upgrade my photo equipment…Part 1
You might have wonder what I am up to these few months that I stop blogging. Well, I sort of take up photography. Not that I have my virgin camera for the first time, but I bought a DSLR (Digital Single Reflex Camera) to upgrade myself from the amateur photographer to an enthusiast photography.
I own the legendary Fuji Finepix F30 (look at some of the reviews and pics from dpreview if you don’t believe me) before my current DSLR. Fuji abandoned the megapixels race to create this neat little camera which have excellent high ISO performance, normally only found in DSLRs.
Looking at my snaps, even the ISO 1600s is usable if you are only printing 4R photo. The noise control in the F30 is so good that its ISO 400 looks like most ISO 100 pics for all camera at that time. Sadly, Fuji cannot withstand the the lure of the megapixels race and have since produce higher megapix camera (F50fd) that is not as good as the Legend.
So the next step up will be a DSLR. If you have read any information on choosing a DSLR, most would have recommend the big 2. Nikon and Canon. The reason is not mainly of fanaticism (though each group is quite protective to their brands), but of adaptability.
It is often said, when you buy a DSLR, you are actually buying into the family. All the different types of lens, flashes, remote control, teleconvertor, etc. Especially the lens. This is an area where the second hand market is very important. If you search carefully, you will be able to find mint lens floating around ebay less than half the price of the new ones. And they are extremely usable.
At the period which I decide to buy a DSLR, budget is important to me. So some of the models I look at is:
- Nikon D60
- Nikon D80
- Canon 450D (not out at that time)
- Pentax K200D
- Olympus E-510
It so happens that there is a IT Show in Singapore at that time, So I was able to hands on on each camera to have a feel. After dancing around the area, guess which DSLR I am holding now? Here’s a picture of it. More on it next time….
May 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
[...] the last picture from my previous post is a bit misleading. Obviously it is a Sony DSLR. But from this DSLR body, there are 3 Sony models. [...]
June 28th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Sony really is going to make a comeback in the years to follow. They have nice glass and some intersting features photographers are going to like