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What camera should I buy

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hippy.killer
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I already have the gopro hero 3 silver and white but I'm looking for a better camera, like the canon t3 or the dslr. I don't want to buy something ridiculously expensive I can probably drop like $500 give or take. I really don't know a lot about cameras. Thanks for reading
Aug 25 2014 7:57PM
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swiggy
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Don't buy the t3, get the t3i or t2i
Aug 25 2014 8:01PM
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413Crew
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Aug 25 2014 11:04PM
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Scotty_Boy
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One you'll actually use.

"The best camera is the one you have with you."
Aug 25 2014 11:48PM
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jimmy_buckle
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Have a look at sony. Something like the a57 or a65. They are pretty kick ass for the price.
Also my a65 shoots 10 frames per second which is awesome for action shots (which skiing obviously is)

Good all round camera. Nikon and Canon are good but they aren't the only options which alot of people will tell you they are

https://www.flickr.com/photos/arbitrarily_rad/

That's the link to some of my stuff.
Aug 26 2014 1:12AM
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gapersarefriends
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jimmy_buckleAlso my a65 shoots 10 frames per second which is awesome for action shots (which skiing obviously is)


I hope you mean 100 fps. 10fps would be pathetic
Aug 26 2014 2:53AM
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hippy.killer
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gapersarefriendsI hope you mean 100 fps. 10fps would be pathetic


Yeah I think he meant something else haha still helpful though thanks
Aug 26 2014 3:19AM
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geist
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he's probably talking about the frame rate of the stills not the video. so 10fps is very good.
Aug 26 2014 5:51AM
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jimmy_buckle
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Sorry I was referring to stills. It takes 10 fps for stills.
For video it's 60fps in full 1080.

I don't shoot a whole lot of video with mine but what I have is pretty crisp
Aug 26 2014 9:00AM
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jimmy_buckle
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Like 10fps in a camera at the pricepoint of the a65 is super impressive. To get that in a canon or nikon you are going to spending ALOT more



So you can get shots

Aug 26 2014 9:09AM
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geist
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ill assume that's your shot?^ nice!

OP - What is your goal with the camera? if you don't know what you want it to do you won't know what spec camera you will need and we can't suggest any.
Aug 26 2014 11:11AM
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jimmy_buckle
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geistill assume that's your shot?^ nice!

OP - What is your goal with the camera? if you don't know what you want it to do you won't know what spec camera you will need and we can't suggest any.


Yeah. Thanks man. I would never ever post somebody else's shot without giving credit.

And agreed. Need more details
Aug 26 2014 8:21PM
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