im looking for a camera that takes professional pictures.
please give me different price ranges.
im looking for a camera that takes professional studio pictures.
clear pictures, like ad pictures and billboard pictures. very clear
not like regular camera pictures. also, how can i know
if this camera takes these kind of pictures?
i dont want to go buy a camera and return it
after not liking the quality.
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Answer by joedlh
You'll see this written scores of times in answers to similar questions: It's not the camera that takes professional pictures but the photographer. If you don't have the skills, you could be using a $ 30,000 Hasselblad and still take pictures that are not as good as an experienced photographer with a $ 500 point-and-shoot.
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Stay with the major brands, Nikon, Canon, etc.
ReplyDeletePrice range: 500 and up. There isn't really a top, depending what body and lenses you want.
These cameras can definitely do ad quality work. If a new comer is using one of these and doesn't like the results, it's almost always the user not knowing how to get the result that he/she wants.
Buying an expensive camera is like buying relly nice golf clubs ... neither of these will make you a pro or will produce professional results until you;ve learned how to use them.
ReplyDeleteWhen looking at DSLRs, the camera body itself isn't all that important ... of course a Canon 5D Mk II is better than an Canon Rebel XSi but the image quality, in most shooting conditions, won't be all that much different.
Your skill with the camera, your undrestanding of the science of photography (depth of field, exposure ...) and your understanding of the art of photography (use of white spece, rule of thirds ...) will have a much greater impact.
Someone with a 5000$ 5D Mk II that shoots only in the auto modes and doesn;t really understand what is going on, will get images that are only marginally better than what you would get wiht a point and shoot camera .... if not worse.
So if you do go and get a DSLR, don't be discouraged if your images suck at first. Pick up some books, read information on websites, practice ... and eventually you will produce great images.
In order of importance in terms of photography wiht a DSLR, here are the most important factors:
1- Photographic skill and understanding.
2- Light
3- Lenses
4- Camera body.
So if you are looking at getting your first DSLR, go for any entry level camera from the major brands like Canon or Nikon (or the others like Sony for exampe).
Get something like a Canon Rebel T2i (or equivalent in other brands) with a kit lens and start there. any DSLR, even an older model like the Canon Rebel XS or the XSi can take the types of pictures you are talking about ... as long as the person using them understands what they are doing.
1. You can LEARN how to take "professional pictures" like every other professional photographer had to do. Then the camera used just does not make that much difference.
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2. You can go out and waste your money on an expensive camera that has the CAPABILITY to take pro shots, but with no skill or knowledge on your part, you are like this person:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/perki88/5242520077/
steve
For the 1000000000000000000th time.
ReplyDeleteCameras don't take pictures - people do.
Professionals use all sorts of different cameras from mid range Dslrs through to Hasselblads or large format cameras costing many thousands of pounds/dollars.
They get the quality from knowing all about their trade.
A camera is but a paint brush, it is more important who is holding the brush than which brush it is. All decent cameras can take wonderful pictures in the right hands. Spend your time studying great lighting and composition because even a great camera can not fix bad lighting or composition. And have fun with whichever brush you buy.
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