63/500 said:Get an EOS 5D, it'll blow your mind![]()
Haven't got that kind of money to spend
63/500 said:Get an EOS 5D, it'll blow your mind![]()
ukaskew said:Essentially if you think you have money to spend (lots of it) over and above your initial purchase then get a DSLR, chances are you wouldn't want to upgrade/sell up for years and the lenses can always be moved to a new body in future.
If you want to spend £400 and not have to think about future costs again, get a bridge camera (the Panasonic FZs finally seem to have really gained popularity in the UK) they are more than capable of stunning shots and although the technical quality will never be up to DSLR level, you find many people with both say that they actually get better photographs with the bridge camera, simply because it's there and ready and has a huge range.
The biggest risk with the DSLR is the constant expandability, not getting the shots you want? Just buy a better lens. However with a bridge camera they can really make you think about what you could achieve with what you have. I put my improvement purely down to my FZ20, for example...
Just after I bought it I saw this shot..
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It blew me away, I couldn't even understand how it was possible to get such a shot out of the FZ20 and assumed it was from a DSLR, but after some practice I consistently got stuff like this...
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I'm not saying I couldn't have done this with a DSLR, but I didn't have to spend a single penny over and above my initial purchase price to get that, it was purely down to practice, practice and learning.
Mike-bham said:Quite tempted by one of these now, whats the maximum shutter time on these, and how much manual "fiddling" can you do?
There aint no one near Birmingham with one is there to show me lol?
ukaskew said:Potentially the FZ30 is the better buy, should be cheaper and there is less noise due to the fewer number of pixels (pixels = marketing tool, over and above 5MP they really mean nothing to 99% of digital camera users).
Longy said:Slightly disagree with you there I think the FZ50 is worth the extra bit of cash
Jay said:My dad was big into photography back in the day, and still has some old lens. Would these be able to fit a Digital SLR as well as a Film SLR?
Jay said:Yeah being new to the game will take some practice.
My dad was big into photography back in the day, and still has some old lens. Would these be able to fit a Digital SLR as well as a Film SLR?
Mike-bham said:I think the fz50 is a bit out of my price range really, although it looks really good!
What Kind of price should I be looking at really for the 20? I take it the 20 has the 60 sec shutter length etc too?
Is this price about right?
Edit that, second hand, was 210 on amazon, but used.
Maybe I should wait till christmas and see If someone will go halves lol
furry_cup said:it doesnt really matter how good the camera is to take a good pic. i personally use a canon eos 350d. thats mainy because i eed to zoom into the images and cut thing out etc..
check this link, i took these with my gf's canon 4mp camera. thought the results were pretty good.
http://www.marksimons.co.uk/Egypt.htm
ukaskew said:FZ20 maximum shutter length is 8 seconds, one of the reasons I moved to the D50 as I wanted a bulb mode for light-trails etc. Things get a bit noisy with compact cameras over an extended shutter length due to the small sensor, that's why it was limited to 8 seconds.
I sold my FZ20 with shed-loads of extras for £250 recently, should be able to get a good one for that sort of money.
furry_cup said:it doesnt really matter how good the camera is to take a good pic. i personally use a canon eos 350d. thats mainy because i eed to zoom into the images and cut thing out etc..
check this link, i took these with my gf's canon 4mp camera. thought the results were pretty good.
http://www.marksimons.co.uk/Egypt.htm
Mike-bham said:Fz50 is on tinternet at 349 if you search through google, found it at college the other night, but cant bloody find it now!
Mike-bham said:When taking a pcture on the fz50, do you have to look through the eye piece, or does it come up on the screen? Someone told me on their dslr they have to look through the eye piece to take a pic???
Mike-bham said:Hmm that's a bit pants lol, why's that?
Would that go for the panasonic too though, as its not actaully a slr?
sneeks said:So long as it's suitable for landscape and motorsport pics then I'll be happy?
sneeks said:Is this package any good?
Canon EOS400D packaged with 18-55mm Canon lens, Tamron 55-200mm lens, 1GB memory card and LowePro case - £650
or this
EOS350D 8.0 megapixel camera with 18 - 55mm lens - includes 90-300mm additional lens, 1Gb memory card and camera case - £599
or stick with the FZ50? I can afford any one of the above.