General Photography

Harmonic said:
Yes! Just buy a gimbal
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Most use a monopod which will only add an extra kg or so.

But it's still not worth it.

EDIT: a gimbal and tripod work well if you're going to be static.
 
Anyone have camera recommendations for a beginner in photography, I did a bit of research of how it all works and want to practice now by applying what I have learned.

I hear most often that the Body does not matter and that the Glass is the most important and that it is better to get a cheaper body and quality glass as you can always just replace the body, but I have very limited knowledge with the Camera market. I know Canon, Fuji and Sony seems to be the most recommended and then some people recommend Nikon.

I also heard that Canon don't have third party mounts whereas Sony does, though I see that they have now made support for third party mounts.

I also assume it does not matter to get APS-C or FF as FF the main benefit seems to be that it works better in Low light.

Any advice regarding this would be helpful. The Camera I am looking at is currently the Canon R50. I heard that the Kit lens is a bit meh, what lenses would be recommended for Portrait photography. I assume when using APS-C 50mm might be good because of the crop factor. As From what I can see 50-135mm looks really nice for Portraits.
 
Best bang for your money is probably Fujifilm Asp-c, amazing native lenses and lots of great 3rd party lens options.
 
Also vote for Fuji (I have FF Canon with L glass and Fuji).
Fuji glass is on par with the best, I can not see any difference compared to my L glass.
They lack wildlife lens but you can get Fringer converter and use Canon glass (I do that with 100mm IS macro and 300mm F\2.8).

Second hand marked is good with reasonable prices and you can find bargains (if you are in CT I can give you few pointers where to look).
Best thing is I can fit two bodies with two primes in small shoulder bag and nobody will think it is camera bag.
 
Just to ad there is (or was) Nikon tax where comparable lenses are more expensive compared to Canon (I'm not sure if that is still case).
Also I find Sony quite expensive.
So think about what glass you would like then decide on if system what you want and how new and used market looks like.
It can be very expensive hobby.
 
Sicarius404 said:
Anyone have camera recommendations for a beginner in photography, I did a bit of research of how it all works and want to practice now by applying what I have learned.

I hear most often that the Body does not matter and that the Glass is the most important and that it is better to get a cheaper body and quality glass as you can always just replace the body, but I have very limited knowledge with the Camera market. I know Canon, Fuji and Sony seems to be the most recommended and then some people recommend Nikon.

I also heard that Canon don't have third party mounts whereas Sony does, though I see that they have now made support for third party mounts.

I also assume it does not matter to get APS-C or FF as FF the main benefit seems to be that it works better in Low light.

Any advice regarding this would be helpful. The Camera I am looking at is currently the Canon R50. I heard that the Kit lens is a bit meh, what lenses would be recommended for Portrait photography. I assume when using APS-C 50mm might be good because of the crop factor. As From what I can see 50-135mm looks really nice for Portraits.
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Pretty hard to buy a bad camera these days. Even the previous gen ones were great so maybe consider a preowned?

Most important thing about a camera is how it feels in your hand. You need to want to carry it around. Visit a camera store and see what fits best.
 
airborne said:
Best bang for your money is probably Fujifilm Asp-c, amazing native lenses and lots of great 3rd party lens options.
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I did hear quite a lot of good things about Fujifilm and like their Retro look, the only drawback I have heard is that the AF on the Fujifilm is not as great, but that is probably nitpicking
 
aleksandar said:
Also vote for Fuji (I have FF Canon with L glass and Fuji).
Fuji glass is on par with the best, I can not see any difference compared to my L glass.
They lack wildlife lens but you can get Fringer converter and use Canon glass (I do that with 100mm IS macro and 300mm F\2.8).

Second hand marked is good with reasonable prices and you can find bargains (if you are in CT I can give you few pointers where to look).
Best thing is I can fit two bodies with two primes in small shoulder bag and nobody will think it is camera bag.
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Unfortunately I am in Pretoria. I will have a look at Fujifilm as well and see if there any specials around in PTA that I might consider.
 
aleksandar said:
Just to ad there is (or was) Nikon tax where comparable lenses are more expensive compared to Canon (I'm not sure if that is still case).
Also I find Sony quite expensive.
So think about what glass you would like then decide on if system what you want and how new and used market looks like.
It can be very expensive hob
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That is probably the best idea, cause from what I have heard the Camera body does make an affect, but not nearly as much as the glass
 
bwana said:
Pretty hard to buy a bad camera these days. Even the previous gen ones were great so maybe consider a preowned?

Most important thing about a camera is how it feels in your hand. You need to want to carry it around. Visit a camera store and see what fits best.
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Thanks for the advice. I am also considering preowned as I believe any camera at this point should be good enough to learn how everything works and to put it to practical use.

I hear the saying everywhere that "You can give a great camera to a bad photographer and he/she will take bad photos, but a good photographer can still great pictures with a bad camera" Something along those lines
 
Sicarius404 said:
I did hear quite a lot of good things about Fujifilm and like their Retro look, the only drawback I have heard is that the AF on the Fujifilm is not as great, but that is probably nitpicking
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I’m sure there are cameras with better af especially on Sony apparently but the af on Fuji works great.
Sicarius404 said:
Thanks for the advice. I am also considering preowned as I believe any camera at this point should be good enough to learn how everything works and to put it to practical use.

I hear the saying everywhere that "You can give a great camera to a bad photographer and he/she will take bad photos, but a good photographer can still great pictures with a bad camera" Something along those lines
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I wouldn't bother with new, there's very little advantage buying new and for your budget you'll barely get a camera body. I’d start with a Fuji Xt3 with the amazing kit 18-55mm F2.8-4 kit lens, i've seen that combo going for around R15k.
 
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