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Buying a camera suggestions please
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So its getting around Christmas time and there are a lot of new cameras and such and I think its about time for me to get a new one.
The two brands I'm looking into are Canon and Sony.
I don't know a lot about all the technical stuff I should, so I come to my very reliable Gaians to help me out.
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The things I'll be using my camera for is just taking some good shoots outsides or inside. And my budget is around $400.
So yeah, that's what I have and hopefully someone can give me a few guidelines on what to buy and maybe the link to my dream camera?~!
Thanks a bunch~!
The two brands I'm looking into are Canon and Sony.
I don't know a lot about all the technical stuff I should, so I come to my very reliable Gaians to help me out.
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The things I'll be using my camera for is just taking some good shoots outsides or inside. And my budget is around $400.
So yeah, that's what I have and hopefully someone can give me a few guidelines on what to buy and maybe the link to my dream camera?~!
Thanks a bunch~!
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The second camera you linked is a more expensive and slightly smaller version of the camera I'm about to suggest, but lacking in the manual features that you'll really appreciate if you develop more than a passing interest in taking snapshots. I love my little Canon A570 IS. It was cheap (~$200) and has a wide variety of scene options while still boasting full manual controls (focus/exposure). Image quality is excellent, ISO is useable up to about 200 ISO/possibly 400, and the battery life is phenomenal (a couple hundred shots on a pair of rechargeable AAs).
By going under budget on the camera, you can afford a decent tripod to put it on! If you really do want to take landscapes/etc, you're going to need a tripod - ideally one that will still be useable once you upgrade to a DSLR (if you decide to go that route) and last you ages (so it's still a good investment even if you don't move up). I would advise Manfrotto or Velbon legs with a Manfrotto ball head. Do not get a pan'n'tilt head - those are for video cameras and are not useful with a still camera. Look to spend at least $100 on the legs and another $50 on the head - unless you're absolutely sure you will never upgrade from a point and shoot, in which case you can get a smaller and cheaper head ($30)ish.
Of course, having given this advice, if you're truly into photography you will eventually want a DSLR. I just got my Pentax K10d, and it is so many leaps and bounds above my P+S it's actually funny.