Not a few friends or people who ask how to determine the appropriate SLR camera for the first time we bought. It is important that we do not choose the wrong time to buy an SLR camera and almost certainly closer to what we actually want. Okay, to answer the question, here are some tips that can be used when purchasing a DSLR camera (or commonly called the SLR only) for the first time.
I. Define Yourself
Ask to yourself, like what it will be after having a SLR camera? Is just a hobby shooting, hobby but want to work like a professional or want to become a serious professional photographer. Once you are sure you like where the latter, it's time budget setting. To download a set budget we must first know what type or level camera should we buy, see a simple illustration and table types of cameras below:
Just Hobby: Needs => entry level SLR / semi-pro / up depending on budget
Serious Hobby: Needs => Semi Pro SLR / whatever SLR (semi-pro and above)
Professional Photographer Wannabe: Needs => just as serious hobby
The table shows the type and level cameras to meet the basic needs of an ideal based on the previous illustration, the down line-up means the more expensive camera table represented two rulers brand market share in the world of photography.
To determine the market price of each camera, please check the price list price in stores this blog
II. Camera Kit or BO (Body Only)?
Once you know how much money must picture you prepare to buy a camera, before it went to a camera shop a good idea to make a choice, whether to buy Camera Kit (Camera plus lens package) or Camera Body Only purchase and buy the lens separately. Buying separate lenses provide flexibility for you to determine more specifically what the camera will really fit with what you need.
Just Hobby: To just take pictures, capture the beautiful moments with friends or loved ones, and travel documentation, and other special events, camera kit should suffice all the needs. Line of entry-level cameras have been able to answer, or if you have more budget so please purchase any camera above the entry level standard budget or style you have.
Serious Hobby and Pro Photographer Wannabe: For this group, based on your buying experience better Only Body only and lenses purchased separately. But the consequences are relatively more expensive than the cost of buying the kit.
as an illustration you have a lot of money and want to seriously study photography, even as a hobby or a career starting point you choose. And you want to have a camera to your liking in the field of sports, of course, a camera that takes high-speed camera capable of capturing each frame of a moving object in an event sport, racing or football
So, the choice goes to the Canon EOS 7D for example, which has the ability burst rate of 8 frames / second. Buy 7D BO then combine with the 70-200mm telephoto lens that lets you shoot objects from a distance.
It was a choice for which is no problem with the name of money, if budget is barely fit but seriously wants to learn photo, how? Can still just calm, Body Only buy from an entry level camera and lens to buy fantastic economic performance, such as buying BO plus EOS 550D Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II Telephoto Zoom lens in the number 2jutaan. It is economical performance mix lens from Canon, he can be using for the needs of tele (the motto of the remote) or the need for zooming to the needs of the average camera such as portrait photo.
Simply till there? Nope, if there is still money to buy 900 thousand canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, this is a fixed lens. The explanation is easy manual lens suitable for learning photography, 50mm does not have a zoom feature, so we must zooming back and forth jamming wearing leg angle can create what we want. it is kind of hard but it is where the process we learn how to determine the composition, angle and others. 50mm is also perfect for those wishing to explore the effects of blur from a photograph, or Deep of Field DOF / sharpness area the focal point will we learn there. These lenses may seem cheesy line price, body made from plastic, the lens motor sound a bit noisy but trust me if you can make, the results are no plasticy
What about Nikon? Equally, Nikon 50mm lens also provides fantastic economical performance, roomates Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8D is price 1.2 million
III. Canon or Nikon? or Even Sony?
How to choose the brand? Hehe, for some groups it regarded photographers
sensitive. Brand camera like "religion" is used to distinguish themselves or discredit the group and other photographers who have different branded cameras, LOL. It's just a tool guys, like sculptors we have hammer themselves according to your taste and choice. Do not see the gear, but see the result.
Message for my friends who want to plunge into the world of photography, do not be stupid and dragged to the area. Maybe now there are many opinions circulating on the streets that directly compare this brand is better than that, blah blah blah. The result is more yellow, this is why, haha it depends how the setting. In the era of information technology advances so rapidly, photographic technology were also growing rapidly. Each competing vendor camera makers create the best products, what does it mean? their ability to each other after another, 11-12. Vendors who lost in certain features, for example, on the next product will be won than competitors
So, do not ever compare a whole if the brand is better than other brands based on the comparison irrelevant. For example compare the semi-pro level cameras of brand A with entry level cameras of brand B continues to make a justification if brand A is better than brand B. Not like that, not that you compare their brands but head to head product in its class, such as the Canon EOS 7D vs. Nikon D300S. That's just the comparison irrelevant.
Same camera also other products such as smartphones, product line-up is divided based on each class. Features must adjust the class, and in digital camera technology already features a wide variety. It could be in the same level camera A camera lost in this feature, but won in the feature. Meaning what? technology, the feature is not a big problem, yet there are software like Adobe Photoshop Post Processing tiap2 bridging the shortage of quality shots before a final product.
If the features and technology is not an issue how to choose the first camera kept us?
Before buying the best camera means appropriate, specify 2 options camera brand on the same level, find information and reviews of each camera are determined based on the previous budgeting. Find reviews by googling, review videos on youtube channel as Digitalrev photography or photo gear review site eg DPReview, find a visible means able to be bought for buying and correspond to what you need.
A visible example is the Canon 5D Mark III then later when you come to a camera shop to determine the brand choice means you have to reconcile the competitors 5D Mark III Nikon D800 as an option.
To choose one of two options, returning to your taste, Canon and Nikon as good like Mercedes and BMW. Before buying for the first time, hold, try, really feel each product brand of choice in front of you. Feel it on your hand, the weight, comfort on the handheld, shutter sound when snapped the first time, ease of use, shape and so forth (assuming a level 11-12 feature the same camera). Which is the most appropriate choice of camera among hearts you specify it, buy it! Simple as that!
