Timeline for Advice needed for purchasing a new camera or/and lens
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| Jun 20, 2011 at 16:16 | comment | added | Aquarius_Girl | Thanks Andrew, I guessed you would answer something like that. I have just started the search, won't be purchasing anything till I am too much confident about what I am doing. :) | |
| Jun 20, 2011 at 7:48 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | @Anisha: I wouldn't go quite that far. There are certain brands that I feel have been in the game long enough that they know what the issues are, so I'll look carefully at what they produce. So my instinct would be to prefer an Olympus over a Sony, say. But I also know that my instinct isn't based on very much experience so I don't trust it all that much. It's all about gathering evidence until you have enough evidence to make a decision. Some factors count a lot, some factors don't. But very few factors don't count at all. | |
| Jun 20, 2011 at 0:46 | comment | added | Aquarius_Girl | That means brand name doesn't matter, features do! | |
| Jun 19, 2011 at 17:40 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | @Anisha: When I was thinking about getting a new camera, I wanted something with more control than my compact, but when I tried a friend's DSLR I was amazed at how big and heavy it was. Then I saw an advert for the Sony NEX5 and thought, "That's the sort of thing I need.". But then I compared the various available cameras on that dpreview site and the Olympus came out best for the things that I thought important. There are more of these cameras available now so it may not be the best anymore. | |
| Jun 19, 2011 at 16:35 | comment | added | Aquarius_Girl | I have the 3.1 when there is zero zoom, the maximum is f8.0. I just read your camera supports RAW :) and it looks promising! I would like to ask on what basis do you decide that you'll be purchasing Olympus or some other brand? I ve heard the cannon is the best? And there is Nikon too? Too many choices! | |
| Jun 19, 2011 at 16:14 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | Here's a link to a review of this camera: dpreview.com/products/olympus/slrs/oly_epl1 (that site seems popular on this site for reviews). The 'f' depends on the lens. I seem to be able to get between 3.5 and 22 depending on the lens and the zoom. I'm very happy with this camera. | |
| Jun 19, 2011 at 15:52 | comment | added | Aquarius_Girl | Thanks for your reply, Andrew. What is the maximum and minimum 'f' in your compact camera, I'll like to know. My camera doesn't have a viewfinder too, I haven't even felt the need to use it till now. If you can change lenses too, then why would you need the DSLR? I'll look up the camera you mentioned, but also the point is, that whatever camera I purchase next, will be final for my rest of the life, unfortunately. | |
| Jun 16, 2011 at 10:18 | history | answered | Andrew Stacey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |