How to choose photographic equipment

How do photographers choose photographic equipment?

With the development of economy and the improvement of living standard and cultural quality, there are many friends who like photography. "If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first." How do photographers choose handy equipment?

First of all, we need to be clear: the success of photography creation is not only determined by equipment, but also by people! Thinking mind, comprehensive cultural quality, love and thinking about life and skillful use of photography skills all depend on people's judgment of "decisive moment". During the war years, many predecessors left many immortal masterpieces with simple and few photographic equipment. Therefore, we should choose the equipment according to our hobbies, uses and economic conditions. Don't blindly pursue "the latest, the most expensive and the most complete", and never compare with the equipment!

Generally speaking, 135 SLR camera is flexible and light, suitable for news, customs and scenery photography. However, the length of the film is small, and the enlarged size should not exceed 30 inches. 6×6 and 6×4.5 medium format cameras have large film area and good imaging quality, which can be greatly enlarged, and are suitable for landscape creation, advertising and so on. Digital cameras are real-time and timely, but overall, the picture quality is still far from traditional film, and news reports and network transmission are more suitable.

1, beginners should choose paraxial cameras such as Phoenix 205 135, full manual, aperture, speed, distance, etc. , suitable for laying a solid foundation for photography.

2. Manual focusing 135 single-lens reflex cameras, such as Minolta X-700, Nikon FM2, Seagull DF-300, Phoenix SLR, etc., have general functions such as aperture priority, program shutter and exposure compensation, and are suitable for beginners.

3. autofocus 135 SLR camera:

① Volkswagen cameras, such as Canon EOS300V and Nikon F65, basically have the functions of auto focus, follow-up focus, aperture speed priority, exposure compensation and multiple exposure. The lenses are 28-80 mm and 70-200 mm, and the whole camera costs about 3000 yuan. The price is low, which is common in creation, but the service life and lens quality are average.

② Quasi-professional 135 autofocus cameras are used most by photographers. Such as Canon EOS30 and Nikon F80. , 24-85 mm and 70-300 mm lenses, excellent imaging, suitable for all kinds of photography creation, more advanced ones such as Canon EOS3 and Nikon F 100 are better. In my opinion, Canon has high technology content, such as mirror ultrasonic motor, eye-controlled focusing and so on. The focus is very fast. Nikon is durable, with good lens resolution and slightly larger contrast. As long as the fuselage has basic functions, it can be solid and reliable, and the lens quality is the most important. There are also some lenses, such as Canon 28- 135mm (image stabilizer), Sigma 17-35mm EX, Sigma 70-200mm/F2.8EX, Longteng 24- 135msp lens and Longteng 90mm1:/kloc. More advanced so-called "professional" lenses, such as Canon 16-35mm/F2.8, 100-400mm (image stabilizer) and Sigma 80-400mm (image stabilizer) EX, have high quality and high price, about 8000-120.

③ Professional 135 SLR bodies, such as Canon EOS 1V and Nikon F5, are expensive.

4. Medium format cameras, such as Pentax 645, Pentax 67, Bronika 645, Mamiya RB67, Fuji 645, Hasselblad 503CW, etc. The cost is about 1 1,000-25,000 yuan, and the lenses are expensive and heavy.

5, accessories, such as cable release, tripod, filter, etc. Some of them are essential and should be applied for.

For film, beginners can use 135 black and white or color negative, and it is best to use reverse film for those with high requirements.