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[gribur]

Ok i have been borrowing a canont3 and practicing and have been asked a couple times to do a shoot but i am not ready yet. I have all the phtoshop i need, have potential clients lined up have access to a camera and just want to jump in and start shooting, i just want my own camera and a few things have me stumped. With Nikon and canon playing dueling banjos it seems like a new "better" DSLR with new features etc comes out every month, right now i am leaning towards the D5200 but i know that all around this price point are good, so please dont tell me its personal, give me some straight up facts and opinions. I am also wondering if it may be advantageous to go with something weather sealed and dust/waterproof? opinions please, I want best all around camera with best lenses. I am a little confused about canon vs nikon lenses. i think it was canon that you can use lenses from way back to the 80,s? also which has focus built into the lenses and which is the body? sorry trying to type fast. ty for any help

 

[gribur]

Ok i have been borrowing a canont3 and practicing and have been asked a couple times to do a shoot but i am not ready yet. I have all the phtoshop i need, have potential clients lined up have access to a camera and just want to jump in and start shooting, i just want my own camera and a few things have me stumped. With Nikon and canon playing dueling banjos it seems like a new "better" DSLR with new features etc comes out every month, right now i am leaning towards the D5200 but i know that all around this price point are good, so please dont tell me its personal, give me some straight up facts and opinions. I am also wondering if it may be advantageous to go with something weather sealed and dust/waterproof? opinions please, I want best all around camera with best lenses. I am a little confused about canon vs nikon lenses. i think it was canon that you can use lenses from way back to the 80,s? also which has focus built into the lenses and which is the body? sorry trying to type fast. ty for any help

 

[gribur]

Ok i have been borrowing a canont3 and practicing and have been asked a couple times to do a shoot but i am not ready yet. I have all the phtoshop i need, have potential clients lined up have access to a camera and just want to jump in and start shooting, i just want my own camera and a few things have me stumped. With Nikon and canon playing dueling banjos it seems like a new "better" DSLR with new features etc comes out every month, right now i am leaning towards the D5200 but i know that all around this price point are good, so please dont tell me its personal, give me some straight up facts and opinions. I am also wondering if it may be advantageous to go with something weather sealed and dust/waterproof? opinions please, I want best all around camera with best lenses. I am a little confused about canon vs nikon lenses. i think it was canon that you can use lenses from way back to the 80,s? also which has focus built into the lenses and which is the body? sorry trying to type fast. ty for any help

 

[pixmedic1]

your going to have to list a budget.
"best" camera with "best" lenses for Nikon OR Canon are $10k+ if you dont go TOO crazy with lenses.
tell us how much money you are looking to spend and we can tell you what we think the "best" options in that price range.

 

[cwcaesar]

With Nikon, you can use their older lenses. Not so with Canon, they changet their mount in 1987, I think. With Nikon, to use older lenses without motors, you will need a D7000 or higher, as this has the AF motor in the body of the camera.

Best All Around Camera with Best Lenses: What is your budget? Hasselblad and Leica are pretty expensive. With Nikon, the D4 is pretty high as well, and the 800mm is about $17000. I am sure that it is the best in its class.

 

[gsgary]

your going to have to list a budget.
"best" camera with "best" lenses for Nikon OR Canon are $10k+ if you dont go TOO crazy with lenses.
tell us how much money you are looking to spend and we can tell you what we think the "best" options in that price range.

Because he is looking at a D5200 budget is not big

 

[pixmedic1]

your going to have to list a budget.
"best" camera with "best" lenses for Nikon OR Canon are $10k+ if you dont go TOO crazy with lenses.
tell us how much money you are looking to spend and we can tell you what we think the "best" options in that price range.

Because he is looking at a D5200 budget is not big

maybe hes budgeting a lot more for lenses. still need a general idea of how much money will be able to go to glass and accessories.

 

[gribur]

I am looking at a pretty standard budget for a new guy getting into photography, cant afford the big guns like you gsgary, not yet anyways. I am looking at around $1500 or so, less is better but lets keep that the ceiling. Christ, thats more then i spent on my last car lol. I figure with even having a 1000 range it will give you a camera that can do pretty much everything you will need. I am hoping to buy something bundled to start and buy lenses from there.

 

[gw2424]

The real question is what are you trying to shoot?

 

[gribur]

i am looking at around 1200-1500 hoping to buy something bundled with a couple lenses to start, i was just wondering about lenses as i did not want to get screwed on something small like that, its always the little unknown details that bite you in the butt, like when buying a car and finding out the 99 you bought had the crap engine that the 2000 did not.

 

[yioties]

The guy stated he is looking into the d5200 so probably his budget for a camera is around a grand. So giving him options that needs him to sell his house to buy aren't very smart!

 

[yioties]

My opinion is get a d7000 with a nice prime lens (either 35mm 1.8g or 50mm 1.8g and a 55-200 zoom if you need a zoom that is.

 

[pixmedic1]

The guy stated he is looking into the d5200 so probably his budget for a camera is around a grand. So giving him options that needs him to sell his house to buy aren't very smart!

so? I have seen people that use a $7k lens on a D90. the budget for one item doesn't always determine the budget for the whole gear list.
the D7000's are priced out well right now. wait another month or so until the new nikon body is out and see what it does to other body prices. they might come down a little more.
a D7000 is a great choice, but i would go with better glass. the 55-200 is...not that great. if you want a good kit tele-zoom, get the 70-300 VRII. the D7000 kits are usually coming with the 18-105 kit. a 50mm prime is a good starting point too. I would recommend a camera with a built in focus motor like the D7000 so you can use older AF and AF-D lenses and still have them autofocus.

 

[KmH]

Nikon's lens mount is essentially unchanged since 1959.

Most camera makers changed their design of their lens mounts in the late 1980's to accommodate auto focus. Nikon and Pentax are the only that didn't.

Canon's EF lens mount appeared in 1987 as their EOS system. EOS eliminated all camera to lens mechanical connections. None of Canon's EOS cameras have had an auto focus motor in the camera since the EOS intro in 1987.
Canon's EF-S lens mount appeared in 2003. Canon's entry-level DSLR's can use both EF and EF-S lenses. Canon EF-S lenses will not mount on Canon EF camera bodies. EF-S lenses are designed to project the smaller image circle Canon crop sensor (APS-C size) cameras use.

In 2006, Nikon introduced a camera, the D40, that was designed to appeal to women. A major design criteria target to increase d-SLR appeal to women was to make the camera compact and lightweight. To that goal, Nikon eliminates the auto focus motor and screw dive mechanism in their compact, entry-level cameras - D40, D40x, D60, D3000, D3100, D3200, D5000, D5100, and D5200.

Nikon introduced lenses having an auto focus motor in the lens in 1996. Nikon lenses that have an auto focus motor in them are designated AF-S, or AF-I lenses. AF-S/AF-I lenses have the same mount as other Nikon lenses that do not have a focus motor in the lens (AF and AF-D).

Canon EF-S is equivelent to Nikon's DX (for crop sensor cameras) and Canon's EF is equivelent to Nikon's FX (for full frame cameras). However, Nikon's DX lenses will mount and fully function on Nikon's FX camera bodies, though the APS-C size image circle the DX lenses produce may not fully illuminate an FX (full size), size sensor.

 

[yioties]

I tried to keep the price low with the 55-200 but i actually would recommend the 70-300. I bought it last week and love it! Plus i have the 50mm 1.8g and it is great for what i want to shoot!