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What is a good "Mid-Range" DSLR camera?
I am doing my research but sometimes it is better to just ask as well. I would like to buy one for my girlfriend who loves photography and would probably do more if she had one. However, not sure if I want to go totally top of the line based on price and uncertainty if she would use it as much as she says. Any advice would help....Happy Holidays!
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- BriaRLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
You don't need mid range
Look at the Nikon D3200 or D5100 or the Canon T3 (1100D) or T4i (650D)
- Sound LabsLv 78 years ago
Get a Nikon D3200 or Canon T3i, or T4i if you want to be a blow hard. Have you ever been in a waiting room, bar, burger joint and you see 10 people in front of you all with the same iPhone? There are better options out there.
So while everyone tells you to get a CaNikon like a robot, look at Sony's A57, A65, and from Pentax the K 30 and if you are serious, the best mid range dSLR period, the brand spankin' new Pentax K5 II.
So here are the pros. The Sony can do some things, and has tricks a CaNikon does not have, at any price, not even a crazy expensive several thousand dollar D3s or D4.
The Sony has an image sensor that's stable or anti shake. That means every lens is anti shake even sweet prime lenses. CaNikon only does this in the lens, and only certain lenses and no fast primes.
Sony has focus peaking for manual focus (video and stills) it's amazing. Sony has fast auto focus when shooting video if you want it. With CaNikon some models won't even auto focus when shooting video, and if it does AF, it's slow contrast detect only. The Sony has face detection and smart object tracking.
The Pentax like Sony has a stable image sensor, so same advantage as Sony. It also uses superior Sony Exmor image sensors (Nikon and Olympus do too) but it loses focus peaking in the K5 II, and the K 30 only has it for stills, and no fast AF for video. The image quality is tops, even over Sony because it has no translucent mirror in front of the sensor.
Pentax has amazing tough weather sealed bodies that are cold proof, Sony, Canon and Nikon offer nothing like it in the same price range. Lots to think about. You have more research to do. good luck.
- Anonymous4 years ago
not constantly no, you are able to purchase diverse ranges of SLR cameras commencing from $4 hundred to as much as $2000 the extra technical the digital camera gets the costlier, yet all SLR cameras do have an vehicle putting if that's what your worried approximately, all of them could additionally substitute each and every thing you pronounced its very just about looking a point of settings youre comfortable with. while you're actually not into expert pictures and only searching for a sturdy picture SLR digital camera get the cannon insurrection, it does each and every thing you pronounced with a lot of mega pixels to artwork with while you're attempting to edit or blow the image as much as a extra physically powerful length that is an incredible decision! you are able to adjust all the settings you pronounced with out having way too complicated.
- 8 years ago
I can't give specific type, there many type of mid range DSLR camera. What I can suggest is to browse more about DSLR camera online.
The best way is to see the picture of the camera, read the description, compare the price and one more important thing is to read the review from other people. You can visit http://idigitalcamera.net/DSLRCamera-DSLR_Camera.h... almost every product has reviews.
- keerokLv 78 years ago
I don't know how much is much is midrange to you but here are two choices you might want to consider.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/860680-REG/P...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/891521-REG/P...
Be warned, if you give her one of those, she may stick around for a very long time you'll need to marry her.