Question for professional photgraphers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

I want to be a photographer but dont know what kind of camra to use. So my question is what kind of camra do you reccomend? Do you know where I could find it?


Thank you for the help.
Question for professional photgraphers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Truth is any camera ( I recommend digital) is sufficient to begin to develop you eye for the shots you take. Dont invest a lot of money to start, but do get one with a zoom lens and at least 5MP.
Question for professional photgraphers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
This is a complicated question as there are so many cameras out there these days and you don't state whether you want to shoot film or digital.





With cameras, you pretty much get what you pay for. The more expensive cameras have more features and will do more for you as far as taking quality pictures, while the cheaper cameras will take pictures OK, but have little in the way of manual settings that you can adjust to varying lighting conditions and type of picture you are taking.





As far as film cameras, I have always been partial to Pentax, but Nikon, Minolta and Olympus also make superb cameras.





Digital cameras are relatively new to me. I have three, but two of them are cheap ones and the one "good" one I have is already outdated and while it works fine for what I use it for (shooting baseball), it's a lower end camera and barely suffices for that purpose.





If you want to be a photographer, invest in a name brand camera of one of the brands I mentioned above. And expect to pay between $600-$1000 for something that will get you started. Go to a camera shop and take a look at some of the cameras. Pick up some brochures and compare features to find the camera that will do what you want it to.





Cameras can be "money pits" -- there is always another lens or accessory that you will want to get, or a new body that has more features than your old one.





I probably have $4,000 invested in film cameras...and then digital cameras came along and I probably spent another $2,000 there amongst my three (and they aren't even very good ones!).





But definitely visit a local camera shop. That way you can ask questions and actually have the camera in your hands to see what it does.
Reply:Get a Canon Xti from a local camera shop. It should come as a kit for less than $800 (probably less than $600).





In my area, you could shop Best Buy or Costco.
Reply:film
Reply:So far no one has mentioned a thing about photography lessons. If I bought myself a Steinway, it won't make me a concert pianist. So with whatever camera you are getting, no matter how many features it has, and no matter how expensive it is, without proper lessons on how to use it, and not knowing the limitations to work around that, you will be very disappointed.
Reply:I suggest you go on a course to get the basics, then you will answer the question for yourself. There will certainly be guidelines with any course. Or contact a local photographic club, where tuition is usually free.





If your aiming to be professional then ultimately it will be an SLR (preferably digital, though these are expensive), film ones are much cheaper these days and there are thousands of good second hand ones to be had, but they are expensive to use and they don't offer the instant feedback that digital offers which really does make learning and experimenting easier.





If you decide digital then remember you will also need a pretty good computer (lots of RAM), a photo printer and software, which together with a DSLR is quite an investment, but it will allow you to practice virtually for free and experiment with all aspects of photography.





I would still advocate a college or club to get that 'bedrock' of basic technique and build on that.





hris
Reply:first get lessons and I recommend starting with a 35mm film camera. Each shot cost money so you will start to think before you press the shutter and then once developed, you will think again about the shot. Digital is too easy to chimp adjust and shoot again without thinking too much.





I love digital don't get me wrong and which ever way you go, do NOT start out with a zoom lens. People who do this tend to learn how to use a zoom lens the wrong way. They stand in one spot and compose by zooming in or out. This is wrong and you should learn to be able to visualise a focal length, compose and zoom in or out by using you legs. For this reason, I feel it is essential to start off using a prime lens. Not only do you get to learn about a particular focal length, prime lenses have superior image quality to zoom lenses at their given focal lengths (ie Nikon 50mm f1.8prime vs a 28-70mm f2.8 @ 50mm). Start with a 50mm and then once you have shot that for about 6 months-1 year, move onto a 28mm and/or a 105mm for ie.





i would recommend Nikon and only Nikon for many reasons but too many to list.