photo_crazy
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Hi All!!
I am a complete newbie. And by newbie i mean to say that i havent even started out in photography yet! But i have always been interested in it and want to start out now. In fact firstly I want to buy a well chosen camera for myself to get started and need some advice before I make that first purchase. I might be asking some really stupid questions at first though
My target has always been an SLR, but looking at all the online reviews and replies, i changed my mind to a dSLR...something within my budget although...maybe a nikon D50?
But Recently one of my friends bought a Fujifilm FinePix S6500 FD. I recently saw a review of the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ18. Now when i look at a dSLR and these cameras, I see that the Fuji one comes loaded with a 10.7x Optical zoom....28 - 300 mm (35 mm equiv) Lens , the panasonic one with 18x optical zoom and at such cheaper prices!
Now i am totally confused as to y shud one go for a dSLR when the focal range in a high end P&S/ bridge cams is so huge?? Is there some other differences that i am unaware of?
in a normal P&S you get shutter and aperture priorities to play with, bt nt with the focal range. but in these P&Ss you have everything....I may b posting a really silly question here, but i dont seem to understand all the differences that these two categories of cameras have. I want to go on to learn professional stuffs on my camera, so whateve i buy i want it for keeps....please tell me whr i am going wrong in my understanding in the limitations of a high end P&S or a bridge camera when compared with a dSLR... :x
I am a complete newbie. And by newbie i mean to say that i havent even started out in photography yet! But i have always been interested in it and want to start out now. In fact firstly I want to buy a well chosen camera for myself to get started and need some advice before I make that first purchase. I might be asking some really stupid questions at first though
My target has always been an SLR, but looking at all the online reviews and replies, i changed my mind to a dSLR...something within my budget although...maybe a nikon D50?
But Recently one of my friends bought a Fujifilm FinePix S6500 FD. I recently saw a review of the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ18. Now when i look at a dSLR and these cameras, I see that the Fuji one comes loaded with a 10.7x Optical zoom....28 - 300 mm (35 mm equiv) Lens , the panasonic one with 18x optical zoom and at such cheaper prices!
Now i am totally confused as to y shud one go for a dSLR when the focal range in a high end P&S/ bridge cams is so huge?? Is there some other differences that i am unaware of?
in a normal P&S you get shutter and aperture priorities to play with, bt nt with the focal range. but in these P&Ss you have everything....I may b posting a really silly question here, but i dont seem to understand all the differences that these two categories of cameras have. I want to go on to learn professional stuffs on my camera, so whateve i buy i want it for keeps....please tell me whr i am going wrong in my understanding in the limitations of a high end P&S or a bridge camera when compared with a dSLR... :x