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ocdstigy
03-01-12, 12:19 PM
As above really,

Anybody that could give me some advice on a camera to buy,i'm a complete novice with photography,i use a £75 panasonic fm18 digital camera,love taking photos but feel it's time to upgrade,if this helps here is a few photos i've taken...do i really need an expensive camera? I will never be a professional but would like to take it a level up :)

Thanks in advance for any help.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/flamerkit/409297_121544457962531_100003209334960_112572_1133 678929_n.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/flamerkit/400311_118927521557558_100003209334960_102557_2032 132323_n.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/flamerkit/393619_118786044905039_100003209334960_101981_5425 48273_n.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/flamerkit/374604_118791964904447_100003209334960_102002_3390 55386_n.jpg
mowgli
03-01-12, 12:47 PM
contact Ade. he is now a professional photographer up in your neck of the woods
ocdstigy
03-01-12, 12:52 PM
contact Ade. he is now a professional photographer up in your neck of the woods

I'm in john o groats,hes probably down south lol lol i will contact him though,cheers!!
Calamity Josh
03-01-12, 12:59 PM
after deciding i wanted a better camera than my digital one i went out and brought a cannon eos 600 d, with only knowing the very basics it was still very easy to learn the basic controls and work from there. I also brought it from jessops that take tesco clubcard vouchers which is useful. i'll upload some pictures later that i've taken baring in mind i've only had it for a couple of weeks, if you need to know anything specific just ask
ocdstigy
03-01-12, 01:12 PM
after deciding i wanted a better camera than my digital one i went out and brought a cannon eos 600 d, with only knowing the very basics it was still very easy to learn the basic controls and work from there. I also brought it from jessops that take tesco clubcard vouchers which is useful. i'll upload some pictures later that i've taken baring in mind i've only had it for a couple of weeks, if you need to know anything specific just ask

that would be great,im a complete novice really,those pictures albeit if they arent any good were taken not long ago,but i feel i should learn from the begining get some tips and then go out and take some pictures... i have no idea what all the exposure etc is for lol lol
steviegsi
03-01-12, 01:58 PM
I'm really tempted to get a decent dslr as there's only so much messing with settings my compact will allow ..... Jessops' 0% finance makes spending £500 on a camera even more tempting!
Jack
03-01-12, 02:50 PM
If you want to learn photography, get a 35mm and learn about aperture, exposure, focal length, film speed etc then go on to a digital camera that has suitable manual controls.

Whats your budget?
Pete
03-01-12, 08:45 PM
I bought a Sony Alpha A390 from Jessops in October, I still don't know how to use everything to its maximum yet after reading numerous ammount of books and mags. But it's all a learning curve.
ocdstigy
03-01-12, 09:06 PM
If you want to learn photography, get a 35mm and learn about aperture, exposure, focal length, film speed etc then go on to a digital camera that has suitable manual controls.

Whats your budget?

Budget i'm open minded with if i'm honest,i will never be a professional so id like soemthing to suit me taking decent photos without spending overkill.
Hobbit
03-01-12, 09:18 PM
More photographers on here than people that like nova's...
Jeff16v
03-01-12, 09:25 PM
Canon IMO, also consider who has the same make and give tips/advice.
24sevenslacker
03-01-12, 09:31 PM
sometimes its not the camera that does the trick, its the type of lens, aperture, exposure and focus obviously play a big part but its not always how many megapixel you have, its the lens that does the main job
Calamity Josh
03-01-12, 09:44 PM
Some un edited shots from the day i got the camera... Using a 70-300 lense and uv filter
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0011.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0013.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0021.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0025.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0111.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0206.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0218.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0223.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_0254.jpg