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Advice on digital camera sought

niamhroisin · 2009-04-29 17:29:21

Hi! I am looking for a relatively easy to use digital camera that will be good for both taking images of buildings - so a wide angle lens - and also for taking images of smaller details - i.e. pictures on old letters in archives. I have about €500-€600 to spend. It's for architectural history research, and I just don't…

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Hi! I am looking for a relatively easy to use digital camera that will be good for both taking images of buildings - so a wide angle lens - and also for taking images of smaller details - i.e. pictures on old letters in archives. I have about €500-€600 to spend. It's for architectural history research, and I just don't have a clue about where to begin looking, or what to look for! Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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#2 30-04-2009 09:36PM

Danbo!

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This thread on the photography forum is quite good for advice

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#3 01-05-2009 02:50PM

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to do that you'll need more than one lens... photo forum is best

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#4 15-05-2009 09:26AM

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You'll just about buy a wide angle lens for €500 so its a point & shoot or
up ur budget a few hundred and buy the cheapest canon slr body you can find ( maybe a eos 350-400d if still around ) along with either the canon 10-22mm wide lens or a sigma/tamron equivelant.
then buy a canon 50mm f1.8 lens. they're cheap and good. say about €100.

that would have you well setup for what you are after.

or look in photography ireland forum for second hand gear.

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#5 15-05-2009 01:04PM

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Stee wrote: »

This thread on the photography forum is quite good for advice

lots of good info there

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