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Quote: Panda Antics "Looking for some buying advice please.
I want a decent camera to take travelling. I'm quite interested in photography (as in I like looking at photos) but know nothing about it.
Main thing is it needs to be easily portable and fairly small, so can't be doing with big, multiple lenses.
I'd like something better than the average point and shoot from Comet but only have a budget of around £350.00, could stretch it if necessary.
Are there any cameras that have a one lens suits all to take decent scenic photos as well as close of ups of people etc?
Any models/manufacturers you'd recommend?
I've done a bit of reading about and a Compact System Camera seems to be mid way between a standard digital and a DSLR, which I think is what I'm looking for?
Apologies for the lack of jargon, I did say I know nothing about this!'"
Thanks for the replies so far, not been on much to ask many follow up questions.
Someone has recommended the Nikon J1 to me.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005 ... lectronics
I've had a look at it in Currys Digital and really like the size/portability of it.
Just wondering what people's throughts are on this and also what differences I'd see between the 10mm and 10-30mm lenses?
I assume the lenses are for different types of photo? I tried asking in the shop but clearly I don't have a clue and the assistant knew even less!
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Quote: Panda Antics "Looking for some buying advice please.
I want a decent camera to take travelling. I'm quite interested in photography (as in I like looking at photos) but know nothing about it.
Main thing is it needs to be easily portable and fairly small, so can't be doing with big, multiple lenses.
I'd like something better than the average point and shoot from Comet but only have a budget of around £350.00, could stretch it if necessary.
Are there any cameras that have a one lens suits all to take decent scenic photos as well as close of ups of people etc?
Any models/manufacturers you'd recommend?
I've done a bit of reading about and a Compact System Camera seems to be mid way between a standard digital and a DSLR, which I think is what I'm looking for?
Apologies for the lack of jargon, I did say I know nothing about this!'"
Thanks for the replies so far, not been on much to ask many follow up questions.
Someone has recommended the Nikon J1 to me.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005 ... lectronics
I've had a look at it in Currys Digital and really like the size/portability of it.
Just wondering what people's throughts are on this and also what differences I'd see between the 10mm and 10-30mm lenses?
I assume the lenses are for different types of photo? I tried asking in the shop but clearly I don't have a clue and the assistant knew even less!
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| Quote: Dally "They were JPEGs. Maybe I should take another look at the camera's software to see if it processes RAW files! If I recall the software crashes on my computer and I am using my wife's software from a compact camera.
Back to the cheap lens, yes those pictures are reasonable and the cat one pretty good. But, shooting at a longer range results to date have been poor.
On a different note, I am wondering whether a Sigma 150-500mm lens (c. £600) would be worth it? I know their top of the range version (more expensive) can produce petty impressive results, but I am not sure about spending £600 on something which may not be top notch. Do you have any experience of this particular lens?
Sadly, Pentax lenses are expensive - c. £1,000 for a 300mm f4 prime lens. Maybe I should have transferred over to Canon / Nikon when I got my last camera! But the Pentax K3 came out better in reviews than the equivalent Canon / Nikon cameras and is a great top end consumer level camera.'"
I have this lens and use it all regularly, I like it. It is very good hand held at 500mm with the Sigma OS settings. Apart from the Canon 'nifty fifty' all my lenses are Sigma, the 105mm Macro and the 10-20mm 3.5 WA often top the ratings on test in the Canon edition of Photo Plus. I use the 70D which is excellent. | | |
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| Quote: Dally "I have never used Photoediting software other than that from a disk that came with a camera. Are Photoshop / others much better than that sort of thing. I have never shot in RAW because the editing software that came with the camera does not seem to deal with it.
I therefore have a couple of questions
I took the plunge on the Adobe monthly subscription (£8.75) for which I get the latest Photoshop and Lightroom 6, these are updated to keep pace with changes. I have began to use PS more and am slowly getting to grips with it, but as said on here it is a professional tool and takes a lot of getting use to. I have used LR to play with RAW images, but tend to use PS more often. The good thing is that you hardly miss the monthly fee and it's yearly equivelant is the same buying Element outright (not including upgrades).
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Not sure if this thread is worth resurrecting since the last post was 18 months ago, but here goes.
I need to buy a travel friendly camera, something that takes sharp shots, decent auto focus, not too big/bulky or takes ages to set up but has a good zoom - probably for no more than £300.
Any suggestions?
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Quote: Mike Oxlong "Not sure if this thread is worth resurrecting since the last post was 18 months ago, but here goes.
I need to buy a travel friendly camera, something that takes sharp shots, decent auto focus, not too big/bulky or takes ages to set up but has a good zoom - probably for no more than £300.
Any suggestions?'"
Can't pretend to be up to date on all options and prices but from what I have seen Panasonic Lumix compacts are very good. For their modest price Nikon Coolpix compacts (if they still make them) are very good. Canon bridge cameras seem very good too.
Edit: Could try this website (one of the places I buy stuff from) - you can input camera type, brand, price range and then look at the options. When you have decided what suits you can then shop around. For a UK based supplier they have been good for what I have bought and you can speak to the on 'phone
https://www.cliftoncameras.co.uk/Compac ... icerange/2
(NB That link is to compact systems - the "digital cameras" section is probably more help). |
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Quote: Mike Oxlong "Not sure if this thread is worth resurrecting since the last post was 18 months ago, but here goes.
I need to buy a travel friendly camera, something that takes sharp shots, decent auto focus, not too big/bulky or takes ages to set up but has a good zoom - probably for no more than £300.
Any suggestions?'"
Can't pretend to be up to date on all options and prices but from what I have seen Panasonic Lumix compacts are very good. For their modest price Nikon Coolpix compacts (if they still make them) are very good. Canon bridge cameras seem very good too.
Edit: Could try this website (one of the places I buy stuff from) - you can input camera type, brand, price range and then look at the options. When you have decided what suits you can then shop around. For a UK based supplier they have been good for what I have bought and you can speak to the on 'phone
https://www.cliftoncameras.co.uk/Compac ... icerange/2
(NB That link is to compact systems - the "digital cameras" section is probably more help). | |
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Thx guys, all photo very interesting
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