Entry level DSLR
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eltawater said:
Processing software! Make sure she always has the camera set to shoot RAW + Jpeg and get her to learn how to use something like Lightroom to bring out the best in her RAW files.
One step at a time! Stay with JPG until she can work the camera properly and compose a photo 
When she gets to the level of worrying about white balance and highlight recovery THEN you can unleash the RAW...I know very little about Photography so bought a cheap Canon 1200D over a year ago, mainly to photograph my children growing up. Personally find the thing superb, takes crisp photos (in my eyes) and it's quick to respond. However you have to use the viewfinder to take photos, if you try to use the screen it's very very slow. For a cheap DSLR though, I'm very very happy.
Simpo Two said:
One step at a time! Stay with JPG until she can work the camera properly and compose a photo When she gets to the level of worrying about white balance and highlight recovery THEN you can unleash the RAW...
I think the desire to crop and adjust things like exposure will be there from a very early stage though so it's worth getting into the habit of at least loading the RAW into something like lightroom and getting used to a workflow.... By all means fiddle with the JPEG if it's quicker but at least if the RAW is being captured at the same time then she can always revisit them later with her new found techniques. When she gets to the level of worrying about white balance and highlight recovery THEN you can unleash the RAW...zedx19 said:
I know very little about Photography so bought a cheap Canon 1200D over a year ago, mainly to photograph my children growing up. Personally find the thing superb, takes crisp photos (in my eyes) and it's quick to respond. However you have to use the viewfinder to take photos, if you try to use the screen it's very very slow. For a cheap DSLR though, I'm very very happy.
I wanted a 1200D when I bought my 1100D (The 1100D was being discontinued at the time). The build quality is much nicer and I imagine the 1300D is a progression of that tooWeslake-Monza said:
I bought my daughter a Nikon 5200 and the thing she most liked about it was that I bought her the one that's red. I got her a cheap Nikon 55-200 to go with it and she rarely takes it off to use anything wider or my 40 Micro (Nikon calls Macro, Micro).
Telephoto on a DSLR and a decent camera phone makes a good combo if you don't want to switch lenses when you're out. I normally stick a wider lense on at night RobDickinson said:
Honestly Id be careful with entry level nikons.
Was shocked on the last workshop to find out the D3300 doesnt do some very very basic stuff like exposure simulation & bracketing.
Then again, I have no idea what the first is and never use the second.Was shocked on the last workshop to find out the D3300 doesnt do some very very basic stuff like exposure simulation & bracketing.
(well I tried it once but you forget to take it off and then wonder why your exposures are all over the place next time)
craigjm said:
RobDickinson said:
"I dont use it therefore its irrelevant" ...
It would be more helpful if you could kindly explain what they are please. Exposure simulation is when you put it in live view the screen shows you pretty much exactly what you will get rather than showing you a good brightness regardless of your settings.
craigjm said:
Going to go to Jessops at the weekend and see which menu system etc she likes
If your branch is anything like ours, then you might want to try somewhere else instead.Our Jessops seems to be staffed by part time students with little interest/experience in photography.
Our local London Camera Exchange (not in London) is vastly more knowledgeable and offer real advice.
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