Equipment
The expression that often comes to mind when people I talk ask me about what to buy is ,"Gear is good". What David Duchemin is trying to state is that with a lot of good equipment you do have greater flexibility and range of choices. However the second half of that statement is that "vision is better" so without the right equipment your going to work a lot harder to get something that approaches your vision. However if you do not have a good idea of what you want you will often find yourself wanting.
With that being said. I am at CES and it's a good time to reflect on what the current trends are pointing toward. I think the first and largest development on the street of the cell phone camera. First and formost is that most people have their cell phone on them all the time. This means it's so available all the time its the best slice of life camera because gives you ability to visually capture those moments that you missed just because us you don't have your camera with you all the time.
If your lighting is good and your ok with the optics. This is a good choice. The question is... when is it going to do away with the need for the compact point and shoot we have grown so attached to. That day I feel is rapidly approaching. However it's still not here. With manual controls and fast lenses some with decent zooms. I have to say a decent compact is still more flexible until you get to the the lower end there I think its a toss up.
The mid range I find the most exciting. This is for the person who says I want to do more than snapshots but not necessarily willing to spend the time "learning photography". Honestly I sill think some of my pictures with my super zoom were good enough. If you never want to get off aperture or automatic settings this is fine. Honestly not everybody wants to or needs to "study photography. This is being challenged by the mirrorless sensors styled cameras making their headway. Frankly the pictures are amazing and with the new smaller bodies, they are going the distance. But because of their sensor size they can't yet approach with color depth and work well in low light situations the same as a DSLR., I think think this is a great place to go if you want to do something more than the compact.
The big end is still the land of the slr's the range in choices really are incomparable. Sony and Panasonic are doing some exciting things by going whole hog into the mirror less technology however they have the least to lose by making the switch so the slt (mirrorless)is their future direction. It's definitively going to be an exciting time and who know who will upset the apple cart the most. Trey Radcliffe a noted HDR photographer is actively stating that mirrorless technology is the future however doesn't believe it's there quite yet but he thinks it's coming. In fact he said that he would never purchase another DSLR body again......
So you have it. If a person is saying they are looking for a camera first question centers around their wallet I ask their budget and secondly I ask what is their desire to spend time I with it. The low price tolerance and low time commitment means look at cellphones.Or move up a little into a point and shoot. If you do want nicer pictures but your unwilling to spend the time really time committing to it mirror less technology make good choices. If your going all out out and making the commitment to learn you should jump to a slr ( I am partial to Nikon however Canon makes fine cameras). I think a lot of people make the jump to dslrs because they believe automagically their pictures will turn out great. Remember this as David says "Gear is good. But vision well it's just better" to achieve that vision your going to have to sweat a bit.
The mid range I find the most exciting. This is for the person who says I want to do more than snapshots but not necessarily willing to spend the time "learning photography". Honestly I sill think some of my pictures with my super zoom were good enough. If you never want to get off aperture or automatic settings this is fine. Honestly not everybody wants to or needs to "study photography. This is being challenged by the mirrorless sensors styled cameras making their headway. Frankly the pictures are amazing and with the new smaller bodies, they are going the distance. But because of their sensor size they can't yet approach with color depth and work well in low light situations the same as a DSLR., I think think this is a great place to go if you want to do something more than the compact.
The big end is still the land of the slr's the range in choices really are incomparable. Sony and Panasonic are doing some exciting things by going whole hog into the mirror less technology however they have the least to lose by making the switch so the slt (mirrorless)is their future direction. It's definitively going to be an exciting time and who know who will upset the apple cart the most. Trey Radcliffe a noted HDR photographer is actively stating that mirrorless technology is the future however doesn't believe it's there quite yet but he thinks it's coming. In fact he said that he would never purchase another DSLR body again......
So you have it. If a person is saying they are looking for a camera first question centers around their wallet I ask their budget and secondly I ask what is their desire to spend time I with it. The low price tolerance and low time commitment means look at cellphones.Or move up a little into a point and shoot. If you do want nicer pictures but your unwilling to spend the time really time committing to it mirror less technology make good choices. If your going all out out and making the commitment to learn you should jump to a slr ( I am partial to Nikon however Canon makes fine cameras). I think a lot of people make the jump to dslrs because they believe automagically their pictures will turn out great. Remember this as David says "Gear is good. But vision well it's just better" to achieve that vision your going to have to sweat a bit.
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