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So, Where do I start?

Anonymous Mon 30 Oct 2023 09:33:12 No.4247566 View View Reply Original Report

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I'm interested in Photography but I got nothing beside my 2 years old 300$ phone as a camera and don't know where to start or how to build a good portfolio of pictures either.

1 thing I know is that I prefer taking a scenery shot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Oct 2023 09:39:35 No.4247568 Report

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>>4247566
phones work, but the focal length is very wide, if you zoom in to 2x or 1.5x you'll get a 35 or 50mm equivalent, which is more like a "real" camera and will let you learn composition more easily (doesnt mean wide angle is bad, but it's good to focus on learning one thing at a time hey)

Look at photos you enjoy, try to replicate some of the ways in which they look good (straight lines and rule of third helps a lot at the start)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Oct 2023 09:54:11 No.4247572 Report

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Start by finding some used camera with at least 16mp.
If it brings a lens, even better, one thing less to think about.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Oct 2023 10:31:04 No.4247579 Report

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>>4247572

Any specific camera? I'm low on budget

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Oct 2023 10:42:40 No.4247582 Report

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>>4247579
no, there are too many
anything that fits your budget and has a manual mode
old canon D series camera (called rebel in the US), or Nikon's equivalent

A camera is a camera is a camera

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Oct 2023 10:49:47 No.4247583 Report

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>>4247566
A good start is to take pictures. Figure out your best ones, then take more like that. Keep doing this process forever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Oct 2023 09:47:47 No.4248055 Report

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>>4247566
If you are not sure if you like the hobby you can try out the pro mode of your camera and all the other settings and apps for free. You cant control the aperture on a phone but you can tinker with other settings like how far you are away from a subject or the angle and the height. You can over and underexpose or reduce or increase the motion blur if you like. You can reduce the noise with long shutter speed to make photos in darker places. You can tinker with how the horizon and the buildings line up to the frame of the picture. When you are ready for different vocal length and wide open aperture you can try a old digital camera if you don't want to spend a ton of money in a row while being not sure about the hobby.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Nov 2023 20:03:15 No.4250829 Report

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>>4247566
the gear isn't holding you back. just go take pictures.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Nov 2023 20:17:26 No.4250839 Report

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>>4247566
this is already good, have fun with composition

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Nov 2023 03:32:13 No.4250926 Report

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>>4247579
I like my e-m5 mkII for the money I spent

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Nov 2023 05:13:26 No.4250959 Report

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>>4247579
That depends on if you want to carry a DSLR around or use a mirrorless or point and shoot sized thing

>small, fixed lens
>canon powershot g7x series, sony rx100 series, olympus tough (waterproof), ricoh GR series

>medium
>fujifilm x-t and x-e series, any micro four thirds

>medium-large
>fujifilm x-h series, pentax k-3 series and kp
>canon 80d, 90d, nikon d7500

>go big or go home
>nikon z5, d750, d800e, d810
>canon 6dii, 5d mk 3
>pentax k1
>sony a7c, a7iii
>canon 5ds r

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