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| I have a cannon rebel t5. It came with the 18-55 and 75-300 lens. I got it before we went to the San Diego Zoo and got some real good pictures there. I was wanting to get a lens with more zoom so I could take pictures of the Eagles around but don't know what I need or how much they are. Any thoughts??? So far I have just shot on the auto setting. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | 1DSoon - 2017-01-17 8:19 AM the advent of the digital photo format has made being a photog accessible and instantly gratifying to millions.
Which reminds me, I need to set up a photo shoot to do some belly pictures. I'm not preggo, I just want to show FaceBook my belly.
Thats just too funny about wanting to show off your belly and while your at it dont forget to do those I think they call the fish lips look, some of those girls just crack me up when they take all those selfies with their lips all pooched out... |
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Location: Mississippi | barrelmom68 - 2017-01-17 6:09 PM So if you have a Canon Camera, you don't actually have to buy a lense that is a Canon, can you mix brands? I wasn't aware of that. I looked at the 70-200 Lense, $2000.00 dollars....I had no idea...wowzer..
You can't put a Nikon lens on a Canon or vice versa but Sigma makes lenses where you can specify if you want the Canon or Nikon mount. I am sure there are other brands that do similar but I think Sigma is probably the most popular. |
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Location: Kansas | fatchance - 2017-01-16 5:47 PM We took our Lumix Panasonic camera to Africa, it did a great job and it is very user friendly.
Nikon & Canon are the most popular brands
Sony, Olympia, Fuji and Panasonic are just as good, just not as well known
Fatchance has proof of the Panasonic. Her pictures were wonderful
A good photographer can make great pictures with cheap entry level cameras, some people buy the most expensive top of the line cameras and have poor pictures.
The picture captured is more than what camera you own
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Location: Kansas | euchee - 2017-01-17 6:54 PM I have a cannon rebel t5. It came with the 18-55 and 75-300 lens. I got it before we went to the San Diego Zoo and got some real good pictures there. I was wanting to get a lens with more zoom so I could take pictures of the Eagles around but don't know what I need or how much they are. Any thoughts??? So far I have just shot on the auto setting.
Both Tamron & Sigma have a lens that is about 150-600 which can be bought for Nikons or Canons. They are very nice lenses. Depending on rebates and sales I think they run around $1000 to $1500.
Nikon has a 80-400 & a 200 -500 which are about $1200 to $2000. Canon probably has something similar. I shoot Nikon
If money was not a problem I would buy the Nikon 200 -400 or a 400, 500 or 600 prime, starting about $6000 & way up from there :(
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Location: Warsaw,NY | I have a Cannon T51, i bought a 2.8 200 zoom lens off ebay for $500. My son motocross races and I use this camera for those action shots learning the settings is the hrdest part, I was fortunate enough to have a few photographer friends to show me things and help me out here is one of my pics i took of my son racing
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | Let me see if I can attach any from my Rebel T6. My biggest advice to us ammy's is find a camera with continous shoot mode if you love action shots...take 100 x's more pics than you think you need and you'll get several awesome ones.
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Location: East Texas | so, what would be the best entry level camera and lens combo for $1K or less? Seems like that is on my wife's Christmas list.
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| When my son was in high school I got the Nikon D3300 and I love it. He raced motocross, ran track, ran cross country and played soccer... So glad he graduated although I am a little lost now lol. But a great entry camera. |
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Location: kentucky | My husband bought me a Canon Rebel T6 and it's perfect for learning but also wanting quality photos. It's easy to use & I can transfer everything to my iPad. I love it! |
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| turtleaut - 2017-01-17 8:27 PM
barrelmom68 - 2017-01-17 6:09 PM So if you have a Canon Camera, you don't actually have to buy a lense that is a Canon, can you mix brands? I wasn't aware of that. I looked at the 70-200 Lense, $2000.00 dollars....I had no idea...wowzer..
You can't put a Nikon lens on a Canon or vice versa but Sigma makes lenses where you can specify if you want the Canon or Nikon mount. I am sure there are other brands that do similar but I think Sigma is probably the most popular.
you can get adaptors to make it work in between canon and Nikon :-) Its ideal to purchase the correct mount lenses but If you have lenses and decided to switch body's you can still use your old lenses or get a wicked deal on a used lens or something like that |
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| I currently have an old canon rebel 2Ti, I am very much needing to upgrade since I droped it after 6 years of dedicated use.
Here are a few pictures with that camera, I do not know exactly what I will get yet, but for sure staying with canon. The Rebel series are great entry level camers, learn from the start to shoot in manual, you can do so much more if you dont depend on the programed settings.
Thoes were all done with the kit lens, F4-5.6 18-55ml.
I think lots of people get so hung up on what is the best camera they get a bit over whelmed by all the bells and whistles and never really learn to use it to its full capability. I dont edit much, I hate editing, I just try to get it good enfough on the camera lol. |
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | I have a Nikon D3300 and still learning how to get better pictures with. I have managed to get quite a few really nice ones. I take photos of sport dogs (IPO) so a lot of action stuff. I do use the continuous shot option a lot there.
My 12 year old daughter has an awesome eye and I'm trying to get her into photography as it comes easy for her. She took this one.
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Location: If I ever get back to Oklahoma..... | I have a Canon T6i and a Canon T3. The T3 came with an 18-55mm and a 75-300mm kit lens. I bought the T6i slightly used off ebay. It came with a 28-90mm macro-like lens that I've hardly used. I like a good lens and I've spent more money on the lenses recently. I have a Canon f/4 24-105mm lens and a Tamron f/2.8 70-200mm that I'm pretty happy with. The Canon was new and the Tamron was barely used from a camera store that I found on ebay. The T6i has Wi-Fi capability and its pretty handy to connect to my iPhone and pull images directly off the card still in the camera. Makes it easy to share on social media if I don't have access to a computer.
Lately I've been taking photos for families, kids and seniors. I've worked the past 14 years at an agricultural publication so I've had the opportunity to learn about cameras, lenses and shooting through the years.
I have alot of my work on https://www.facebook.com/KyleneScottPhotography/ if you want to check it out.
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