DSLR Canon or Nikon or ????

ukcarper

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

He or she...will use whatever camera they can afford I imagine.

The amount of people who spend thousands on D/SLRs and lenses and don't understand light, f-stops, exposures, shutter speeds and ISO/film speeds and take the same photo that they would have done with a £50 compact camera is astonishing. You see them all the time; on every facebook photo group etc. They'd have been better off spending the money on a photography course to be honest.

I agree but there are things that a SLR is much better at but people do need to know how to use them.

I have a compact and DSLR and there have been plenty of times when I have had the compact that I had wished I had the DSLR.
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yangptangkipperbang

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

The amount of people who spend thousands on D/SLRs and lenses and don't understand light, f-stops, exposures, shutter speeds and ISO/film speeds and take the same photo that they would have done with a £50 compact camera is astonishing. You see them all the time; on every facebook photo group etc. They'd have been better off spending the money on a photography course to be honest.

So, so true ................ and of course, a better quality lens/camera makes a lousy photograph look even worse - the telegraph pole growing out of your wife's head is perfectly exposed and focused :rotfl::rotfl:

ukcarper

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

So, so true ................ and of course, a better quality lens/camera makes a lousy photograph look even worse - the telegraph pole growing out of your wife's head is perfectly exposed and focused :rotfl::rotfl:

Mind you on a bright day it's a lot easier to see that telegraph pole through a viewfinder than on a LCD screen.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

ukcarper wrote: »

Mind you on a bright day it's a lot easier to see that telegraph pole through a viewfinder than on a LCD screen.

Even easier to see it with your eyes

A._Badger

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

He or she...will use whatever camera they can afford I imagine.

The amount of people who spend thousands on D/SLRs and lenses and don't understand light, f-stops, exposures, shutter speeds and ISO/film speeds and take the same photo that they would have done with a £50 compact camera is astonishing. You see them all the time; on every facebook photo group etc. They'd have been better off spending the money on a photography course to be honest.

The OP has already said she has outgrown her bridge camera. It is unlikely that a sealed box with a milk bottle for a lens will satisfy her needs at this point.

ukcarper

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

Even easier to see it with your eyes

Have you got the viewfinder for your Olympus as I find it can be very difficult to frame a photo on bright days using screen on my compact and quite often have to resort to guess work.

yangptangkipperbang

ukcarper wrote: »

Mind you on a bright day it's a lot easier to see that telegraph pole through a viewfinder than on a LCD screen.

True - but most of the people you refer to still use live view on their DSLR :cool:

ukcarper

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

True - but most of the people you refer to still use live view on their DSLR :cool:

I don't think I have referred to anybody.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

A._Badger wrote: »

The OP has already said she has outgrown her bridge camera. It is unlikely that a sealed box with a milk bottle for a lens will satisfy her needs at this point.

I didn't in any way say that it is time to build a camera themselves. I actually recommended looking at a Micro 4/3 which is perfectly fantastic as an everyday camera...alot of people don't even know they exist hence responding to someone asking about which next camera to get on an internet forum. Next time, I'll remember to run my opinions by you before bothering eh?

Although building your own camera can be a fantastically exhilarating experience.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

ukcarper wrote: »

Have you got the viewfinder for your Olympus as I find it can be very difficult to frame a photo on bright days using screen on my compact and quite often have to resort to guess work.

I rarely take photos in the extreme sun; it bleaches out the highlights and it's just too bright. I prefer early mornings, just after the rain or late afternoons. Again, it's about the light.

I am used to taking analogue photos on my holga and other array of film cameras, plenty of which come without a viewfinder at all...and I often shoot from the hip rather than the eye...so am well used to not framing everything before taking.