I'm 14 years old an I want to buy a camera that takes good pictures.. Where do I start?
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Answer by Rafal Chalgasiewicz
Every camera takes good pictures if a person behind it knows how to use it.
You can honestly start with a camera in your phone.
There is a published album "The Best Camera is the One That's with You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis", all photos were taken exclusively with an iphone which technically speaking has not very advanced camera.
I was 14 I would start with shooting film. It's really eyes opener and learns respecting photography as the form of art..
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You could easily buy a $ 600 DSLR and take horrible photos, or get a $ 300 camera and take good photos.It doesn't really matter which camera, just as long as you know how to use it.
ReplyDeleteI'd go for a $ 200-$ 400 bridge camera.They have all the settings you'd probably need and aren't as expensive.
Start by learning to take really good pictures, no matter what camera you have. Then you'll be able to take advantage of the quality of a really good camera.
ReplyDeleteAn "intro-level" DSLR camera (Canon T3, Nikon D3100, etc.) would serve you very well -- but it's the photographer that takes really good pictures, not the camera.
Peace.
Any camera can take good pictures, a camera is just an image recording device. 80% of what makes a good image, capturing the moment, lighting, subject, expression etc. happens external to the camera, the camera, any camera, merely records it. The expensive ones can record with a higher accuracy and in less than ideal lighting, that's the only difference.
ReplyDeleteChris
The canon 1Ds mkIII takes great photos.
ReplyDeletedslr takes good pictures, but it depends on the lens.....email me.....i dont have time to type it all out on here....
ReplyDeleteWith your cell phone.
ReplyDeleteFinding that it isn't cutting it, and you need better pictures?
Try a pocket point and shoot. They are much better than cell phones.
If that's still not enough, you are probably destined to be into photography forever, to some degree.
It's not cheap.
Anyway, go for a camera with manual settings, so you have the control you need to take photos that are more suited to the look you want.
There are those who say "the camera doesn't matter"... they must not take photos in bad lighting situations or from a long distance or at sporting events, etc.
For outdoor photos with minimal movement, almost anything is good, even a cell phone(!) unless you want a huge print.
For indoor photos, most modern pocket cameras should cut it, even without a flash. In fact, preferably without flashes. I don't like flashes. But indoors, cell phones need them.
For practicing adjustments, settings, manual controls, and other fine-tuning... you move up to the more expensive cameras(these will be $ 300+). They may or may not fit in your pocket, and they won't do much better with lighting than the cheaper cameras, but you can use the manual settings to make them work where the cameras without the settings wouldn't.
Now if you are going for pictures at sporting events, auto races, school dances, indoor performances, any kind of fast motion or dim lighting? Then you need a DSLR.
These things are stupendously expensive(mine was $ 600!) and seem very complex until you have taken weeks/months/even years to get familiar with them.
But they are how you get the sharp shots at sporting events, indoor performances, etc...
The lighting sensitivity you need to get the really fast-moving or dark shots require them.
But start much smaller, and only work your way up as the things you photograph regularly are absolutely impossible to get a decent photo of with what you have.
And yes, that means use your cell phone until you have gotten the best pics you can out of it before upgrading.