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Duckonquackyeah it helps alot thanks, how long did it take to have a good all around knowledge of cameras once you bought your first one. were you self taught or did your parents or friends help you out.
CameraWizI have a decent understanding with a camera and this is the first full year of full shooting video on manual. Self taught. My highschool photography class taught me nothing I needed to know so I dove right into the internet. One thing that really helps is blogs. Abe Kislevitz made a blog post about light painting, he listed all his settings for each shot. Find blogs like that and go take pictures on those settings or videos on those settings. It's a great way to learn and see what affects what.
DuckonquackI've been looking around and best buy has a canon rebel eos t5 and it comes with a 32 gb ad card and two lenses one is 75 to 300 mm and 18 to 55 mm it also comes with a case and a tripod is this a good deal, im sure the tripod is cheap but everything else seems good
CameraWizWell for how much?
Duckonquackthe canon t5 is $560 with all that extra stuff and the t3i is $600 with a 18 to 55 mm lens, obviously the canon 5d makes more sense but ill post the links for you to double check im sure it has something to do with the lenses and thats why the t3i is more money or maybe its a good deal
cydwhitgo t3i and go google your face off. "Self Taught" these days really means "internet taught." If you are decent at learning you'll be fine. What I did, and what I would recommend is once you have the camera google and learn about Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Those three things really govern how your shot will turn out. Once you have a good understanding of what each of those physically does in the camera go play with your camera on manual mode, adjusting each setting independently and looking at how the image changes. This way you will end up with a solid grasp of how your camera works and you don't need to worry about using some auto mode.
Seriously though, I think one of the most important skills anyone can have right now is the ability to teach themselves from the internet. When you don't understand something go look it up. When you hit a word you don't know google it. This way you can build huge knowledge for free.
Duckonquacki got a gift card
CameraWizNo.
CameraWizhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004J3V90Y/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Please go look at this. Second lowest option, that's a pretty good deal and can get you started. There's not a huge reason to buy new.
Duckonquackalright, appreciate the all the info guys just to recap though price range 300 to 500 dollars , go with a t3i, get 18 to 55 mm lens, and google my face off when i have questions on some of the technical stuff and adjustments when i have the camera
Duckonquackalright, appreciate the all the info guys just to recap though price range 300 to 500 dollars , go with a t3i, get 18 to 55 mm lens, and google my face off when i have questions on some of the technical stuff and adjustments when i have the camera
cydwhitHeck, I might get some hate for this but go with a t2i even, save some money so when you are ready you can buy some more glass. And yeah, I'd start with the 18-55 and use it until you are better than it (hint: it takes a lot to be better than a piece of glass, I know I upgraded from it earlier than I probably should have)
As far as technical stuff, feel free to ask questions, it's just faster to google a lot of the time. Learn those three I told you about, get an idea of what white balance is and you are gold, just use your camera a lot and it will teach you.
Duckonquackweird you would say that a guy just offered me $350 for a t2i and an 18-55 mm lens, i got lots of options now though i guess it all depends now on my next pay check
cydwhitt3i is literally a t2i with a flippy screen (someone call me out if I'm wrong) both to them are great cameras and have produced professional level content in the past
CameraWizYes you are wrong, the menus have different options and cannot control manual volume controls and some other things.
cydwhitWord. But sensor and processor are identical yes?
CameraWizI believe so.
JibbaTheHuttdownload magic lantern and they are the same camera minus the flippy screen.
having said that, i actually really like having the flippy screen over no flippy screen, if you're shooting handheld it can be amazingly useful for low/high angles
DorianFcamera choice is very important when you are just starting to film.
before you make a choice based purely on other people's opinions it is really important to ask yourself what you want to do with it?
if you only want it for video and you dont intend to take pictures maybe a dslr is not your best choice. there are cameras out there that produce much better pictures at better framerates than dslrs if you are purely using it for video.
filming with a dslr requires a fairly large investment just to get usable shots
- you need a mic (dslr internal mics are terrible) - unless you dont want volume
- some form of rig(s) (glidecam, tripod etc)
- lens selection
there are a lot of additional accessories that cost a fair amount above and beyond just the camera body before you get good footage out of it.
so there are a few questions you need to answer before you go out and invest in a camera:
- what will you be using it for? purely ski filming? photos? other filming?
- do you have any camera knowledge whatsoever? what?
- are you going to be using it soley? are you planning to hand it to friends to film with? how will it be used?
- do you have access to any peices of camera equipment? (do you or your parents have an old camera that has vintage lenses you may be able to use etc)
- budget?
noone can recomend a good camera that will fit you unless they know a little more about what you want to use it for as well as how you want to use it
DorianFand really how far do you see yourself going with it?
i started filming with canon and i love my T4i, but now im looking at upgrading to full frame and i feel really constrained within the canon lineup. I want 1080p at 60fps on a full frame sensor and canon just doesnt make it. (only dslr they have that shoots 1080p 60fps is the 7d and thats a crop sensor), but now i am pretty heavily invested into canon glass so changing is a bit more complicated (not impossible, just complicated)
Nikon makes full frame cameras that shoot 1080p 60fps at cheaper prices than canon's xD full frame series cameras, and something like the d3200 is pretty comparable to canons txi lineup.
micro 4/3s systems are quite impressive as well, and i believe you could get into a used panasonic GH2 body with a kit lens around your budget
sony is doing amazing things as well in terms of video as well.
so why does it HAVE to be canon?
Duckonquacknot that far just far enough to show what i can do and make some edits and have fun with it thats what its all about
