If your mobile phone is not powerful enough, should a novice photographer buy a high-end old SLR?
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When we buy digital IT products, we often use a principle to measure whether a purchase is worthwhile - that is, "don't buy expensive, just buy the right one". Digital products are updated very quickly. Unless you are a person who doesn't worry about money, you will never catch up with the latest products, not to mention the digital SLR camera, which is known as "poor for three generations and ruin your life". In the same price range, there must be both the latest SLR and the old SLR that have been around for a few years for you to choose, but most people will choose to buy new products. For photography, should we all follow the principle of "buy new, not old"? What standards should we follow when buying a SLR camera? Let's analyze it together. Reasons for not using mobile phones to take pictures Nowadays, mobile phone photography has long been popular among the people. Whether adults or children, it has become a normal thing to pick up a mobile phone to take pictures to record life and share it. It seems that for ordinary people, the "extreme" picture quality of today's mobile phones is a qualitative leap compared to the era of keypad phones. Why do we still need to buy digital SLR cameras? Therefore, if you feel the urge to buy a SLR camera, you are already treating this matter with the mentality of pursuing a higher level of image quality and knowing how to enjoy the beauty of details. Mobile phone photography is good enough for recording but not for appreciation. With this ideological awareness, you have to start researching what kind of SLR is suitable for you. All human beings in the universe know that the deeper you play with SLR, the greater the chance of bankruptcy. So it is not a problem to choose a SLR camera that suits you and use it for ten or eight years. You should know that the upgrade and replacement of SLR cameras is far less than that of other digital products. However, there are still too many products and types. For friends who just want to learn photography, it is not easy to completely choose a camera that suits them. Once you buy something that is not suitable for you, you have to toss it again. It is better to do your homework carefully. 90% of photography beginners: do not understand what is a "suitable" camera The author often sees questions from netizens on the Internet, such as "A certain camera or lens has a good price recently. How about buying it to take pictures of babies?", or "The king of the machine back then is now at a good price. Why not buy the king of the machine back then?". So the question becomes whether a person who knows a little about photography can take satisfactory photos with the top flagship camera of the year? The answer is of course, NO. Similarly, even if it is the worst SLR camera currently, the photos taken by the careful person may be mistaken for those taken with top-level equipment. This is not uncommon. In a recent global photography competition, the winner of the 2016 American Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, the adult group champion, was photographer Alex Noriega. The camera he used was not the sharp Nikon D5 or EOS-1D X Mark II that everyone thinks, but a Nikon D600 FX format camera from four years ago. Photographer Alex Noriega uses Nikon D600 to shoot the champion work. First of all, even a low-profile SLR camera has a complete shooting parameter setting system. The difference between high-end and low-end cameras is at most a difference in style. For example, Fuji single-lens mirrorless cameras use the aperture ring on the lens and the shutter dial on the body to determine whether you use aperture priority mode, shutter priority mode, program mode or full manual mode. So even if you finally decide to buy the weakest SLR or single-lens mirrorless camera currently, you don’t have to worry about it not being professional enough. Fuji X-A3 is the latest entry-level single-lens reflex camera: the performance is not entry-level. Then you may ask, according to the logic mentioned by the author, isn't any SLR camera suitable for beginners? To be honest, yes, it is true. The focus should not be on this point, but on how much money you can use to buy a product that is truly "suitable" for you. For example, the simplest thing is that I am a literary photographer, but you recommend me to buy a Canon EOS-1D X Mark II of more than 30,000 yuan, which is absolutely unreasonable. Why do you still recommend old high-end SLRs now ? Now the correct routine for buying a camera reasonably should be to choose from the latest products launched within a year, but the author does not think it is necessary to choose this way. For a novice photographer, the higher the first SLR he contacts, the better the operating feel, and the more it can inspire his inspiration for photography. Is there anything wrong with using a full-frame camera right from the start? Is it really good for novices? To be honest, this is actually the most cost-effective way to play in photography. For example, even if we take the Nikon D700 and Canon 5D Mark II from almost ten years ago, these two top SLRs at that time are not really inferior to today's cameras . Simply put, isn't it that there are no Wi-Fi/NFC, GPS and other functions that are of no help to photography? Isn't it that there is no high-end video shooting solution design of 1080P/60fps or 4K? Isn't it that there is no touch screen flip screen? Canon made the 5D Mark II legend with a 20 million pixel sensor. Although Nikon lost in the pixel war, the extremely balanced overall configuration of the D700 (such as the circular viewfinder) also makes everyone have to call it a classic. Even if you pick up these two full-frame SLRs now, it is no pressure to make the new APS-C entry-level SLR bow down. However, for novice friends, it is really too difficult for them to get involved in the deep second-hand market from the beginning. For high-end digital SLR cameras that have been discontinued, it is of course a good thing to buy them back with good color, shutter and price. The most feared thing is to be deceived and buy a half-disabled machine. Although the low-priced former flagship phones are very attractive to novices, I strongly recommend that you have a knowledgeable friend to help you buy them . Many people think that novices should buy an ordinary entry-level camera and slowly learn and study in depth, but I tell you from my own experience that sooner or later you will have to use full-frame, so why waste money on (APS-C) cropped cameras at the beginning? Spend about 5,000 yuan to buy the consumer-grade flagship full-frame SLR of that year, and you may really satisfy yourself. Summary: People are like this. You now spend less money to buy a camera with a high cost performance, but you still miss another high-end camera that you could choose with a little more money. The buying and selling of photographic equipment is actually a perfect interpretation of this shopping psychology. The first camera for a novice photographer is very important. Most people feel that if they buy too low-end, they will feel uncomfortable. So as I recommend, now you can buy the king of the year through e-commerce channels to learn photography. It's just that you have to spend some time and energy to learn how to choose second-hand goods. As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity. |
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