Photography Brehs - I Wan't To Take Food Porn, What's the Cheapest Camera and Lens I Need?
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damn that pizza looks good
Larry Lobster
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I read its a good camera though
I want the slice with the cheese and pepperoni all the way to the back
that burger…
OatmealCreamPie
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That "look" is lighting, in that pic natural lighting next to a window. That will be the most important thing. How you manipulate the light, shutter speed and aperture.
Tack sharp images like that require a quality lens. I have a Canon DSLR and for a pic like that I would use a 50mm lens.
As far as camera brands any of the top brands like Canon, Nikon will do, the lens is what is most important.
Tack sharp images like that require a quality lens. I have a Canon DSLR and for a pic like that I would use a 50mm lens.
As far as camera brands any of the top brands like Canon, Nikon will do, the lens is what is most important.
OatmealCreamPie
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Yes, always invest your hard earned money in the lens, not the body. You might go through several bodies but the lenses are what you will hold on to. I have a Canon 70D and just bought a wide angle Tokina lens, it was a little over $500. It's built like a tank. I plan to keep it for a long time. I will eventually upgrade to a full frame camera in the future, which run over $3000, while the new 70D set me back only $1800 plus the kit lens that came with it.
Ok kool, so if I wanted a good lens for like travel photography in the future, then the $1000 ones are overkill? Or the cheap ones will do the job as well ?
OatmealCreamPie
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Yes, this is a damn good lens. It's 400 on Amazon right now and worth every penny, but you can find one used from a reputable seller.
Also, those pictures are edited in a post production program like Lightroom and Aperture. Looks like some filters were added too. I use Lightroom.
OatmealCreamPie
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Are you a paid photographer or just shooting for personal use? If for personal use, a kit lens should be sufficient. These lens are cheaper but not really used by pros but good for the everyday person who's just taking pictures.
The lenses that cost the most money (generally) are the ones with the biggest apertures (the smaller the number).
So (f = aperture), a lens that can open up to f/1.4 is a bigger aperture (the hole opens bigger in the lens to allow more light to go through) than a lens that is open to...say f/11.
When you have a lens that costs $2,000...like the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8...what that means is that it doesn't matter what focal length you're zoomed to (70mm or 200mm), you can still have an aperture of 2.8. What this does is it allows more light to reach the censor...so the shutter doesn't have to be open as long...and thus avoiding camera shake and blur. It also has the added benefit of giving you a shallow depth of field...which is a nice way of saying "bokeh" ...or "that nice blur around the photo".
Making a lens like that costs a lot of money.
When you buy a camera kit...like one that comes with your typical 18-55mm lens...those lenses are typically f/3.5 - 5.6. Which means that when you zoom out to 18mm, the biggest aperture you can use is 3.5. And when you zoom out to 55mm, the biggest aperture you can use is 5.6.
Make sense?
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