extended shutter speeds, which all slr's can do, plus some point & shoots.
It's good that your taking a photography class, but be prepared to do a lot of self teaching as well.
Nope, I recommend the Nikon D80, canon doesn't have a D80
. The 18-135 lens covers a nice focal length while giving average optical quality. It's a good budget lens that will cover most of your needs fairly well.
I shop at
www.bhphotovideo.com , however you'll need to buy this camera used, so check around on Amazon.
One of the key techniques of portrait photography is being able to throw the background of of focus with a shallow depth of field. That lens is not going to help you much in that regard since you really want to be at 2.8 or lower for the desired effect.
I don't know what kind of lighting setup your church has now, I can only imagine it's not a flash system as they would have told you what brand of camera to purchase. That being as it would only work with that specific equipment.
Well, if lighting is truly taken care of, which I would really look more in depth on.
If that is the case I would revoke my recommendation of the Nikon D80 and put the Pentax K20D in it's place. Much better camera over all and can be had for under 800 new (body only).
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...al_Camera.html
I would still recommend getting it used though as that would in most cases give you a kit lens and then I would suggest you purchase the:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...0mm_f_1_4.html
or
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Autofocus.html
as both these lenses would be great for portraits and have very nice IQ to boot.
Hope this helps,
Bob
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