Want to get daughter (art major) with one photograpy course taken. Would you consider this too much to purchase or good for a starting package?
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Its a bunch of products with the package, tripod, lenses and the pro flash (btw you'll need batteries for the flash). Although a great starter camera, with the lenses as an addition it makes a great bundle as a medium range camera experience wise.
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It depends. How dedicated is she to photography? $1,000 for a once in a while hobby is a bit much. If she plans on taking more photography classes or doing more with what she learned and really getting into it, then YES this is a great buy, but if it's all going to spend months in the closet and only be used on Thanksgiving and Christmas then NO. Buy her a point and shoot. You can get a good one for about $500, or get her a less expensive SLR. It all depends on her. Hope this helped.
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I think this is a great purchase especially since she's taken photography already.
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This is a great deal. If you go to best buy the camera plus one lens I'd about $900. Great starter for the hobby. I rate 5/5
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Yes I did. In the end I bought the v700. Its a great machine for microfiche or any transparent film for that manner. Its easy to make scans that are so high res that they are physically bigger than Photoshop can open. At the time I don't think I could find anything better without spending a few thousand more. Its been 3 years since we got it so they probably have a new model, but this one is perfect for our fine-art reproduction needs.If you have more questions shoot us an email to sales at HistoricMapWorks dot comVisit the website in the link if you want to see some scans of maps that were previously on microfiche.Best Yes I did. In the end I bought the v700. Its a great machine for microfiche or any transparent film for that manner. Its easy to make scans that are so high res that they are physically bigger than Photoshop can open. At the time I don't think I could find anything better without spending a few thousand more. Its been 3 years since we got it so they probably have a new model, but this one is perfect for our fine-art reproduction needs.If you have more questions shoot us an email to sales at HistoricMapWorks dot comVisit the website in the link if you want to see some... » Read More Yes I did. In the end I bought the v700. Its a great machine for microfiche or any transparent film for that manner. Its easy to make scans that are so high res that they are physically bigger than Photoshop can open. At the time I don't think I could find anything better without spending a few thousand more. Its been 3 years since we got it so they probably have a new model, but this one is perfect for our fine-art reproduction needs.If you have more questions shoot us an email to sales at HistoricMapWorks dot comVisit the website in the link if you want to see some scans of maps that were previously on microfiche.Best « Show Less
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Well, I picked up the 210 today at Best Buy. I've only gotten to shoot a few pictures with it but think I'm going to like it. The salesman at BB kept talking about how he loved this camera. I'm headed on a 1 day road trip tomorrow with lots of stops. Thought I'd test it out a bit to make sure it was what I wanted. Someday I may go with a DSLR, but right now I need the convenience of a small camera... and it is going to Europe in about two months. So, we'll see if the pictures are as awsome as I want them to be. Wish I had a S90 to compare the portrait shots to. I to do a lot of family pictures that I print. Thanks all. I'll let you know the outcome. Well, I picked up the 210 today at Best Buy. I've only gotten to shoot a few pictures with it but think I'm going to like it. The salesman at BB kept talking about how he loved this camera. I'm headed on a 1 day road trip tomorrow with lots of stops. Thought I'd test it out a bit to make sure it was what I wanted. Someday I may go with a DSLR, but right now I need the convenience of a small camera... and it is going to Europe in about two months. So, we'll see if the pictures are as awsome as I want them to be. Wish I had a S90 to compare the portrait shots to. I to do a lot of family... » Read More Well, I picked up the 210 today at Best Buy. I've only gotten to shoot a few pictures with it but think I'm going to like it. The salesman at BB kept talking about how he loved this camera. I'm headed on a 1 day road trip tomorrow with lots of stops. Thought I'd test it out a bit to make sure it was what I wanted. Someday I may go with a DSLR, but right now I need the convenience of a small camera... and it is going to Europe in about two months. So, we'll see if the pictures are as awsome as I want them to be. Wish I had a S90 to compare the portrait shots to. I to do a lot of family pictures that I print. Thanks all. I'll let you know the outcome. « Show Less
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Hi Mr. Hewitt (I wonder if we have any relation?) Anyway, for a true beginner (as in you've never used anything but a point-and-shoot) I'd recommend you get a Nikon D40 and an 18-200 VR. Keep the 18-55 kit lens, you'll find it lighter when your just taking snapshots of the family or whatever. The D40 is an excellent starter camera, it has almost all the tweaks of this much more expensive camera without the weight and cost. The D300 has many advantages over it, but I really feel you'll learn a lot faster with a simpler camera, and step up to this when your ready. I actually started out with a D40 a bit over a year ago, it made starting out quite fun. The 18-200VR will follow you as a great lens on the D300 too, and you can use any newer AF-S lenses on it. If you have older AF-D Nikon lenses lying around that you want to use, a D80 is also a good place to start. It's easier to make the custom tweaks you'll learn about in your photography classes on the D80, but it still has Auto modes as well to get you started. Checkout www.kenrockwell.com, especially his recommended camera page. He's a bit more eloquent than I am. And I wouldn't be so fast to recommend the D60 to anyone, it's just the D40x's guts (plus active D-Lighting, but without the other enhancements of the D300/D3) with a different name stamped on it. I wouldn't recommend the D40x or D60 to anyone, they exist to fill a price point to compete with Canon. If your eyeballing either, jump to the D80 and don't look back.
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You can't beat the price and she'll like the big and bright screen (except outside in the sun). Don't confuse her with the 200pp manual (enough to scare anyone away). Simply show her 2 settings: AUTO and Movie. Get her a 16GB SD card if you think she'll use the MOVIE button. The hardest part for an older person to learn will be pushing the shutter button down half way to focus on the intended subject before pushing on it all the way to trip the shutter and take the picture. Even still, she should get plenty of good pictures along with some blurry ones. And some extra practice with depressing the shutter button half way should soon become 2nd nature. You can't beat the price and she'll like the big and bright screen (except outside in the sun). Don't confuse her with the 200pp manual (enough to scare anyone away). Simply show her 2 settings: AUTO and Movie. Get her a 16GB SD card if you think she'll use the MOVIE button. The hardest part for an older person to learn will be pushing the shutter button down half way to focus on the intended subject before pushing on it all the way to trip the shutter and take the picture. Even still, she should get plenty of good pictures along with some blurry ones. And some extra practice with... » Read More You can't beat the price and she'll like the big and bright screen (except outside in the sun). Don't confuse her with the 200pp manual (enough to scare anyone away). Simply show her 2 settings: AUTO and Movie. Get her a 16GB SD card if you think she'll use the MOVIE button. The hardest part for an older person to learn will be pushing the shutter button down half way to focus on the intended subject before pushing on it all the way to trip the shutter and take the picture. Even still, she should get plenty of good pictures along with some blurry ones. And some extra practice with depressing the shutter button half way should soon become 2nd nature. « Show Less
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Another thought to share.......I bought a box of 100 high heat transparencies on Amazon and it's cheaper than a copy store and i can take them with me and use at the spur of the moment at any time of the day or night to copy a picture, document, etc and use for a class or training!
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I think so . You have to register and then I think it's $60(?). Don't really need it haven't found a course yet that's not on it
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I do not think this is too much camera for a beginner. There are excellent tutorials available to teach you how to use the camera. It is a wonderful model and I highly recommend it. I also looked at the 5200; however, I wanted a titanium body instead of plastic. The 5200 is very light and is a great camera. I wanted a higher quality of body and decided to go with the 7100. I have not been disappointed at all. Go ahead and spend the extra. You will not regret it. You are buying the best and it will provide a lifetime of memories through pictures.
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It is relatively cheap. If you are serious about photography do not rely on this one. Overall, the package is a very good one.
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No, it's a one shot deal and an expensive one at that! And, the pictures are small, a little larger than a photo booth picture.
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Just one, honestly if you really want to do Polaroids it will be cheaper to buy a fuji instax because you can get twice the film for half the price. But at the same time it is really fun to use a camera that's 40 years old (:
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No, it's general enough to apply to all models of DSLRs. Yet, the detailed suggestions are really helpful. For example, I used suggestions from the Sports topic and the Indoor Shooting topic to prepare to photograph my nine year old granddaughter's first basketball series. It gave me confidence that compensated for lack of experience. The format (guidelines & suggestions) is particularly helpful. Thanks for your inquiry.
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Sure. You should purchase from FotoTech, the price is $22.99+ $3.99 shipping fee, and please write me back right after your payment, we can ship those bags to you. Please don't purchase from fulfillment by Amazon because it is 4 different sizes.
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I can't answer that but what I can tell you is that my daughter attends one of the premiere art colleges in the US and this was the recommended drive for her to purchase to use for short films and animations. It is fast enough for this purpose.
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It really depends on the color that the graduates will be wearing. If they are wearing all black it can sometimes make a dark photo. The colors pop really nice and it's a great backdrop. I would also think about blue. Just keep in mind that this backdrop is a great price and may work if your lighting is good. I'm just an Amatuer photographer but have used it 3 times for professional pics.
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Yes, I have been using it. I'm a beginner and so far the pictures I have obtain have been of good quality.
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I've never used photo shop, but I can say I have loaded this up with SEVERAL programs at once, excel, word, two different stock trading platforms, all running at the same time and it handled it fine. Don't think you'd have a problem. As I have commented here before, the only issue I have with the computer is the speakers on max volume are barely loud enough. I had to purchase external USB speakers to listen to music while I work.