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I'm trying to buy a great professional camera. Not the $100 little ones. More of a pro camera!? Ideas?!

Alanrocks15 said:
I'm trying to buy a great professional camera. Not the $100 little ones. More of a pro camera!? Ideas?!
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The last time I was looking for a camera, this website had a lot of information. www.dpreview.com
I suggest you start by reading reviews and comparisons over there.

on ebay search by Nikon, short by price + shipping: lowest frist.

I have a Nikon D7000. But that's a little expensive...
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I got a 7D but it's on the expensive side. dp review is great. Also stay with Nikon or canon. For beginner with canon go with the T2i, and nikon I think it's D7000. Also, what's your budget and how serious are you about getting into photography?

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I have that one! Takes awesome pics! Check my exhibition in NY in november. The name of the exib is "The Pink Wonderland Killings", so look for it next time you're on acid.
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BazookaAce said:
I have that one! Takes awesome pics! Check my exhibition in NY in november. The name of the exib is "The Pink Wonderland Killings", so look for it next time you're on acid.
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Lmao!
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jaszek said:
I got a 7D but it's on the expensive side. dp review is great. Also stay with Nikon or canon. For beginner with canon go with the T2i, and nikon I think it's D7000. Also, what's your budget and how serious are you about getting into photography?
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T2i is perfect. I wouldn't consider the d7000 for a beginner. That camera cost me $1000 just for the body...
My first camera was a Sony a230. I wouldn't recommend getting it lol
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Try a d300s
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I have a T2i.
I'm almost ready to upgrade to a 7D though. I need more quick access to functions and adjustments...
Also are you ready to purchase something like this? Because it can become really expensive. You have to get the right lens for the type of shooting you'll be doing. If its just close range portraits and stuff, you should be fine with stock lens.

No one is ever fine with the stock lens, because the next one you buy is better...then you end up spending over $10,000 on camera gear like me. lol

I used to have a Canon 300D, a few years back I decided it wasn't up to the job, but still took great photos (just couldn't keep up with the Red Arrows at Farnborough), so I bought a Canon 40D after looking at the 450D and deciding it was too small for my hands.
It's a great camera and I've no need to upgrade yet (although if I had to I'd go for the 7D as it's of a similar size and better spec).
Vertical battery grip was £50 from ebay with a couple of batteries, picked up a telephoto lens and macro lens when I got the camera (although I'd originally justified the new camera by saying it would work with my 300D lenses, the urge to upgrade them was too much ), a studio lighting kit from Hong Kong, and I turned my old dining room into a studio.
Flickr portfolio

I bought a Canon 400D a few years back as my first Digital SLR. It has been a good beginner camera for me.
Review: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos400d/

I started with an XSi (450D) then got a 40D and now 7D, and now I need (read: want) to buy a 5D mk II

I just bought a Nikon D5100.
It's a great camera. I'm not sure how much you're looking to spend, but if you're in the $1000~ range, it's a great choice. (mine was around $1150 with the 18-55mm, and a 55-300 VR zoom lens)
I would highly recommend it. Takes fantastic pictures, and full HD 1080P video with full time autofocus. An awesome all around camera.

Okay...under $1000 for me ...
Thanks for your suggestions
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Alanrocks15 said:
Okay...under $1000 for me ...
Thanks for your suggestions
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T2i or D5100

jaszek said:
No one is ever fine with the stock lens, because the next one you buy is better...then you end up spending over $10,000 on camera gear like me. lol
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Agreed. But I didn't wanna scare him. lol I'm in the same position, but not at the 10k mark.... yet... Lenses and rigs are expensive. D:
In reality. You'll find out that the stock lens won't apply in certain situations. Like sitting in a hall all the way at the top with low light... Thank god I had a 70-200mm with an 2x adaptor for my cousins graduation. the Stock 18-55... well.. you know... lol
edit: as for suggestions... T2i (if you can find it), T3i, T3. You can see which brand I'm baised to. lol

xdohboi said:
edit: as for suggestions... T2i (if you can find it), T3i, T3. You can see which brand I'm baised to. lol
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Remember, just because you're biased dosen't mean you're wrong

Good Camera for under $400

I told my girlfriend I'd get her a camera for Christmas. I was planning on getting her a $1000 high end camera but we went to Vegas and she knows not to expect that. I'm down to getting her something in the $300 to $400 area. She currently has this huge 3 year old camera which makes her feel like a photographer. My old sony cybershot was better, it's to bad she lost it in Vegas. I know nothing about cameras and what to look for. Although, I know high zoom and megapixels aren't always the way to go. Can anyone give me good recommendations? It'll mostly be used for still shots. I know she really likes to play with settings on a camera but those tend to only come on the really expensive ones.
If possible can anyone recommend me a good entry level dslrs camera as well. I might be able to get some more money from here until then.

For point and shoots look at the Canon G series. (G11, G12) they have the settings and sensor of a dSLR but in a compact design and no interchangeable lenses. For cheaper dSLRs look at the Canon T2i (not the T3i, same thing, but swivel screen and more expensive).

Fuji S series are very good for the price.
There compacts in the design of SLR with all the A/P S/P M modes including the usual point and shoots & Optical Zoom 10 x can be found very cheap for the amount of options inc.

Panasonic Lumix cameras are always getting excellent reviews. I'm happy with mine.

How abt a coolpix
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stylez said:
Fuji S series are very good for the price.
There compacts in the design of SLR with all the A/P S/P M modes including the usual point and shoots & Optical Zoom 10 x can be found very cheap for the amount of options inc.
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Ive heard realy good reviews for them... Generally what you want is a bridge camera: someting between a compact and dslr but without interchangeable lens
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I took this macro shot of a RC helicopter using a Lumix ZR3.
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get a nikon or cannon, panasonics are ok too

go for the lumix

TravisBean said:
I took this macro shot of a RC helicopter using a Lumix ZR3.
heli.jpg
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That is not macro, but I like that heli. lol
As I said before, Canon G series are the best for their price vs. Quality vs. manual settings.

jaszek said:
That is not macro, but I like that heli. lol
As I said before, Canon G series are the best for their price vs. Quality vs. manual settings.
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Actually it is. That battery connector is actually quite tiny, but the photo makes it seem much larger.

Macro basically means life size. So in that shot it would be macro if you placed the battery connector on the camera's sensor, that's how much space it would take up on a photo. SO basically if you have something that is half the sensor, it would cover half the sensor. That is of course when you are focused to achieve 1:1 ratio of zoom.
The macro setting on the point and shoot cameras is just a setting that enables you to focus closer, but there is nothing macro about that.
Kind of like this:
Lemon by Jaszek PL, on Flickr

Asus Nexus 7 camera versus iPad 3 frontal iSight photos, what do you think?

Hi community this is my first thread open, sorry for my quite bad english but I'm not american ..
I would propose you 6 shots take by me: 3 by the my Asus Nexus 7 camera with Modaco app and 3 takets by my iPad 3 and know what you think!
Let's start!
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I have come to the conclusion that....
They're both only good for video conferencing.

veeman said:
I have come to the conclusion that....
They're both only good for video conferencing.
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You missed the fact that they both suck
Why are the ipad pictures a quarter the size? Does it have a significantly lower resolution or something??

irlanda3 said:
Hi community this is my first thread open, sorry for my quite bad english but I'm not american ..
I would propose you 6 shots take by me: 3 by the my Asus Nexus 7 camera with Modaco app and 3 takets by my iPad 3 and know what you think!
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I agree with markj338. The quality of the pictures from both cameras seems relatively poor, but that is to be expected. It was hard for me to tell if either was better but I would lean toward the N7. (I'm a little biased. What can I say?)
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You missed the fact that they both suck
Why are the ipad pictures a quarter the size? Does it have a significantly lower resolution or something??
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The pictures are almost the same size when I'm viewing them. I don't know why the iPad pictures are small for you.
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The iPad pictures are smaller for me also. And I also agree the camera is only good for conferencing. N7 does look a little better to me as well.

Why iPad 3 photos are smaller?
iPad 3 has frontal VGA Camera at 1.3 MP and pictures are at resolution 480*640p (send via mail and also imported by iPhoto it's same quality) while N7 camera is at 1.2 MP but pictures are at 1280*800p. So in forum you can see them in differently size.
Flash is not a problem, both haven't that.

Errm they are only webcams.....
What did you expect?
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irlanda3 said:
Hi community this is my first thread open, sorry for my quite bad english but I'm not american ..
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Uder is right, but you do need to scrub up on your Geography.

CJHolderUK said:
No but you are ****ing ignorant.
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Hey hey theres no need for that...
Back to the ACTUAL disscussion the N7 blows the iSight out of the water even for a 1.2mpx ffc that isnt supposed to be taking pictures in the first place it does a relatively good job . Thanks for comparison.

You should have resized the Nexus 7 images to the same as the iPad 3 for a fairer comparison. :good:

They look pretty similar to me. Though the camera isn't really meant for taking shots like these, so the test doesn't say much, they're really for face-to-face chatting.

The iPads color seemed washed out
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irlanda3 said:
Why iPad 3 photos are smaller?
iPad 3 has frontal VGA Camera at 1.3 MP and pictures are at resolution 480*640p (send via mail and also imported by iPhoto it's same quality) while N7 camera is at 1.2 MP but pictures are at 1280*800p. So in forum you can see them in differently size.
Flash is not a problem, both haven't that.
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If you're running a comparison, the way the photos are presented matters a helluva lot.
Since this is annoying the hell out of me, I've fixed this for you.

Ok sir, no problems.
The differents sizes was another point to discuss, N7 photos resized at 640*480 can remove something in quality but ok

Purple flare on Nexus 4 camera ...

What do you think?
Can anyone test this?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nexus-4s-camera-produces-purple-lens-flare-too_id36705
Nexus 4's camera produces purple lens flare, too
Well, we guess nothing is perfect in this world. Not even the Google Nexus 4 by LG, although we can easily forgive its few drawbacks due to the marvelous price Google has attached to it and the tons of cool features that have made their way inside the package.
When the iPhone 5 came out, some unhappy users started complaining that in some situations, the otherwise very capable camera makes bright lights such as lamps to appear with a nasty purple lens flare effects in images. Apple has even responded to those claims, saying that... this is the camera's normal behavior.
Now that we're seeing that the same happens with the Nexus 4, we can really believe that it's a normal issue for such camera sensors. Thanks to a Google+ user who has uploaded a rather coarse Photosphere shot, we notice that Google's handset is prone to producing abundant amounts of purplish lens flare, too. Unfortunately, we doubt it that there can be any kind of normal solution for that nasty effect, plus we guess that an accessory maker won't come to the rescue this time.
But you know what the good part of all this is? That it doesn't really matter much, since phone cameras have never been that great, really. And why should you bother with such issues, when you have so many other awesome features to enjoy, such as the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset, the beautiful 4.7" True HD IPS Plus display, or Android 4.2!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997081

I read about this happening with other phones as well only when being pointed at direct light.. they said it was the glass lens..rarely will it happen but some seem to be trying..
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Richieboy67 said:
I read about this happening with other phones as well only when being pointed at direct light.. they said it was the glass lens..rarely will it happen but some seem to be trying..
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Not on Galaxy Nexus... But yeah, Galaxy Nexus camera is mediocre.
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Happens on the new iphones too I believe. Not a big deal when taking regular shots.
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gogol said:
Not on Galaxy Nexus... But yeah, Galaxy Nexus camera is mediocre.
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Nope.
(you can see it on the right side of the sun)
Btw this effect is something "common" when making photo in direct light, even reflex objetice have that defect, so i don't really mind if a smartphone have some purple fringing... just don't make high contrast/direct light photos

Canon lenses have purple too. It's just a side effect of CA/flaring:
the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Flare.aspx?FLI=0&API=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0&LensComp=0&CameraComp=0&Lens=115
dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p4_c16/5 (scroll down to the flare section)
(XDA won't let me post URLs because I'm still a liability)
It's just worse on a phone because the back isn't meant to be high grade optical glass but a rather flat piece of glass.

There is thread about this already.
Please continue the discussion there.
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Camera comparison: N4 vs. iPhone5 (large image file embedded)

My co-worker (iPhone5) and I (N4) each tried to take an identical photo of some bourbon I bought the other day. The side-by-side is below. Granted, this test is close to meaningless, because he might have been shaking during his photo, but I was still pleased to see how much better the N4 output is compared to the iPhone 5 for this particular photo.
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PHILLY!
What was the actual color of the wall behind?

Wow, N4 is much nicer in that situation. Probably isn't true for all though...

That 20 year old tastes fantastic - have been lucky enough to try it on a few occasions
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facetubespam said:
PHILLY!
What was the actual color of the wall behind?
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The actual wall color looks like what is shown in the N4 photo.

phillevy said:
That 20 year old tastes fantastic - have been lucky enough to try it on a few occasions
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Yeah, and the 23-year is like a symphony in your mouth! Too bad the Pappy brand is so hard to come across these days

This confirms what I have seen from these two cams. The iPhone uses a lot of algorithms to make photos "pop", much like setting an SLR to output vivid jpegs. N4 seems to be less agressive with exposure and post-processing.
I can only explain the iPhone image looking fuzzier as being due to camera movement (it does have a better lens).

Yeah, it seems like the camera on the N4 is not adding any effects, allowing you to adjust it in the app itself.
I can see why Apple wants to adjust it a bit though, they are targeting people who just want to take a picture and leave it as it is. Though it might be true of Android customers too, it doesn't seem like Google has that as a priority.

ddb540 said:
My co-worker (iPhone5) and I (N4) each tried to take an identical photo of some bourbon I bought the other day. The side-by-side is below. Granted, this test is close to meaningless, because he might have been shaking during his photo, but I was still pleased to see how much better the N4 output is compared to the iPhone 5 for this particular photo.
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Wow. The iPhone picture looks bright and washed out. The n4 looks darker yet has more detail. Also, the iPhone picture looks like you'd be drinking something watered down and the n4 pic looks like some manly stuff I'd drink even though I don't drink.
I voided my warranty.

As someone who owns both phones. This is a one off situation. The iPhone 5 has a better camera.

yeah, my gf has the iphone5 and i will say it has better photos in about 90% of situations... either way, they are two of the best phone cameras on the market so im okay with either

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As someone who owns both phones. This is a one off situation. The iPhone 5 has a better camera.
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As another person who owns both devices, I have to agree. The nexus 4 does have a decent camera though.
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elefanteVERDE said:
As another person who owns both devices, I have to agree. The nexus 4 does have a decent camera though.
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What you say is consistent to what I hear from everyone with both devices as well.
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