I fucking hate it when chantards go around using little names for different board members like '/p/hag' or /p/hucker. It's especially more annoying on /p/ because it's not even spelled right.

Well then I'm sorry I hurt your godamn internet sensitivities, Anon. Can I get an answer?

canon 1dsmkIV
nikon d3s

>>921900
Get literally any camera. They're all good. Buy something that suits your price range.

My budget's south from these. What about something around the 800-900 range?

>>921925
eat a dick, homo

>>921935
nikon d90
now fuck off queer

>>921073

any fucking reason to get the d90 over the other shit, or are you still butthurt?

thanks, sagefag

>>921947
it is the best camera for anyone that doesn't get paid money for pro shit

>>921906
I prefer /p/hotographers

>>921951
but we don't take photographs...we're all gearfags here. merge /p/ with /g/.

I also hear about the canon 500 and 550. what's the real difference in quality between those and the d90?

>>921968
those are shitty lowtier entry level cameras for beginners
the d90 is pretty much pro level

>>921975
>ITT: Bullshit

They aren't priced all that far apart. What makes them shitty and the d90 pro?

>>921979
the rebels are made out of flimsy plastic and have terrible button placement
they also have overly dense sensors that produce lots of noise and shitty metering/autofocus unless you have a portable supernova to light your subject

>>921900

Unless absolutely required by these "recent needs" don't get a dSLR just yet. Buy a good all-manual compact. The Pana LX3 has hi-def video and pretty amazing sensor and glass for example, iso 80 to 3200 and open as high as f 2.0 so it's a good choice if you don't need focal lenght. The Canon G11 is not bad either (but doesn't have HD video or iso 80 and looks ugly to me. More expensive, too).
Get used to that camera, learn to use it and THEN buy a DSLR. That way you can probably jump the "crappy entry-level DSLR" step and you'll be left with a very good compact and a good DSLR (both of which you'll use for years) instead of a crappy DSLR and a good one, i.e. a camera that you won't use at all and which you won't probably be even able to sell.
Plus you'll end up buying a good compact anyway if you're gonna be serious about photography, so might as well begin with that.

>>922032
or he could just get a d90 and be set for life unless he decides to go into professional niche photography

Oh go get laid already FFS! Plus, the s90 is not even that good anyway. At most a lower-high-range compact.

>LX3, G11
I hear the Ricoh CX3 is not bad either, and more versatile than the LX3. Thoughts?

>>922050
who the fuck brought up canon shit?

Here's the deal: I intend to go up mt. Kilimanjaro at the end of the year(weather at its worst, peak at its best), and after my previous experience in Africa I want to have something better than my dad's7 year old Olympus.
I could just bu separate cameras for stills and for video, but I don't like the idea of lugging a lot of equipment around.
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Get a Canon T2i. It's in your price range and takes amazing video.

didn't someone just say it had terrible button placements and shitty sensors?

morning bump

anyone care to add anything?

>>922180
this

D90

/thread

>>922533
DO NOT, under any circumstances, buy a t2i. Way too expensive for what it is, way too expensive and chunky for how you will use it.
Don't get a s90 either, because it's just bad value for money.

Well that's great, but then what DO I buy?

>>923462

Ambien, lot's of them. Take orally until you don't have any more.

>>923411
If you're going to hike avoid DSLRs. They're heavy and chunky and you probably won't be able to use them properly (No offense: it takes time).
In your situation I would buy a good compact with decent auto modes for when you get tired of manual controls. If you know you won't need focal lenght (i.e you will only shoot landscapes), I'd go for the Panasonic LX3: it's very good and old enough so as not to be expensive. If you think you'll need some zoom, forget it as the LX3 only has a 2.5 zoom. In that case I would go for a Canon G11, which is chunkier but still very portable, has less of a wide angle but a lot more zoom. Doesn't go as low in ISO or as high in aperture as the LX3, but I've been told it renders better colours in difficult low-light conditions. It only does 4:3 and 16:9 whereas the LX3 also does 3:2. You'll miss that last format if you ever have pro- or semi-pro ambitions. But otherwise, probably not that much. The G11 doesn't do HD video, so if you need that, forget it again. (You probably don't need HD video anyway, to be honest). The G11 used to be ludicrously expensive but it's 1 year old now so you should be able to get one for well under $500, which is quite a good price.
The G11 has many more controls on the box itself (as opposed to in menus).
Don't use the viewfinder on the G11: it's a steaming pile of shite. Always trust the LCD (which is far too small due to it being hinged, but anyway).
Take-home message: The panasonic LX3 is damn good but lacks zoom. The G11 is more versatile but has a few design flaws.
IQ is kinda equivalent for both, the Canon has a softer focus (surprisingly!) has slight limitations in the "f/", "ISO", and "wide-angle" departments (if you forget the absence of HD video) but it is overall much more versatile so I would probably get that if I were you. (being me, I got a Pana LX3 instead. But I couldn't care less about zoom when it comes to compacts.)

That's some good information. Thanks Anon.
I've been considering the LX3, but one of the issues I had with the camera I went with last time was the lack of range, so some of the times I had to chase these fuckers around(pic related) until I got a good shot, and some of the other times the object was just too damn far away to get a good shot at(missed some great cheetah shots because of this).
Again, I could potentially separate the video and stills factors into two cameras, but I don't know if the increased inventory space/hassle will be better than lugging a bulky DSLR around.
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