Which camera should i go

[lingaesh]

hi guys am new to photography know some extent. have a plan to buy a camera with the budget of 40 thound to 50 thousand. i dont know which one is best, so guys need your suggestion. preferred brand CANON & NIKON suggest me a models kindly.

[Ndukes]

Welcome to this great community. That sounds like a big budget - lucky you. Is it GB£, U.S.$ or €?

[Steaphany]

Can you please provide some details on what subject matter you'll be shooting ? Please include details on whether this would be studio or out and about. Do you have any experience with photography and do you have any personal preferences ? There is a whole lot more to photography than just Nikon and Canon.

The choice of equipment depends greatly on many factors. In many respects, there is no "best" camera apart from the camera you have with you at the time when you need to capture that once in a lifetime shot.

As your question stands, it would be like someone wanting to be a chef, but never specifying how many will be served with each meal, 4 or 400, or whether the cuisine is Chinese or Saharan

[lingaesh]

first thank u for ur reply, i dont have any experience, just finished short term photography course. understood somewhat from your reply, i dont have any specific point to buy just need decent dslr cam with good specs for any circumstances. the budget is 40K INR

[lingaesh]

thank u ndukes ha ha its not a big budget na, bcoz 40k INR, am from india.

[Ndukes]

thank u ndukes ha ha its not a big budget na, bcoz 40k INR, am from india.

You had my heart racing with excitement

You will get lots of useful advice here. Good luck with your choice.

[xpatUSA]

I think you should think what kind of camera before deciding which make to buy.

Perhaps decide first between single fixed zoom-lens camera or an interchangeable-lens camera.

Then decide between sensor sizes - full size, APS-C size or micro-four-thirds.

If I were just starting and wanted to go beyond point-and-shoot compact cameras, I would buy a micro-four-thirds with interchangeable lens capability (starting with maybe a 14-45mm zoom), OR . .

. . an APS-C size DSLR but with full size lenses (starting with a medium zoom, maybe 24-60mm) - full size just in case I want to go later with a 'full size' camera.

Which brings up the question of how much weight/volume do you want to carry?

Good luck with the search.

P.S - in terms of image quality, just about any camera will give good results while you improve your technique, if you only view on-screen or print A3 size max. So, do not be tempted by which camera has the most megapixels. 12 MP is more than adequate for you, I would think.

As an example of that, I am still quite happy with my Sigma SD14 - 4.7MP. And my Sigma SD1M at 15MP is far too much for on-screen images, so I shoot it in low resolution, 3.6MP.

[Steaphany]

As an example of that, I am still quite happy with my Sigma SD14 - 4.7MP. And my Sigma SD1M at 15MP is far too much for on-screen images, so I shoot it in low resolution, 3.6MP.

I too love my Sigma SD14, and my progression beyond was not to go with ever more costly Sigma dSLRs, but moving in reverse. My photography experience started in the 1970's with film, so with a search on ebay, I found a Sigma SA9, a 35mm film predecessor of the SD14 and yielding a nice full frame 36mm x 24mm negative. The camera body with two kit zooms cost me $35US, and these lenses work with my SD14.

Later, after finding the brain in the camera was more in the way than a help for much of the photography I conduct, low light, astronomical, long exposure, and craving a return to medium format, I again turned to ebay and picked up a Mamiya RB67 ProSD, with a 150mm lens for less than $300US. I'm happy scanning 77mm x 56mm negatives and burdening Photoshop with 800MB files.

Unlike Ted's choice to shoot at lower resolutions with his Sigma SD1M for web presentation, the images I have on my 500px page, all SD14 to date, have been optimized to allow printing at a typical scale of 72" x 48" ( 183 cm x 122 cm )

One point to remember, photos are the creative work of the photographer, the camera is just a tool. To illustrate the point, here is a video where a pro photographer is challenged to use a cheap toy camera:

and they have other photographer challenges here.

[Manfred M]

Before you go crazy with the large number, 40000 Indian Rupees works out to around:

$US 600, Euro 500, £400. So really entry level to mid level budget.

[Manfred M]

Before you go crazy with the large number, 40000 Indian Rupees works out to around:

$US 600, Euro 500, £400. So really entry level to mid level budget.