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A little advice for ametuer...

  • 23-05-2008 8:20pm
    #1
    smelltheglove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭


    Hi there, just hoping somebody could help me out on something. I have always loved photography and my hubbie was very good to buy me a camera last year. I'm looking into starting a course very soon as I promised to shoot my friends wedding and I want to be up to scratch. I have a Konica Minolta 5D which I really love.

    I would be very interested though to see if this is the standard a true professional would use and also as I was told by a photographer that you should have a second camera just in case, I was looking at a fuji finepix s9600. Would anyone recommend this?


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  • #2
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    The 9600 is a good camera nice colours too!but i think you'd be better off with another konica Minolta dslr as they would have better image quaility and you'll be used to the setting


  • #3
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    "another konica Minolta" in her case would mean a Sony dSLR as they have bought the dSLR department off KM (RIP! I still love my G500 - great camera for its time).

    But, to answer your question, the 5D's technology is old hat nowadays (as with the digital age, any product that is 3 years old is old hat). But in the right hands it can take fantastic photos I suspect. Something like the s9600 might be more convenient but I would guess that the camera would be a step down in terms of flexibility and image quality.


  • #4
    smelltheglove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭smelltheglove


    Thanks for that. I was getting a bit worried when I read elsewhere that konica had stopped making cameras and equipment because I really do love my camera!

    I did suspect that if I was to become serious I may need another camera. But I'm sure it will always stay with me as a second because it does take great shots. I will take a look at the sony cameras so.

    Greatly appreciated!


  • #5
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    Sony have been pretty agressive in the market (the newest one - A350 - looks like the best implementation of live view in any camera yet). And lenses will be interchangable between the two cameras.

    On the other hand - in the hands of a professional, even a 50 year old 35mm film camera with a prime lens can give great results (the photographer is still the most important part of taking a picture!)


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