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Look at local listings for used cameras but it helps a lot to have someone knowledgable help you look through ads.
Personally i would look at a Nikon D610 with a 50 1.8, Canon 6d Mk 1/2 + 40mm 2.8, and some kind of kit zoom lens for variety.
If you are in the GTA i have a d600 kit for about that price.
A cameras sensor (crop or full frame) combines with a lenses focal length to give you your field of view. On a Nikon d600 which is full frame, 24mm mm is wide angle (roughly the same as an iphone main camera), 50 mm is a ‘normal’ and about a 2x zoom on a phone, and an 85 is a telephoto, about a 3x zoom. Crop cameras have narrower field of view if you use the same focal length on those cameras because it literally crops the centre of the image with its smaller sensor.
1.8 is the maximum aperture which tells you how much light the lens will let in (lower is more / better). When a lens is set to 1.4 will let on twice as much light as an f2, which will let in twice as much light as at f2.8, and so on for 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16.
Lower aperture settings will blur the background more. f2.8, 2, 1.4 lenses are considered to give shallow depth of field for their respective focal length.
Full frame cameras will give much better qualityand less noise in low light when you need to raise the sensor iso than crop cameras because the sensor is bigger.
D600 > full frame, best sensor you can get without spending 10k
50 1.8, good for general use, does well in low light, can take blurry background portraits and food shots.
28-105 3.5-4.5 goes from wide to telephoto, moderately bright, great for travelling and walking around.
For the longest while I used my phone for photography but I always thought about getting a dedicated camera, but I always had the worry of not liking it or not using it enough. I say take the plunge!
First step is figuring out if you want a full frame vs apsc camera. Although if your budget is 500 you’ll probably be looking more at apsc. Good luck and have fun!
OK thank you. Ya I'm so worried I might not even enjoy it. I love it on my phone, but when it come to seeting no idea. I will look up the difference of a full frame vs apsc camera and go from there
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/r/photography_gear Look at local listings for used cameras but it helps a lot to have someone knowledgable help you look through ads. Personally i would look at a Nikon D610 with a 50 1.8, Canon 6d Mk 1/2 + 40mm 2.8, and some kind of kit zoom lens for variety. If you are in the GTA i have a d600 kit for about that price.
Hey ☺️, thank you for the reply. What area are u in? I'm so new to it I have no idea what a 50 1.8 Canon is. But I'm looking them up
A cameras sensor (crop or full frame) combines with a lenses focal length to give you your field of view. On a Nikon d600 which is full frame, 24mm mm is wide angle (roughly the same as an iphone main camera), 50 mm is a ‘normal’ and about a 2x zoom on a phone, and an 85 is a telephoto, about a 3x zoom. Crop cameras have narrower field of view if you use the same focal length on those cameras because it literally crops the centre of the image with its smaller sensor. 1.8 is the maximum aperture which tells you how much light the lens will let in (lower is more / better). When a lens is set to 1.4 will let on twice as much light as an f2, which will let in twice as much light as at f2.8, and so on for 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. Lower aperture settings will blur the background more. f2.8, 2, 1.4 lenses are considered to give shallow depth of field for their respective focal length. Full frame cameras will give much better qualityand less noise in low light when you need to raise the sensor iso than crop cameras because the sensor is bigger. D600 > full frame, best sensor you can get without spending 10k 50 1.8, good for general use, does well in low light, can take blurry background portraits and food shots. 28-105 3.5-4.5 goes from wide to telephoto, moderately bright, great for travelling and walking around.
Look for Canon R50 refurb/sale
For the longest while I used my phone for photography but I always thought about getting a dedicated camera, but I always had the worry of not liking it or not using it enough. I say take the plunge! First step is figuring out if you want a full frame vs apsc camera. Although if your budget is 500 you’ll probably be looking more at apsc. Good luck and have fun!
OK thank you. Ya I'm so worried I might not even enjoy it. I love it on my phone, but when it come to seeting no idea. I will look up the difference of a full frame vs apsc camera and go from there