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Hi people, I'm after some advice and hope I'm in the right place.
Over the past couple of years I have become more and more interested in photography, even more so with the phone cameras becoming much more advanced.
In particular I enjoy macro photography but I am some what restricted in the quality and how close i can get. I have become obsessed with watching videos and tutorials and I am always being wowed by most of the images I see, especially the close ups of insects and flowers.
I own nothing at the moment but i am willing to invest a little as i believe i have a hidden passion. I have done a bit of research and quickly found out that this can get very expensive very quickly ha ha.
My plan is for now to start out with a Nikon d3500 and couple it with a Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro EX DG OS HSM. This is looking around the £550 to £700 mark if I get them both used.
So the advice.
1) is this a good set up?
2) am I spending too much/little?
3) will I get the close up and detail ?
Any help at this point would be greatly appreciated and thanks for reading this if you did, thanks, Des.
Over the past couple of years I have become more and more interested in photography, even more so with the phone cameras becoming much more advanced.
In particular I enjoy macro photography but I am some what restricted in the quality and how close i can get. I have become obsessed with watching videos and tutorials and I am always being wowed by most of the images I see, especially the close ups of insects and flowers.
I own nothing at the moment but i am willing to invest a little as i believe i have a hidden passion. I have done a bit of research and quickly found out that this can get very expensive very quickly ha ha.
My plan is for now to start out with a Nikon d3500 and couple it with a Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro EX DG OS HSM. This is looking around the £550 to £700 mark if I get them both used.
So the advice.
1) is this a good set up?
2) am I spending too much/little?
3) will I get the close up and detail ?
Any help at this point would be greatly appreciated and thanks for reading this if you did, thanks, Des.
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