Do you need a D-SLR?

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Punk

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Recently we had lots of new threads about members who are willing to get a new D-SLR, some of them because they are passionate about photography and others because they just think it's cool.

A D-SLR costs between 450$ (D40 without lenses) and can go very high in price. Not to mention the lenses who sometimes, costs as much as the D-SLR itself.

Are you really sure it's what you want? If you are just a point and shoot photographer, this is not what you need. A D-SLR is very hard to use, even the beginner D40 or XTI.

Just as an example, you'll need to master how to use the aperture, shutter speed, ISO Speed, White Balance, depending on the light condition of the object you want to take a picture of. It sometimes takes me around 15 mins to get the picture I wanted.

If you still want to get a D-SLR because it looks "cool", why not look in Bridge Camera AKA D-SLR like D-camera? They usually have huge zooms and good quality, but you don't need to know how to change every setting to get a good picture, the camera will take care of it.

Here are the types of camera you can get:

D-Camera:

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Bridge Cameras:

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D-SLR camera:

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If you still got questions after reading this, let us know, we will glad to answer your questions :)
 
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Bridge cameras are nice if you never have any attention to upgrade, but if you want to get a real tight close up then a D-SLR camera is the way to go. If you're the type of person who just use a camera for special occasion or the occasion trip a bridge camera is probably the way to go, but if you want to get some nice scenery or a close up of nature then a D-SLR camera is the way to go.
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It depends on how much time you want to spend take pictures, learning aperture, f-stops, shutter speeds, etc... isn't all that hard it just takes time a little bit of your time. Don't want to learn then a compact or bridge camera is the way to go.
 
Strider64 said:
Bridge cameras are nice if you never have any attention to upgrade, but if you want to get a real tight close up then a D-SLR camera is the way to go. If you're the type of person who just use a camera for special occasion or the occasion trip a bridge camera is probably the way to go, but if you want to get some nice scenery or a close up of nature then a D-SLR camera is the way to go.
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Bridges take good close up pictures, a D-SLR is for a manual use, of course the quality of the picture is much better than a Bridge but if you don't know anything about photography, pictures you'll take will be better with a Bridge.
Irishwhistle said:
Good point, but (hehe) might I suggest switching the Bridge camera picture to something like this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uPrK5xXFL.jpg?

That Kodak just doesn't look cool enough ('cause your point was that if you just want cool looks a bridge cam has those looks.) :P Also the ergonomics of Bridge cameras are better than normal point and shoot cameras. ;)
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Too bad they don't have a Nikon P700 :D
 
Nice micro-guide Punk :)

I have the first question, what's the difference between Normal, Telephoto and Zoom lenses? Also, a Macro, does it mean it only does macro shots?

Hehe, I'm still learning :D
 
ramodkk said:
Nice micro-guide Punk :)

I have the first question, what's the difference between Normal, Telephoto and Zoom lenses? Also, a Macro, does it mean it only does macro shots?

Hehe, I'm still learning :D
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A normal lens is normal.


















Ok.

telephoto means it is a telescopic lens, meaning you can increase the size of the lens. Like on my zoom, if I go from 70mm to 300mm, the size of the lens increases.

A Macro lens has focus for normal and close up pictures, while normal lens can't take close pictures. If you are taking a normal picture with a Macro lens, you might see a decrease in the picture quality, depending on the lens.

A zoom lens is a lens over 50mm.
 
i think it depends if you want change lenses on your camera
I you need fast fps, or anything special
remember its the photographer that takes the pictures, not the camera,
 
cudenver said:
i think it depends if you want change lenses on your camera
I you need fast fps, or anything special
remember its the photographer that takes the pictures, not the camera,
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With a bridge you do not need to change the lenses, but the quality is lower. For example you can find a 70mm F/2 Lens and a 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 Bridge camera. At 70mm on the Bridge you'll be at F/4.5 for example.

Most D-Cameras have a fast FPS mode.

The photographer sets the camera to take the picture, but in the end, it's how the sensors are set to take the picture that makes the picture.
 
yes , I agree, but a bridge camera ( I call it a prosumer camera) does have some limitations like the F stop range, The sensor is also smaller on bridge cameras, so this means more noise at higher iso's and more noise at night during longer exposures

For example shooting sports inside like ice hockey, your need a f2.8 lense,
so hence a DSLR would be a better choice with a lense like the canon 2.8 IS

I have a nikon 5700( prosumer), had a nikon D70 and now i have a Canon 40D
They all take good pics, but in the right situation

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cudenver said:
yes , I agree, but a bridge camera ( I call it a prosumer camera) does have some limitations like the F stop range, The sensor is also smaller on bridge cameras, so this means more noise at higher iso's and more noise at night during longer exposures
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We agreed on this if you read what I wrote :D
 
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