Good Camera Under $500?
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- CuriousGeorge
Looking for suggestions based on your experience. Our agency needs a new camera and the budget is set at $500.
- uliana0
Panasonic NV-GS500 vs HDV Sony HDR-HC1
- JSK0
What will be camera used for?
- CuriousGeorge0
We'll use it for comps and for shooting work in situation for campaign tear downs.
- horton0
an "agency" needs a camera for shooting projects and only wants to spend $500?
- 2 person basement agency?horton
- Times are tough.CuriousGeorge
- Also, it doesn't take an amazing camera to shoot campaign elements in situation.CuriousGeorge
- ya agreed budget is doable... but still, camera and equipment to document work is valuable investmenthorton
- DrBombay0
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- except you need lenses with this one...zarkonite
- JSK0
^ good choice but look in to any interchangeable lens.
Fixed lens tends to create lensing effect
- Justin0
Olympus XZ-1. Sharpest lens in the class, much more compact than micro-four-thirds.
- akrok0
S90/S95 or LX5.
- akrok0
sony nex, maybe. but it's right at 500-600.
- vaxorcist0
when shooting situation room teardowns and comps and artwork documentation, camera is the LEAST important thing, a bounce-able flash is the most important thing...
get any camera with a hot shoe and manual exposure
get an external flash with a bounce head
get some foam core and a tripod and a remote shutter release
set camera at 200 ISO, F5.6 shutter at 125th or so, be wlling to tweek this... set white balance for flash, if colors are VERY important, get a color chart http://www.amazon.com/X-Rite-Col… and shoot tests, eye-drop the colors in photoshop to get correct white balance in post....
put camera on tripod with white wall 5-7 feet or so behind you, aim flash behind and above you or aim at a side wall in a white room...
if no walls, get a large piece of foamcore or a 40x60 white photo reflector http://www.amazon.com/Reflector-… and some $1 sping clamps from home depot, clamp it to a chair or lightstand...
try a bunch of test shoots...Bounce the flash around at 1/2 power or 1/4 power or so till you get the right light on your work and/or indoor settings,etc...
good luck, sorry for the rant....
- cheap and usable manual flash http://www.amazon.co… use http://www.amazon.co…vaxorcist
- Nice info!nato
- Miguex0
http://lh4.googleusercontent.com…
Canon EOS Rebel XS Digital SLR Camera with Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS lens (Black)
$415
I will take the $85 extra as commision, thank you
- zarkonite0
Canon G12
- vaxorcist0
and old Nikon D5000 has a surprisingly good sensor and the flip viewfinder makes tripod work much easier... they're cheap these days too....
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