Hello everyone,
Great forum here--I've been reading a few posts and decided to make a post of my own. I'm a 2D and 3D artist who is interested in getting into photography. I have a lot of experience with composition, contrast, etc. so the technical "art" aspects of photography won't be too hard for me to grasp, it's more the mechanical aspects specific to photography that will take getting used to. I would like to find a 35 mm SLR that would be good for a beginner/amateur who understands general art theory.
I plan to use the camera to not only take landscape, portrait, general photos, etc. but also to photograph up close my paintings and sculptures for slides and portfolio use. It's my understanding that the SLR body, while important, is universal for all these various types of photography, but what I will need to change out is the lense.
What I would love (pretty please) from all you experts is advice on a used SLR body (preferably under $200-$250) and a couple lenses I can use with it. I will be traveling around England for a few months this summer and want time to get used to it before then. I should have access to a dark room and someone who can teach me the basics of developing. I love tinkering around with this sort of thing, so I'm looking for something with lots of settings and options to mess around with as I learn what I'm doing.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to explain where I'm coming from. Thank you very much for your time and advice.
-DFB
Great forum here--I've been reading a few posts and decided to make a post of my own. I'm a 2D and 3D artist who is interested in getting into photography. I have a lot of experience with composition, contrast, etc. so the technical "art" aspects of photography won't be too hard for me to grasp, it's more the mechanical aspects specific to photography that will take getting used to. I would like to find a 35 mm SLR that would be good for a beginner/amateur who understands general art theory.
I plan to use the camera to not only take landscape, portrait, general photos, etc. but also to photograph up close my paintings and sculptures for slides and portfolio use. It's my understanding that the SLR body, while important, is universal for all these various types of photography, but what I will need to change out is the lense.
What I would love (pretty please) from all you experts is advice on a used SLR body (preferably under $200-$250) and a couple lenses I can use with it. I will be traveling around England for a few months this summer and want time to get used to it before then. I should have access to a dark room and someone who can teach me the basics of developing. I love tinkering around with this sort of thing, so I'm looking for something with lots of settings and options to mess around with as I learn what I'm doing.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to explain where I'm coming from. Thank you very much for your time and advice.
-DFB