Type of camera/lens/accesories : DSLR camera
Budget : Around Rm1500
Your Location : KL
Preferable brand : Any brand will done.. But prefer Canon or Nikon
Type of photography u want to do : Landscape or Portrait
Any specific models in mind? : No specially prefer which model.
Any specific features u want? : Light in weight.. Hopefully easy to self-cam.

There's not much of choices for that budget, if you are willing to top up a bit more, then there will be more choices.

See http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?pri...o&grid=1&grid=0

Watch out for the upcoming Nikon D3200 as well!

seem like D3200 is a good choice for beginners, right?

All cameras within your price point also has a auto mode. Can't get simpler than that.

General rule of thumb is the more you pay, the more options not to have things automatically you will get.

Can anyone weigh up the pros and cons for D3200, A57 and D5100?

ok now already decided to go with d7000 but going to buy body only with 50mm lens first, after that then buy zoom lens

there r 2 more thing i need toask but it might b out of topic:

1) what da diff between 50mm 1.8D & 50mm 1.8G?
2) any good shop to buy that u would recommend to buy from?

thanks all

1.8G is new lens, 1.8D is old
9 element 9 group for G, 6 element 6 group for D
closest focus 0.8m for G, 0.85 for D
aperture diagram 7 pieces for G, 9 for D
G is lighter despite bigger size compared to D
filter thread 67mm for G and 62mm for D

G is better in details, better sharpness, same bokeh compared to the D, less vignette compared to D...
this is wat i read from a lens review in a magazine...

Type of camera/lens/accesories : DSLR Camera
Budget: 2 till 3 k
Your Location: KL
Preferable brand : Canon or Nikon
Type of photography u want to do : Travel
Any specific models in mind? : Nil
Any specific features u want? : Not sure.

Im a newbie, any nice DSLR that easy to learn n use for newbie?

Type of camera/lens/accesories : Any except DSLR
Budget: Ard 2k
Your Location: PJ
Preferable brand : Canon, Sony
Type of photography u want to do : Landscape and portrait, mainly for traveling purpose
Any specific models in mind? : Canon G12, S100, Sony NEX C3, NEX 5N and open to any recommendation
Any specific features u want? : Light, sharp image, easy to capture nice pic, not much post processing work

I am not familiar with those camera setting, therefore prefer the camera which is easy to use and able to take sharp and nice pic when travel

This post has been edited by ellessecandle: May 9 2012, 02:10 PM

^roughly the same request. Debating whether I should spring for a 5N or just settle for a C3.

refer back a few post ahead... go for any of the entry for Canon/Nikon will do...
with your budget u can get either a simple body (D3100/1100D)+ a lot accessories or a moderate body (550D/600D/D5100) with less accessories...

if you can top up ur budget a bit, go for 5N or G1X.
if 2k or less is your budget, go for C3/S100/G12

between C3 and 5N, go for 5N. worth the money.
if you can wait, you may wait for the new F3 which will be similar to 5N...

if you can top up ur budget a bit, go for 5N or G1X.
if 2k or less is your budget, go for C3/S100/G12
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thanks for your recommendation. For 5N and C3, the pic taken will only be nice for ppl who know how to do the setting right? I am not good in that, am I still able to capture the sharp and pic?

[quote=ellessecandle,May 10 2012, 02:52 PM]
if you can top up ur budget a bit, go for 5N or G1X.
if 2k or less is your budget, go for C3/S100/G12
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thanks for your recommendation. For 5N and C3, the pic taken will only be nice for ppl who know how to do the setting right? I am not good in that, am I still able to capture the sharp and pic?

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erm... this is a bit hard to define. different people will have different taste against "good, nice and sharp" picture.
i suggest you try to bring your own memory card, go to the shop, try out the camera, save the picture and go home review it. if you feel ok about it, then just buy it. the auto mode for sony is actually producing quite good result in my opinion.

i don use sony, but played with the one my friend has. the image is not bad. Although sometime people may dislike some of the straight JPEG output from the camera (some complain over process picture and etc). but i believe you are not pixel peeper as well, so you won't really notice the difference. if your purpose is just take pic, post in FB, do small print, i think there's no harm.

Type of camera/lens/accesories : Compact Digital Cameras
Budget: RM599
Your Location: Shah Alam
Preferable brand : Canon
Type of photography u want to do : just photo & video for my life
Any specific models in mind? : PowerShot A3400 IS & PowerShot A3300 IS
Any specific features u want? : HD Video Camera

Help choose these camera, PowerShot A3400 IS & PowerShot A3300 IS. It has same prices, but i didnt know which is better.

hope this site will help you. I'm not too familiar with compact camera.
http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon-A3300-IS-vs-Canon-A3400

Type of camera/lens/accesories : compact digital camera
Budget: <1k
Your Location: kl
Preferable brand : Any ( best bang for buck)
Type of photography u want to do : Casual
Any specific models in mind? : -
Any specific features u want? : Actually its for my parents, he say he wanted to capture some happy moment

p/s: sifu sifu please help

Type of camera/lens/accesories : DSLR camera
Budget : Around undecided
Your Location : KL
Preferable brand : Canon or Nikon
Type of photography u want to do : events, portraits, etc.
Any specific models in mind? : None.
Any specific features u want? : still thinking

i'm in corp comm dept which requires me taking lots of pictures whenever there's an event where my company joins or host..

i have no idea what i want, as i was a hobbyist photog few years back...

i saw those press photog uses telephoto lens to shoot press interview, even though the subject is near... can someone tell me why?

i am looking for a good DSLR with at least few lenses for me to use for diff occasion, more like a "near complete" package so i dont have to request budget every year..

thanks!

Is Olympus XZ-1 still a good buy?
My friend is looking for a travel pns with a budget of Rm1000.
Any other better alternatives? How about the LX5?

This post has been edited by nivlanauk: May 12 2012, 11:09 PM

Company pay or what?

My company veli cheapo wan... the company camera for our admin guy to shoot visitors/events yada yada is just a 500D + kit 18-55 + 430EX speedlite.

Even that works ok good.

Regarding telephoto.. there's less distortion and a more compressed flattering perspective for the subject. Also helps when there's a lot of other things getting in the way.

Ya why not.

XZ-1 gooding though best result must shoot RAW and the video mode sucked.
S100 gooding though the lens is not very bright.
LX5 also gooding though zoom range wide but "only" 90mm equivalent at the tele end.
X10 gooding too but kinda thick and that orb issue (which Fuji is supposed to fix with new sensor replacement)

lets just say, i have a bag full of cash worth 15k to 20k (hopefully i can get it! ) should i go for top notch stuffs?

i still dont get it.. coz as far as im aware, in the meeting room only my CEO, the journalist and the photographer.. thats all.. so why use telephoto while you can get up close with the subject? kindly enlighten me..