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Best 'beginners' camera for my daughter??? |
My 17 year old daughter has just started an art and design course which has a photography element. I want to buy her a good beginners manual camera for Christmas. Under 拢200.00 preferably. Does anyone have any ideas? You'll have to do the exchange rate calculations, but I think some of this information would be valid for your budget. Buy either a Nikon or Canon camera, such as a Nikon N-80 (autofocus), Nikon FM-10 (manual focus), Canon EOS Elan 7N (autofocus), or one of the Canon Rebel cameras. Get one "general purpose lens" of a wide-to-tele zoom of the same brand as your camera in the 35-105 range. The Pentax K1000 is certainly a proven student camera that would serve you well, but you'll have to shop used, as it is not a current model. It has been replaced by the KX-M, which looks like a good student camera. Here are a couple of suggestions from B&H Photo and Video in New York that fall into your price range.. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controll... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controll... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controll... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controll... My reasons for suggesting Nikon or Canon is so that you can have the widest possibile selection of high quality lenses available to you. Once you have really gotten into photography, you will have a few lenses and then you can keep your top quality lenses and upgrade to a more expensive camera in the same line. Pentax is another fine camera with a huge line of lenses and I always owned Pentax film cameras, but I think you have even more to choose from in Nikon and Canon, so these are the brands I have recommended to my own children. You might also ask the instructor if he/she has a favorite camera for student use. It will help not to have to translate too much from one brand to the other. Best idea would be to visit a camera shop and give them the info - they'll be able to tell you what specific camera your daughter will need, as there are so many cameras about with so many different functions and uses. Polaroid. canon eos rebel k2 (autofocus) >$180-$200 nikon fm10 >$200-$250 pentax zx-m >$170-$220 These are brand new models Check auction sites for very good 35mm slr cameras. I don't know how long your daughter will be using this kind of camera because digital autofocus cameras are very convenient and you don't have to worry about wasted shots. it might be more cost effective if you get it on ebay or something similar in your area. Look for the big companies; canon, nikon, pentax, olympus and minolta. I have a canon a-1 and ae-1 and a very basic nikon fm The good thing (in a way) about digital cameras is that the market is constantly being updated, so good cameras can drop in price within 6 months (similar to mobile phones). You could probably get a good 5mega-pixel camera for under 拢200 now. try Boots, they have some cheap (yet good) cameras now & again. |
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