Dr RosenRosen
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I am considering getting a DSLR camera. Mainly, I want to take shots of my kids playing sports. As a beginner, I don't want to break the bank, however. Anyone have advice or recommendations?
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I am considering getting a DSLR camera. Mainly, I want to take shots of my kids playing sports. As a beginner, I don't want to break the bank, however. Anyone have advice or recommendations?
Hello Doctor
My pro told me an iPhone 5 or 6 with a tri pod or cart tri pod would be fine.The 60 fps slow motion is more than enough to see what we are doing wrong or use for kids sports
I'm a novice but I have several friends who are professionals and standby their Nikon for sports and portraits. Also they say to get an entry level dslr because you can always upgrade the lenses for much greater quality. Fixed lenses are always going to provide the best quality at their focal length. For instance a fixed 35mm lens does phenomenal portraits and background blur(bokeh).
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Not everyone wants video. The OP didn't mention anything about it. I almost never shoot video, even though my Canon 60D does great high def video. Just not my thing.
A phone is no good for action still shots because of shutter lag. That is the one advantage that DSLR has over any phone or P&S. I can not only track the action, but with autofocus set to AI Servo I can keep the subject in focus for a series of shots (my camera does about 5 frames per second - The camera in my post above will do between 3 and 4), even when it's moving pretty fast. I can get shots like these from the local high school football games this fall:
The Catch (yes he caught it for a TD)
The Fumble
Nikon and Canon are both great camera lines and both are equally suited for sports. Watch at any sporting event and you will see both. You can tell the pro using Canon because he will have one of those big white lenses. Here is a photo showing both shooting side by side:
Those are some fantastic shots!
I am considering getting a DSLR camera. Mainly, I want to take shots of my kids playing sports. As a beginner, I don't want to break the bank, however. Anyone have advice or recommendations?
If you're a beginner and don't want to sink too much into a new camera, I would suggest the Sony A6000 mirrorless camera. In my opinion it's way better than any Canon or Nikon entry level system and has the added bonus of being ahead of the technology curve compared to a traditional DSLR. I'm not a professional photographer by any means but do a lot of still and video work at my job. Mirrorless is definitely the future.
The same here. Wanted a decent camera, as I have taken a keen interest in Photography. For me the Nikon D7100 is a good starter
I've been eyeing used ones of these on eBay since reading this post. Anything to look for/look out for? What would be a decent, budget lense to use with it?I changed from a Canon DSLR to a smaller sized Olympus OM-D E-M5 and I'm in love with it. I got tired of walking around with a bag, and the M5 fits in a jacket pocket pretty nicely. It's also splash proof. But it's an older model and but newer model, the M10 is more plastic feeling.
But, IMHO; on how to take awesome shots and learn how to shoot even better shots.
Get a decent body, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, what ever fits your hand and eye the best. What matters, is the lens. If you've got tons of money and even more time, try different stuff and buy a lot of lenses for every purpose, but if you've got a normal amount of money and time: buy 1 lens. With the Canon go for a 50mm f/1.8 lens, that you can get with 80-120 bucks. There's one with f/1.4 and one with f/1.2 but the prices are around 500 bucks and 1500-2000 bucks for those. Nikon should have equal lenses too.
With the Olympus or any other micro 4/3 sensor go for a 45mm f/1.8.
With that kind of body and lens combo you get large aperture which makes it possible to get decent shots without external lighting or using a flash (built-in flash makes 99% of photos bad), and you get also a nice field of depth and that makes your photos pop.
The problem with zoom lenses is that it's pretty hard to find a lens with lower f-stop than 2.8. That's enough, but the prices are thousands of dollars. A zoom lens with f/3.5-5.6 is more or less useless unless you shoot outdoors with the sun out.
The fixed focal length forces you to think how and where you should take the shot, and walking closer or further away is way better than zooming in and ending up with a shaky photo.
When a fixed focal length lens is mastered, then working with other lenses is easier, more fun and worth it.
I've been eyeing used ones of these on eBay since reading this post. Anything to look for/look out for? What would be a decent, budget lense to use with it?
I'm looking for something entry level to get into and see how much I actually use it. Any other cameras I should look at?