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What is the best digital camera for serious high school photography students? |
What is the best brand or model of digital camera for serious photography students, that would be within a decent price range? Any reccomendations? A digital SLR from either Nikon or Canon is usually the best for the serious digital photographer... both companies make digital SLR's in all kinds of price ranges, but you are looking at $500 at least for a good one. Either way, make sure you get an SLR for the best digital photography, you can change out the lenses on them and manually do everything you can do on a 35mm. Source(s): I'm an art teacher! You are serious, so I will assume you will be going on to college and taking photo classes there as well. At this time, no college photo class starts the student out using a digital camera. The camera of choice is a 35mm SLR. That said, save your self some money and get either a Nikon or Canon SLR (used) and a good medium zoom lens (24-85mm is a good range for both 35mm cameras and DSLR's) If you spend your money now on a compact digital camera, you will not be ready to learn photography when you get to college and you will have wasted some good money. By the time you are ready to buy a DSLR, they will be much better than they are now and you will be able to use the lenses you have accumulated while in school Photo School grad ProPho The pros above me are obviously correct, but is it possible for you to talk to the teacher before you buy a camera? He/she may have a very strong recommendation and that would be the right one to buy. The best brand or model for YOU would be the one that feels right for you. The controls on many different cameras are set up differently. Go to a good camera store that doesnt have just one brand advertised everywhere. If you walk into a place with nothing but Nikon posters, they are going to tell you to buy Nikon. Same with Canon, Sigma, Pentax, etc... I say get the digital SLR. Hell they've been out for a decade (or close to it). All of the classes I have looked into specifically say wether its digital photography or film. If you feel that you are going to have to get a film camera get one of the same brand, since you will be able to use the same lenses from the film camera on the digital camera (in most cases). I have a Canon Rebel Xs 35mm and a Canon XTi 10.1 megapixell camera. I swop lenses all day long, with the exception that the digital only kit lens that came with the XTi wont work on the Xs film camera, but the kit lens from the film camera will work on the digital. Also the controls on both cameras are much the same. So think of this purchase as not so much just a camera, but your buying into a system. Something not to be taken lightly, and you certainly shouldnt make this decision online. Additional.... Taken straight from the University of Washingtons web site: "The Photography program at the University of Washington provides an environment that fosters creative exploration and critical inquiry in the production of contemporary art. A robust facility of analog AND DIGITAL IMAGING, a diverse and sequenced curriculum, and a supportive and challenging faculty, all aim to aid students in their individual journeys as artists." http://art.washington.edu/div_art/photog... |
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