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hey guys i m new to photography...i would like someone to suggest me a good camera to start.
 
Welcome Ranjan

If you have a read through the 'Talk Basics' section of the forum you'll find lots of previous threads on your topic.

Your main factors will be use, previous experience and price but your best bet is to get along to a shop and have a hold of a few. Good luck with the search :)
 
Hi Ranjan
Whats your budget? That should decide what bits of kit you should be looking at.

Welcome BTW! :thumbs:
 
on a serios note, you may be able to get a 2nd hand Canon 40D and a 50mm lens, but it may be a stretch.

have a look at the local store and see which one you feel most comfortable with.
Most popular are Canon and Nikon, but do not discount the others (what are they called??) oh yeah, Sony, Pentax and Olympus.

only then I think you will be able to answer your own question.

now days there is not THAT much of a difference in cameras at that price area, it is the lens/ flash that you may which to upgrade later that may provide a clue as to which brand you decide to go with.
 
DSLR, SLR or compact?
and how serious do you think your new hobby will become?
 
hey meeten,

do you think grabbing a 2nd hand will be good idea......how about nikon d3000 dude.
 
Ranjan,

Not a good idea to leave your full email address in thread - you will get a sharp rise in spam etc. Click on 'edit' and you will be able to remove it from your post. :)

Why not continue discussing here?
 
Ranjan, I can speak from experience that 2nd hand buys are definitely worth considering.

I got my 40D body 2nd hand on here and it was like new at a fraction of the cost.

Given your budget that may be the way to go.
 
Ranjan said:
hey thanx smooth [:)]
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No worries.

As for cameras. If you are serious about the hobby and can see it developing I would definitely look at DSLR's so you can have the flexibility of changing and upgrading lenses.

The secondhand pointers are good - you will get a lot more for your money but will have to be careful as to what you buy. If budget is a serious restraint you will do well from buying 2nd hand. Don't forget you will also need to buy lenses :)

As for brand - pop in to your local store and have a play with all the cameras - see what feels good in your hand. The canon 40D is a stonkingly good camera - mid range and you can pick them up for around £450 2nd hand. You will also need to buy/get included a lens. If you decide on Canon/Nikon/Sony then the 50mm 1.8 lenses are a superb starting point - you can hit the ground running with a fast aperture lens that wouldn't cost more than £100ish.

Have a look on the Review section of TP, and on google in general at different cameras - there is a whole wealth of knowledge out there for you to decide a shortlist from.

Best of luck in your search.
 
thanks for ** reply, plz help me out. i m a starter in photography and its not for hobby, i m considering it as my career very seriously. but i have no basic idea of it, help me out to get a proper basic camera as you know my budget. if u can send me a link wr i can get a good one. it would be great man :)
 
hey thanx smooth, if u can help me by giving me a link wr i can get a good 2nd one ,it would be great man.
 
I would look to start it off as a hobby Ranjan - you will need to get a grounding in photography before choosing and spending on it as a career. Photography is a very challenging career choice - a lot of people decide they want to be a professional without any knowledge and try to run before they can walk. If you are serious about it as a career you need to walk first :)

Have a look and see what courses your local college offer - so that you can get a solid foundation of knowledge.

For your first camera - check out the for sale section on TP after you have read up as many reviews online as possible. I cant tell you which camera to buy - you need to decide and research that for yourself.

Also check out mpbphotographic - they are a great 2nd hand dealer and a registered advertiser on this forum.
 
Best advice is to go into local camera shop, try and see what suits and what doesnt and how they feel to you and then go from there.

Asking for a definitive camera choice is like asking how long a piece of string is!
 
hey smooth

thanx for replying patiently for my questions, and i will take in the right way man....well said may be i will start of as a hobby, if it turns out to be good then i will think of switching over as a career :)
 
Ranjan said:
thanks for ** reply, plz help me out. i m a starter in photography and its not for hobby, i m considering it as my career very seriously. but i have no basic idea of it, help me out to get a proper basic camera as you know my budget. if u can send me a link wr i can get a good one. it would be great man :)
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I'm not usually a guy to critique anyone, but you are kind of contradicting yourself slightly with that statement. You tell us you're serious about photography, and contemplating starting out as a pro, yet you have no idea about cameras. And you even ask for a basic camera?

Don't get me wrong, I'm willing to help you out/give tips, but I think you should enlighten us a bit more about your plans, needs and wants.

I see you've already mentioned your budget, and that you'd mainly be into portrait and landscape (two VERY diffrent kinds of shooting, requiring quite diffrent kinds of lenses for each).

When you say you want to make a career out of this, what's your initial plan? Start a studio and do portraits for customers? Sell images to magazines? Have you checked the market where you live, is there room for more photographers of the kind you aspire to be, yet paying you enough to make a living of it?

I think it's important to keep in mind that the cost of a camera is only the beginning, no matter what you're going to use it for. Even if it's only for hobby usage, or even family photos, the camera itself is usually the cheapest bit. After the camera purchase, you will probably need a couple of extra lenses, each costing a lot more than the actual camera (unless you go for entry level lenses). Then there's stuff like memory cards, lens hoods, filters, tripod/monopod, flashes, a capable computer with software for postprocessing etc. etc.

If you want to be serious about photography, I think you should be prepared to up your budget quite considerably, if not, it'll be nothing but an interest or small hobby.
 
Keep it slow Ranjan. Get your hands on a camera, and get shooting anything and everything around you. Get lots of shots up on TP and be open to critique that others provide - there is an amazing wealth of knowledge on here that will help you lots.

Give it time and patience to learn. A superb starting point even before you get your hands on your own camera is to get the book understanding exposure.

Best of luck. :thumbs:
 
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