Rhino
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Allo'!
This theme probably has a thread somewhere, but with >1000 pages of threads in the Beginners' Forum alone, I don't feel bad about possibly being redundant.
I have zero photography experience. I do not own a camera. But in my current internship, however, folks are always taking pictures for promotional material. I got to snap just a few pictures with a Canon 5D and I felt the electricity and excitement shoot through my body. I've never had anything more advanced than a 3MP Sony point and shoot. Now, I realize I was holding a Cadillac in the camera world. I can't afford one of those things, but I have caught myself looking at newegg.com and tigerdirect.com at different DSLR cameras.
Who am I kidding? I don't know what to look for, though.
So, let's keep this simple. I want to buy a DSLR. I'm the kind of person who skips the poor-quality entry level stuff, because if I end up loving photography, I want to know I've got a piece of hardware that is more than adequate and doesn't need upgrading for a while. I'm looking at a budget between $600-700 bucks, but that amount has to cover everything. I don't want to spend $699 then hear I need a $55 memory card, or some weird special adapter for my computer.
If you'd be so kind, take a moment and shove me in the right direction, please. I have a psychological attraction to Canon already, since I got to mess around with that 5D. But I'm not against another brand. Thanks in advance for any guidance or help you folks can lend!
-Rhino
This theme probably has a thread somewhere, but with >1000 pages of threads in the Beginners' Forum alone, I don't feel bad about possibly being redundant.
I have zero photography experience. I do not own a camera. But in my current internship, however, folks are always taking pictures for promotional material. I got to snap just a few pictures with a Canon 5D and I felt the electricity and excitement shoot through my body. I've never had anything more advanced than a 3MP Sony point and shoot. Now, I realize I was holding a Cadillac in the camera world. I can't afford one of those things, but I have caught myself looking at newegg.com and tigerdirect.com at different DSLR cameras.
Who am I kidding? I don't know what to look for, though.
So, let's keep this simple. I want to buy a DSLR. I'm the kind of person who skips the poor-quality entry level stuff, because if I end up loving photography, I want to know I've got a piece of hardware that is more than adequate and doesn't need upgrading for a while. I'm looking at a budget between $600-700 bucks, but that amount has to cover everything. I don't want to spend $699 then hear I need a $55 memory card, or some weird special adapter for my computer.
If you'd be so kind, take a moment and shove me in the right direction, please. I have a psychological attraction to Canon already, since I got to mess around with that 5D. But I'm not against another brand. Thanks in advance for any guidance or help you folks can lend!
-Rhino