Posted on: 22-05-09 12:09:51
Futureshop/Bestbuy have prices for both camera and camera kit. When buying DSLR camera, what are the accessories you HAVE to buy that do not come with a camera?
Does buying a kit ensure that you do are not missing anything to start taking pictures?
I am just thinking of buying SLR as I am not happy with the quality of pictures of point and shoot. I bought a Sony DSCW-55 that was on sale, and it is just a waste of money. I take pictures of landscape as well as close-by objects. Zoom function does not work well for such kind of scenarios - and the accessories - adapter, zoom and wide angle lens are not cheap.
This is on sale.
http://www.blackphoto.com/blacks/product.jsp?skuId=3307&prdId=3307
You can price match at Best Buy for better price.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10108056&catid=20222&PCName=camera_Sony&logon=&langid=EN
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Originally posted by meghal
Futureshop/Bestbuy have prices for both camera and camera kit. When buying DSLR camera, what are the accessories you HAVE to buy that do not come with a camera?
Does buying a kit ensure that you do are not missing anything to start taking pictures?
Depends on how serious you are. If the objective is just to take better quality pics than point&shoots, just a camera kit will do. As a beginner, I would say just get a kit and you can add on accessories as you like later. One of the things to look at are filters - color filters, polarizing filter (especially if you want to snap lake surfaces etc) , clear filter (more for protection of the lens), diffussion or contrast filters (for B&W photography) etc. You can google it for other types. But using the filter reduces clarity of the picture - but for regular pics, you pretty much won't notice the difference in quality, but will be able to bring in the effect. Another thing is lens - wide angle, macro, regular, long-focus etc. Again, depends on one's interests. If you want to picture flowers or bugs at close range etc, wide angle or macro lenses may be good... want to zoom in distant stuff, telephoto is required etc. Also, depending on the $ you can spent, you can get the reqular EF series or the expensive L series (I use Canon, others may have similar other types).
I am pretty happy with by Digital Rebel. It's a good one to get and may be you can get one wide angle and one telephoto lens (both regular EF series - black in color) and a clear filter. You can get more later, as you grow more involved.
Always try to buy from future shop or best buy as very easy to return, in case of any issues.
Continuing on an old thread, I would like to know reviews from recent DSLR buyers if there are any on CD.
I am interested either in Canon or Nikon brand DSLR with budget of 1000-1500 including lens.
Please advice, thanks
