I am an art student and I want to play with cameras, but I don’t know if I want to play with a SLR or a rangefinder. The camera probably costs about 10,000 yuan.

Play?

It’s hard to say how you play with this, but depending on your budget, it’s enough to play with a digital SLR or film.

Rangefinders are too expensive now, there’s no other way! Determined by market positioning. However, you can buy some good ones when playing with film cameras, such as a Voigtlander or Contax body with a 50mm lens, which is worth 10,000 yuan, but the money for film will be a big expense in the future... As for digital rangefinders...the current ones are either too expensive or too individual.

There is a category called single-electric ones, such as Olympus EP series and Panasonic GF series. The shape is very similar to a rangefinder. If you like this style, please pay attention. This kind of machine can change the lens and has high playability, but it feels a bit like a card camera in operation. You look at your butt to view the view. If you want to look more professional, you can get an electronic viewfinder, but I don’t think it’s worth it.

The other is SLR. SLR looks professional, but its portability is not as good as rangefinder and single camera. However, SLRs have many accessories and a wide range of lenses, so they have a bright future regardless of long-term development or specialization in something.

However, this does not mean that single-cell lenses have no future. Single-cell lenses are becoming more and more comprehensive, but the choices are quite limited. However, the advantage of single-cell lenses is that they are easy to transfer to various old lenses from the film era, which has a unique flavor. . However, as far as your needs are concerned at this stage, it may still be a bit troublesome for you to use a single-electronic adapter for old lenses that can only be used manually, but the other differences are not big (both from the perspective of image quality and your learning of photography, the two All are very close)

So from the perspective of choice, it is SLR>Single camera>Rangeshaft (after all, film is going to be eliminated)

Let’s look at the specific configuration issues

If it is a single battery, since Olympus, Sony (it is called a mirrorless camera, but the meaning is the same, just smaller), Panasonic and Samsung are now doing it, the choice is quite large. , the price of the kit (that is, paired with a small lens with a good price/performance ratio) is between 3500-6000. Among them, Samsung has the lowest price, but the quality is still good.

For these machines, it is recommended to keep the kit or replace it with a biscuit lens (small and beautiful, but cannot zoom in or out), and then equip it with a telephoto lens, which can meet 80% of the needs. Others can be satisfied by transferring old lenses.

There is no top-level machine for a single camera. In addition, when the lens is mounted on it, it feels farther than normal use. For example, a 35mm lens feels like a 70mm. This principle will not be explained now. Please pay attention when buying a lens. That’s it.

Looking at SLR cameras, your price range is only suitable for buying mid-range or entry-level cameras. After all, the cheapest professional camera is around 1w5. These mid-range and entry-level bodies also have the problem of "increasing" the focal length of the lens, but the coefficient becomes 1.5 times (you can figure this out later, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it now)

SLRs mainly include: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, and Olympus are doing it. Let’s do an analysis of each entry-level mid-range body. The lens selection is similar, so let’s wait and see.

The characteristic of Canon is that it is average overall. Canon has a full range of lenses, ranging from cheap to expensive, and the cheap lenses also have a few good ones. On the contrary, the expensive ones also have darker ones. The ones that are suitable for you include 550d, 600d, 1100d, and 50d. Among them, although the 50d is a mid-range machine, it is not recommended because it was released early and its performance is not much better than the entry-level machine.

Nikon has a good reputation for mid-to-high-end cameras, but unfortunately the entry-level machine does not have a motor... The motor can drive the lens, which is very important for some of Nikon's fixed-focus lenses (the ones that cannot be zoomed in or out as mentioned before). However, a fixed-focus lens is still a must-have when using a camera, because imaging and other reasons are also indispensable for taking pictures. At this time, it is still uncomfortable if it cannot autofocus. Fortunately, there is also a corresponding version with a motor, but it is much more expensive. The recommended body is the d90, which has a motor in the mid-range, but the new d3100 does not have a motor, but its overall performance is relatively good. When buying a lens, be sure to buy one with a motor.

Sony mid-range cameras lack it, which is a tragedy, but the performance of the a580 is also quite good, recommended. The a55's continuous shooting speed is so fast that it can catch up with professional cameras... Both of them are good. Sony's lenses look smaller, but they are enough, and I think they all look pretty cool. Sony's high-end lenses are very good, but they are still too expensive for entry-level cameras. If you upgrade in the future, you don't have to worry about them being useless.

Pentax’s workmanship is very solid. The current kx and kr models have colorful bodies and are quite fun, but I don’t know if you like them... These two machines are very comfortable to use and the price is right, so they are still highly recommended. of. The Pentax series of prime lenses is a special feature. There are many biscuit heads and the three awesome princesses (three legendary prime lenses...). However, the zoom lens is relatively expensive, which is also a weakness, but for Pentax's sake The whole series has good three-proof outdoor performance, which is acceptable. K7 is a mid-range machine, you won’t regret using it. K5 is the current Pentax flagship, but if you buy K5, you can only get one lens with a budget of 10,000 yuan. Pentax has a bunch of old lenses from the film era that can be used interchangeably, but they are not recommended in principle.

Olympus SLRs are quite compact, but the image quality is theoretically weaker (due to the technical reasons they are used). But according to the many photos I have seen, the picture quality of Olympus can actually satisfy 90% of people, and the remaining 10%...don't mention it. Olympus's e620 is an option at this stage.

Let’s talk about the lens,

1. The single-lens kill range is 18-250. It is recommended to buy the Tamron one. You can travel the world with one mirror, and the travel belt is particularly comfortable. More than 2,000 yuan. If you still want to take good still life and beautiful women, you can get a 50 f1.8, which has a large aperture, good low-light blur and good background blur.

2. Large zoom aperture. 18-50 f2.8 (Sigma or Tamron) replaces the headset, and the indoor dark light is no longer false, and girls can also take pictures. Then add a 70-300 ordinary telephoto to supplement the focal length. Or in turn, use a kit with a Sigma 70-200 f2.8. This set also has a large aperture, but it is more suitable for travel and outdoor portraits rather than indoors (the indoor environment is narrow and telephoto is inconvenient)

The above two The lens set is an easy-to-achieve lens configuration for entry-level and daily use with a budget of 1W. If:

Love traveling, love humanities, and love wide-angle lenses...then the ultra-wide lens should be given priority and can be used as a daily lens. For ultra-wide lenses, I recommend the Sigma 10-20. The Tamron 10-24 is also acceptable.

If you like to take portraits, it is best to have a 50 f1.4. But if you don’t have many opportunities for portraits, but you like macro, the 50 micro can still take care of both. In fact, it is not necessary to have a large aperture when taking portraits (a small number after f indicates a large maximum aperture. A lens has multiple aperture values, but the maximum aperture values ??are different, and the larger aperture is better). Wide-angle and telephoto can be used, and there are often good ones. effect.

In fact, don’t spend your budget in a hurry. Buy a set of phones first, or add an 18-250 to a single body. Cultivate your sense and basic skills first, and then take action after you find your own direction. You can save yourself a lot of time. Less detours.