Camera's? What should i go for?

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Hi,

Have been doing photography for a year now :) I have a sony h20 and now want to move up to a better camera.

Could anyone suggest a a good camera?

I need a camera for:

Action ie dance, football ect
Landscape
Close up like insects ect
Portraits
and must be able to connect to a studio.

I love my Sony H20 but recently found because of the flash i cannot connect it to a studio and its not compatable with a hot shoe connecter thing.

If anyone has any advice or has a cracking camera, please let me know.

Thanks
krystle
 
It would be more helpful if you named a budget......;)

I would also suggest you actually hold different cameras to see what you like- what works for me may not suit you.
 
Havnt really set a budget yet, wanted to see what was good out there but if i had a budget then £800 *** be it x
 
Well, I would move on from bridge cameras anyway given your requirements.

Your requirements are also quite varied in terms of styles- one lens isn't going to cover them all and if the dance is indoors with poor lighting and no flash allowed, you might need some expensive glass and a camera with high ISO capability. Floodlit football games are also challenging to cameras/lenses.

What are the most common focal lengths of your shots? That might help in lens selection.

You posibly want something in the range of:

10-20- landscape etc
17-50 ish - could be used for landscape and general and save buying an UWA for the moment
55-250 or 70-300- cheaper zooms which may not be fast enough
70-200- could be used for portraits as well as sport although may not get you close enough. It also doesn't go as wide as a 50 or 85mm lens where shallow depth of field may be required.
100 ish for macro (Tamron's 90mm is actually very good)
300 ish- for sports to get close enough

As for bodies, there are so many these days- secondhand might be a better route and allow you to get a couple of decent lenses but with a budget of £800 you'll need to compromise somewhere.
Depends also if you want a sturdier unit- i.e. semi pro build e.g. 40D or consumer build e.g. 450D
Nikon D90, D80, D60 Canon 450D, 500D, 1000D, Pentax K10,K20 - these are all good cameras. Sony and Olympus also have a range you could look at.

I would concentrate on the lenses you need- bodies come and go.

Of course you could get a secondhand 40D and Tamron 17-50 which would come in at probably just over £700 and then use your H20 when you need a longer focal length if it's done you well enough till now until such times as you buy a longer lens for the 40D.

So many scenarios and options- If all the Sony falls down on for you is that it can't connect to studio lights then you could go even cheaper and use the DSLR just for that with a cheap 50mm although I personally wouldn't recommend that route.
 
All the cameras are good. It is what you do with it that turns an average image into a great photograph.

Buy what you feel most comfortable with after trying them in the shops.
 
Thank u so much for ** advice and info, numbers r not my thing and get lost over my head, a second hand camera i had never thought of and will def look into that.

You have been so helpful thank u x
 
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