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03-30-2018, 02:43 AM
What is the best way to save film photographs in digital, getting to professionals which deal with scanning?
Since this thread is bumped, here is another question from me. If I go the route of getting old used digital camera, what would be a good choice? I know that there are cameras from early 2000s which are good, but I am not familiar with models from that age.
Does it make sense getting +6 years old camera that were in upper range in that time and what are differences in quality compared to beginner cameras today?
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03-30-2018, 10:47 AM
I'm looking at the Sony a6300, but frankly the amount of lenses available is overwhelming. Can anyone recommend lenses for shooting portraits, nature, and action shots outside?
At this point I don't think I would want to spend more than $500 per lenses, but am interested in the most value I get per money spent.
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03-30-2018, 10:09 PM
Portraits you can use a 35mm, 50mm or 85mm. A lot of people say that above 70mm is good for portraits because theres less distortion I think they call it. For nature or landscape shots a wide angle lens would be good, something like a 24mm. I first got a 24-70mm zoom lens so i can go to 70mm for portraits and 24 for those wider shots.
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03-31-2018, 09:05 AM
Thanks. Yeah I saw a lot of lenses in those sizes, my question was more, which specific lenses (by manufacturer/model) offer the most value per cost, that I can pick up in the $500 range. I could go over, if spending a little more gives a big enough improvement.
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06-04-2018, 09:44 PM
My first lens I bought with my Canon 6D, has been the 50mm 1.4 by Sigma.
I am looking at the 70 - 200mm now, the portrait shots are great and with soft bokeh.
Anybody have this lenses? Is F4 any good.
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06-06-2018, 09:20 PM
What did you sell?
This guy came in the gym last week with the new Sony A7R!!! and a 24-70mm 2.8 lens. $8000 worth of equipment.
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06-06-2018, 11:06 PM
The Nikon D3400 is Nikon's entry level model, and its a good body. I started with that. It's main downside is that it doesn't do well in low light situations. It came with the 18-55mm kit lens and I ended up picking up a 35 mm prime lens