Timeline for What specifics does a street style/detailed photography camera + lens need to have?
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| Jan 1, 2014 at 16:58 | history | edited | mattdm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2012 at 15:02 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | Small depth of field (leading to blur backgrounds) is enhanced wity large aperture (small f number), longer focal length and closeness to subject compared to background. You will be able to achieve this effect to a reasonable extent with the 18-135 kit lens but a lens with larger maximum aperture will do this in a wider range of circumstances. See added photo at end of my answer. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 8:28 | comment | added | Josefina | @RussellMcMahon yes my brother uses a Canon DSLR and I am used to work with this brand. Even tho I am keen to try the Nikon. But I will do filming as well. And think a canon 600d might be my answer.. the lens you get with it is a 18-135IS. Would you say that this lens can be used to street style (blurry background?) | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 8:13 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | Re "as my budget is around 1000 I think a canon might be the better choice for me." - Canon & Nikon have similar performance and similarly priced cameras across the range. The choice between them is usually not related to price. As a user tends to use one or other for life once they make a choice it is wise to consider if there are other factors that may be of special relevance in your case. eg if you have a friend or relative who is a keen photographer and uses one brand or other of these DSLRs that may influence you. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 1:07 | comment | added | James Youngman | Second-hand D700 prices will continue to fall over the next months as the D800 becomes easier to purchase, and as the D600 is announced (if it is indeed a real product). | |
| Jun 23, 2012 at 1:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhotos/status/216343436566081536 | ||
| Jun 23, 2012 at 1:13 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | Read the links I posted re 50mm lenses, use by beginners, why yiou'd use them, what they do and don't do and why 50mm was the focal length of choice for decades when if you could have only one lens. On an APSC camera that's about a 35mm lens. I use an APSC with 18mm actual = 27mm 35mm_FF_equivalent as my preferred street photography lens. ie wider than the classic 50mm. That's getting distiorted for closeup portraits. Try a few cameras at differnt focal lengths and see. BUT to start a very cheap kit zoom will do what you want at a quality that is probably OK to start and give you experience. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 13:43 | comment | added | Josefina | great.. looking forward to reading that ! | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:56 | vote | accept | Josefina | ||
| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:54 | comment | added | mattdm | Awesome; thanks! I was writing an answer with some pointers in general but ironically now what I wrote is too vague to cover your focused question. :) I'll update it to match. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:53 | answer | added | mattdm | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:53 | history | edited | Josefina | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:46 | comment | added | Josefina | @mattdm i have changes it now... does that work? | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:46 | history | edited | Josefina | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:31 | history | edited | Josefina | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:14 | comment | added | mattdm | I'm not saying this question needs to be closed, but it would be really helpful for it to be reworded somewhat in light of the above. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 12:00 | comment | added | mattdm | Please see the site faq and this official blog post. Narrowing down the budget and use-case is good, but specific camera recommendations are too short-lived to be useful, brand wars are contentious, and "what would you buy?" prompts a survey-like discussion, not answers. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 11:54 | history | edited | mattdm |
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 11:02 | comment | added | Josefina | D700 seems to be amazing!! Don't know if i can afford that with my budget tho. Will have to look around and look at alternatives as well. Will go to a local photo shop and try both canon and Nikon. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 10:47 | answer | added | Matt Grum | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 8:50 | answer | added | Håkon K. Olafsen | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 8:12 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | Read these: D700 review. And EOS550d review. Many many other reviews . | The 550d is sure to ba a fine camera. The D700 is amongst the top handful of 35mm low light photo taking systems ever made. You will never regret owning one. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 8:07 | comment | added | Josefina | Thank you! Will check it out.. i got recommended the Eos 550 D. Do you know anything about that one? | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 8:07 | answer | added | Russell McMahon | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 8:01 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | I'd buy a Nikon D700 - probably used to meet that budget. "Only" [tm] 12 megapixels. Have a look at these D700 samples and see if that 12 mp is going to bother you. Look at the results in the lowest of lighting conditions. Add whatever lens most suits out of the rest of your budget and work up as you can afford. A 50mm f/1.8 is a fine starting street lens. (Note that 24 mp fives you 40% more pixels per inch. 36mp (top of the 35mm crop so far) gives you 70% more pixels per inch BUT will be downsized to much lower for quality n almost every case. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 7:48 | history | asked | Josefina | CC BY-SA 3.0 |