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ecokid
ecokid aka is a 28.28 year old boy, has been a member since August 8, 2006, has scored 4,183 submissions, giving an average score of 2.01, helping 51 designs get printed.
Looking for a good camera!
Heyho Threadites,

I was wondering if any of the photographers could bestow some of their knowledge of the camera upon me.

I'm looking to get more serious about photography, and was wondering what would be a suitable camera to start with? I don't want one too confusing, or awesome, i just want one which will allow me to play around with shooting shots.
Is there a good brand i should stick with? Any basic technical terms/stats i should be concerned with?

Cheers me luvvies!

ecokid
ecokid on Apr 10 '07 at 4:33pm
CHEESE
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:33pm
are you looking for digital? Or film?
FionaB
FionaB on Apr 10 '07 at 4:34pm
digital or manual?
FionaB
FionaB on Apr 10 '07 at 4:34pm
whoa margo...

we rock
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:35pm
hahaha.
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plastic taxi cab? on Apr 10 '07 at 4:36pm
go with film, and just go to a camera store or a pawn shop, etc.. and get a minolta, canon, olympus, or nikon.(i think those are decent cameras)
ecokid
ecokid on Apr 10 '07 at 4:36pm
nice sync there guys. Either. Have access to free blackroom at Uni so which would you suggest?
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:39pm
I would suggest learning with film.



I have a Pentax K1000.. they can be found relatively easily and are pretty cheap. They're considered to be really great student cameras. They're not too fancy and are pretty easy to use, but they also give a nice finished product.
FionaB
FionaB on Apr 10 '07 at 4:39pm
I had a Semi-manual Nikon for acouple of years and worked great for me!

but I had to sell it for a fully manual camera
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:40pm
Oh yes, and the Pentax K1000 is fully manual.



That's just a suggestion, of course. I love mine. A lot of the photos on my flickr were taken with it.
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:41pm
starting about four pages back, actually. Most of the newer ones were shot with my digital camera because I've been feeling lazy.
ecokid
ecokid on Apr 10 '07 at 4:42pm
erm i meant darkroom. Lol blackroom... that's how much of a newbie i am!
ecokid
ecokid on Apr 10 '07 at 4:44pm
Thanks girls! Will scout out the secondhand shops for a bargain! Do you know of any good photography books, or websites that i could use for pointers? Or are you both more trial and error kinda girls? :P
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:46pm
hm, not off the top of my head, sorry! My dad taught me all about the functions and such a long time ago, so I haven't had much experience with books.
bananaphone
   bananaphone on Apr 10 '07 at 4:48pm
Film is all well and good, but remember every 30 odd shots will cost you more money.
margolove
margolove on Apr 10 '07 at 4:49pm
yeah, that's the other side of it.. however, if you have access to a darkroom that would be a really great thing to learn.



I would love to have a dSLR, but since I don't have that kind of money, I'm pretty satisfied with a nice digital Canon and my manual Pentax.
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