Help needed on choosing a camera
Discussion
Hi,
I am looking to start taking photos of some of the products I am manufacturing at the moment. Currently I have been using a set of white card sheets with a double sticky backing on to create a background and then my trusty Nokia Phone.
However....not the best!
I need to find a camera and a background that will do the job, I don't need a high end unit, Im not going to be photographing models or moving objects...(more the pity)...But I do need something that is at the very least going to produce something that gives the impression of professionalism
I was recommended looking for a Bridge Camera....and on eBay there seem to be loads...but which one would people suggest? I don't want to buy something that is crap...but as already said I don't want to spend hundreds on a camera that isn't going to do anything other than take pictures of static objects.
I intend to buy a tripod, to avoid the shaky hand look, and was also thinking of a backdrop
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Photography-Photo-St...
Is this too good to be true? Are things going to start breaking the moment I pull it out of the bag?
Some help would be extremely valuable so I don't waste too much money.
Oh and I produce items such as doors and tailgates for cars or a bracket for a car, so it cant be a little photo box.
Cheers
I am looking to start taking photos of some of the products I am manufacturing at the moment. Currently I have been using a set of white card sheets with a double sticky backing on to create a background and then my trusty Nokia Phone.
However....not the best!
I need to find a camera and a background that will do the job, I don't need a high end unit, Im not going to be photographing models or moving objects...(more the pity)...But I do need something that is at the very least going to produce something that gives the impression of professionalism
I was recommended looking for a Bridge Camera....and on eBay there seem to be loads...but which one would people suggest? I don't want to buy something that is crap...but as already said I don't want to spend hundreds on a camera that isn't going to do anything other than take pictures of static objects.
I intend to buy a tripod, to avoid the shaky hand look, and was also thinking of a backdrop
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Photography-Photo-St...
Is this too good to be true? Are things going to start breaking the moment I pull it out of the bag?
Some help would be extremely valuable so I don't waste too much money.
Oh and I produce items such as doors and tailgates for cars or a bracket for a car, so it cant be a little photo box.
Cheers
Thanks again for all of your help guys...it has become a little heated 
The Sony that was shown...little out of my price range. Was looking to try and spend at max around the £250-£300 Mark for the camera. Was hoping for something second hand rather than new.
I understand that I have a steep learning curve....likewise I need to start getting to learn photoshop or something similar.
Just wanted to get something better than my phone! Plus I'm getting bored of having thousands of car parts on my phone!
The Sony that was shown...little out of my price range. Was looking to try and spend at max around the £250-£300 Mark for the camera. Was hoping for something second hand rather than new.
I understand that I have a steep learning curve....likewise I need to start getting to learn photoshop or something similar.
Just wanted to get something better than my phone! Plus I'm getting bored of having thousands of car parts on my phone!
Would this do the job ok?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-1100D-Digital-Camera...
Seems to be a good bargain price!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-1100D-Digital-Camera...
Seems to be a good bargain price!
Simpo Two said:
The OP seems to have left in May.
Possibly on account of an increasingly predictable tech-fight over the wonders of EVFs...
Nah...the op is still around...just busy taking photos with my amazing camera Possibly on account of an increasingly predictable tech-fight over the wonders of EVFs...
I went for this one in the end http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00403MA4M/ref=asc_df_B...
Cant praise it enough
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