How to buy a digital camera that suits you

(The Nikon lens with a AF-S and the HSM snap can focus automatically on the d40)

With the price reduction of digital SLR, many friends want to buy digital SLR, but many people do not know how to choose a camera, in addition, many merchants and professional media intentionally say some words as "professional" to raise the threshold for SLR ", many "heroes and birds" also love to move out some of Nikon's ox heads and Canon's magic mirrors to "educate" newcomers who seem to know a lot and are very professional. In fact, SLR is not too complicated, at least easier than cars and audios. As a beginner, I will talk about my personal experience and try my best to use simple words to talk about SLR. In the world of SLR, you don't need to be afraid, use it everyday, and take photos, I really don't have much knowledge or need to know a lot of professional knowledge. Photography is a pleasure. Why is it so complicated and tiring.

No matter it's canon, Nikon, Sony, and Pentax, vendors have already thoroughly analyzed the market, so you will always find the disadvantages and advantages of different manufacturers. When it is difficult to choose, we recommend that you refer to the following three standards:

1. Shape and feel. A machine that you don't like is uncomfortable.

2. pixels. Currently, the mainstream is 10 million pixels of SLR, So Canon's D (New 40d ), nikon's d200/D80/d40x, Sony's a100, and Pentax's k10d are all main models.

3. Price. It's easy to know how much it costs. Most machines with tens of millions of pixels are in the range of 5-7 k, and only the d200 of Nikon is about of professional entry-level hosts. It's okay to make a good budget for shopping.

4. Don't worry too much about the dust removal function on the current body. The effect of this new function is not as good as that of advertisement promotion. Now, there is no need to care too much about it. The body shake function is more practical.

Because I am a Nikon user, I will focus on how to configure Nikon lenses. For the sake of responsibility, I only wrote the footage I used myself, some of which were owned by myself, and some of which were owned by friends around me, after playing for so long, I think they all have their own characteristics and want to make them as objective as possible, but what I am responsible for is worth considering, the key is to look at your requirements and economic capabilities.

Nikang's camera features simply: Fixed focus is better than zoom, the price is relatively low, the imaging style is sharp, and high-end products are lost to Canon (however, some heroes firmly oppose this, this time, Nikon has released three remote fixed lens headers, and I believe they will surely be revived.) the low-end and Middle-end products are not inferior, and even won a slight victory. As the main brand of global lenses, Nikon and Canon have been playing for decades. The Nikon lens is in the middle and low-end grades, and the price is relatively cheap. The workmanship should be more generous, therefore, they are favored by photography enthusiasts. Canon is in the leading position in professional fields, such as sports photography, so you will see that many people in football matches and tennis matches use Canon's cannon. (Some heroes oppose this, but at present there are indeed more white guns. Of course, this is also related to the speed of continuous shooting on Nikon's high-end host)

Just as a common hobby, buying a single SLB is just for fun, entertainment, and pat on the grass. The total investment may be 1-3 W, how likely is it to buy such a professional camera and body? (How much need to be clearly divided between Nikon and canon? It seems that even those who don't want to worry about whether you are a C or a n family, sometimes it's just a fire of water.) Of course, it's not ruled out that rich players can buy a lot of ox heads in one breath, that is not part of the scope of this article. If you have the money to do things well, you don't have to worry about camera configuration.

In fact, both canon and Nikon have dog heads, good heads, and ox heads, just like Sichuan food, Hunan food, and Guangdong food. They also have some delicious dishes, but I prefer hot pot. Well, after choosing Nikon, I also wanted to play canon for a while, but later I found that people playing Canon also wanted to play Nikon. So I realized that using the equipment in my hands is the key, otherwise, you will have to pay more for the equipment. No photography works rely entirely on the top of the equipment to win the award. The equipment is just a tool. Do not overdo the pursuit and superstition. I started to answer the question.

I. Lens Classification

1. Score by brand
Lenses are generally differentiated by brand, such as Nikon lenses, Canon lenses, Pentax lenses, and Sony lenses. Note that videos of these brands cannot be directly exchanged. If you choose a Nikon SLR, it is difficult to use the Canon lens, because their bayonet design is different. Although the fun of SLR is to change the lens, we often find that there are very few lenses that can be changed. Haha, this is decided by the interests and cannot be changed in the short term.

There is a special lens group for brand differentiation-the secondary camera.

Once we bought a camera from a certain brand, such as Nikon, we generally choose a camera produced by Nikon, which is called an "original camera ", you can also choose a third-party company such as Huma, tenglong, and Tuli to produce a lens for the Nikon camera. We say that this is not the camera produced by the original manufacturer of Nikon as a "factory camera ". Likewise, the body of Canon and Pentax can not only use their own lenses, but also choose suitable lenses for them.
 
However, most of the users who buy a single SLR camera only buy one camera, but they may buy a few lenses. The profit of the manufacturer is more reflected in the lens and related accessories, therefore, Nikon and canon can produce both the fuselage and lenses. They wish people all over the world could only buy their own cameras and lenses. Therefore, it is difficult for the deputy factories to obtain technical support from Nikon and canon. Therefore, some products designed and manufactured by them often have some compatibility problems, coupled with manufacturing experience and quality control, individual Differences will be large, that is to say, you may be lucky enough to buy a camera with no problems, or you may be lucky enough to buy one with all problems, even if you change the number continuously, there is still a problem.

However, in general, the quality of the secondary plant lens has been improved a lot. In addition to the opening of a few phenomena, there are already many classic excellent lenses worth buying. I will write a dedicated recommendation for the secondary plant lens later.

2. According to the focal segment

In fact, the traditional 135 lenses are generally divided by focal segments. The conventional method is as follows:

10-17mm for Ultra Wide Angle-mainly shooting landscape, especially in big scenarios, such as grassland, desert, sea

17-35mm Wide Angle-landscape, humanities, the main focus of this tour photo, especially suitable for travel shooting

50-85 Zhong Jiao-humanities and portraits. In this focal segment, the 85mm focal segment is especially the focal segment that is regarded as the best for portraits. Therefore, we can often see that a lens like 85mm f1.8 is called a portrait header. The focal length of 50mm is said to be the most eye-catching angle, so it becomes a standard focal length. We often call 50mm of the lens "Header. But recently I seeArticle42mm is the real standard focal length. You don't have to worry about that much. Since the tradition is like this, let's do it first.

105-200mm-telephoto lens (distant camera), suitable for character close-up, taking some lotus, stage or something.

More than 105mm is considered a focal point, which is generally used up to 200mm, however, some people like to use focal points like 300, 400, or even 600mm for wild animals and birds. However, the first one is tens of thousands, and it is not something that most people can afford. I have never played it, so I won't say it. (I once again stressed that I only talk about my own views, and I only talk about the scenes I have played. I am not a prawn, and it is inevitable that there will be errors. Thank you !)

Macro-the macro lens used to take pictures of insects and flowers. This focal segment is special, but the variety is very simple. Nikon usually uses the 60mm and 105mm macro lenses, which will be detailed later.

I mainly talk about 12-200MM, which is the most common and commonly used lens. However, I want to emphasize that:
Focal Length Coefficient of digital SLR

The above mentioned focal lengths are the focal lengths of traditional 135 cameras. In fact, in the digital era, these focal lengths are often converted. The focal lengths multiplied by a factor are the actual focal lengths. For example, Nikon currently has 1.5 series of slrs, and different models of Canon are different. It is worth mentioning that the coefficient of the full frame of canon 5d and the 1ds Mark II is 1. Therefore, a Nikon's 85mm f1.4d lens, on a Nikon digital camera such as D80, is actually a 128MM focal segment of 85x1. 5, and so on.

The existence of this coefficient has caused a lot of trouble, that is, the traditional Nikon 135 camera above the 17-35MM such a wide angle focal segment, in fact, Nikon's digital SLR has become a strange focal segment like 26-53MM, and the wide angle is almost gone. This is why some people buy ultra-wide angle such as 12-24MM for digital SLR. (12-24 multiplied by the coefficient is a very traditional Standard 18-36MM Wide Angle focal segment ). This is one of the reasons why some people admire Canon's 5D full-frame cameras. (The coefficient of the latest full-frame D3 released by Nikon is also 1, so that the wide angle of 17-35 can be restored to youth !)

3. Other methods of lens:

Fixed focus and zoom-this should be well understood. Fixed focus is a constant focal length, for example, Nikon's 105mm macro lens is 105mm fixed focus. Zoom is the focal length that can be adjusted. For example, the Nikon's 17-35mm f2.8d lens can be freely changed between the 17-35MM focal length.

Dog Head and Ox Head-this is called by video friends. Manufacturers say "economical and practical ordinary head" and "excellent professional head imaging". In fact, there is nothing to say about it, after all, manufacturers need to make money, so it is impossible to make good imaging and cheap imaging. However, Nikon and Jia Neng both have a good imaging price, cheap and cheap, that is, 50mm f1.8. Both vendors are worth buying this header, which is well recognized.

After learning about the approximate classification of lenses, after selecting your favorite body and before you start to buy a lens, please first think about these issues. Of course, rich friends can ignore the following issues. :

1. How much budget does one have at most? Do not read a few articles. If you read a few poison stickers, you can increase your budget at will. A friend who just got started with SLR should first start from practical use, otherwise, you will not be able to exert the power of a bull's head, and there will be a backlog of funds.

2. What are the most frequently used daily photos? -- Refer to what I wrote earlier. If you like portraits, you have to choose focal points like 35-85. If you like to take scenery and travel, you need to select a wide angle with a focal length of 17-35. If you like to take Lotus or bird shoot, you must consider a 200mm focal point lens. However, we must consider that it is not a full-frame digital SLR coefficient.

3. What are the high requirements for imaging? This is a big problem. How is imaging good? There are a lot of standards, and we have been playing this thing since we got the camera. Simply put, the image is clear, the color is pure, the focus is sharp, the focus is soft, and the level of detail is good. I think this is just an analysis from the perspective of my own photos. For example, if you just take a good shot, the general camera is enough. If you want to take a photography job, do you want to take an advertisement, it is still necessary to take the lead. (A Hero said that he can take a picture of an advertisement without having to use a bull's head. I said that's because you are a hero !)

4. Will it be upgraded within six months in the short term? Once you get into the SLR trap, no one will ever be born. The reason why Nikon is called a "mud trap" is justified. I have never met anyone who has bought a SLR body and does not want to change or upgrade the camera. Therefore, when purchasing a lens, consider whether you need to upgrade the camera or whether you want to preserve the value of the camera.
Fill: the characteristics of a SLR lens are that they are relatively retained, at least more than card cameras and mobile phones. In general, good color, licensed, and warranty lens, second-hand price in the original price of about 85%. For example, if you want to buy an 85mm f1.4d Nikon product for 7500 yuan now, you can use the product for 10 months. The camera has no problems and the quality is well protected, the packaging invoice is complete, so about 6000 of the invoice size can be exported. The loss is due to the depreciation of the year. It is quite cost-effective to think about it. After all, it is a cool to use in the past 10 months. Of course, some people say that these 7500 stocks may have earned 1 K for 10 months, but it is inaccurate and risky, as long as the camera is good, niu Tou is almost a second-hand market with an advertisement, and someone immediately asked, it is relatively easy to sell.
My personal opinion:

1. imaging a lens as far as possible within the budget range can not only make it easy for you to take a picture, but also make it easier for you to upgrade your camera or transfer funds for recovery. A few people who don't want to change the lens when playing the SLR, one of the fun of the SLR is that they can change the lens. Therefore, we recommend that you purchase images with good reputation to facilitate future use.

2. Be sure to buy a good shot of your most frequently-Shot Focal segment. You may not consider this for the moment, or invest less.

3. You 'd better spend three heads of money on a head that is very good at imaging. In particular, some people deliberately buy a bunch of lenses for the focal length of 17-in the case of poor money. As a result, they spend a lot of money, and there is no good imaging effect yet.

4. Buy a general enough wide-angle lens for landscape shooting, because most of the landscape shooting uses a small aperture, and in the case of a small aperture, the imaging of a general lens will be very good, therefore, unless it is especially necessary, generally there is no need to buy the wide angle of the large aperture.

5. The time and number of focal points such as 35-85 are the most, because commemorative photos, portraits, and humanities are all in this focal point. In particular, focal segments like 50mm and 85MM are almost human resources, because you can leave the scenery alone, rather than the insects and plants, however, it's hard for you to beat your girlfriend, wife, children, friends, family, well, right, and plmm.

6. It is recommended that people who really like distant photography buy telephoto. Because telephoto is usually very heavy and not very popular, they generally do not want to take heavy shots out. There are a lot of people who have bought the telefocus, and most of them still like the center focus lens such as 24-70, 28-70 and 85mm.